2019 Calendar Stories
Delve further into the unforgettable stories from the first century of Canadian broadcasting as seen in our 2019 calendar.
Dinah Christie and This Hour Has Seven Days
Laurier LaPierre and Patrick Watson
An interview with the mother of Steven Truscott prompts an emotional reaction from Laurier LaPierre
CBC: Laurier LaPierre, ex-senator and broadcaster, dies at 83
Jack Webster
History of Canadian Broadcasting – CAB Hall of Fame
Vancouver Sun: Jack Webster, a journalist who’s larger than life
Video: Jack Webster interviews Pierre Trudeau, October 2, 1978, on the first episode of Webster!
Joey Smallwood
Bio: Library and Archives Canada
CBC: How Joey Smallwood convinced Newfoundlanders to join Confederation
Jan Tennant
Maclean's — Script Girl Jan Tennant. The drama the viewers never see (Maclean's is offering free access to issues from 1905 to 2008 for a limited time)
Bio: History of Canadian Broadcasting
Trina McQueen
Danny Gallivan
Video: Dirk Irvin tribute to Danny Gallivan
Video: Danny Gallivan calls game 7 of the 1965 Stanley Cup
Video: Danny reflects on his many years of announcing hockey games
René Lecavalier
Radio-Canada has many radio and television clips of René Available only until November 30, 2019
Margaret Beal (Morris Smolensky)
Maurice 'Mad Dog' Vachon
Video: 1986 CBC Fifth Estate segment about Maurice
Obituary: The Globe and Mail (paywalled)
Lotta Hitschmanova
Read about Dr Lotta and how USC Canada continues the good work she began in 1945
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 — Lotta Hitschmanova's Uniform
Hinterland Who's Who
Kate Aitken
CBC: Mrs A shares a chicken recipe for Sunday dinner
Maclean's: Gordon Sinclair writes about the "Busiest Woman in the World"
Canada's History: Radio Queens
Graham Kerr
Video: The ever-entertaining Galloping Gourmet makes Jambalaya
Today in Ottawa's History: The Galloping Gourmet
The New York Times: A Slower Pace for TV's Galloping Gourmet
Take 30
Video: Paul Soles and Adrienne Clarkson introduce Moses Znaimer on CBC's Take 30, 1967
CBC: Adrienne Clarkson and Paul Soles go across the pond to swingin' London
Adrienne Clarkson
Maclean's: Adrienne Clarkson has brought new purpose and pizzazz to the office of governor general
Listen: An interview with Adrienne Clarkson at UBC in 2009
Paul Soles
Video: Paul Soles answers a "Milk Person Wanted" ad on a 1976 episode of CBC's This is the Law
The Globe and Mail (paywalled)
CBC: Paul talks about his return to the stage in 1987
Moses Znaimer
Video: Moses reflects on MuchMusic
The Canadian Encyclopedia Interview
Jehane Benoît
CBC: Jehane makes a strawberry flan
Library and Archives Canada: Jehane Benoît, grande dame of Canadian cuisine
Maclean's — Food, Love, and Madame Benoît
Radio-Canada: Jehane Benoît, une pionnière qui a propulsé le Québec dans l'ère de la cuisine moderne