The Best Time For Canada? Before there Was A Canada, Says TV Producer
Sioux Lookout, Ont – Michael Dube can’t give an exact date when Canada was at its best. But he can ballpark it – before there was a Canada. The producer here for Wawatay TV, who works locally on racism...
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Pulling Over To Look at The Map
IGNACE, Ont – It’s time for a pause over truck stop coffee. A moment to look at the map and see whether I’ve stayed on track. As I prepare to cross over in Manitoba, I’ve made my way across four...
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It’s a Real Happening by The Cold Highway
Somewhere Just Outside Winnipeg — Can you feel the love? It’s all around man. Though I can only feel the cold and a bit of parental worry, as 20-year-old Regina native and modern wondering flower child...
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Learning English Under the Rainbow
SWIFT CURRENT, SK — English class has started in the Rainbow Motel. I’m the lone teacher, as the only other guy I see who registered the night in the worn stop-over — built 50 years ago by the side of...
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From Past to Present
I am in Calgary now. A night spent in the front seat of a bus that, for much of the ride, was bathed in moonlight that lit up the prairie around. But before I left Swift Current, I walked the...
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The Best Damn Canadian Song Ever Is…
CALGARY — I have thousands of songs sitting on my iPod. I don’t actually know how many, because under the strict rules I stupidly came up with for this 1963-style trip, I can’t listen to any of them....
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Lost Treasures Wanted
CALGARY, AB — Janey Kolba is asking for a piece of your time. Just over two years ago, she and her husband bought the Inglewood Drive-Inn Restaurant — a small burger and ice cream shop built in the...
View ArticleEditor’s note: He made it! Thane has reached Vancouver.
Two and a half weeks and one coast to coast voyage later Retro Canada reaches the west coast. vine.co/v/bjJqBxJwutU — Thane Burnett (@thaneburnett) March 27, 2013
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At last. Almost three weeks later, I finally walked into English Bay after crossing Canada by foot, bus, train and truck. But Retro Canada is not quite over for me yet, as I sit down now to write my...
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Thane takes your questions!
For nearly three weeks, Sun Media feature writer/columnist Thane Burnett traveled across Canada like it’s 1963. What has he learned? Was it tough following his retro rules? Ask your #RetroCanada road...
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