This year marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Queen Elizabeth was there. So was President Eisenhower.
This engineering feat had a profound impact on transportation, teh economy and folks who lived nearby or upstream.
We go to Cornwall, Ontario to speak with Lesly O’Gorman and David Hill about what’s planned to mark this 5o anniversary. We also chat about “The Lost Villages” - ten communities near Cornwall, which were permanently submerged by the creation of the Seaway.
At:
http://conversationsontheroad.com
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Celebrating Canada Day (CBC)
From cbc.ca:
"On July 1, 1867, Canada took its first steps towards official nationhood. It has grown and developed as a nation, and distinguished itself in times of both peace and war. Canada is widely recognized as a place of harmony, liberty and diversity and is routinely ranked as one of the best countries in which to live. In honour of Canada's birthday, CBC Digital Archives (1954-2002) looks back at some defining moments and great Canadians who have helped shape our history".
http://archives.cbc.ca/society/celebrations/topics/2328/
"On July 1, 1867, Canada took its first steps towards official nationhood. It has grown and developed as a nation, and distinguished itself in times of both peace and war. Canada is widely recognized as a place of harmony, liberty and diversity and is routinely ranked as one of the best countries in which to live. In honour of Canada's birthday, CBC Digital Archives (1954-2002) looks back at some defining moments and great Canadians who have helped shape our history".
http://archives.cbc.ca/society/celebrations/topics/2328/
Friday, June 12, 2009
Intorducing journeysinto.com
Anyone that's been in our neck of the woods knows that we could have used a re-branding a long time ago.
Some good content. Multi-media. But to more than afew folks, it was more than a bit confusing.
With this in mind, we have created a new umbrella place to go. It's called http://journeysinto.com.
Once there, you can take a journey into Hidden America, Canada, Beer or Hockey (with others to follow).
The content and the feel, hopfully, remain. And, with any look, less confusion.
Some good content. Multi-media. But to more than afew folks, it was more than a bit confusing.
With this in mind, we have created a new umbrella place to go. It's called http://journeysinto.com.
Once there, you can take a journey into Hidden America, Canada, Beer or Hockey (with others to follow).
The content and the feel, hopfully, remain. And, with any look, less confusion.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
From Doughnuts to Dollars (CBS News)
CBS Sunday Morning
June 7, 2009
Canada has more doughnut shops per capita than any country in the world — and the undisputed doughnut king in the Great White North is Tim Hortons, founded in 1964 by all-star hockey player Tim Horton.
Over the past 45 years, 3,000 Tim Hortons shops have sprung up across the Canadian landscape. There are more Tim Hortons in Canada then there are McDonalds, and sales in 2008 exceeded $2 billion. And now Tim Hortons has begun its push into the United States in earnest.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/09/sunday/main13562.shtml
June 7, 2009
Canada has more doughnut shops per capita than any country in the world — and the undisputed doughnut king in the Great White North is Tim Hortons, founded in 1964 by all-star hockey player Tim Horton.
Over the past 45 years, 3,000 Tim Hortons shops have sprung up across the Canadian landscape. There are more Tim Hortons in Canada then there are McDonalds, and sales in 2008 exceeded $2 billion. And now Tim Hortons has begun its push into the United States in earnest.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/09/sunday/main13562.shtml
Thursday, April 9, 2009
BeaverTails - President Obama & Beyond
President Barack Obama created a sensation of sorts recently when, while visiting Ottawa, he made an unscheduled stop at the Byward Market specifically to buy a BeaverTail.
We had heard that variation of the product had been called the “Obama Tail”, in honour of the president, and that BeaverTails were part of the inaugural celebration last January at the Canadian embassy in Washington, DC.
But we wanted to know more.
So we called Grant Hooker, founder of BeaverTails Canada, Inc.
For the record, BeaverTails are fried dough pastries individually hand stretched to resemble a beaver’s tail. The BeaverTail is siad to be similar to several other fried dough pastries and is topped with various condiments.
In this conversation with Grant Hooker, we learn about the origins of the BeaverTail, BeaverTail’s, Inc. and an insider’s look at the Presidential stop in Ottawa to pick-up a BeaverTail.
At:
http://conversationsontheroad.com
We had heard that variation of the product had been called the “Obama Tail”, in honour of the president, and that BeaverTails were part of the inaugural celebration last January at the Canadian embassy in Washington, DC.
But we wanted to know more.
So we called Grant Hooker, founder of BeaverTails Canada, Inc.
For the record, BeaverTails are fried dough pastries individually hand stretched to resemble a beaver’s tail. The BeaverTail is siad to be similar to several other fried dough pastries and is topped with various condiments.
In this conversation with Grant Hooker, we learn about the origins of the BeaverTail, BeaverTail’s, Inc. and an insider’s look at the Presidential stop in Ottawa to pick-up a BeaverTail.
At:
http://conversationsontheroad.com
Sunday, March 1, 2009
World Pond Hockey Championships
This unique event is an annual international competition that takes place outdoors, on bodies of frozen water, playing the pond hockey variant of ice hockey. The event takes place in and around Plaster Rock, New Brunwick.
The first championships were held in 2002. The 2007 event was opened by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the first time the Prime Minister attended the event and indeed the first time a prime minister had ever visited Plaster Rock.
We speak with Danny Braun from Plaster Rock about how the event started, what takes place, and just how they manage to pull it off in this community of 1,150.
At:
http://conversationsontheroad.com
The first championships were held in 2002. The 2007 event was opened by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the first time the Prime Minister attended the event and indeed the first time a prime minister had ever visited Plaster Rock.
We speak with Danny Braun from Plaster Rock about how the event started, what takes place, and just how they manage to pull it off in this community of 1,150.
At:
http://conversationsontheroad.com
Black Ice: “The Lost History of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes: 1895-1925″.
Comprised of the sons and grandsons of runaway American slaves, the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes helped pioneer the sport of ice hockey changing this winter game from the primitive “gentleman’s past-time” of the nineteenth century to the modern fast moving game of today. In an era when many believed blacks could not endure cold, possessed ankles too weak to effectively skate, etc. (”and lacked the intelligence for organized sport”), these men defied the defined myths.
We speak with George Fosty, one of the co-authors of “Black Ice”.
At:
http://conversationsontheroad.com
We speak with George Fosty, one of the co-authors of “Black Ice”.
At:
http://conversationsontheroad.com
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