2020 Calendar Stories

See the wonderful collection of Photostories produced by the National Film Board

"Canada's International Songstress" — the original photostory of Monique Leyrac

Read about Leyrac's career and her start as a radio actress

A look back at Gilles Vigneault's legacy

The lyrics for Mon Pays

Read the 1970 Maclean's article about the release of Goin' Down the Road

A look back at the release of Goin' Down the Road in the Torontoist

Writer-director Don Shebib heads back Down The Road Again

Stephen Cole's article about Down the Road Again: One last ride with Joey and Pete

Video: SCTV parody of Goin' Down the Road

Shebib discusses some of his other films in an interview with Sam Weisberg

Read a 1958 Maclean's profile

Toronto Star: Paul Anka, the original Canadian idol

Lonely Boy, the wonderful NFB documentary by Wolf Koenig and Roman Kroitor

A guest post on the NFB website about the film Lonely Boy, by Montreal writer and director Maude Michaud

Video: Anka singing "Lonely Boy"

Video: An interview with Paul Anka on CBC's George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight

New York Times: Paul Anka is Back, 63 and Swinging

1968 Maclean's article about John Vernon and how "Hollywood came to him"

Globe & Mail: He was the smarmy Dean Wormer in the sophomoric cult movie Animal House

Video: An interview with John Vernon in 1971 on CBC's Telescope

Obit: The "sonorous-voiced screen villain," an obituary from the Independent

A tribute to Allan King in the Globe and Mail, "a filmmaker of intense empathy"

An interview with Allan King, "The King of Verité"

Criterion: A review of Warrendale

Obituary: Allan King and his life's work at cbc.ca

Read about Warrendale, the Mental Health Treatment Centre for Children

Obituary: Allan King, 79: Pioneer filmmaker directed Warrendale

Video: A Married Couple, trailer

Read the original 1966 Maclean's article about Carol Goss's early career

The newly appointed chairwoman of the CBC in 2001: "Just watch her. You'll be dazzled."

"We need the CBC's voice" — a 2003 Maclean's interview with Carole Taylor "A passion for public service" — Carole Taylor's appointment as chancellor of Simon Fraser University

Canada 150: Carole Taylor gives young women admirable shoes to fill

"Canadian theatre's fiery godmother" — read about Dora Mavor Moore in Maclean's, 1958

A tribute to Dora Mavor Moore by actor and director David Gardner

A review of a biography of Dora Mavor Moore by Paula Sperdakos

Video: Mavor Moore discusses the original production of Anne of Green Gables

"The man who's going to make our TV" — a prescient article by Pierre Berton about Mavor Moore from Macleans,1952

Video: A 1972 interview with Mavor Moore on cbc.ca

An obituary of Mavor Moore in the Globe and Mail

Alex Trebek hosted so many CBC shows before Jeopardy!

Why America Loves Alex Trebek

Video: The intro to Reach for the Top on the Leaside vs. Monarch Park show

A 2018 interview with Trebek as he talks about retirement, his legacy, and why knowledge matters

50 years later, 'Reach for the Top' still showcasing high schoolers with all the answers

June Callwood has written extensively for Maclean's. Here are just a few articles from the Maclean's online archive:

A visit with the Foster Hewitts

June Callwood reflects on her life: "So here I am, Women's Lib. How did I get here? And what took me so long?"

Happiness is the rarest, most prized and most misunderstood state of man.

Video: It was a turning point, June Callwood talks about the Yorkville crisis in the 1960s

June Callwood's biography on the Casey House website

Obit: A moving tribute to June Callwood in the Globe and Mail

"The most famous unknown in TV," the original 1960 Maclean's article — written by June Callwood

Among his many TV roles, Larry Mann was on Gunsmoke, Bewitched, and Hogan's Heroes

Video: Larry D Mann was everywhere — in The Name of the Game credits!

Read about the "Groundbreaking Eleanor Collins, The City's First Lady of Jazz"

This living legend has repeatedly chosen to stay local

She has fostered the values of equality and acceptance; is recognized as a civic leader and pioneer in the development of British Columbia’s music industry.

Video: A brief clip of Eleanor Collins on the 1954 show Bamboula

A wonderful collection of photos from the CBC Vancouver archives

An interview with Lorraine Foreman as she reminisces about Country Hoedown

The original 1957 article "Country Hoedown With A City Beat" in Weekend Magazine from the University of Manitoba Libraries archive

Tommy Hunter got his start on television on Country Hoedown as a rhythm guitarist

Video: A short clip of King Ganam playing the fiddle

A brief biography of King Ganam

Read about Gordie Tapp on cbc.ca