Jody Mitic wanted to be a soldier ever since he was a young boy. He joined the cadets, then as soon as he could, the regular army. He was sent to Afghanistan, where he was part of an elite sniper… »
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Rebroadcast: Cross-Canada ride for veterans and awareness.
For a former Canadian soldier, for Paul Nichols it was a bit difficult to transition from the order and discipline of military life, back to life as a civilian, let alone forget the adrenalin, danger and fears of active combat.… »
ARTS- Christopher Walker- artist painter
This week, a conversation with Canadian painter, Christopher Walker who has been one of the feature artists in the prestigious Arabella magazine of art architecture and design. Originally from Montreal, he later worked in southern Ontario designing and illustrating science books where… »
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Studying society’s morals of the past; Jessica Steinberg
We often think of the Victorian era as one being very moralistic and prudish, but that attitude was around long beforehand. Jessica Steinberg (PhD, ASECS fellow) at the McMaster University library ancient books collection in Hamilton Ontario © JD Howell- McMaster… »
Playing good old “hickory” golf- low tech, and colourful clothes
You might one day see what looks like a scene on a golf course from 1920. A group of men dressed in ‘plus fours”, colourful socks, maybe a tie, usually a large flat cap, or perhaps a Balmoral (Tam) They’ll… »
Mel Hurtig: Whither Canada, and a career in being Canadian
Mel Hurtig might be called “Captain Canada” Now 82 years old, he has been a successful businessman, a politician creating a national federal party, and is a respected lecturer and author of several books, and all this over many decades… »
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Searching the Stars: McMaster University astrophysicist Rene Heller-life on distant moons?
Looking for life in all the wrong places. Rene Heller PhD, astrophysicist at the Origins Institute, Dept of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario © supplied For decades, if not centuries, man has been looking at the heavens wondering about… »
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Agriculture in Alberta: Jack Francis; farmer, animal research technician, museum curator
He’s an Alberta prairie boy through and through. A farm boy in his youth, Jack Francis soon joined the University of Alberta’s Edmonton Research Station where he began to care for the various animals and help in research. This involved… »
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Canadian gives new life to an old instrument-Frank Edgley Concertinas
Thanks to a Canadian, an old instrument is making a comeback in popularity. Well over a century ago, the Concertina, more commonly known as a “squeeze-box” was a widely popular instrument, but over time faded almost into obscurity by the… »
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Eric McNair-Landry-promoting Inuit history through kayaks
Centuries before Europeans ever ventured into the Arctic with their large ungainly sailing ships, the Inuit had devised a simply, fast, agile craft called the kayak, or Qajak. Eric McNair-Landry, born and raised in the Arctic on Baffin Island, Eric… »
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