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Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn NY: Where the Halifax Explosion was loaded and primed (video)

Gravesend Bay, Brooklyn NY: Where the Halifax Explosion was loaded and primed (video)

Just before midnight on December 2, 1917, the overloaded Mont Blanc limped out of Gravesend Bay on course to join a convoy in Halifax
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BEYOND LOCAL: Here's how our ancestors used to carve hockey sticks out of a single piece of wood (video)

BEYOND LOCAL: Here's how our ancestors used to carve hockey sticks out of a single piece of wood (video)

Woodworker Bruce McNab takes us along on his quest to complete possibly the most Canadian woodworking project ever in this four-part series
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This Should Work: Save cash with a zany patch

This Should Work: Save cash with a zany patch

Construction and demolition go hand in hand. They can make for an expensive wedding, so don’t get too carried away with your sledgehammer.
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This Should Work: A vintage pantry comes home

This Should Work: A vintage pantry comes home

Have you ever bought a house with its contents?
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This Should Work: Buy a used tub and don’t get soaked

This Should Work: Buy a used tub and don’t get soaked

I’ve got something that makes women want to undress. I’m taking about my old-fashioned cast iron bathtub
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This Should Work: New life for old boots

This Should Work: New life for old boots

You will see some strange sights on construction sites. For instance, I’ve seen carpenters cutting their work boots on table saws
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This Should Work: A wooden star illusion

This Should Work: A wooden star illusion

Sometimes one looks like a perfect star or a perfect diamond. Sometimes another looks like two diamonds, one on top of the other. Other times one looks like a square with a triangle at the top and bottom.
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This Should Work: Taking it all off

This Should Work: Taking it all off

I spent the weekend in my room with a hot stripper. It cost too much. And by Sunday night I was exhausted. Read on for the sticky details.
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This Should Work: Feeling groovy

This Should Work: Feeling groovy

Who’s the greatest woodworker of all time? Hint: violin maker
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This Should Work: The Beatles, Ed Sullivan, and plywood cupboards

This Should Work: The Beatles, Ed Sullivan, and plywood cupboards

In this week's column, Bruce takes on the return of baby boomer kitchens
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