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► Remembering the Man Who Helped End the Cold War, Senator Eugene Whelan + Ending Canadian Music Week with The Meds
SHOW NOTES: Time: 00:01:10 Into the Show Celebrating the Life of Former Minister of Agriculture and Senator, Honourable Eugene Whelan It’s been just over a month now that Canadians lost one of their finest – Former Minister of Agriculture and Senator, Honourable Eugene Whelan. One of his most notable accomplishments, was in his role [...]
► On the Nancy Duffy Show: Life or Death, We Are Timeless – An Interview with Author, Christine Maria Gross – Plus the Power of Speech: Strong Enough to Influence and Motivate Change – and Why Kathleen Wynne Won
SHOW NOTES: Time: 00:01:13 Into the Show In Life or Death, We Are Timeless – An Insightful Interview with Author, Christine Maria Gross Joining us in studio to talk about how ‘We Are Timeless,’ is Christine Maria Gross – a cancer survivor who’s made it her life’s work to find new ways to help people live [...]
News/Commentary
Freedom & Security: A Complicated Balance
It was revealed last week that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) secretly subpoenaed and seized some phone records of the Associated Press (AP) as part of a leak investigation in 2012. The DOJ claims that the leak put national security at risk. What that risk was is not entirely clear. There are reports that [...]
Cheating: I’ve Changed My Ways – No Really…
When A Cheater Learns to Stop Cheating I never once wanted to be a cheater. But I was. It made me feel small, horrible – and nearly suicidal. Not suicidal in that I actually tried to commit suicide, but in a way that I no longer liked myself – and it showed in my careless [...]
Soul Project
Kicking Off BBQ Season with Original Healthy Summer Recipes
With Victoria Day almost past and Memorial Day weekend on its way, food no doubt plays centre stage as you make plans with friends and family. That is no reason to trade in our good food habits for bad (but it could be a reason to break in new good habits if you haven’t done [...]
#SoulProject – Have You Fallen Like I Have? – NEW VIDEO UPDATE
Q: Why do we fall? A: So that we can learn to pick ourselves up… Moving forward. Many of you have been asking when we would be doing our next video for the Soul Project – here’s the latest video update. Feel free to let us know your thoughts in the comments section below. Happy [...]
Culture Critic
4 Must-Watch Movies on DVD
1. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia When you have a pearl in your hand, you don’t show it quickly. You don’t give it away easily. The Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan goes against the cinematic grain of making pictures move quickly on the screen. He moves his pictures slowly. He unfolds a richly layered [...]
Roger Ebert (1942 – 2013) – 10 Things I’m Going to Miss
10. Bravery. He was born in the middle of a war and lived to fight in at least two other battles: the war with alcoholism where the best you can do is fight to a draw and the war against cancer where sometimes the odds are unwinnable. He underwent operations for cancer of the thyroid, [...]
Music + Entertainment
Rare Beatles’ Guitar Sells for $408,000 in New York
New York, New York – May 18, 2013 – A rare VOX guitar played by two legendary Beatles, John Lennon and George Harrison, has sold at Julien’s Auctions today during the annual Music Icons auction event held at the Hard Rock Café New York. The rare offering of the VOX guitar played by both John [...]
A Surprise Performance on the Unemployment Line: Artists Spark Optimism at Just the Right Time
If you’ve ever been out of work, you know what a bleak feeling it can be as you go through the practical steps of picking yourself back up. In this video, Spain proves what we’ve been saying all along – that Words Still Matter… and Music is Universal – a sentiment demonstrated beautifully by a [...]
Announcements @ InRetro
TVCogeco’s Plugged IN! Host Tina Wells talks with Houida and Friends in an upcoming event with the Women’s Economic Forum
The cast of Houida and Friends will share their views about family, careers, health, relationships and public service in an upcoming event with the Women’s Economic Forum in Windsor, Ontario on the evening of Tuesday, January 22nd. Houida and Friends’ host, Houida Kassem, along with Karen Hall of the Windsor Star, InRetro’s host, producer and [...]
InRetro’s Nancy Duffy joins the Cast of Houida & Friends
Cheekily described as “like The View only better,” Houida and Friends, which airs each Friday at 7PM and Sunday 11PM Eastern on TVCogeco, is characterized as a lighthearted talk show – where no topic is safe!
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Kicking Off BBQ Season with Original Healthy Summer Recipes
With Victoria Day almost past and Memorial Day weekend on its way, food no doubt plays centre stage as you make plans with friends and family. That is no reason to trade in our good food habits for bad (but it could be a reason to break in new good habits if you haven’t done [...]
Freedom & Security: A Complicated Balance
It was revealed last week that the US Department of Justice (DOJ) secretly subpoenaed and seized some phone records of the Associated Press (AP) as part of a leak investigation in 2012. The DOJ claims that the leak put national security at risk. What that risk was is not entirely clear. There are reports that [...]
Rare Beatles’ Guitar Sells for $408,000 in New York
New York, New York – May 18, 2013 – A rare VOX guitar played by two legendary Beatles, John Lennon and George Harrison, has sold at Julien’s Auctions today during the annual Music Icons auction event held at the Hard Rock Café New York. The rare offering of the VOX guitar played by both John [...]
Cheating: I’ve Changed My Ways – No Really…
When A Cheater Learns to Stop Cheating I never once wanted to be a cheater. But I was. It made me feel small, horrible – and nearly suicidal. Not suicidal in that I actually tried to commit suicide, but in a way that I no longer liked myself – and it showed in my careless [...]
4 Must-Watch Movies on DVD
1. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia When you have a pearl in your hand, you don’t show it quickly. You don’t give it away easily. The Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan goes against the cinematic grain of making pictures move quickly on the screen. He moves his pictures slowly. He unfolds a richly layered [...]
