Podcasts about Pierre Berton

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Jason welcomes Jason for a jaw about Thousand Island pirates, comfort reading, defacing books, fireworks for Hitler, getting your ego out of the way of the writing, & a naked onion in the park with Pierre Berton. Music, as always, by DJ Warm Farm Milk Max in Tokyo. Thanks to Wayne Emde for the artwork, Joe Emde for help with the intro, & Sasha Emde for help with the outro. Join the early sh*t chat at https://www.facebook.com/WRTESpodcast, on Instagram @writersreadtheirearlyshit, & on Bluesky at wrtes@bsky.social. Most of all: thank you, wherever & whoever & however you are, for listening. Also: check out the cool stuff available from Ex Libris Anonymous (not a sponsor, just a purveyor of wicked rad notebooks): https://www.bookjournals.com/homeSupport the show

In the 1960s, it was said Canada had entered The Berton era. From the 1950s to the 2000s, Pierre Berton was omnipresent on television screens, radios and on the shelves of bookstores. He wrote 50 books and showed Canadians they had a past. He brought Canada's history to life, and is a direct inspiration for this very podcast. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: www.canadaehx.com/shop Donate: www.buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Mastadon: @canadaehx@canada.masto.host Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

85 years!! Incredible. This radio station has been home to renowned broadcasters like Pierre Berton, Lister Sinclair, Wallie Oppal, and Narduwar the Human Serviette! It's amazing to think that I have been on the air at CiTR for almost half those years (1985 to 2023, that's 38 of the 85!) Some tunes dating back to 1937, as well as interviews and songs and tunes from some of my favourite moments at CiTR, including several from Jericho Beach Park when we aired the show from the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Also be a tribute to Tina Turner, and Cream lyricist Pete Brown, as well as new releases from the likes of Eliza Gilkyson, Leftover Salmon, Brighde Chaimbeul, Bela Fleck, Eilen Jewell, and more. Plus a feature on Laura Cortese and a look ahead to this Summer's Edmonton Folk Music Festival, whose lineup was announced this week.

Un avant-goût du nouvel épisode qui sort soir à 18h avec Pierre BERTON (iCarsoft France) !Pour découvrir l'épisode en entier tapez " Épisode #104 - Pierre BERTON " sur votre plateforme d'écoute._________________________________________________________

Cet épisode est sponsorisé par iCarsoft France, le spécialiste des valises de diagnostic automobile.Et aujourd'hui, j'ai le plaisir de recevoir Pierre BERTON, le fondateur et CEO de iCarsoft France.Son histoire est juste folle, celle d'un touche à tout qui compte quelques beaux succès à son actif : celui d'avoir réussi à décrocher un Master 2 alors qu'il venait d'un BEP, celui de faire passer sa société de 80k € de CA la 1e année en 2012 à plus de 10 Millions € sur l'année en cours, le tout en famille et avec seulement 5 personnes.Désolé, Pierre mais je ne peux pas oublier de parler de ton obsession de jeunesse pour le tuning et des scooters et autre 206 qui en ont fait les frais…Vous allez vous régaler avec cet épisode qui m'a mis une vraie claque entrepreneuriale. Rassurez-vous, l'automobile et la moto ne sont jamais bien loin !J'en profite pour saluer Kenny FORAY (Épisode #97) à qui l'on a fait référence durant l'épisode._________________________________________________________

Although Britain was in the closing stages of a long and desperate struggle with France, it somehow managed to get itself sucked into a separate war with the United States. Called the War of 1812, accurately for the start, hopeless for its end – in 1815 – it was unnecessary and avoidable. As a Canadian historian, Pierre Berton, put it when talking about the final accord, the Treaty of Ghent, “It was as if no war had been fought, or to put it more bluntly, as if the war that was fought was fought for no good reason”. For all that, it cost quite a few lives, and a lot of treasure and, as a by. Product, it ended for ever the capacity of Native American to resist further US encroachment on their lands. It also taught a lot of lessons about how not to fight wars at a time when firepower had become far more devastating than in earlier times. Lessons that weren't, unfortunately, learned. To the cost of a lot of dead or maimed soldiers from future wars. Illustration: Battle of Lake Erie in the war of 1812 in Erie, Pennsylvania. Photo by William Henry Powell, from https://www.goodfreephotos.com Music: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License

 Charles - Part 1Charles Templeton was born October 7th, 1915 in Toronto Canada. With four other siblings in the midst of the depression, the family learned to adapt on meager wages. Everyone in the family had to do their part. Young Charles, picked up drawing and was quite talented at it. So, after failing to pass the 9th and 10th grade, he pursued his knack of drawing sketches, hoping that someone might find value in his work and purchase them. Charles was pleasantly found right - the 17 year old artist was hired onto the Toronto Globe as a sports cartoonist.Overnight, the teenager was making good money and was thoroughly enjoying his job. Charles found himself in the very midst of the sports news world, and everything else associated with it. Notoriety, late night drinking, and fawning women were all bonuses. He would later write about this time in his life, “To a boy in his late teens, it was the best of all possible worlds.”But after four years, the underbelly of his envied job and lifestyle began to show. Returning home one morning at 3:00 a.m. from a party, the young man feeling quite depressed looked into a mirror. He didn't like the reflection. As he walked to his room his mother heard him in the hallway and called out to him. She talked to him about her own faith in Christ.Charles would later write about this event: “As I went down the hall, I was forming a prayer in my head, but as I knelt by my bed in the darkness, my mind was strangely vacant; thoughts and words wouldn't come to focus. After a moment, it was as though a black blanket had been draped over me. A sense of enormous guilt descended and invaded every part of me. I was unclean. Involuntarily, I began to pray, my face upturned, tears streaming. The only words I could find were, "Lord, come down. Come do[wn]. Come down. . . .”______________________________________________________________________________Billy - Part 1At this same time, in the United States near Charolette North Carolina, Billy Graham had just graduated from high school. As he struggled through school being the son of a Dairy Farmer, his graduation was a feat that many questioned. And while the young man had grown up in a godly and Christian environment he had just made a personal commitment to Jesus during a revival two years earlier, under the preaching of Baptist evangelist Mordecai Ham. Like his future friend and preaching partner, Charles Templeton, Billy was also convicted by his sin and his need for forgiveness. That night at the diner table, Billy stopped to inform his family that he had been saved that day.While he first enrolled at Bob Jones College in Cleveland Tennessee, since it was closet to home and less expensive than Wheaton, he quickly felt the school too legalistic and rigid. So, after only one semester, and racking up nearly enough demerits to be kicked out, he transferred to Florida Bible Institute. And it was there in 1937, that Billy would begin to preach.Having become mentored by the academic Dean of the school, John Minder, Billy joined him to attend a Baptist conference in Palatka Florida. When Minder was asked to speak that night to a small church of Baptist preachers, he politely declined saying that Billy would be pleased to preach in his place. So, with no real choice in the matter, the 19 year old awkwardly preached for the first time - it was a mixture of four different sermons he had memorized from Moody Press. He would later remember that the sermon was very “Raw”.  The next few years in Billy's life would be transformational. He was baptized on December 4, 1938 in Silver Lake, Florida, ordained to the ministry in a Southern Baptist church a year later, and graduated from Florida Bible Institute in 1940. And so began his humble and long journey into becoming one of the most influential evangelist in America. But there was another great evangelist being formed in Canada - and the two were soon to meet and unite their passion and calling to preach the truths of the Bible to a world on the brink of another World War.  ______________________________________________________________________________Charles - Part 2By this time, Charles had left the Toronto Globe to enter the ministry and to give himself fully to the preaching of the gospel. He had evangelized all over - Michigan, New York, Indiana, Illinois, and even further south, probably very close to where Billy was himself beginning his career as a preacher. Charles had met his wife in Grand Rapids Michigan and the couple was married 6 weeks later. But soon after in 1941, in the midst of starting a new church with his new wife, Charles read a number of books written by famous secular authors. And for the first time in his short life as a follower of Jesus, his faith in the veracity and miraculous claims of the Bible was challenged. But Charles soon stuffed these troubling questions behind the success of becoming one of North America's top evangelist and so, he continued to do what he knew best.And before long, notable people began to take notice of Charles' ministry. In the Spring of 1945 he was invited by a local pastor named Torrey Johnston to speak at Chicago Stadium to a crowd full of young people. It was a Youth for Christ rally and attendance was steadily growing into the thousands. Backstage, among the noise of a boisterous crowd, Torrey introduced the young Canadian evangelist to the slightly younger Billy Graham and the two preachers become instantaneous friends. On the platform, just before Billy was about to speak, he leaned over to his new friend Charles and said, "Pray for me. I'm scared to death."  Soon after, a Youth for Christ team was selected to take the message of the gospel to a war torn Europe. Torrey Johnston would serve as the president while Billy and Charles would alternate as preachers. The tour went well and over the months Charles' and Billy's friendship grew as did their success and influence. But the questions, that had bothered Charles years before could no longer be ignored. So, at thirty three years of age, and without formal education for the last 15 years, Charles was accepted into the theologically liberal Princeton University to formally seek answers to those doubts “that were [secretly]  eroding his faith.” Charles remembers these three years at Princeton as some of the best in his life. Among his enjoyable courses, Charles would often see Albert Einstein, who lived only three houses away from the Campus Seminary. But although he throughly liked his new environment, Charles couldn't escape the fact that he was experiencing a real crisis of faith about the Bible and the person of Jesus. And his fears of possibly believing and preaching something not empirically, historically or spiritually true, was being shared by his friend Billy as well.______________________________________________________________________________Billy - Part 2It was August of 1949, and Billy was 30 years old in Forest Falls, California in a Christian Camp speaking to a crowd inside Hormel Hall. No one knew it, but having been recently challenged by his friend and fellow evangelist, Billy was now internally questioning the veracity of the Bible and whether he believed it to really be God's spoken word to humanity. It was a shocking blow to Billy's confidence that his friend, fellow pastor and Bible teacher now believed the Scriptures to be flawed, outdated and full of superstitions. The two had discussed their disagreements and had been civil about their opposite conclusions, but if Billy was really honest, he still had lingering doubts.The weight and the enormity of it all bore down on Billy's soul. So in the dark woods of the night at Forest Home Billy placed his bible on a random tree stump and cried out: “O God! There are many things in this book I do not understand. There are many problems with it for which I have no solution. There are many seeming contradictions. There are some areas in it that do not seem to correlate with modern science. I can't answer some of the philosophical and psychological questions Chuck and others are raising.” Falling to his knees, Billy then resolutely confessed “Father, I am going to accept this as Thy Word—by faith! I'm going to allow faith to go beyond my intellectual questions and doubts, and I will believe this to be Your inspired Word!”Billy later recalled in this moment that the Holy Spirit was moving within him and he felt his presence and power in a new and fresh way - one that he hadn't experienced in months. For Billy “A major bridge had been crossed.” On the next day, 400 people made a commitment to Jesus and Henrietta Mears, the woman who invited Billy to speak at the camp noted that he “taught with [more] authority” than she had ever seen before.And while at first, Billy had reluctantly accepted Henrietta's invitation to speak at Forest Home, he now knew why God led him into the forest. Like Jesus being led into the Desert - a test was finished and a decision was made - a decision that would effect the  course of Billy's calling and in turn, the eternity of millions. While Billy was calling people to trust and follow Christ, Christ was calling Billy to trust and follow His word.Billy's heart and mind were now settled. And his friend Charles was settling his. While the two friends remained courteous, they grew apart from each other knowing their views of the Bible and the person of Jesus were diametrically opposed to each other.______________________________________________________________________________Charles - Part 3By the end of Charles' three years at Princeton in 1951, his doubts about the Bible had nearly solidified and his faith was no more. And yet, because of his success and influence, he was still offered positions on numerous platforms. Radio and Television ministries, as well as churches all sought him out. In 1953, Charles found himself living in Manhattan as the Director of Evangelism for the Presbyterian Church USA. But it wasn't long before the weight of leading others into a theological persuasion that he himself no longer thought true, came to a head.Charles would later write: “What right did I have to stand before … thousands of people [that] I had been preaching to nightly for years, using all my persuasive skills to win them to something I was no longer convinced of myself? It was a reprehensible thing to do and I must stop it.”And stop it he did. Charles left the ministry in 1957, publicly declaring that he was an agnostic. At this time, his mother who's faith was real and vibrant was dying from cancer - although Charles was with her when she past, she died assuming her boy was still a believing Christian and in the ministry. On top of this, Charles and his wife Connie were undergoing a divorce after 18 years of marriage. She too was still a Christian and was heavily involved in the church. Charles' conclusion about the Bible came with great cost:“It seemed that all of life was showing me its nether side. My faith was gone, my marriage was dead, my mother was dying. I was cutting myself off from the hundreds of friends I had made during nineteen years in the church. I was abandoning people who looked to me, including thirty-six men and women who were in the ministry or on mission fields because of my work. I felt like a betrayer….But there was no real choice. I could stay in the ministry, paper over my doubts and daily live a lie, or I could make the break.”______________________________________________________________________________ConclusionAs Charles made the physical break from the Church, he was merely following the decision that his heart and mind had made years before. Similarly, as Billy continued in evangelism, he too was naturally following the resolution that he had made in the dark forest years ago. And so, the two friends had chosen their two separate paths and were now far from each other. As the years past the two naturally grew apart. Charles became more involved in television and writing, and had even invented a child resistant medicine cap and a teddy bear that stayed warm throughout the night.Billy continued in evangelism, and as most people know, would become one of the most influential Christian leaders of the 20th Century. Although there are many reasons for Billy's success, none could have been as important than the decision he made at Forest Home. Billy knew this, as did those close to him. And In 1967, a massive rock in honor of how Billy overcame doubt that fateful night 18 years before, was dedicated at the Christian Conference Center, Forest Home. In addition to preaching, Billy would go on to publish many books on the Christian faith.And while not producing as much content as Billy, Charles authored some books as well. In 1996, just 5 years before his death, Charles chronicled his doubts about his faith in his most well known book entitled: Farewell To God - My reasons for rejecting the Christian Faith. “In straightforward language, Templeton deals with such subjects as the Creation fable, racial prejudice in the Bible, the identity of Jesus of Nazareth, Jesus' alienation from his family, the second-class status of women in the church, the mystery of evil, the illusion that prayer works, why there is suffering and death, and the loss of faith in God.”(4)Soon after the book was published, Charles was diagnosed with Alzheimers. But before his passing, Charles was interviewed by a curious journalist and once atheist named Lee Strobel. Upon Charles' resolve in denying Christianity's most foundational claims, he surprisingly confessed with tears in his eyes that he “missed Jesus”. Charles Templeton died soon after on June 7th, 2001 in Toronto Canada.Billy would live for 17 more years. With nine months short of living a century, Billy Graham died on February 21st, 2018. His last words were recorded: “By the time you read this, I will be in heaven, and as I write this I'm looking forward with great anticipation to the day when I will be in God's presence forever.” (3)Two similar men who for a season shared the one Christian faith.  But over time the two decisions they made about the Bible led to two very different faiths, and two different lives with extremely divergent endings. Now that we know what these men thought about the Bible, and the place it served or didn't serve in their lives, what do you believe? And perhaps a better question to ingest is how will that effect you when you step into eternity?_________________________________________________________________________________Video Clips:How to read the Bible? What to expect from reading? - Billy Graham, (Youtube)Charles Templeton interviewed by Pierre Berton at 72 (Beginning of clip - communication), (Youtube)Webster! Full Episode October 27, 1980 (36:00 -50:00), (Youtube)Christopher Hitchens talks about Billy Graham, (Youtube)Richard Dawkins exploding at bullshit in the Bible, (Youtube)Articles:Templeton, Charles,  An Anecdotal MemoirGraham, Billy, Just As I Am, Billy Graham, 1997https://www.fayobserver.com/news/20180221/billy-grahams-last-column-by-time-you-read-this-i-will-be-in-heavenhttps://www.thriftbooks.com/w/farewell-to-god-my-reasons-for-rejecting-the-christian-faith_charles-templeton/287805/item/1711095/?gclid=CjwKCAjw7--KBhAMEiwAxfpkWKxKCBq11cKOHfkUQDe3mo5ao_Xoc5rqmTuCPIceHA0hF5-M6j0OJhoC9sMQAvD_BwE#idiq=1711095&edition=4422278https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justin-taylor/charles-templeton-missing-jesus/______________________________________________________________________________ 

Welcome to episode five of our 2021 Halloween Season Series! This one promises to scare the living daylights out of you.  In this episode,  Anne Marie talks to fellow history podcaster Craig Baird who tells us the tail of the Valley of the Headless Men. Steeped in lore and legend, this isolated valley is situated in Nahani National Park Reserve along the Nahanni River in the Northwest Territories of Canada.  Craig is the host of several podcasts, including Canadian History Ehx and From John to Justin.He loves Canadian history and has ever since he was a child. Craig says "too often our history is not known because we are overshadowed by American, British or world history. Canada has a history that is interesting and deep and it is my goal with my videos and podcast to spread that history."ResourcesCanadian History Ehx: website: https://canadaehx.comCHE episodes mentionedMary Two-Axe Earley: https://canadaehx.com/2021/09/11/mary-two-axe-earley/The Shawinigan Handshake: https://canadaehx.com/2021/02/06/the-shawinigan-handshake/Mr. Dressup: https://canadaehx.com/2020/11/28/mr-dressup/The Beachcombers: https://canadaehx.com/2020/09/26/the-beachcombers/ History of Picture Butte: https://canadaehx.com/2021/09/13/the-history-of-picture-butte/On Twitter: @CraigBairdFrom John to Justin podcastOn Instagram: @bairdo37Pierre Berton:  Author of Canadian History: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Berton Maclean's Magazine Article: Valley of Mystery by Pierre Berton, March 15, 1947: https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1947/3/15/valley-of-mysteryMcLeod Brothers: https://nahanni.com/blog/river-stories-the-mcleod-brothers-three/Support Armchair Historians:Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/armchairhistoriansKo-fi: https://ko-fi.com/belgiumrabbitproductionsSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/armchairhistorians)

Pierre Berton called him one of the toughest war correspondents he ever knew, a trusted and familiar newsman who “ate censors for breakfast.” Recently, an Ontario firm auctioned off the estate of Gerard William Ramaut (Bill) Boss, 13 years after he died of pneumonia in an Ottawa hospital, age 90.

Some 16 years ago, my mom gave me the book "Prisoners of the North," by Pierre Berton. I loved it. I became fascinated by Canada's north, and knew I'd go there soon. In 2008, I crossed the Arctic Circle for the first time. Then again in 2010. Back in the Arctic in 2014, 2016 and 2017. (And I even squeezed another trip to Yukon in there too.) I'm a prisoner of the north. And maybe, so is my guest, Joel Hibbard. Joel comes from a family of northern guides—he currently operates Canadian River Expeditions and Nahanni River Adventures, running raft trips down some of the most storied waterways of Yukon and Northwest Territories. Here's the thing—I'm a tourist in the North. Joel lives and works there. So he joined me on a call to chat about the North, river travel, the future of guiding and what it means to run an ethical, sustainable and community minded business in the 21st century. It has me yearning for my next trip north—and I'm double-vaxxed and ready to go! Stay tuned for Joel Hibbard.

John Hornby left a privileged background in England to roam the vast subarctic tundra of northern Canada. There he became known as "the hermit of the north," famous for staying alive in a land with very few resources. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast, we'll spend a winter with Hornby, who's been called "one of the most colorful adventurers in modern history." We'll also consider an anthropologist's reputation and puzzle over an unreachable safe. Intro: In 1902, Ambrose Bierce proposed that we learn to sever our social ties. Can it make sense to pray for a change in the past? Sources for our feature on John Hornby: Malcolm Waldron, Snow Man: John Hornby in the Barren Lands, 1931. Pierre Berton, Prisoners of the North, 2011. David F. Pelly, Thelon: A River Sanctuary, 1996. Morten Asfeldt and Bob Henderson, eds., Pike's Portage: Stories of a Distinguished Place, 2010. Misao Dean, Inheriting a Canoe Paddle: The Canoe in Discourses of English-Canadian Nationalism, 2013. Michael D. Pitt, Beyond the End of the Road: A Winter of Contentment North of the Arctic Circle, 2009. Mckay Jenkins, Bloody Falls of the Coppermine: Madness and Murder in the Arctic Barren Lands, 2007. Clive Powell-Williams, Cold Burial: A True Story of Endurance and Disaster, 2003. Brook Sutton, "Long Before McCandless, John Hornby Tested Himself in Northern Canada -- and Failed," Adventure Journal, Oct. 27, 2016. C.B. Sikstrom, "Hjalmar Nelson Hamar (1894–1967)," Arctic 67:3 (2014), 407-409. Alex M. Hall, "Pike's Portage: Stories of a Distinguised Place, Edited by Morten Asfeldt and Bob Henderson," Arctic 63:3 (2010), 364-365. David F. Pelly, "Snow Man: John Hornby in the Barren Lands," Arctic 53:1 (March 2000), 81-82. Hugh Stewart, "Arctic Profiles: John Hornby," Arctic 37:2 (June 1984), 184-185. M.T. Kelly, "Snow Man: John Hornby in the Barren Lands," Books in Canada 27:7 (October 1998), 29. Thomas H. Hill, "John Hornby: Legend or Fool," Torch Magazine 89:2 (Winter 2016), 6-9. Martin Zeilig, "Touring Canada's Untouched North a Treat," [Regina, Sask.] Leader Post, Oct. 27, 2006, F2. "Privation and Death in 'the Barrens,'" Toronto Star, Aug. 9, 1987, A8. Anne Ross, "John Hornby," Globe and Mail, March 21, 1978, P.6. George J. Lustre, "Hornby's Adventures," Globe and Mail, March 10, 1978, P.7. Allan Irving, "John Hornby," Globe and Mail, March 9, 1978, P.6. "Last Hours of John Hornby Are Pictured by Christian," [Washington D.C.] Evening Star, Dec. 31, 1929, 2. "Bodies of Three Explorers Found," [Washington D.C.] Evening Star, Sept. 6, 1928, 29. "Identity of Bodies Not Entirely Clear," New Britain [Conn.] Herald, Aug. 15, 1928, 10. "Musk-Ox Sanctuary," Montreal Gazette, Aug. 26, 1927. James Charles Critchell Bullock Archive, Sherborne School, June 1, 2015. John Ferns, "Hornby, John," Dictionary of Canadian Biography (accessed Nov. 8, 2020). Listener mail: "Building Name Review: Kroeber Hall," Berkeley: Office of the Chancellor (accessed Nov. 7, 2020). "Proposal to Un-Name Kroeber Hall," UC Berkeley Building Name Review Committee, July 1, 2020. Karl Kroeber and Clifton B. Kroeber, Ishi in Three Centuries, 2003. Vicky Baker, "Last Survivor: The Story of the 'World's Loneliest Man,'" BBC News, July 20, 2018. Dom Phillips, "Footage of Sole Survivor of Amazon Tribe Emerges," Guardian, July 19, 2018. Monte Reel, "The Most Isolated Man on the Planet," Slate, Aug. 20, 2010. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was devised by Greg. Here are two corroborating links (warning -- these spoil the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!

Patrice Dutil explores how CBC Television has presented Canadian History with Monica MacDonald, the author of Recasting History: How CBC Television Has Shaped Canada's Past (McGill-Queen’s University Press). MacDonald examines the show Explorations and Images of Canada which were broadcast in the 1960s and a number of key producers such as Eric Koch, Pierre Berton and Knowlton Nash. Other programs such as The National Dream, The Valour and the Horror, Canada: A People’s History and Canada: The Story of Us are discussed. This podcast was produced by Jessica Schmidt.

Dr. Amit Arya is a palliative care doctor who works in nursing homes. He offers his perspective on the recent report from the Ontario Patient Ombudsman. Drl Arya maintains that some of the recommendations from that report should already have been put in place in anticipation of a second wave of the coronavirus; What will this holiday weekend be like for those in a long-term home? We hear from Teresa Jordan of Community Living Trent Highlands which manages group homes in Peterborough , Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton; Bill Kimball is the Executive Director of Public Energy Performing Arts in Peterborough. He tells us about "The Pivot Series" that brings performances to audiences at various outdoor locations: Chef David Wolfman describes the late author Pierre Berton's famous recipe for turkey; Maddy Toker a student at Queen's University in Kingston and her mom Judy Shiner Toker talk about their Thanksgiving plans - which not include Maddy returning home for the holiday; We meet the new interim host of Fresh Air, Jason D'Souza.

11-year-old best friends excited about the Mars opposition this weekend; Daughter at Queen's tells mom she's not coming home for Thanksgiving; Toronto chef on Pierre Berton's complicated turkey recipe.

Canadian Pierre Berton was born on July 12, 1920.

Leslie Weir was the University Librarian at the University of Ottawa from 2003 to 2018. She became Librarian and Archivist of Canada in August, 2019. Ms. Weir is the first woman to hold this position since the National Library of Canada and the National Archives of Canada were merged to form Library and Archives Canada in 2004. She was born and raised in Montreal, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Canadian History from Concordia University in 1976 and a Masters in Library Science from McGill University in 1979. She joined the University of Ottawa in 1992. During her tenure as University Librarian, she founded the School of Information Studies in the Faculty of Arts where she was also a Professor.  She was a member of the Board of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), from its inception until 2009 and again from 2011 to 2015. She served as President of Canadiana.org between 2012 and 2016 where she oversaw the introduction of the Heritage Project to digitize and make openly accessible some 60 million heritage archival images. Ms. Weir was also president of the Canadian Association of Research Libraries from 2007 to 2009 and president of the Ontario Library Association in 2017.   We met in her high-ceilinged offices at 395 Wellington Street in Ottawa to talk about, among other things, the merging of Library and Archives, the mandate of LAC, federal government departmental libraries, the Library of Parliament, budgets, acquisitions, fundraising and the new LAC Foundation, author archives, Michael Ondaatje, exhibitions, the new LAC building, partnerships, Access to Information requests, the white diamond building, legal deposit, the Internet, Dominion Archivist Arthur Doughty, gold claims, book collecting culture, Pierre Berton, Kay Lamb, and Winston Churchill. 

Episode 126 - On the morning of June 18, 1906, on the trail on the west side of the Two-Mile House, a drinking establishment outside Hazelton, B.C., the body of local tough guy, Alex McIntosh, was found. He had been ambushed and shot through the back. A short time later on the trail to the east of the Two-Mile House, the body of a labourer, Max Leclair, was discovered. He'd died in exactly the same manner. As McIntosh and an indigenous business man named Simon Peter Gunanoot had had a brutal fight only hours prior, suspicion fell on Gunanoot. When the posse went to arrest him he had already taken off into the wilderness and would lead police on the most expensive manhunt in B.C. history. Gunanoot managed to evade capture for over a decade and was not brought in until he was ready to turn himself in. Sources: [Simon Gunanoot - Chasing Shadows by Monty Bassett] [Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada] [Kispiox Band Site] [Gitxsan Nation Site] [Emily Carr paintings near Kispiox - Contact Sheet] [Simon Gunanoot - Wikipedia] [Newspapers.com search - Simon Peter Gunanoot in Canada] [Echoes of British Columbia by Robert Budd - goodreads.com] [My Country by Pierre Berton - goodreads.com] [100 years since the surrender of Simon Gunanoot – BC Local News] [The man who stayed invisible for thirteen years | Maclean’s | JULY 5, 1958] [HistoricPlaces.ca - Simon Gun-an-noot’s Grave] Support the show.

Prof. Tom Urbaniak discusses the art of writing for change in this weeks edition of the People's School. Recommended reading: Pierre Berton, The Joy of Writing (2003). This book is downloadable from the on-line book-sellers.

Charlotte Gray is one of Canada's best-known writers, and author of ten acclaimed books of literary non-fiction. Born in Sheffield, England, and educated at Oxford University and the London School of Economics, she began her writing career in England as a magazine editor and newspaper columnist. After coming to Canada in 1979, she worked as a political commentator, book reviewer and magazine columnist before she turned to biography and popular history. She's been a judge for several of Canada's most prestigious literary awards, including the Giller and Cundall Prizes; has five honorary doctorates and how won numerous awards, including the Pierre Berton Award for distinguished achievement in popularizing Canadian history. We met at her home near the Governor General's grounds in Ottawa to riff off renowned LBJ biographer Robert Caro's latest book, Working. We talk about, among other things, Caro's practice, Pierre Berton, Charlotte's latest book Murdered Midas; A Millionaire, His Goldmine and a Strange Death on an Island Paradise, a biography of the Canadian mine owner Sir Harry Oakes, research methods, academics, adding voices to the mix, academics, the teaching of history, the removal of Sir John A. MacDonald's statue, local historians, and the current dearth of Canadian historical novels. 

Some thoughts on what it means, and how, to make decisions “like a human being”. Show notes: Bruce Lee's 1971 interview with Pierre Berton; Ruth Chang's TED talk on how to make hard choices; The microbiome its links to neurobehaviours; Cardiovascular exercise and the brain; The benefits of meditation; Headspace App; Calm App; Our podcast episode with Adam Connors on networking; Our podcast episode with Tom Hardin, AKA “Tipper X” _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   Get your free audio book and 30 day free trial at Audible: US listeners: get your free trial and audio book at Audible UK listeners: get your free trial and audio book at Audible _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ Like what you heard? Subscribe and/or leave a rating and review on iTunes: http://apple.co/1PjLmK Subscribe on Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/all-things-risk/the-all-things-risk-podcast Subscribe on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ben-cattaneo Follow the podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RiskThings Drop us a note: allthingsrisk@gmail.com

Have we found the ideal intersection of food and fabric? This month we’re talking about things we can eat that can also make our clothes pretty, and Torey is feeling like a real-life history scientist in her kitchen. Meanwhile Steph is going deep into the Acadian history behind a very delicious veggie soup recipe. Statue of Evangeline and Memorial Church, Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia. Photo by Charles Hoffman on Flickr. Used with Creative Commons license. Torey is obsessed with a book -- one she was reminded of when a coworker requested a list of Canadian history book recommendations (be still, our hearts). A Little History of Canada by H.V. Nelles is at the top of the list -- and scroll to the end of this post for the whole list. Steph is obsessed with new-to-her resources at her new place of work, the Nanaimo Museum. She's educating herself about the history of residential schools in Canada and is particularly interested in one book by a residential school survivor: My Name is Seepeetza by Shirley Sterling. Did you know Fashionably Ate is a full year old? It is! We started this little show in September 2016 and we're still having so much fun. To celebrate we'll be taking a bit of a harvest hiatus this month, but we'll be back in November for another full year of podcasting. If you cannot see the audio controls, your browser does not support the audio element Find us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks for listening! Fashionably Ate is on Instagram and Facebook @fashionablyateshow, and we've got photos from this and every episode on Pinterest @fashionablyate. Feel free to email us at fashionablyateshow@gmail.com, and if you haven't already found us on iTunes, now's your chance! Download and subscribe -- and if you would be so kind, please leave us a star rating or review. We'd love the feedback. Check our facts! Fashion: Local Colour: Finding Wild Sources for Dye in the Forest - Northern Woodlands, 2009 "Dyeing Commodities whether in Roote or floure": Reconstructing Aboriginal Dye Techniques from Documentary and Museum Sources - Material Culture Review, Spring 2009. Natural Dyes and Home Dyeing - Rita J. Adrosko Natural Dyes, Our Global Heritage of Colours - Textile Society of America Symposium Proceedings, 2010. Dyeing of Textiles with Natural Dyes - Ashis Kumar Samanta and Adwaita Konar, Institue of Jute Technology, University of Calcutta. The Colour Red: A History in Textiles - NPR Morning Edition, 2007. Acadia: A Great and Noble Scheme: The Tragic Story of the Expulsion of the French Acadians by John Mack Faragher History of the Acadians: Acadian-Cajun Genealogy and History The Acadians - Timeline : CBC.ca Tintamarre: On the Trail of Acadians in North America - National Film Board documentary Monument-Lefebvre National Historic Site The Acadians - Louisbourg : Canadian History Project “Mi’kmaq/Metis/Acadian colonialism from deportation to tar sands” - YouTube video from Louise Lanteigne Food: La cuisiniere bourgeouise : Our vegetable soup recipe Torey's list of Canadian history book recommendations: (Note: The recipient of this list was looking for general overviews of Canadian history. This list would look very different if there had been specific interests at play! My own bias and history as someone who studied Canadian history in Ontario, Nova Scotia and the Yukon is also quite obvious here.) A Little History of Canada by H.V. Nelles The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King Canada: A Portrait in Letters by Charlotte Gray Roughing it in the Bush by Susanna Moodie My Ninety Years by Martha Black The Hanging of Angelique by Afua Cooper Klondike: The Last Great Gold Rush or The Last Spike: The Great Railway, 1881-1885 by Pierre Berton, with a great big caveat that you need to take the narrative with a grain of salt. Excellent storyteller, not big on citing his sources.

CANADA 150 In celebration of the 150th anniversary of Confederation A look back at The Canadian Centennial in 1967 Expo 67 in Montreal, Quebec, "Man and His World" Leonard Cohen & Marshall McLuhan and many other Canadian Cultural influences like Pierre Berton, Rich Little, Leonard Nimoy, Hank Snow & Robert Service   In this land of snow and mountains, rivers and plains We are a people of song and story, poetry and humour We are also great engineers and visionaries of peace Together, from every corner of the Earth, we come To build a good life in the best spirit of humanity And honour the land we call home    

  The Roy Green Show   10 months after being declared not criminally responsible in the killing of five young people in Calgary, Matthew de Grood is being directed toward privileges restored. Guest: Carol de Delley, just weeks ago saw Vincent Li (now known as Will Baker), the NCR killer of her son Tim McLean, set free - Canadians are marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge today – the battle during which Canada came of age, according to Pierre Berton. Guest: Mike LoSchiavo, teacher at Ancaster Meadows elementary school in Hamilton. Every year, he organizes a full day of activities for students, faculty and parents on Remembrance Day. - Global Edmonton anchor Kent Morrison shared the story of Private Joseph "Goldie" Fairholm of Alberta. A runner delivering messages from trench to trench at the Battle of Vimy Ridge, Private Fairholm kept a diary of his time at Vimy.  Guest: Kent Morrison, Global Edmonton - How does a senior Fox News reporter view the U.S. under President Donald Trump? Guest: James Rosen, Chief Washington Correspondent. Fox News Network - Canadian Robert Hall, with his fellow Canadian John Ridsdel, was abducted in the Philippines by ISIS-affiliated Abu Sayaff group and beheaded when no ransom was paid for the Canadians.  Bonice Thomas, sister of Robert Hall, expressed her public anger at the Canadian government and the Prime Minister for refusing to green light a military rescue mission when the Philippine and U.S. militaries were prepared to work with Canada's special operators to rescue the two men.   Today three members of Mr. Hall's family have more to say about the death of Robert Hall. Guests:  Bonice Thomas, sister Gord Bibby, cousin Lois Eaton, cousin See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Canadians are marking the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge today – the battle during which Canada came of age, according to Pierre Berton. Roy also takes calls from listeners whose relatives fought in World War One. Guest: Mike LoSchiavo, teacher at Ancaster Meadows elementary school in Hamilton. Every year, he organizes a full day of activities for students, faculty and parents on Remembrance Day. (Photo: Anne Polewski) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pierre Berton's new book is "Marching as to War", which covers Canada's involvement in four wars during the first half of the twentieth century.

Pierre Berton's new book is "Marching as to War", which covers Canada's involvement in four wars during the first half of the twentieth century.

"Remember, Remember" Recorded the day after Guy Fawkes day.  It's now 2 years since we first conceptualized the podcast with a pad of paper at Free Times Cafe after the Queen's Park Remembrance Day ceremony in 2008.  So we'll talk about World War One, which some people claim was "great".  Usually we claim nobody was hurt, but in World War One, many people died. - Remembrance day, and the First World War: The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman - http://www.amazon.ca/Guns-August-Barbara-W-Tuchman/dp/0345476093 Vimy by Pierre Berton - http://www.amazon.ca/Vimy-Pierre-Berton/dp/0385658427 - XBox Live Arcade and the First World War: Toy Soldiers - the trial is great, the game's a slog Snoopy Flying Ace - just plain super duper great - Televised British Comedy and the First World War: Blackadder Goes Forth: Private Plane ft. Lord Flashheart and Moustaches - http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/blackadder/epguide/four_private.shtml - Board Games about Being a Flying Ace: Wings of War: Billy Bishop vs. the Red Baron! - how it works, how our game went, all that good stuff. - http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=24 (WARNING: LINK HAS ANNOYING MUSIC) Ilan's Recommendation: get "Burning Drachens", "Top Fighters" and "Dogfight" BILLY BISHOP GOES TO WAR: Wednesday Nov. 10th at 8pm, CBC - http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2010/11/08/billy-bishop.html - Movies it's okay... d'oh