ICYMI - 1966 - How do you get rich in Canada?
Cross Country Checkup

ICYMI - 1966 - How do you get rich in Canada?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 27, 202626 min

This ICYMI takes you back to December 1966. With holiday budgets and Christmas around the corner, Canadians were worried about expenses and how to secure their economic fate in the future. Cross Country Checkup took to the airwaves and asked callers "How do you get rich in Canada?" Here's an extended cut from first 30 minutes of that episode which aired December 11th, 1966.

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Experience the most comfortable mattress in the world.

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Stop wasting your nights on a mattress that doesn't get you. Experience the most comfortable mattress in the world. The Sleep Number Smartbed. At the touch of a button, you can personalize your comfort.

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Choose firmer or softer. Adjust cooler to warmer. And now, it's the final day of our biggest sale of the year. Save up to $2,500.

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Ends today. Hurry into your local Sleep Number store today. Because we have your number. This is a CBC Podcast.

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