Flashback: A tough lesson for Barbie


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CBC's Flashback newsletter looks inside the CBC archives with inspiration from news headlines and what's happening at CBC. Tough lesson for BarbieBarbie's math problem in 1992 Duration 1:00 Mattel makes a blunder by releasing a talking doll who says she finds math "tough", and girls.... more textThe impending release of the Barbie movie has us wondering whether we can expect any allusions to the great Mattel misstep of 1992. Seeking sanctuaryPuffin-watchers keep an eye on the Nova Scotia bird in 1992 Duration 2:27 Seagulls threaten populations of guillemots, terns and puffins on a lille-known Nova Scotia island. Ottawa will soon protect dozens of bird species on three Nova Scotia islands from humans, says CBC News. In 1992, CBC Halifax told us the threat to terns, guillemots and puffins on one island came not from humans, but from invasive, insatiable seagulls.