Literally tens of thousands of people around the world have seen Danny McBride. Musician, composer, singer, he toured the world as the longtime lead guitarist for pop star Chris deBurgh. He also played guitar with David Hasselhof, Joe Cocker.and many… »
Highlights / Arts, Culture, Lifestyle
The story of spies: The Canadian connection- Camp X
December 6 1941 was the start of a new era in world history, though only a very select few knew about it, and even now it’s not widely known. That was the opening of Camp X. It had several other… »
Arts & Entertainment, Environment & Animal Life, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Arctic Adventure-HMS Investigator- Author Glenn M Stein interview
Author Glenn M Stein is a polar and maritime historian and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society © supplied In Victorian England, the exploration of the Arctic was somewhat akin to modern dayefforts to explore the moon and space. Distant, barren,… »
Canada’s premier football event: The Grey Cup!
All this weekend a huge number of parties and celebrations have been going on in the western city of Winnipeg Manitoba. Today is marks the 103rd edition of the final match up and culmination of the Canadian Football League (CFL)… »
War Story Afghanistan: Documentary director Barry Stevens
Canada’s involvement in the war in Afghanistan was as long as both the First and Second World Wars combined. Barry Stevens is co-executive producer and directed the series called War Story-Afghanistan, the fourth in a series of documentaries on Canada’s… »
The macabre and ghostly of WWI- Tim Cook-author
Award-winning military historian and author Tim Cook © via CBC With the spooky Hallowe’en just passed, here’s a look back at another type of scary story. except, it’s real..or at least believed to be real.. Noted author and historian Tim Cook… »
Music- Stringband: Bob Bossin revisted
One of Canada’s most beloved folk music bands was called simply “Stringband”. Co-founder Bob Bossin has been continually touring with his own songs interspersed with the very occasional and much loved Stringband reunions which have occurred over the years. Bob… »
Novel “Sleep” with author Nino Ricci
With a Governor-General’s award for fiction with his breakout novel, “Lives of the Saints” in 1991, Nino Ricci has never looked back. In addition to four novels and two non-fiction books, he has been teaching and held several positions as… »
Health, International, Society
Realistic film thriller “Hyena Road”-Canada in Afghanistan: Paul Gross
Canada’s history is as exciting as any in the world. Trouble is, it doesn’t get told very often. Canadian military history suffers the same fate. A new action feature film is helping to change that. As exciting as any Hollywood… »
Canadian “bowyer” to celebrate the longbow and the 600th anniversary of Agincourt
Jamie MacDonald is a rare breed. He is a “bowyer”- that’s someone who makes traditional handcrafted archery bows. Not only that but, although he makes several types of custom ordered bows, he specializes in a particular type, the English longbow… »
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