All in a Weekend
with Sonali Karnick

It's been 100 years since the publication of Stephen Leacock's classic Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town. On Sunday night, that little town comes to life on CBC TV. 

The film features an all-star cast, including Colin Mochrie, Sean Cullen, Gordon Pinsent, and Montrealer Jill Hennessy.(You may remember her from the TV shows Law and Order and Crossing Jordan. She's also starring in HBO's new series Luck.)

Jill Hennessy spoke with Sonali Karnick about taking on a new kind of role and wearing a corset!

We've gone back into the All in a Weekend archives and pulled out one of Dave Bronstetter's best-loved interviews from the past year. 

Kevin Gascoyne is the co-owner of Camellia-Sinensis, a tea importer based in Montreal and Quebec City. Every spring Kevin and his partners get to set off across the world hunting for new and exciting teas to bring back to their shops.  Last April, Dave reached Kevin on the phone in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Here's an excerpt of that conversation.  

Her voice was the benchmark for vocalists of all music genres around the world. Whitney Houston died Saturday at 48 years of age.  She was found dead in her hotel room at the Beverly Hilton. The cause of her death is unclear but no one can deny the tragic turn her life had taken. 
Houston leaves behind an incredible legacy: 170 million albums sold, numerous No. 1 hits, including the biggest-selling U.S. single of all time, "I Will Always Love You."  Sonali Karnick spoke about Whitney Houston's career with CBC music columnist Duke Eatmon.

Kevin has some travel tips for those planning a ski getaway for the family for winter break and the day's conditions on the slopes in Quebec. 

It's Hockey Day in Canada today. People are strapping on their skates across the country in their own communities to celebrate the national game.
The centre of it all this year is Prince Edward Island but there are games and events going on everywhere, including right here in Montreal. CBC Montreal, in partnership with the Montreal Canadiens Children's Foundation, wants to get kids moving! We've been collecting your new or used skates to be used as loaner skates at the four free outdoor community built by the foundation.
But the celebration is from coast to coast with some great NHL hockey games in between.
Scott Russell from CBC Sports Weekend spoke with Sonali Karnick from Thunder Bay, Ontario.

With Dave Bronstetter's impending retirement, we've gone back into the All in a Weekend vault and plucked one of his best-loved interviews from the past year. We're revisiting a chat Dave had with Georges Laraque. Most people will remember Georges from his hockey days as a rough and tough enforcer in the NHL, but after competing in the "Battle of the Blades", a television show that paired up figure skaters with hockey players, Georges found a new life on the ice.