M. Grégoire · @mpjgregoire
410 followers · 17344 posts · Server mamot.fr

@rwg I don't really watch TV anymore; busy with other things. So I can't suggest anything that's airing at present. Let me name a classic Canadian show: .

If you'd be interested in just one thing, , which is an short.

#beachcombers #thehockeysweater #nfb

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S.A. Wilson · @sawauthor
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Shell Sheddy · @ShellSheddy
236 followers · 744 posts · Server mstdn.social

A Beachcomber's journey home — made () an icon. After fame faded, he found himself living in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside before finally returning to his roots /

cbc.ca/radiointeractives/thesu

#beachcombers #indigenous #jessejim #patjohn #tv

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Canadian History Ehx · @canadaehx
1538 followers · 564 posts · Server canada.masto.host

Today in 1944, Robert Clothier is presented with the Distinguished Flying Cross for attacking several highly-defended targets.
After the war he gets into acting. In 1972, he wins the role of Relic on The Beachcombers, which he plays until 1990.

#canada #history #beachcombers #canadian #acting #histodon #histodons

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Jason Morse · @cloudhands
29 followers · 33 posts · Server mstdn.ca

Book share: BIRDIE by Tracey Lindberg brings the reader along the main character's journey to explore and connect with her complex past. The narrative style was new to me, and me feel somehow closer than I would expect to a fictional character.

By wild coincidence, earlier in the day I had listened to a Canadaland about the and how we can't watch it anywhere. Opening the book that night I had no idea the iconic show would play a role.

canadaland.com/podcast/822-sal

#podcast #cbc #beachcombers

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