The Agenda's Week in Review

Rob Bell boards the ship that kick started the age of polar exploration, Royal Research Ship Discovery

Many childhood memories were made at the Regent Theatre, which began as an opera house in 1918. Its doors are still open.

Journalist Samira Ahmed gives a remarkable account of the clash between two powerful civilisations and explains how Iran preserved its distinctive language and culture despite the Arab conquest of Persia in AD651.

Smoked meat sandwiches weren't the only attraction at Nate's Deli. The man behind the counter was Dave Smith.

She was an illegitimate child, born into a poorhouse and abandoned in an orphanage, but Coco Chanel rose from unimaginable poverty to create the most iconic fashion brand of the 20th century, The House of Chanel.

In 1970 Fort Williams and Port Arthur amalgamated into Thunder Bay. Isolated from surrounding cities, an underground queer community found refuge with their chosen family, launching the city's first Thunder Pride.

Cobalt was once a booming town built on the silver mining industry. Just as the silver ran out, the town was ravaged by a fire in 1977. Now, Cobalt is poised for a renaissance thanks to its namesake, cobalt.

If you're looking for a specific record, you'll probably find it at Brian's Record Option in Kingston - but you'll need his help.

Drawn to the area's newly discovered gold deposits, the immigrants that helped found the city of Timmins faced immense discrimination. As miners continued to work in hazardous conditions, northern Ontario gold fueled the economic boom in the south.