As a young girl, I always dreamed of being a “real” singer. For Kate Stevens, this has become her reality. The radio today is filled with auto-tuned songs that essentially play on repeat. Sometimes it seems like music is dying. But with down-to-earth performers like Kate, music can be a down-to-earth experience again. I’m lucky enough…
This Wednesday, the popular CBC radio “WireTap” declared the end of its 11-year run. They revealed that they ended their show because it was longer they ever anticipated for Wiretap to ever run. They decided to wrap up their amazing years with this farewell video. This video presents people of different ages giving life advice to…
For years people have argued what intelligence truly means, and Jessi Cruickshank, the host of CBC’s new game show Canada’s Smartest Person, is out to prove that intelligence is more than IQ tests and exam results. This game show will pit 32 of Canada’s smartest people against each other for a variety of challenges. “The…
Music festivals are a great way to spend a summer weekend, offering a chance to sit back, relax, and enjoy an array of artists and musical sounds. Aug 9 and 10 locals and visitors alike flocked to Fernie B.C.’s third annual…
Tom Flanagan, a successful man with an illustrative political and academic career, a professor at the University of Calgary, and a former top advisor and mentor to Stephen Harper, has nose dived from influence while giving a lecture at the University of Lethbridge. In response to a comment raised about child pornography, Flanagan expressed “grave…
To say I am a music lover is an understatement. That’s why I was beyond stoked when CBC announced the launch of their new website, cbcmusic.ca. From classical to singer-songwriter music to jazz to pop, the new and free website has genres to suit every taste, along with blogs, playlists, live concert recordings and artist…
Have you ever wondered how to make a commercial? Or where the product idea came from? Recently, youth all around Calgary have been participating in the big JA pitch. Every Junior Achievement Company has created their own commercial to promote their company. The top three companies with the most votes get to compete in a…
With the possibility of the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, many are asking about how nuclear radiation leads to the presence of diseases within the human body. This curiosity was echoed by my recent viewing of video of the experiences of the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings: White Light/Black Rain.…
This Friday, May 14 is the deadline for our ROCK THE HOMESTRETCH contest. The Homestretch on CBC Radio One is searching for the best teenage rock band in Southern Alberta. If you’re 18 and under and in a rock band, they want to hear from you! GRAND PRIZE: – day-long recording session at The Beach…