He sold his first newspaper at the age of eight, and never looked back. From Cold War Washington through the battlefields of Vietnam and into millions of Canadian homes each night, Knowlton Nash has had a window seat on many of Canada's major stories. Read More »
Posted on Nov 2, 2011 9:27:22 AM
Long before television there was Wayne & Shuster. Their names are synonymous with Canadian entertainment. Comedy duo Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster began work for CBC during the Second World War. Read More »
Posted on Nov 2, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Sasa Petricic is a video journalist for The National, CBC-TV's flagship national newscast. He not only reports, but also shoots and edits the stories he presents from across Canada and around the world. Read More »
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Glenn Gould participates in a discussion with producer David Jaeger and Ken Haslam for Glenn Gould: A Portrait in 1974. Gould is one of the best-known and most celebrated classical pianists of the 20th century. Read More »
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Alan Maitland auditioned for the CBC as a singer in 1947. But he was hired as an announcer, and stayed for 46 years, contributing to programs such as On the Move, Children's Stories, Action Set, Centennial Diary, and Matinee. In 1974 he joined As It Happens as co-host and became known affectionately as Front Porch Al. Read More »
Posted on Oct 29, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Mike Duffy reports on-location for a 1980 segment. Born in Prince Edward Island, Duffy has been a fixture in Canadian political journalism since the 1970s. He was with CBC until 1988, when he began working for CTV. Read More »
Posted on Oct 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The sudden death of Barbara Frum on March 26, 1992 shocked Canadians. The loss of one of the country's most respected broadcasters at the age of 54 reverberated across living rooms of the nation. Read More »
Posted on Oct 26, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Bruno Gerussi makes an appearance in a cooking segment on Take 30 in 1969 with food consultant Jehane Benoit. Read More »
Posted on Oct 25, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Dianne Buckner has established herself as a skilled interviewer, writer, and producer, and an accomplished speaker. She has reported on entrepreneurs for two decades and is part of the business news team at CBC. Read More »
Posted on Oct 24, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Lloyd Robertson, Toby Tarnow and Tom Kneebone appear in the summer of 1962 on the CBC Television series Vacation Time. The summer replacement series aired during the summer months in the place of regular children's programming that was on hiatus. Read More »
Posted on Oct 21, 2011 6:00:00 AM
For 32 years, Ernie Coombs played Mr. Dressup and opened the doors to a world of imagination when he lifted the lid on his famous Tickle Trunk and shared in the antics of his faithful puppet friends Casey and Finnegan. Read More »
Posted on Oct 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Kids' CBC puts families first with a groundbreaking roster of commercial-free preschool programming created by Canadians for Canadians. The weekday mornings programming celebrates the geographic and cultural diversity of our country. Read More »
Posted on Oct 17, 2011 6:00:00 AM
MacIntyre joined CBC Television Halifax as a current affairs story editor/journalist for Here Today in 1976. Soon after, he was given his own show and he hosted for three seasons, the regional current affairs program The MacIntyre File. Read More »
Posted on Oct 17, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Matt Galloway is currently the new host of CBC Radio One 99.1's Metro Morning. Metro Morning is the audio version of Toronto's Yonge Street: a central urban artery that cuts through the heart of the city and beyond. Read More »
Posted on Oct 16, 2011 6:00:00 AM
On This is That, nothing is off limits - not politics, business, culture, justice, science nor religion. If it's relevant to Canadians, hosts Pat Kelly and Peter Oldring are committed to finding out the this and the that of the story. Read More »
Posted on Oct 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This ad from December 1970 shows The National anchors of the time Lloyd Robertson and George Finstad. The two anchors brought viewers "up to the minute reports from the CBC's world-wide web of newsrooms and correspondents," the ad states. Read More »
Posted on Oct 13, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Gordon Lightfoot made a guest appearance on The Tommy Hunter Show in 1981. Lightfoot and the band performed Shadows and Old Dan's Records. The Tommy Hunter Show air from 1965-1992 and featured Canadian and international country and western music stars. Read More »
Posted on Oct 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
For three hours a day, five days a week - for 15 years - millions tuned in to CBC Radio's Morningside and Peter Gzowski. Despite Gzowski's disheveled appearance, this beloved radio host cast his folksy charm across the country. Read More »
Posted on Oct 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
A highly respected senior journalist, Joan Donaldson was the founding head of Newsworld responsible for the development and operation of the network. Read More »
Posted on Oct 11, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The Ron James Show is now in its third season. James has established himself as a uniquely Canadian, poetically charged stand-up comedian. Read More »
Posted on Oct 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Shelagh Rogers is a veteran broadcast-journalist. She has hosted This Morning and Sounds Like Canada. Around 1985, she began reading listener mail on the late Peter Gzowski's show Morningside and became an instant hit. Read More »
Posted on Oct 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
While Royal Canadian Air Farce's knack for send-ups of politicians, pundits, and plebeians alike kept audiences laughing out loud for almost four decades, the troupe's own story has gone untold. Until now. Read More »
Posted on Oct 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
On April 12, 1936, the whole world was watching the community of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Three men working in the Moose River mine became trapped as the roof collapsed. It represents one of the first remote broadcasts. Read More »
Posted on Oct 9, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Rick Mercer goes bungee jumping in Whistler, B.C., with Man in Motion Rick Hansen on an episode of the Rick Mercer Report. Read More »
Posted on Oct 8, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Panel member Gordon Sinclair, Pierre Berton, Betty Kennedy and host Fred David pose in front of CBC-TV Studio 4 in Toronto to promote Front Page Challenge. Read More »
Posted on Oct 7, 2011 6:00:00 AM
For busy housewives in postwar Canada, Kate Aitken's singsong voice was a welcome diversion from their everyday duties. Three days a week, Mrs. A shared advice on cooking, child care and fashion and offered a perspective on women and politics. Read More »
Posted on Oct 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
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Jonathan Goldstein sits in the studio at Montreal CBC in August 2006. Goldstein is a Montreal writer and host of WireTap on CBC Radio One. Read More »
Posted on Oct 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
CBC News foreign correspondent Adrienne Arsenault readies to tape a segment for The National while in Sri Lanka in 2007. Read More »
Posted on Oct 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Entertainer to many, agitator to some. Love him or hate him, Don Cherry is a national icon and a hockey original. Every week on CBC's Hockey Night in Canada, Cherry gives his sometimes inflammatory views on the world of hockey. Read More »
Posted on Oct 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Al Waxman shows off the lining of his blazer in the Sept. 28, 1976 episode of the King of Kensington. The popular series aired on CBC Television from 1975-1980. Read More »
Posted on Sep 30, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This advertisement from 1965, depicts a laughing Larry Mann declaring that he's "a furious booster for Wayne and Shuster" and other comedy programming on CBC Television. Mann had been a CBC personality since 1953. Read More »
Posted on Sep 29, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Mary Lou Finlay established herself as one of Canada's best-known journalists. Finlay began hosting a CBC Ottawa television magazine in 1970, three years after she graduated from the University of Ottawa. She first came to national attention in 1975. Read More »
Posted on Sep 28, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Johnny Wayne performs in a sketch on the Nov. 16, 1969 episode of the Wayne & Shuster show. Read More »
Posted on Sep 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
He adored Arrowroot cookies, Barbra Streisand and animals. He abhorred sunlight, the stage and airplanes. Eccentric, genius, solitary, head-strong, hypochondriac, virtuoso... all describe Glenn Herbert Gould, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Read More »
Posted on Sep 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Versatile reporter Julie Van Dusen has worked for CBC in Ottawa on Parliament Hill for nearly 20 years. Her reports are seen on CBC News Network, The National and CBC supper hour shows across the country. Read More »
Posted on Sep 26, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The cast of Royal Canadian Air Farce, Kids in the Hall and Brent Butt performed a doughnut shop sketch on the All-Star Comedy Homecoming. Read More »
Posted on Sep 24, 2011 6:00:00 AM
It is one of the most confrontational conversations in CBC Radio's history. Barbara Frum, one of Canada's most respected broadcasters, got on the phone with Charles Manson follower and eco-terrorist Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme's roommate Sandra Good for a now infamous exchange. Read More »
Posted on Sep 24, 2011 6:00:00 AM
On Sept. 25, 2011 legendary pianist Glenn Gould would've marked his 79th birthday. To commemorate this anniversary, CBC will release a comprehensive DVD collection - Glenn Gould on Television: The Complete CBC Broadcasts. Read More »
Posted on Sep 20, 2011 1:24:16 PM
CBC Radio 3 host Grant Lawrence spends some time with Kids' CBC musical star Mamma Yamma in the studio for a special New Year's recording. Read More »
Posted on Sep 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Bob McDonald has been communicating science internationally through television, radio, print and live presentations for more than 30 years. Although he doesn't have a formal background in science - his academic background includes studies in theatre, English and philosophy - his career took a scientific turn when he got a job at the Ontario Science Centre. Read More »
Posted on Sep 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This April 1959 issue of the CBC Times features a Glenn Gould cover story. The article highlights the career of the young Canadian concert pianist, who at 25 was already in such demand, he was scheduled to play 65 concerts by the end of the season. Read More »
Posted on Sep 18, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Jian Ghomeshi hosts the popular CBC Radio One and bold TV show, Q. Q is an energetic daily arts, culture and entertainment magazine that covers pop arts and the high arts alike. Read More »
Posted on Sep 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
From the '60s to the '90s, Adrienne Clarkson was a CBC journalist and a celebrated television personality. Engaged with current affairs, she demystified a variety of social issues while presenting balanced ideas from across the ideological spectrum. Read More »
Posted on Sep 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Anna Maria Tremonti has spent much of her career roaming the country and the world for the CBC. Her hosting gig on The Current marked her return to radio after 19 years with CBC TV, including nine years where she was a foreign correspondent for The National. Read More »
Posted on Sep 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Tommy Hunter participates in a special performance marking CBC's 25th anniversary. Hunter starred on The Tommy Hunter Show, which initially aired on radio before moving to television in 1965-1992. Read More »
Posted on Sep 11, 2011 6:00:00 AM
John Morgan appears as Mike from Canmore on an episode of Royal Canadian Air Farce. Mike was known for his slow and bewildered statement of "I'm Mike .... from Canmore". Read More »
Posted on Sep 8, 2011 6:00:00 AM
George Stroumboulopoulos interviews a flood-affected family at an internally displaced person camp in Larkana, Pakistan. Read More »
Posted on Sep 7, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Anne Murray auditioned for Singalong Jubilee on CBC-TV in 1964 but wasn't offered a part on the popular program. But, two years later, she auditioned again and was offered a spot on the show, which helped launch her career. Read More »
Posted on Sep 7, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Rewind host Michael Enright will be joined by Shelagh Rogers on the Sept. 8 episode of the show, which will be exploring some of the personalities who have graced the airwaves of CBC Radio. Read More »
Posted on Sep 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Mark Kelley is the host of Connect with Mark Kelley, a nightly news talk program on CBC News Network. He joined CBC in 1990 and has spent much of his career focusing on documentaries and investigative journalism. Read More »
Posted on Sep 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Steven Sabados and Chris Hyndman host the successful talk show Steven and Chris.
The dynamic duo chats about topics ranging from entertainment to home decor. Read More »
Posted on Sep 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Newfoundland funnyman Shaun Majumder tries out a tractor for an episode of Shaun's Great Adventure. Read More »
Posted on Sep 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
For Lloyd Robertson, delivering the news has been a lifelong pursuit - and he started his television broadcasting career at CBC after initially working in radio. Read More »
Posted on Aug 31, 2011 9:48:07 AM
Ann MacMillan talks on the phone at CBC's London bureau in 2007.MacMillan has served as the managing editor of the bureau since 1981. Read More »
Posted on Aug 31, 2011 6:00:00 AM
An international correspondent's life can be exhilarating -- the travel, the adventure, the sense of being right in the middle of where it's all happening. But it can also be very risky, especially in a war zone. Read More »
Posted on Aug 30, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Sook-Yin Lee hosts Definitely Not the Opera and Your DNTO on CBC Radio One. Definitely Not the Opera is a pop culture magazine that airs every Saturday. Your DNTO airs on Tuesdays, blending the best of the Saturday show with listeners' stories. Read More »
Posted on Aug 29, 2011 6:00:00 AM
A two-time Gemini Award nominee, Suhana Meharchand has hosted numerous CBC News programs. Many people will remember her as host of What's New, the CBC's news and current affairs program for youth. She is also heavily involved in the community. Read More »
Posted on Aug 29, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In this 1978 CBC Radio Morningside interview, Foster Hewitt discusses his broadcasting style, his love of the game, and his dynamic career - including coining the phrase "he shoots, he scores." Read More »
Posted on Aug 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In 2005, Jack Layton participated in a new feature on the Mercer Report called My Riding, where members of Parliament showed the host what was so great about their riding. Mercer's riding is Toronto-Danforth and Layton his MP. Read More »
Posted on Aug 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In 1983, Dave Rosen drew a caricature of Peter Gzowski on a whim and sent it into the show. But Gzowski liked it so much that the rights to the cartoon were purchased by CBC so that it could be used on promotional material. Read More »
Posted on Aug 25, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The Tommy Hunter Show had a 27-year run from 1965-1992 and featured Canadian and international country and western music stars. To many of his fans, Hunter was known as "Canada's Country Gentleman". Read More »
Posted on Aug 23, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Rube Hornstein gives the forecast on the first edition of Newsday in Halifax. Read More »
Posted on Aug 22, 2011 6:00:00 AM
David Suzuki is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster who explains the complexities of the natural sciences in a compelling and easily understood way. He is celebrating his 75th birthday this year too. Read More »
Posted on Aug 22, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Peggy Nairn sits in a control room at CBC's former Church Street studios. Nairn was one of CBC's first female television producers in the 1950s. Read More »
Posted on Aug 20, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Bob Homme, gives a glimpse of his private life, allowing a music session to be photographed in his home with his wife Esther, children and dog. Read More »
Posted on Aug 17, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Wendy Mesley is an awarding-winning journalist who has covered many of the big political stories that have occurred in our country since the late-1970s. She currently hosts CBC Television's flagship news program The National on Sunday evenings. Read More »
Posted on Aug 15, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Rick Mercer gets his 'Celebrity Tip' from Canadian author Margaret Atwood in a 2005 episode of the Rick Mercer Report. Read More »
Posted on Aug 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Children's entertainer Fred Penner appears on Mr. Dressup with Ernie Coombs. Read More »
Posted on Aug 13, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Peter Mansbridge served as Knowlton Nash's substitute anchor on The National. In 1987, Nash voluntarily gave up his position as anchor after Mansbridge was reportedly being recruited by a U.S. network. Read More »
Posted on Aug 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Winnipeg band, The Guess Who, worked as the house band of CBC-TV's Let's Go for two years beginning in 1967. They performed on a May 1968 CBC Show of the Week special, hosted by one of the CBC's first bona fide stars - Juliette. Read More »
Posted on Aug 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Howard the Turtle lays lifeless as his puppeteer John Keogh and actress Michele Finney take a break to check the script on the set of Razzle Dazzle in November 1963. Read More »
Posted on Aug 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Alex Trebek might be known as the king of trivia but long before he became quizmaster for the legendary game show Jeopardy, Alex Trebek cut his teeth on CBC Radio and Television programs. He began his career at CBC in 1961. Read More »
Posted on Aug 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Harry Forestell readies to film a segment in 2007 while working in CBC's London bureau. He has worked as a journalist for more than 20 years. Read More »
Posted on Aug 8, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Evan Solomon is a two-time Gemini Award-winning journalist, who currently works as the anchor of CBC News Network's national political show, Power & Politics. Read More »
Posted on Aug 8, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Alex Trebek began his career with CBC as a newscaster and sportscaster before landing his first television hosting job in 1963. Read More »
Posted on Aug 7, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This collection of memories was put together during the CBC's 50th anniversary in 1986. The document, entitled Behind the Scenes: Pioneers and Performers, stories of 12 individuals who worked with CBC during its early days of television of radio. Read More »
Posted on Aug 7, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Rick Mercer's tightly scripted two-minute rants see him speaking directly into the camera about a current political issue. They quickly became a signature segment on 22 Minutes. Read More »
Posted on Aug 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This advertisement ran in January 1969. It promotes public affairs programming on CBC Television and features the personalities and hosts from several of CBC's major shows of the era, labeling them as The Informers. Read More »
Posted on Aug 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas play the characters of Bob and Doug McKenzie. The fictional Canadian brothers appeared on SCTV's third season on CBC. Read More »
Posted on Aug 2, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Since the mid-1970s, Nancy Wilson has interviewed Canada's leading politicians, key international political players and a long list of celebrities. She started at CBC on The Journal and has since hosted many programs on CBC Newsworld and CBC News Now. Read More »
Posted on Aug 1, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This guide was produced to go along with a poster published for CBC's 50th anniversary in 1986. The poster shows 50 women who were a part of CBC during its first 50 years on the air. Read More »
Posted on Jul 31, 2011 6:00:00 AM
CBC News chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge works on a computer while on-location in Afghanistan. Read More »
Posted on Jul 30, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Men in the year 2000 didn't have much to look forward to, according to this 1961 episode of Sports College on CBC Radio. They should expect to be weaker and fatter than they were in 1961, according to the host of the fitness program. Read More »
Posted on Jul 30, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Puppeteer Judith Lawrence poses with her beloved characters, Casey and Finnegan. Read More »
Posted on Jul 28, 2011 6:00:00 AM
You think of Lorne Michaels and you think of Saturday Night Live. But Michaels got his start on CBC. The producer, writer and comedian was born in Toronto (born Lorne Lipowitz) and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1966 before beginning his career as a broadcaster on CBC Radio. Read More »
Posted on Jul 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Matthew Halton, a correspondent with CBC's Overseas Unit during the Second World War, takes cover behind a destroyed German tank. Read More »
Posted on Jul 25, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Neil Macdonald began his career with CBC in 1988. He worked on Parliament Hill and also been a correspondent in the Middle East and Washington. Read More »
Posted on Jul 25, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This advertisement for The Nature of Things with David Suzuki was used in the late-1970s. The Nature of Things began airing in 1960 and became The Nature of Things with David Suzuki in 1979. Read More »
Posted on Jul 21, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Norman Jewison is an Oscar-winning director, who is considered a laureate of the film lens. He is a fierce supporter of the Canadian film industry. But younger moviegoers may have forgotten that before becoming a maverick director, Jewison cut his teeth in television at the CBC. Read More »
Posted on Jul 20, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Jean Chretien and Pamela Wallin meet their alter egos played by Roger Abbott and Luba Goy on a 1997 episode of Royal Canadian Air Farce. Read More »
Posted on Jul 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
While Canadian troops were still training in the early days of the Second World War, a spontaneous idea emerged to record servicemen's messages to loved ones back home. The segment set a precedent for CBC programming during the early days of Canada's involvement in the war. Canadians were thrilled to hear the voices of their sons, brothers and husbands. Read More »
Posted on Jul 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Before becoming known as a sportscaster and a co-host of Marketplace, Tom Harrington was Kinda Kountry on CBC-TV. Harrington sang as a backup singer on the St. John's production that was co-hosted by his sister. Read More »
Posted on Jul 18, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This is an early advertisement for Mr. Dressup on CBC Television. Mr. Dressup was produced by CBC Television from 1967-1996. The show aired every weekday morning and featured Ernie Coombs as Mr. Dressup, who guided children through a series of songs, stories, crafts and imagination games. Read More »
Posted on Jul 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
James Doohan is often remembered for his role of chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott on the U.S. series Star Trek. But before becoming Scotty, Doohan had a long resume of CBC roles. Read More »
Posted on Jul 13, 2011 9:00:00 AM
A group shot of CBC's foreign correspondents in 1964. Read More »
Posted on Jul 11, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Keith Boag is a senior journalist with CBC Television with more than 20 years experience. He is currently a correspondent in Los Angeles, covering the U.S. West Coast and Mexico. He is shown in this picture in the 1990s. Read More »
Posted on Jul 11, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Andy Barrie talks on the phone in the offices of Metro Morning on CBC Radio One. Barrie served as host of Toronto's Metro Morning from 1995 until February 2010. Read More »
Posted on Jul 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In parade of comic voices, Robin Williams has the studio audience at CBC-TV's 90 Minutes Live in stitches in this 1978 clip. Even when he settles into the guest's chair for a chat with host Peter Gzowski, Williams can't turn off his shtick. Read More »
Posted on Jul 9, 2011 2:08:35 PM
Paul Shaffer and Ashley MacIsaac perform with Rita MacNeil in a 1996 episode of Rita & Friends. The series ran on CBC from 1994-1997 as a variety show that featured many musical artists. Read More »
Posted on Jul 8, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Glenn Gould and technician Lorne Tulk take some time out in the studio, in this photograph from the 1970s. Read More »
Posted on Jul 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
As Vinyl Cafe host and author Stuart McLean records his CBC 75th anniversary program in Orillia, Ont., on July 29-30, he is going to give the audience a chance to pick what Dave and Morley stories they want to hear. Read More »
Posted on Jul 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Ernie Coombs does a drawing while filming an episode of Mr. Dressup. Mr. Dressup was produced by CBC Television from 1967-1996. Read More »
Posted on Jul 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Dave Broadfoot moved to Toronto from Vancouver in 1952 on the day after CBC Television began broadcasting. Within weeks of his arrival he made his television debut on the variety show The Big Revue. Read More »
Posted on Jul 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Paul Martin turns the camera on Rick Mercer while filming a segment for the Rick Mercer Report. Mercer visited the then-prime minister at 24 Sussex in Ottawa in 2005. Read More »
Posted on Jul 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Mary Walsh in full costume for the character of Marg, Princess Warrior. Walsh was part of the original cast of This Hour has 22 Minutes, where she debuted the character of Marg Delahunty. Read More »
Posted on Jun 26, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Puppeteer and voice actor Rod Coneybeare works with Jerome the Giraffe on the set of the Friendly Giant. Coneybeare also portrayed Rusty the Rooster in the long-running children's series. Read More »
Posted on Jun 25, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In this 1975 photo, Al Waxman goofs around in Kensington Market while taking a break on-location in the Toronto production of the King of Kensington. The popular series aired on CBC Television from 1975-1980. Read More »
Posted on Jun 22, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Rene Levesque joined Radio-Canada International in the 1940s and became the head of radio-television news in 1952. Working for the French-language section of Radio-Canada International, he served as a war correspondent during the Korean War. Read More »
Posted on Jun 20, 2011 2:25:51 PM
From 1939 to 1945 Canadian soldiers, sailors and air force personnel lived and died in lands far from home. CBC Radio was one of the few links friends and family in Canada had to their loved ones abroad. Through reports from the front, dramatizations and direct greetings from soldiers, CBC revealed what life on the battlefront was like. Read More »
Posted on Jun 20, 2011 11:13:03 AM
Lorne Greene reacts while reading the news. Greene's voice eventually earned him the nickname of the "Voice of Canada". But as the country entered the Second World War, his work as the primary newsreader on CBC Radio meant he was often delivering dreaded news from the front and he soon became known as the "Voice of Doom" among many Canadians. Read More »
Posted on Jun 20, 2011 9:50:08 AM
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