Canada, As I See It

It was a challenging week.I had a computer meltdown.
Everything was safe, but the files looked like the proverbial frog-in-a-blender.
 
AND, this one was the one that had the most work to do on it!It's a little different than others...a bit more production, and more of a 'story' feel.
 
This week, I am talking about what was the largest man-made explosion before the atomic bombs were dropped in World War II. The Halifax Explosion.
If you do have any questions, or is there something that you would like me to talk about?
 
I encourage you to contact me at AsISeeIt@whorpole.ca – and let me know - I'll mention you on the show (unless you don't want me to) – and you'll forever be able to say, “I got James to say my name, way back before he was a super celebrity!”
 
Check out these links mentioned in this show – and others, just because:
The Halifax Explosionhttps://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/halifax-explosion  
 
Halifax Explosion National Historic Sitehttps://parks.canada.ca/culture/designation/evenement-event/halifax-explosion 
 
Maps of the Devastationhttps://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/the-disaster-that-reshaped-a-city/
 
Vince Coleman - the man who saved hundredshttps://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/halifax-explosion/vincent-coleman-and-halifax-explosion 
 
More photos from the disasterhttps://www.grownuptravels.com/searching-for-remnants-of-the-halifax-explosion/ 
 
The CNIBhttps://www.cnib.ca/en 
 
Thanks go to TrenoX8, DavidDumaisAudio, and SoundReality from Pixabay for the music and sound effects I used this week.https://pixabay.com/ 
 
 
 
My Blog:https://whorpole.ca/blog/
 
If YOU want to be a part of MY podcast,send me a recording of you saying,“This podcast is produced by the Fireside Chat Club of Canada”.
 
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This week on Canadian Geography 101 aka Canada, as I see it,
we take a look at British Columbia.
 
...where it is
...how it got its name
...its native celebrities
 
and an introduction to a new bit...personal stories.
If you do have any questions, or is there something that you would like me to talk about?
 
I encourage you to contact me at AsISeeIt@whorpole.ca – and let me know - I'll mention you on the show (unless you don't want me to) – and you'll forever be able to say, “I got James to say my name, way back before he was a super celebrity!”
 
Check out these links mentioned in this show – and others, just because:
 
British Columbia – Official Site
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/home
 
BC Wines
https://winebc.com/bc-wines-101/
 
CBC Still Standinghttps://gem.cbc.ca/still-standing/s01 (search for Lytton BC)
Ignite My Voice
Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ignite-my-voice-becoming-unstoppable/id1827041495
 
Podbean:https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/2tygm-367971/Ignite-My-Voice-Becoming-Unstoppable-Podcast
Linked In:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ignite-inc-voice/
 
My Blog:https://whorpole.ca/blog/
 
If YOU want to be a part of MY podcast,send me a recording of you saying,“This podcast is produced by the Fireside Chat Club of Canada”.
 
Send it via Facebook Messenger, or by email to: AsISeeIt@whorpole.ca
 
AND, you can also contribute, buy Buying Me A Coffee.
Go to my website – https://whorpole.ca and click on the yellow “Buy Me A Coffee” icon. Or, just look up, it may not be yellow on this page, but it's there at the top on the right. It'll help me in my endeavour to find and produce the best Canadian content for you, every week.

Last week, it was the first big trip.
This week, another first.
 
Today, it seems as though every entertainment venue you look at, has a corporate name attached to it.
I'm not arguing it – in today's financial climate, it's almost necessary to survive.
 
But when did this all start?
Well, put it this way, it was so long ago, that it can retire this year.
 
Join me, as I look at the first venue to ever have a company name attached to it.
If you do have any questions, or is there something that you would like me to talk about?
 
I encourage you to contact me at AsISeeIt@whorpole.ca – and let me know - I'll mention you on the show (unless you don't want me to) – and you'll forever be able to say, “I got James to say my name, way back before he was a super celebrity!”
 
Check out these links mentioned in this show – and others, just because:
Meridian Hall
https://tolive.com/Meridian-Hall 
 
Carling O'Keefe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carling_O%27Keefe
 
The Original O'Keefe Business Office
https://www.eraarch.ca/projects/ryerson-continuing-education-building/
 
Rogers Centre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Centre
 
Major League Baseball Stadium and Team Names
https://www.mlb.com/team (if you run behind a VPN, turn it off to see this site – it doesn't like them!)
 
 
My Blog:https://whorpole.ca/blog/
 
If YOU want to be a part of MY podcast,send me a recording of you saying,“This podcast is produced by the Fireside Chat Club of Canada”.
 
Send it via Facebook Messenger, or by email to: AsISeeIt@whorpole.ca
 
AND, you can also contribute, buy Buying Me A Coffee.
Go to my website – https://whorpole.ca and click on the yellow “Buy Me A Coffee” icon. Or, just look up, it may not be yellow on this page, but it's there at the top on the right. It'll help me in my endeavour to find and produce the best Canadian content for you, every week.

You always remember the first.
First day of school.
First job.
First love.
 
Today, I'm going to tell you about the first trip that Caroline and I took together.The first big trip.
 
Plenty of links to check out today, and a new one...a photo album.
All can be seen at my site: https://whorpole.ca
 
Join me, as I take a trip down memory lane, on a highway...and a train...and a canoe...
 
If you do have any questions, or is there something that you would like me to talk about?
 
I encourage you to contact me at AsISeeIt@whorpole.ca – and let me know - I'll mention you on the show (unless you don't want me to) – and you'll forever be able to say, “I got James to say my name, way back before he was a super celebrity!”
 
Check out these links mentioned in this show – and others, just because:
Photos from our triphttps://whorpole.ca/Photos-from-our-trip-to-Cochrane-2004/
Cochrane, Ontario
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochrane,_Ontario
 
The King's Highways – Downloading
https://www.thekingshighway.ca/jan11998.html
 
The Polar Bear Habitat Site
https://www.polarbearhabitat.ca/
 
The Polar Bear Express Trainhttps://www.ontarionorthland.ca/en/travel/polar-bear-express-passenger-train
 
Shania Twain Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/shaniatwain/?hl=en
 
CBC Gem
https://gem.cbc.ca/still-standing/s10e01
 
The Long, Long Trailer
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047191/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1
 
My Blog:https://whorpole.ca/blog/
 
If YOU want to be a part of MY podcast,send me a recording of you saying,“This podcast is produced by the Fireside Chat Club of Canada”.
 
Send it via Facebook Messenger, or by email to: AsISeeIt@whorpole.ca
 
AND, you can also contribute, buy Buying Me A Coffee.
Go to my website – https://whorpole.ca and click on the yellow “Buy Me A Coffee” icon. Or, just look up, it may not be yellow on this page, but it's there at the top on the right. It'll help me in my endeavour to find and produce the best Canadian content for you, every week.

The Earth is made up of mostly water.
70% in fact.
So water, most of the time, is the drink that people will choose to quench their thirst, or cleanse their palate.
 
But, thanks to the curiosity of some, and the adventurousness of others – there are many different ways that water can be transformed into an abundance of beverages.
And since this is a podcast about all things Canadian – I'm here to tell you about the beverages that are...all-Canadian.
 
Remember, you can check out links about anything I mention during the show – https://whorpole.ca
 
If you do have any questions, or is there something that you would like me to talk about?
 
I encourage you to contact me at AsISeeIt@whorpole.ca – and let me know - I'll mention you on the show (unless you don't want me to) – and you'll forever be able to say, “I got James to say my name, way back before he was a super celebrity!”
 
Check out these links mentioned in this show – and others, just because:
Craft Brewers in Canadahttps://ccba-ambc.org/about/
 
Sour-Toe Cocktailhttps://www.cruisecritic.com/articles/tasting-the-sourtoe-cocktail-in-dawson-city-yukon
 
Kissing The Codhttps://www.amatravel.ca/articles/getting-screechd-in-a-history-of-kissing-cod-in-newfoundland
VQA Wineshttps://www.winegrowerscanada.ca/vqa-wines/Andy Dundas' ALS Challengehttps://myalschallenge.com/ 
 
My Blog:https://whorpole.ca/blog/
 
If YOU want to be a part of MY podcast,send me a recording of you saying,“This podcast is produced by the Fireside Chat Club of Canada”.
 
Send it via Facebook Messenger, or by email to: AsISeeIt@whorpole.ca
 
AND, you can also contribute, buy Buying Me A Coffee.
Go to my website – https://whorpole.ca and click on the yellow “Buy Me A Coffee” icon. Or, just look up, it may not be yellow on this page, but it's there at the top on the right. It'll help me in my endeavour to find and produce the best Canadian content for you, every week.

Geography lesson today. Get your notebooks out!
This week, I begin a look at Canada's provinces and territories.
 
This week, it's Alberta.
Remember, you can check out links about anything I mention during the show – https://whorpole.ca
 
If you do have any questions, or is there something that you would like me to talk about?
 
I encourage you to contact me at AsISeeIt@whorpole.ca – and let me know - I'll mention you on the show (unless you don't want me to) – and you'll forever be able to say, “I got James to say my name, way back before he was a super celebrity!”
 
Check out these links mentioned in this show – and others, just because:
See what Alberta has to offer:
https://www.travelalberta.com/
 
 
First Nations in Albertahttps://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/first-nations-in-alberta?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=14798420309&gbraid=0AAAAADqdd-nO7AphKnQzxng89WzlYr_U1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwndHEBhDVARIsAGh0g3CxngwelvJy6cAP9OiaJ_wcdW-wegLIdAPMakqRxuOyz4w5jDo9l9YaAuLFEALw_wcB
 
My Blog:https://whorpole.ca/blog/
 
If YOU want to be a part of MY podcast,send me a recording of you saying,“This podcast is produced by the Fireside Chat Club of Canada”.
 
Send it via Facebook Messenger, or by email to: AsISeeIt@whorpole.ca
 
AND, you can also contribute, buy Buying Me A Coffee.
Go to my website – https://whorpole.ca and click on the yellow “Buy Me A Coffee” icon. Or, just look up, it may not be yellow on this page, but it's there at the top on the right. It'll help me in my endeavour to find and produce the best Canadian content for you, every week.

Another week, another fire.
 
Thirty-seven years after the Titanic struck an iceberg and sunk in the North-Atlantic ocean, Toronto experienced it's own, deadly, preventable tragedy.
 
This week, I take a look at Canada's Worst Marine Disaster – the SS Noronic.
 
Remember, you can check out links about anything I mention during the show – https://whorpole.ca
 
If you do have any questions, or is there something that you would like me to talk about?
 
I encourage you to contact me at AsISeeIt@whorpole.ca – and let me know - I'll mention you on the show (unless you don't want me to) – and you'll forever be able to say, “I got James to say my name, way back before he was a super celebrity!”
 
Check out these links mentioned in this show – and others, just because:
SS Noronic Memorial Plaquehttps://whorpole.ca/gallery/SS%20Noronic%20Plaque.jpg=0
 
Photos of the fire and aftermathhttps://historicdetroit.org/galleries/noronic-fire-photos
 
Mount Pleasant Cemetery – Memorialhttps://digitalarchive.tpl.ca/objects/196635/first-anniversary-of-the-noronic-disaster-was-marked-at-moun?ctx=25935b9e426d130ead1d550788302b398757f995&idx=18
 
My Blog:https://whorpole.ca/blog/
 
If YOU want to be a part of MY podcast,send me a recording of you saying,“This podcast is produced by the Fireside Chat Club of Canada”.
 
Send it via Facebook Messenger, or by email to: AsISeeIt@whorpole.ca
 
AND, you can also contribute, buy Buying Me A Coffee.
Go to my website – https://whorpole.ca and click on the yellow “Buy Me A Coffee” icon. Or, just look up, it may not be yellow on this page, but it's there at the top on the right. It'll help me in my endeavour to find and produce the best Canadian content for you, every week.

Hello everyone! Canada, as I see it is back after a summer hiatus.The third season (yeah, that's what I'm calling it) begins as I take a look at the Great Toronto Fire.
Many of the fire rules and regulations in place today, were enacted due to this event.
Join me, as I take you through the events of that evening in mid-April 1904.
 
Remember, you can check out links about anything I mention during the show – https://whorpole.ca
 
If you do have any questions, or is there something that you would like me to talk about?
 
I encourage you to contact me at AsISeeIt@whorpole.ca – and let me know - I'll mention you on the show (unless you don't want me to) – and you'll forever be able to say, “I got James to say my name, way back before he was a super celebrity!”
 
Check out these links mentioned in this show – and others, just because:
Overview of the Great Toronto Firehttps://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/great-fire-of-toronto-1904
 
More photos of the aftermath of the firehttps://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/great-fire-of-toronto-1904
 
A map of Toronto around that time – 1903
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=d38469bfb363441d98b21f239adfd0a3
 
My Blog:https://whorpole.ca/blog/
 
If YOU want to be a part of MY podcast,send me a recording of you saying,“This podcast is produced by the Fireside Chat Club of Canada”.
 
Send it via Facebook Messenger, or by email to: AsISeeIt@whorpole.ca
 
AND, you can also contribute, buy Buying Me A Coffee.
Go to my website – https://whorpole.ca and click on the yellow “Buy Me A Coffee” icon. Or, just look up, it may not be yellow on this page, but it's there at the top on the right. It'll help me in my endeavour to find and produce the best Canadian content for you, every week.