The ongoing story of a girl and her van on an epic journey across Canada. …or the Yellowhead Highway… Day 7 (Sun, May 16) I was up in Terrace, BC, maybe 11 years ago. Actually, I was about an hour North of Terrace, in a tiny hippy community called Rosswood, for a music festival. It […]
Girl Meets Canada: The Longest Ferry EVER
A desire to see a northern British Columbia town leads our traveller to take the LONGEST ferry ride ever. Can she survive 20 hours of floating tedium? Will the town meet her expectations?
Girl Meets Canada: We Have Achieved Take Off!
The ongoing story of a girl and her van on an epic journey across Canada. So, did I mention that I’m driving across Canada this summer? I think I may have failed to do so. I’ve been thinking about it for so long, I just assumed that everyone else knew. The whole world. Hi, world! […]
Free Film Tuesday — Humanizing Animals
I’ve actually got two films for you today. I stumbled across That Mouse by Michael Rubbo (1967, 14 min) on the NFB website. It’s footage of a fawn, bear, mouse, turtle, and several other cute animals spliced together to tell the story of a rather annoying white mouse. All the animals have silly voices.
Free Film Tuesday – “When the Day Breaks”
Welcome to “Free Film Tuesday”! (formerly known as “Free Film Friday”.) Every Friday Tuesday we will be sharing a short free film for you to enjoy. Tell us what you think, and what you’d like to see us present… Before I talk about this week’s film, I just have to tell you something. Did you […]
Free Film Friday — “Ride for Your Life”
Welcome to “Free Film Friday”! Every Friday we will be sharing a short free film for you to enjoy. Tell us what you think, and what you’d like to see us present…
Mike Duff was a Canadian motorcycle racer in the 60s. He shattered his hip in Japan and had major surgery to repair it. His recovery and return to racing was captured by Robin Spry in the 1966 documentary Ride for Your Life.
Driving Quirks
Everyone has a weird “thing” they do when driving. What’s yours?
Free Film Friday — “Runaway” by Cordell Barker
Most train trips are smooth, but this one went horribly wrong. Watch what happens in this week’s Free Film Friday installment, “Runaway” by Cordell Barker.
Death by Donut
Tim Hortons. Friendly Canadian business? Or double agent for an evil alliance of countries that is trying to destroy Canada by picking off its citizens through heart failure and sugar comas, one donut at a time?
You decide.
Free Film Friday — How Do They Put the Centres in Chocolates?
Welcome to “Free Film Friday”! Every Friday we will be sharing a short free film for you to enjoy. Tell us what you think, and what you’d like to see us present… Okay, I admit it. I was really hungry when I went looking for this week’s film. So I typed “chocolate” in the National […]
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