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Q | Feb 28, 2013
Giorgi Gogia, from Human Rights Watch, on how a novel about a friendship between two Azerbaijani men and their Armenian neighbours made the author a target in his own country. Legendary Canadian comedian Martin Short on his life, career and unique role promoting Canadian talent. Writer Peter Frase on defending rude service.
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The Current | Feb 28, 2013
Head to YouTube and you can watch dozens of scenarios to a problem with older or elderly drivers. Statistically,drivers aged 80-plus almost have the accident rate of the most dangerous driving demographic ... the under 24s. And in Sudbury they are the target of a police tip-line urging other drivers to call in to report any seemingly erratic or dangerous elderly driver. Simple public safety in action? Or age discrimination?
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Mainstreet NS | Mar 1, 2013
A team led by our oceans guy, Boris Worm, has found that about 100 million sharks die every year, and the biggest preventable culprit is fishing. He explains the significance of his finding.
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And the Winner Is | Feb 26, 2013
As a boy in pre-war Austria, Georg Tintner played the piano, sang with the Vienna Boys Choir, and composed his own music. By the time World War Two broke out, he was also a conductor. But Georg Tintner was a conductor with Jewish roots. And so, after the Anschluss in 1938, he was fired. By 1942, Mr. Tintner made his way to New Zealand, and for the better part of the next forty-five years of his life, he served as a conductor across New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. But in 1987, he moved to Halifax, where he would leave his mark as the conductor of Symphony Nova Scotia. He died in Halifax on October 2, 1999.
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Tapestry | Feb 22, 2013
We take a look at how doubt and skepticism can be essential ingredients to faith. Mary meets Rabbi Rami Shapiro - a rabbi who says he isn't religious, but rather a curious, holy rascal. She also talks to Michael Shermer, the founder of Skeptic Magazine. He's held his own against Deepak Chopra in a go round on consciousness and quantum physics.
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Mar 1, 2013 | 7:12Breakaway Colloquium on Quebec City's English speaking-community AudioBreakaway Colloquium on Quebec City's English speaking-community Mar 1, 2013 | 7:12Tomorrow the Morrin Centre will host a full-day colloquium called "Everyday People: Exploring the history and culture of Quebec City's English-speaking communities." Who are the anglophones of this city? What do they do? How are they different, if at all? Event co-organizer Lorraine O'Donnell joined Jacquie in studio with a preview.
Mar 1, 2013 | 13:56Breakaway SEARCHLIGHT: Breakaway's Top 10 (Part 3) AudioBreakaway SEARCHLIGHT: Breakaway's Top 10 (Part 3) Mar 1, 2013 | 13:56Almost 3,000 artists entered CBC Music's Searchlight contest, hoping to be named Canada's best new musical act. After a first round of voting, this week we have a Top 10 for the Breakaway broadcast region. The next step is to get this group down to a Top 5. Through the week, as we encouraged listeners to vote, the CBC's Rachelle Solomon spoke with our 10 contestants... (Part 3 includes: The Seasons, Beauport - Matthew McCully, Lennoxville - Fiz Compulsive, Quebec City)
Feb 28, 2013 | 12:48Breakaway French students in kindergarten at Golden Valley School AudioBreakaway French students in kindergarten at Golden Valley School Feb 28, 2013 | 12:48A tenth of all the students at Golden Valley School in Val d'Or are in kindergarten, and 75 per cent of students can't speak english when they start school. Marika Wheeler tells us what the challenge is for the teacher, Nancy cloutier and students.
Feb 28, 2013 | 16:53Breakaway SEARCHLIGHT: Breakaway's Top 10 (Part 2) AudioBreakaway SEARCHLIGHT: Breakaway's Top 10 (Part 2) Feb 28, 2013 | 16:53Almost 3,000 artists entered CBC Music's Searchlight contest, hoping to be named Canada's best new musical act. After a first round of voting, this week we have a Top 10 for the Breakaway broadcast region. The next step is to get this group down to a Top 5. Through the week, as we encouraged listeners to vote, the CBC's Rachelle Solomon spoke with our 10 contestants... (Part 2 includes: Frissong, Quebec City - Orange O'Clock, Sherbrooke - Zoë Toupin, Quebec City -
Chris Gill, Sherbrooke)
Feb 26, 2013 | 3:32Breakaway Ross Murray: Drinking AudioBreakaway Ross Murray: Drinking Feb 26, 2013 | 3:32In this week's column, our regular contributor Ross Murray finds that being a teetotaler can be totally awkward when it comes to social situations. Ross spills the beans on his deep dark secret, and, be warned, you may need a stiff drink for this one...
Feb 26, 2013 | 12:07Breakaway SEARCHLIGHT: Breakaway's Top 10 (Part 1) AudioBreakaway SEARCHLIGHT: Breakaway's Top 10 (Part 1) Feb 26, 2013 | 12:07Almost 3,000 artists entered CBC Music's Searchlight contest, hoping to be named Canada's best new musical act. After a first round of voting, this week we have a Top 10 for the Breakaway broadcast region. The next step is to get this group down to a Top 5. Through the week, as we encouraged listeners to vote, the CBC's Rachelle Solomon spoke with our 10 contestants. (Part 1 includes: i.No, Quebec City - Rachel Leclerc, Lac-Etchemin - Harvest Breed, Sherbrooke)
Feb 22, 2013 | 14:42Breakaway St. Lawrence College stages The Broth of Brith AudioBreakaway St. Lawrence College stages The Broth of Brith Feb 22, 2013 | 14:42Quebec City's Cégep Champlain St-Lawrence has a tradition of staging original musical comedies. Last year, you might remember "Grosse Île," a serious historical drama. This year, something lighter: a fantasy called "The Broth of Brith" which draws on some of Shakespeare's most recognizable character-types and plot twists. The CBC's Rachelle Solomon spoke with John Halpin, Dean of Faculty at SLC, who co-wrote the show, and student performers Amanda Sweeney (the Princess) and Alyson Mace-Reardon (the Wizard).
Feb 21, 2013 | 11:54Breakaway Central Quebec School Board raises concerns over Bill 14 AudioBreakaway Central Quebec School Board raises concerns over Bill 14 Feb 21, 2013 | 11:54The Parti Québécois government's plan to remove francophone military families of the right to send their children to English schools. If that section of Bill 14 goes through, the Central Quebec School Board says it means the loss of some 700 students and the inevitable closure of schools. Jacquie spoke to Stephen Burke, Chairman of the Central Quebec School Board about some of their concerns.
Feb 21, 2013 | 7:21Breakaway Sunny Bank, Gaspe -- snowy banks, Gaspe AudioBreakaway Sunny Bank, Gaspe -- snowy banks, Gaspe Feb 21, 2013 | 7:21Andy Patterson, with his snowshoes outside the front door, describes how life in the town of Gaspé is almost at a standstill because of the huge amount of snow this past week. Andy takes us back to the olden days, when his father and grandfather and great-grandfather delivered mail, no doubt in conditions as bad, if not worse. The story from Sunny Bank, a 250-year-old mosty anglophone community six miles from Gaspé.
Feb 19, 2013 | 16:58Breakaway 100 objects representing English-speaking Quebec AudioBreakaway 100 objects representing English-speaking Quebec Feb 19, 2013 | 16:58The Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network has conducted a province-wide search for objects that best exemplify the anglophone way of life. And what a collection, from the Boyle Family's Bible in the Gaspé, to a rotary phone used at Quebec City's Jeffrey Hale Hospital to check on seniors in the community. So far, the QAHN has generated a list of 99 items and they are now looking for the 100th object. This week, they are asking the public for suggestions. Jacquie spoke with Heather Darch and Rachel Garber about the search.
Feb 18, 2013 | 8:24Breakaway National Assembly correspondent Tim Duboyce on Living English AudioBreakaway National Assembly correspondent Tim Duboyce on Living English Feb 18, 2013 | 8:24CBC launches a special series today called Living English. An Ekos poll commissioned by CBC Montreal suggests that the relationship anglophones have with the Parti Quebecois is not an easy one... Our National Assembly correspondent Tim Duboyce has been looking at the numbers and joins Jacquie to discuss the situation.
Feb 14, 2013 | 5:53Breakaway Flowery tales from February the fourteenth AudioBreakaway Flowery tales from February the fourteenth Feb 14, 2013 | 5:53While lovers all over the world are celebrating romance today, florists are busy pruning roses, making floral arrangements and delivering bouquets of love. The CBC's Peter Tardif headed to a flower shop in Quebec City and met up with retired florist Madeleine Roy who can't enough of Valentine's Day.
Feb 14, 2013 | 16:37Breakaway Elisapie in The Legend of Sarila AudioBreakaway Elisapie in The Legend of Sarila Feb 14, 2013 | 16:37The Legend of Sarila - Canada's first feature-length 3D animated movie - will hit theatres March 1st. The story is based on Inuit legend, as it follows three children in Canada's North on a journey to save their community from famine. Both an English and a French version are being released, starring a largely Quebec cast, but Elisapie Isaac is the only talent lending her voice - speaking and singing - to both versions. She joined the CBC's Rachelle Solomon in studio with the details.
Feb 12, 2013 | 3:36Breakaway Ross Murray: Opinion polls AudioBreakaway Ross Murray: Opinion polls Feb 12, 2013 | 3:36Survey says: Ross Murray doesn't like being polled. Most of us have received a call, text, email or tweet to participate in some kind of public opinion survey. In this week's column, Breakaway contributor Ross Murray finds there's more than a margin of error to sampling public opinion.
Feb 8, 2013 | 7:28Breakaway Tough women making their mark as ice canoe team AudioBreakaway Tough women making their mark as ice canoe team Feb 8, 2013 | 7:28Ice canoeing is one tough sport, unique to this province. Teams of canoeists powered their way through those unforgiving floes on the St-Lawrence heaving their way from Quebec City to Levis and back. Strong, intensely trained men usually compete in this sport. Up until recent years, there are increasing amounts of women with their own teams. But rare among them is to have a team where almost all the women in the canoe had a baby over the past year or so. Jacquie Czernin met up with the women from team George V as they got geared up for the big race.
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