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TOPIC: HALLOWEEN

Martensville woman keeps remembrance alive with lawn display

Every November, Jan Diehl adorns her Martensville, Sask., home with a special Remembrance Day tribute.
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#TheMoment kids filled an empty candy bowl with their own Halloween hauls

Lauren Ash, of St. Johns, recounts the moment she discovered trick-or-treaters gave up some of their own candy to refill her Halloween candy bowl that had run out.

Stiffer fines, wet weather reduced Halloween fireworks incidents, Metro Vancouver officials say

Fire officials in Surrey and Vancouver reported fewer fireworks-related incidents this Halloween, citing stiffer penalties, bans and weather in the regions as possible reasons.

The year Santa Claus visited Toronto the day after Halloween

It was hard to imagine a Santa Claus Parade being held any earlier.
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#TheMoment Halloween was celebrated around the globe

People around the world got dressed up in colourful costumes to celebrate Halloween 2024.
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Were there witches in New France?

Quebec has a unique history when it comes to witch trials. But one of the most well known witch-like figures in folklore was actually never accused of witchcraft in her lifetime.
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The Legend of the Werewolf

In this video, we look at the story behind werewolves, as well as how someone can transform into this mythical beast.
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'The Caretaker's Curse' brings Halloween frights to Grande Cache

Grande Cache, Alta., resident James Miles has an annual tradition of building an immersive haunted house with a group of local youth. CBCs Tara McCarthy and Acton Clarkin went to check it out.
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Unmasking top Halloween costume trends

Eric Chuang from the Amys on Davie Halloween costume shop in Vancouver gives the lowdown on which costumes are popular this year and how trends have changed for trick-or-treaters of all ages.

Treat Count 2024: Which B.C. neighbourhoods attracted the most trick-or-treaters?

Watch as a map fills up with B.C.'s spookiest neighbourhoods on Thursday night, with your participation.
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Should we always celebrate Halloween on Oct. 31?

Some Quebec towns have asked residents to trick-or-treat on the closest Friday or Saturday to Halloween, arguing its easier and safer to do so on the weekend.
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Here are some of CBC readers' best skeleton pictures this Halloween

You've probably done a double take walking by some of your neighbours' yards this Halloween season, as sets of spooky skeletal eyes stare back at you.

Big scares need a bigger venue: Popular haunted house cancelled as location outgrown

A Corner Brook charity is facing a unique challenge this year, unable to host a popular annual haunted house because their big scares had become too much for the old location.

Inside the terrifying, risky world of making indie horror movies

Longtime horror fans are delighted to see murderous monsters enjoying broader mainstream acceptance. But filmmakers saysuccess in the genre is hard to come by, and that creating nightmare-inspiring movies can itself be risky and scary.
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Halloween homes haunting Edmonton neighbourhoods

People love Halloween. Some of us go all-out, filling our yards with ghosts, ghouls, skeletons and spiders. We explored some Edmonton neighbourhoods to see how people are decorating their homes.
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The scariest thing this Halloween might be the cost of candy

Cocoa and sugar costs are up, meaning candies could be smaller this year and so could the handfuls given out to trick-or-treaters.

Danse macabre: a brief history of Halloween's haunting anthem

From an 1872 art song to the soundtrack to our spookiest, silliest moments.

'C'est l'Halloween': the story behind the greatest French Halloween song ever

'C'est l'Halloween': the story behind the greatest French Halloween song ever

That time Halloween was moved from a Sunday to a Saturday

Because Halloween fell on a Sunday in 1982, some cities agreed to move the night for trick-or-treating to Oct. 30.

10 films to rewatch for their absolutely haunting music

Composers Ennio Morricone, Wendy Carlos, Mark Korven, Michael Abels and others have all added to the fear factor.
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The great candy corn debate: Here's what kids think

Kids in Toronto, Ontario, weigh in on the candy corn debate ahead of Halloween.

The Nova Scotia farmer who sold the secret to supersized pumpkins

A lot of people made a hobby of raising gargantuan pumpkins. But prize-winning grower Howard Dill found a way to make money before they even started to sprout.
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7-year-old Leafs fan goes viral for Auston Matthews hockey card costume

A young Leafs fan has captured the attention of more than a million people on TikTok for his Halloween costume a 3D Auston Matthews hockey playing card. CBCs Greg Ross has more.
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What are you going to be for Halloween this year?

We asked, you answered. What costume will you be wearing for Halloween this year?

Northern Ontario man wins competition for largest pumpkin in the province

Jeff Warner, from the small town of Englehart, has been growing giant pumpkins for years, and now he can say he has Ontarios biggest pumpkin of the year.