March 14, 2010: Voices from the Train (Special Program)
Hour 1: Making Tracks from Halifax to Vancouver - In this hour we heard from Michael Bawtree, Roch Carrier, Lise Bissonnette, and Dorothy Williams
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Hour 2: Riding the Rails from Toronto to Edmonton - In this hour we spoke with Alia Hogben, George Elliott Clarke, Vincent Ho, Robert Enright, and Danielle Smith
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Hour 3: Last Stop, Prince Rupert! - On this leg of the tour de Canada, Michael chatted with Maria Dunn, Ben Gadd, Anne Williams, Sarah de Leeuw, and Mary Teegee.
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Music
Song: The Barrage Factor
Artist: Denis Dufresne
Album: Barrage
The Sunday Edition presents Voices from the Train
Click HERE to go to the Voices from the Train page, where you can find photos of Michael on the train as well as the full interviews with our guests.
Click HERE to read Michael's blog from the train.
Making Tracks from Halifax to Vancouver in Hour One
Michael Bawtree
Michael Bawtree joined Michael on the train in Halifax all the way to Truro, Nova Scotia. He is an actor, theatre director, author, Joe Howe expert and impersonator.
Roch Carrier
Roch Carrier boarded the train in Ste. Hyacinthe and left us in Montreal. Writer, poet, former National Librarian of Canada, most well known for his well loved Canadian short story, "The Hockey Sweater".
Lise Bissonnette
Lisa Bissonnette met Michael in the Panorama Lounge at the Montreal train station. Journalist, former publisher of Le Devoir, director of the National Library & archives of Quebec.
Dorothy Williams
Historian Dorothy Williams boarded the train in Montreal, getting off in Dorval.
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Riding the Rails from Toronto to Edmonton in Hour Two
Alia Hogben
Executive director of the Canadian Council of Muslim Women, Alia Hogben, jumped on board the train in Kingston and rode with us until Toronto.
George Elliott Clarke
Poet, writer, English professor at the University of Toronto, George Elliot Clark meet Michael under the big clock in Union Station.
Vincent Ho
Vincent Ho is the composer in residence for the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. He joined us in the Lobby of the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg.
Robert Enright
Robert Enright joined the adventure in Portage la Prairie Winnipeg. He is a writer, broadcaster, art critic and younger smarter cousin to Michael Enright.
Danielle Smith
At the Edmonton train station, Danielle Smith joined us. She is the leader of the Wildrose Alliance -- the new political party that hopes to replace a conservative dynasty in Alberta.
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Last Stop, Prince Rupert! Hour Three from the Train
Maria Dunn
We chatted and sang songs with folk singer Maria Dunn from Edmonton and to Jasper.
Music
Artist: Maria Dunn - Live from the Train
Ben Gadd
Ben Gadd knows the Rockies as well as anyone in this country. He's lived there all of his life. He's written nin books, including the award winning Handbook of the Canadian Rockies.
Anne Williams
In her youth, Anne Williams ventured west from St. Thomas, Ontario to take a summer job at The Jasper Park Lodge. She fell in love with the mountains , and she's lived here practically ever since.
Sarah de Leeuw
Sarah de Leeuw grew up in Haida Gwaii and Terrace B.C. She's been a tug boat driver, a women's centre coordinator, a logging camp cook, and a Fulbright Scholar. Today, she teaches in the Northern Medical Program at the University of Northern B.C. in Prince George.
Mary Teegee
Mary Teegee is Program Director of Carrier Sekani Child and Family Services. The agency serves most of North Central B.C.
Music
Song: The Canadian Railroad Trilogy
Artist: Gordon Lightfoot
Album: The Way I Feel
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