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November 20th: The Million Dollar Cow and Artist Brian Boulton
Let's hear a bit about one of Prince Edward Island's bovine celebrities: Eastside Lewisdale Gold Missy. She's an island-born Holstein that sold at auction earlier this month for 1.2 million dollars. Following her story, we'll hear host Sheryl MacKay of CBC British Columbia's North By Northwest's visit to the Windsor Gallery in Vancouver. She was there to meet B.C. artist Brian Boulton. He's created a series of life-size and life-like pencil drawings....

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[ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


November 19th: Canada and Other Matters of Opinion with Rex Murphy
Yes, he's sly, witty, corrosive and discombobulating - and that's on a bad day - but who is Rex Murphy and why does he have so many opinions? Millions of Canadians look forward to his weekly show Cross Country Check Up on CBC Radio, his commentaries on The National on CBC TV and his Saturday column in The Globe and Mail. The best of those columns have been compiled into a brand new book called Canada and Other Matters of Opinion....

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[ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


November 18th: Thinking About Hana's Suitcase and Farm Radio International
The spirit of Hana's Suitcase is in Winnipeg, MB. Her story has inspired students at Maple Leaf School to create an art project. Local artist Tamara Weller asked the grade six students to research a child affected by the Holocaust and create a suitcase for him or her. After we hear about that story, we'll hear from Gladson Makowa, a producer with the Story Workshop in Malawi, and Kevin Perkins, the Executive Director of Farm Radio International....

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[ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


November 17th: Overcoming Personal Roadblocks
Today on the podcast, we'll meet a visually impaired runner (Noella Klawitter of Ottawa, ON), a violinist who was born without a right hand (Adrian Anantawan of Toronto, ON) and an actress who stutters (Krystal Garib, originally from British Columbia) but can now perform on international stages, including Broadway, thanks to a little help from the bard....

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[ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


November 16th: Photography in Papua New Guinea for Light Up the World
Last weekend, many Prince Edward Islanders took part in the Nichola Goddard Light up the World fundraiser. Captain Goddard was the first female Canadian soldier to die in combat. Her parents live on PEI. The events started Saturday afternoon with the opening of an art show at the Confederation Centre Gallery. Photographer Dianne Bos traveled back to Papua New Guinea with the late Captain Goddard's parents, Sally and Tim....

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[ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


November 13th: Military Matters from Newfoundland and Labrador
Have you ever visited a flea market and seen old war medals for sale? Ever wonder who owned those medals and how they got there? Sherri Lang and her husband have set up a website to help families find missing war medals. After hearing from her, we'll hear from Ralph Brant. He's the manager of flight operations with Serco, the company that provides Services for Base 5 Wing Goose Bay in Labrador. He discusses the future of unmanned vihicles in the military....

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[ Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


November 12th: Power Play and Memories of the Fall
Playing is something we assume our children know all about but it turns out not all kids know what to do when they have down time. A pilot program of the Cape Breton Victoria Regional School Board is adding the lesson of playing to their curriculum. After that story, we'll hear an item from Daybreak Montreal. The world celebrated the fall of the Berlin Wall earlier this week. To mark the occasion, host Nancy Wood spoke with four Montrealers who are originally from Germany....

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[ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


November 11th: Breaking the Silence
The casualties of war are particularly vivid today. We hear their names and we're reminded of the numbers. What we are less aware of are the invisible casualties – the soldiers who've survived with injured hearts and minds. For years, Ted Barris has been chronicling the otherwise untold tales of Canadian war veterans. His latest book is a remarkable foray in to the lives of men and women who "just don't talk about it."...

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[ Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


November 10th: Coyotes and Humans
Taylor Mitchell was the young singer-songwriter who was killed by coyotes while hiking in Nova Scotia. Mitchell's death has evoked a visceral response from people around the Maritimes. Biologist Bob Bancroft visited host Costas Halavrezos in the Maritime Noon studio to tell us about the relationship between coyotes and humans....

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[ Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


November 9th: The Price of a Bargain, Mountain Equipment Co-op and Bicycles
First up, an interview with Gordon Laird, the author of "The Price of a Bargain: The Quest for Cheap and the Death of Globalization." Following that conversation we'll hear from Tim Unger. He's a co-owner of The Fairfield Bicycle Shop in Victoria, BC and he's responding to Mountain Equipment Co-op's preparations to release their own line of bicycles. We'll also hear a reaction to the criticisms from a public affairs manager with MEC, Tim Southam....

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[ Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


November 6th: Inside Hana's Suitcase
Today, we'll hear about the new documentary film entitled Inside Hana's Suitcase. Filmmaker Larry Weinstein and Hana's brother, George Brady, spoke with guest host Jesse Wente on Q....

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[ Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


November 5th: Kittywigs and No Students at Durness
Today, we have two stories from the program As It Happens. Durness Parish School was built in 1760 in the far north of Scotland but for 19 years, the headmaster lived and worked at Durness Parish School with no students. After hearing from the current headmaster, host Carol Off speaks with false feline follicle specialist Julie Jackson. She makes wigs for cats. They're called Kittywigs....

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[ Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


November 4th: Regent Park Resident Aziz Rahman
Today's highlight comes to us from Toronto's Metro Morning. Last week, the show put a special focus on the Regent Park area of downtown Toronto. It's one of Canada's oldest and largest social housing communities and it's in the middle of a dramatic transition. One billion dollars will be spent over 15 years to replace old housing complexes with new subsidized apartment buildings and condos. Aziz Rahman has lived in Regent Park for about 13 years....

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[ Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


November 3rd: Melissa Bel
She's only 20 but she's ready to take on the world... well, at least Europe, for starters. Ontario singer Melissa Bel is about to unleash her talent with her debut CD called "Brave." It's being launched in five European countries. Melissa Bel spoke with Mary Ito on the Ontario program Fresh Air....

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[ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


November 2nd: Ian Rankin at the Ottawa International Writers Festival
Ian Rankin is the man behind the best-selling Rebus series of novels. That series has finished, after two decades, and Rankin has now turned his attention to a new character, Malcolm Fox, in his latest novel, The Complaints. Host Alan Neal spoke with Ian Rankin onstage at the Ottawa International Writers Festival. They talked about his new character, a cop who works in the Complaints and Conduct Department in Edinburgh, investigating other cops....

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[ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


October 30th: Love & Savagery
The 20th annual St. John's International Film and Video Festival kicked off earlier this month with a feature film called Love and Savagery. It was written by poet, screenwriter and Newfoundlander Desmond Walsh. Love and Savagery is a love story about a Newfoundland poet exploring the Burren region in Ireland and an Irish barmaid. The film was shot in Western Ireland and Eastern Newfoundland and was directed by Quebecois Oscar-nominee John N. Smith....

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[ Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


October 29th: The Antikythera Mechanism
The Antikythera Mechanism was discovered a hundred years ago in the wreckage of a 2000-year-old ship. For much of the last century, researchers, like Dr. Daryn Lehoux in the Classics Department at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, have been trying to figure out what this complex mechanical device can do. Dr. Lehoux spoke with host Bob MacDonald on Quirks and Quarks....

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[ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


October 28th: Peak Oil and Agriculture
For a few weeks now, CBC Radio's political affairs program, The House, has been looking into the effects of higher energy costs on a number of different policy areas. This week, the show had a look at the food in your fridge. The CBC's Louise Elliott brought us a look at what the end of cheap oil means for agriculture. After that, we'll hear from farmer and teacher Rick Monroe of Kingston, Ontario....

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[ Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


October 27th: Q&A with Dutch Thompson
Dutch Thompson has a weekly column about the old days on Prince Edward Island that airs on CBC Charlottetown's program Mainstreet. Last week, Dutch opened up the mailbag and answered a few requests from listeners who had some questions about the bygone days. Here he is with Mainstreet host Matt Rainnie....

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[ Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


October 26th: Singer and 2009 Portia White Prize Winner Mary Jane Lamond
Singer Mary Jane Lamond has been nominated for the 2009 Portia White Prize. The award recognizes an artist who's left a lasting mark on Nova Scotia's creative landscape. Lamond is nominated in recognition of her use of modern instrumentation and arrangements to frame Nova Scotia's Gaelic traditions. Recently, she performed and chatted about her nomination on a live edition of CBC Cape Breton's program, Mainstreet....

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[ Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


October 23rd: Jewelry from Recycled Materials and The Table From the Seas Edge
Catherine Sutherland wants us to rethink the ways we adorn our bodies. She's a jeweller who uses only recycled metals and much of her work is done with smashed glass from vandalised bus shelters. After meeting her, we'll meet Silas Birtwistle, who is also using his work to bring attention to the environment. He just finished his tour of the BC coast, looking for driftwood to build a table and 12 chairs. He'll add that to driftwood collected from three other "corners" of the earth....

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[ Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


October 22nd: Pop Life
Andy Warhol once said "good business is the best art." Well, the National Gallery of Canada is hoping to cash in on Warhol and his contemporaries. Pop Life is a blockbuster exhibition coming to the gallery next June. It opened at the Tate Modern in London, England earlier this month. Jonathan Shaughnessy was there on opening night. He's the assistant curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery and he's in charge of bringing Pop Life to Ottawa....

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[ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


October 21st: Come, Thou Tortoise
Author Jessica Grant's new book "Come, Thou Tortoise" is fresh, funny... and longish – about 310 pages. 300-year-old Winnifred - she's the tortoise – plays a supporting role in the novel. On the other end of the scale, there's Wedge. He's a mouse. Along with these two characters is Audrey Flowers. She's coping with her father's death. Author Jessica Grant joined host Shelagh Rogers from St. John's, Newfoundland to talk about the story....

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[ Wed, 21 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


October 20th: A History of Ghosts and The Aykroyd Family
The family that seances together stays together. That seems to be true for the Aykroyds, anyway, and yes, we do mean comedy legend Dan Aykroyd and his father Peter Aykroyd. They were in Studio Q last week to talk about Peter's new book, A History of Ghosts: The True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghostbusters....

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[ Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


October 19th: Danielle Smith and the Wildrose Alliance
Back in the days when Peter Lougheed was the Premier of Alberta, the conventional wisdom was that the ruling Tories didn't have to worry about the parties to the LEFT of them. They needed to watch out for any party to the RIGHT. All these years later, Alberta Premier Ed Stelmach is, indeed, looking over his Right shoulder. This weekend, Alberta's Wildrose Alliance party elected a new leader. Host Anna Maria Tremonti spoke with one of the leadership candidates last week....

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[ Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


October 16th: Australians on the Road in North America
A year ago, the family you're about to meet was living a pretty normal life in Perth, Australia, complete with a mortgage, work, school and a dog. Then came the big idea. They decided to sell the house, pull their daughter out of school, put all their stuff in storage and hit the pavement for a year-long road trip across North America. So far, they've logged 23-thousand kilometres. Fiona Leonard is an ex-diplomat, and currently a freelance writer....

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[ Fri, 16 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


October 15th: Chloe Sainte-Marie's Innu Album and The Fiddle Tree
Quebec singer and actress Chloe Sainte-Marie sang all of the songs on her new album in Innu. The songs were written by Innu poet and singer Philippe McKenzie. Host Susan Campbell spoke with Sainte-Marie and Romeo Saganash. In another musical story, musicians from around the world were on Cape Breton Island last weekend for the Celtic Colours International Festival. As part of the festival, seven special string instruments got back to their roots – in the forest....

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[ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


October 14th: That's Where I Want To Go
Each year, the Anatomy Department at the University of Toronto receives the remains of about 130 people and each year, the department honours those who made the decision to donate. Medical students are there to acknowledge the gift. They speak, they play music and they listen to stories about the people who were prepared to be cadavers on a dissection table in the cause of health, education or research. Alisa Siegel put together this documentary....

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[ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


October 13th: Green Stickers from PEI's Autism Society and Cracking the Spud's Genetic Code
People with autism can find themselves in difficult or dangerous situations when they have to deal with police or emergency workers. Now the Autism Society of Prince Edward Island has come up with a green sticker to put in homes and cars to give firefighters, police and paramedics a heads up. After we hear about that initiative, we'll learn about an international team of scientists with similar goals has cracked the genetic code of the planet's most popular vegetable....

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[ Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]


October 12th: Free-Range Turkeys in Punkeydoodle's Corners and A Playground Design (In Part) By Children!
On Thanksgiving, most of us wouldn't trade places with a turkey but a turkey's life doesn't seem so bad on Church Hill Farm in Soutwestern Ontario. Co-owner Max Lass describes a day in the life of a Church Hill turkey. Then, the CBC's Lisa Robinson brings us along to the new outdoor playground at Grant MacEwan University's child care centre in Edmonton. It's been three years in the making and besides a team of professionals, the kids played a part in the design of the space....

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[ Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:00:00 GMT ]

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