Afternoons on 1130 NewsRadio @CityNewsVAN - Host/Producer #NewsRadioBookshelf - seekyoursounds.com/podcasts/…
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Angine de Poitrine! Happy to finally have this on vinyl! Weird microtonal guitar jams from Quebec and I am so here for it! #vinyl
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Sunday listening with Muddy Waters. “The Real Folk Blues” is a compilation originally released in 1966. This cassette is most likely the 1987 reissue. Classic stuff.
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#OTD in 2022, I spoke with Charles Demers about Noonday Dark: A Doctor Annick Boudreau Mystery #2, the second of two novels about the mystery-solving psychologist he based on his own therapist. #NewsRadioBookshelf @CityNewsVAN @DMPublishers vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/0…
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#OTD in 2013, I talked to J.J. Caithcart about Black Sabbath’s “13” album. @CityNewsVAN vancouver.citynews.ca/2013/0…
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The 37th season of Vancouver’s @bardonthebeach Shakespeare Festival kicks off this week. It all gets started on Tuesday night with The Merry Wives of Windsor, followed by Macbeth on Wednesday night.
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#OTD in 2025, I spoke with Andrew Coyne about his book, The Crisis of Canadian Democracy. #NewsRadioBookshelf #canpoli @CityNewsVAN @sutherlandbooks vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/0…
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“You know, we all put on our pants one leg at a time,” McCreary said. “The players are going to make hundreds of mistakes. The coaches will make mistakes. It’s how you mask your mistakes and don’t repeat them is what’s important.” #NewsRadioBookshelf @CityNewsVAN @sportsnet650
It’s that time of year again, when two teams battle it out for North American hockey supremacy. And few people know the Stanley Cup Final better than retired NHL referee Bill McCreary. vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/0…
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WATCH: Retired NHL referee Bill McCreary talks about his book, Stories from Ice Level: A Great NHL Referee Tells All. #NewsRadioBookshelf @CityNewsVAN @Sportsnet @Sportsnet650 youtu.be/Mz6ivkdLNi4
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‘Doors Open Richmond’ celebrates culture and diversity of the Island By Nature this weekend. vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/0…
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#OTD in 2022, I spoke with Lynda Gray, author of First Nations 101: Tons of Stuff You Need to Know. #NewsRadioBookshelf @CityNewsVAN vancouver.citynews.ca/2022/0…
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#OTD in 2025, Marc Garneau, the first Canadian in space and later a Justin Trudeau-era cabinet minister, passed away at the age of 76. I spoke to him about his memoir, A Most Extraordinary Ride, in 2024. #NewsRadioBookshelf #canpoli @CityNewsVAN vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/1…
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Today is publication day for The Road to Bard, the new memoir from Christopher Gaze, founding artistic director of Vancouver’s @bardonthebeach Shakespeare festival. Read my review here. #NewsRadioBookshelf @CityNewsVAN @Harbour_Publish
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The 37th season of Vancouver’s @bardonthebeach Shakespeare festival kicks off June 9th at Vanier Park. Now, comes a new book by the man who started it all, artistic director Christopher Gaze. #NewsRadioBookshelf @CityNewsVAN @Harbour_Publish vancouver.citynews.ca/2026/0…
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WELCOME COACH MANNY!
General Manager Ryan Johnson announced today that the #Canucks have hired Manny Malhotra as the 23rd Head Coach in franchise history.
DETAILS | vancanucks.co/4fflZjQ
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Manny is officially the guy
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#OTD in 2024, I spoke with former CIBC World Markets chief economist turned bestselling author Jeff Rubin about his book, A Map of the New Normal: How Inflation, War, and Sanctions Will Change Your World Forever. #NewsRadioBookshelf @CityNewsVAN vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/0…
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May 31
No jokes about her having “a total eclipse of the heart” please.
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May 31
Kerry-Lynne Findlay wins the fourth and final ballot with 51 per cent. Caroline Elliott placed second with 49 per cent. Findlay is speaking live now on 1130 NewsRadio. #bcpoli @CityNewsVAN
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay wins the third ballot of the BC Conservative leadership race. Caroline Elliott placed second. Seeing as neither had 50 per cent support, there will be a fourth ballot.
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay wins the third ballot of the BC Conservative leadership race. Caroline Elliott placed second. Seeing as neither had 50 per cent support, there will be a fourth ballot.
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Kerry-Lynne Findlay wins the second ballot. But there is still no candidate who has reached the 50 per cent threshold, so the vote will go to a third ballot. Other than Findlay, only Caroline Elliott and Iain Black remain.
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