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Detroiters remember CBC as our fourth broadcast network in the pre-cable days. I miss curling and CBC international news, which gave an objective view of the Viet Nam war, including a war protest at University of Windsor attended by officials from North Viet Nam. Wayne and Shuster (sp.?) were great comics. Public schools in Detroit used to start the class week with The Star Spangled Banner and O, Canada! We learned and sang both anthems. During my undergraduate years at Trinity College, CT I would stay up late to listen to CKLW AM, Windsor to cure homesickness. Trinity offered an elective to history majors, History of Canada. My college fraternity, Delta Kappa Epsilon, has chapters at McGill and UBC. When we had curbside boxes downtown for selling newspapers, we had boxes for the Windsor Star and the Toronto Globe and Mail. On June 6, Detroit students are expected to know of the heroic sacrifices of Canadian troops at Gold, Sword and Juno beaches.