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The Great Black North

Alberta poet, Wakefield Brewster, is just one of the Canadian writers who have been including in the country's very first anthology of Black poetry.

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Daybreak Alberta - Revisting the BSE CrisisMay 18, 2013 | 8:29Daybreak Alberta Revisting the BSE Crisis Audio
Daybreak Alberta Revisting the BSE Crisis May 18, 2013 | 8:29Ten years ago a cow from Northern Alberta tested positive for BSE and the borders were slammed shut to Alberta beef. The CBC's Adrienne Lamb revisits the story with Daybreak's Russell Bowers.
Daybreak Alberta - Putting An Accident On StageMay 18, 2013 | 9:24Daybreak Alberta Putting An Accident On Stage Audio
Daybreak Alberta Putting An Accident On Stage May 18, 2013 | 9:24Edmonton's Northern Light theatre closes its season with An Accident, by American playwright Lydia Stryk. The show features Michael Peng, who tells Nola Keeler, he had his own challenges in doing this show.
Daybreak Alberta - Seeing Red at ATPMay 18, 2013 | 10:48Daybreak Alberta Seeing Red at ATP Audio
Daybreak Alberta Seeing Red at ATP May 18, 2013 | 10:48The play, Red, stars Allan Morgan as painter, Mark Rothko. The surrealist artist challenged attitude and perceptions. Morgan tells Daybreak's Russell Bowers how Art can change minds.
Daybreak Alberta - Great Big SeaMay 12, 2013 | 36:44Daybreak Alberta Great Big Sea Audio
Daybreak Alberta Great Big Sea May 12, 2013 | 36:44Russell Bowers chats with the folk-pop trio about 20 years together. They play music and offer up a chance to win a copy of the band's new CD, XX.
Daybreak Alberta - Play Baseball... BooksMay 12, 2013 | 7:41Daybreak Alberta Play Baseball... Books Audio
Daybreak Alberta Play Baseball... Books May 12, 2013 | 7:41Books columnist, Erin Balser, tells Daybreak host Russell Bowers about 3 books that celebrate the game but also have a wider appeal for readers.
Daybreak Alberta - Sandra AndersonMay 11, 2013 | 8:04Daybreak Alberta Sandra Anderson Audio
Daybreak Alberta Sandra Anderson May 11, 2013 | 8:04Calgary novelist has a new book that combines elements of romance, intrigue and a love for nature.
Daybreak Alberta - Jamie SteverMay 11, 2013 | 11:14Daybreak Alberta Jamie Stever Audio
Daybreak Alberta Jamie Stever May 11, 2013 | 11:14Canadian singer-songwriter travels through Alberta with his new CD and cause to raise money for MADD.
Daybreak Alberta - Twirling and Flying at CirqueMay 5, 2013 | 6:59Daybreak Alberta Twirling and Flying at Cirque Audio
Daybreak Alberta Twirling and Flying at Cirque May 5, 2013 | 6:59Adreanna Nadeau has been a performer with Cirque du Soleil for a year and she describes the discipline and lifestyle that comes with being part of a travelling show.
Daybreak Alberta - Planning the LandscapingMay 4, 2013 | 12:09Daybreak Alberta Planning the Landscaping Audio
Daybreak Alberta Planning the Landscaping May 4, 2013 | 12:09Home Reno Guy, Jorge Rodrigues says springtime is the moment when you should be planning ahead for all the planting you want to do around the house and yard.
Daybreak Alberta - Behind the Iron Curtain of HockeyMay 4, 2013 | 10:09Daybreak Alberta Behind the Iron Curtain of Hockey Audio
Daybreak Alberta Behind the Iron Curtain of Hockey May 4, 2013 | 10:09Author, Tal Pinchevsky looks back at the complicated and suspensful story of how hockey players from Eastern Europe to stardom in the NHL.
Daybreak Alberta - Cassie Stocks wins Leacock MedalApr 28, 2013 | 8:54Daybreak Alberta Cassie Stocks wins Leacock Medal Audio
Daybreak Alberta Cassie Stocks wins Leacock Medal Apr 28, 2013 | 8:54The Edmonton-born author first novel, Dance Gladys, Dance has won the prestigious award for humour writing in Canada
Daybreak Alberta - Louis B HobsonApr 28, 2013 | 16:43Daybreak Alberta Louis B Hobson Audio
Daybreak Alberta Louis B Hobson Apr 28, 2013 | 16:43The Calgary theatre critic has written a new play that examines the search by a young man for the truth about his recently deceased father.
Daybreak Alberta - Planning To Pay for a VacationApr 27, 2013 | 11:56Daybreak Alberta Planning To Pay for a Vacation Audio
Daybreak Alberta Planning To Pay for a Vacation Apr 27, 2013 | 11:56Finance writer, Nisha Patel, says planning for a vacation involves more than knowing where to go. It means kknowing how you'll pay for it.
Daybreak Alberta - A Fictional US-Canada Unified CountryApr 27, 2013 | 17:10Daybreak Alberta A Fictional US-Canada Unified Country Audio
Daybreak Alberta A Fictional US-Canada Unified Country Apr 27, 2013 | 17:10Co-Writer, Allan Stanleigh, says the graphic novel that he and his collaborators have created asks what would it be like if Canada was amalgamated with the 50 United States.
Daybreak Alberta - Juno PreviewApr 21, 2013 | 7:26Daybreak Alberta Juno Preview Audio
Daybreak Alberta Juno Preview Apr 21, 2013 | 7:26Music blogger, Eric Alper, provides a perview of the Alberta artists in contention at the 2013 Juno Awards.

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