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14 OCTOBER 2010 at 12 H 00 (HE)
The Link - Thursday, October 14, 2010
On The Link today…
… We meet an Iranian-born filmmaker in Halifax who uses video to challenge stereotypes about immigrants.
… Reporter Oussayma Canbarieh tells us how Iraqi war refugees are making their way to Canada.
… A Canadian court which was asked whether a woman should be compelled to remove her face veil when testifying in court, decided that it depends on the case.
… We meet Linda Spear, the sixth Canadian woman to be unofficially ordained a Roman Catholic priest and faces excommunication as a result.
Plus sports, new and vintage Canadian music and more.
VIDEO TAKES ON NEWCOMER STEREOTYPES: East Coast correspondent Robert Jaros introduces us to an Iranian-born filmmaker, now living in Halifax, who uses video to poke fun at Canadian stereotypes about immigrants.
www.pinkdog.ca/rtba
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRI-A3vakVg
SONG: Get Lucky
ARTIST: Dragonette
ALBUM: Galore
WEB DISCOVERIES: One of the least free and open countries in the world, North Korea, is marking it's 65th anniversary by going online with the state's first internet site. Internet columnist Andrew Fazekas tells us about the site, what it may mean for North Koreans and the effect it could have on internet censorship.
www.TheNightSkyGuy.com
SONG: Past in Present
ARTIST: Feist
ALBUM: The Reminder
ARTIST: Terry Tufts
SONG: October Gold
ALBUM:: Two Nights Solo
IRAQI REFUGEES TO HEAD FOR CANADA, PART 1: Thousands of Iraqi refugees have settled in Canada since the beginning of the war in Iraq, with many first finding refuge in Syria. This summer, reporter Oussayma Canbarieh went to Syria where she met a family of Iraqi refugees who are in the process of applying for re-settlement in Canada and who will soon be making the journey from Damascus to Montreal. Part two of Oussayma's report, tomorrow.
SONG: Saskatoon Moon
ARTIST: Roy Forbes
ALBUM: The Human Kind
LISTENER LETTERS: Marc Montgomery and Kathy Coulombe dip into The Link's mailbag and check the answering machine to find out what caught our listeners' attention in the past week. We also draw the names of our book giveaway winners. This week's prize: Margaret Webb's From Apples to Oysters: A Food-Lover's Tour of Canadian Farms.
SONG: Place Saint Henri
ARTIST: Oscar Peterson
ALBUM: Canadian Suite
SPORTS WRAP: Ian Jones drops by with sports news, including the closing ceremonies of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. Ian also tells us about preparations for the 2014 Sochi Games in Russia, including plans for a Formula One race.
Hour 2…
DECISION LOOKS AT NIQAB-WEARING WITNESS: Reporter Lynn Desjardins tells us about an Ontario legal ruling concerning a Muslim woman's right to wear a face-covering veil during testimony in court.
SONG: Saskatoon Moon
ARTIST: Roy Forbes (with Connie Kalder)
ALBUM: The Human Kind
SONG: Lift Your Voice
ARTIST: Crystal Loszchuk
ALBUM: Upcoming Album
CANADIAN WOMAN ORDAINED: Marc Montgomery talks to recently ordained priest, Reverend Linda Spear, about the complications of trying to function as a priest given that the Roman Catholic church forbids the ordination of women.
www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/10/10/quebec-woman-ordained-priest.html#ixzz123oQoK00
SONG: Hallelujah
ARTIST: k.d. lang
ALBUM: Recollection
INDO CANADIAN REPORT: We meet two Indo-Canadians, a brother and a sister in Alberta, who studied to become petroleum engineers, but ended up launching their own brand of beer and spirits.
SPORTS WRAP: Ian Jones has sports news including the elaborate ceremony staged in New Delhi to mark the end of the Commonwealth Games. Canada finished fourth in the medal standings with 75 medals, 26 of them gold. Ian also tells us the International Olympic Committee is “super-satisfied” with preparations for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.
COMMENTAIRES
15 October 2010 - 12:32
Dam good beer October 15, 2010 The Link / CBC As soon as I heard the phrase “two row malt barley” I paid close attention to your interview with the new-Canadian beer barons. You see I farm in Alberta and I just spent the last few weeks harvesting some of that two row malt barley that I hope your guests will ultimately turn into beer. What is even more remarkable about your guests is that they are competing with overseas customers for that two row malting barley. Most domestic and US brewers use six row malting barley, rather than the more expensive two row varieties. But both types are a premium priced crop for western farmers. Your listeners might like to know that only about one-third of our malt barley goes into making beer for the Canadian market. About 25% goes to the United States and the rest goes to China, Japan, South Africa and other smaller international markets. Through our sales agency, the Canadian Wheat Board, we supply about 10% of the world’s malting barley. The reason so much is exported is simple. We produce so darned much barley, and each bushel, for which the farmer receives around six dollars, yields over 330 bottles of beer. So a typical acre of barley here in Alberta will ultimately produce over 26,000 bottles of beer. Even if every Canadian drove their liver to destruction, we could not drink all the barley production from the west. And of course, even if we farmers gave your beer barons our barley for free, the price of a bottle of beer would not change much, if at all. So more power to your young beer barons, every little bit helps, but for a long time to come, most malt barley farmers will continue to look to Japan, China, the United States and the rest of the world to pay premium prices for our malt barley. Thanks for the interesting interview. It is always a treat to hear anything about grain production and it would be great if I could spend some time this winter reading the story of their success.
Sent by Ken Larsen, west of Red Deer, Ab., Canada14 October 2010 - 18:35
i wait for the next program . Are you cbc 3 ? You should advertise more. I found you at 2 am on local cbc 1 . Now I have get up early. But at 2 pm on net I find web cite which will work for now.
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