I’ve been away from this blog for a month now, due to a mix of personal, professional and health reasons. I’m relieved that there has been a… Read more “Canada 1980: Pierre Trudeau’s Unfinished Business”

I’ve already written about my long-time affection for the community I called home for over 20 years, Grande-Greve, and the beach that won me over as a… Read more “Canada 1980: Carolina Edwards’ “Nova Scotia””

I already had a pretty good handle on the basic concept of a TV game show by the time I entered the third grade, thanks to Canadian-made… Read more “Canada 1980: Reaching For The Top”

  WARNING: I’m just beginning a nine-day vacation, so I’m not going to be especially profound in this particular blog post. (I know this will shock a… Read more “Canada 1980: Turning Loverboy Loose”

As I turned seven years old in 1979, I was a big fan of two of the world’s most successful comic strips – specifically, Charles M. Schulz’s Peanuts and… Read more “Canada 1979: For Better Or For Worse”

I got familiar with a bluegrass song called “Old Joe Clark” as a seven-year-old in 1979, as a kid-friendly version wound up on an eight-track tape of… Read more “Canada 1979: The Year Of Joe Clark”

Roch Carrier’s classic children’s story The Hockey Sweater paints a poignant picture of a group of young Quebecois boys skating on a backyard pond, all wearing Montreal… Read more “Canada 1979: Don Cherry Vs. “Dee Lafleur””

While I’ve spent a bit of my early blog time talking about Canadian television shows, I couldn’t describe the TV viewing experience for my generation of Canadians… Read more “Canada 1979: “Face Time” With The NFB Vignettes”

For some unknown reason, Canada has consistently produced some of the world’s best vocal impressionists over the past half-century. Whether it’s a solo act like Rich Little… Read more “Canada Today: Remembering Double Exposure’s Bob Robertson”

The words I’m about to write may surprise many of you, even if you’re a Canadian. And especially if you’re a central or western Canadian that may… Read more “Canada 1978: Discovering Prince Edward Island”