Season 01
TIFF Movies at the Imperial Theatre
The Imperial Theatre hosts the TIFF Film Circuit and I am here today with Lindsay Jacquard, the Sponsorship and Patron Services Coordinator, to talk about the series and other great things that are happening at the theatre. An edited part of the interview is below: (Mark) So Lindsay, tell my liste...
Civil War Soldiers from New Brunswick?
Did you know that men from New Brunswick fought in the American Civil War? I certainly didn’t! That is until I saw that the New Brunswick Historical Society is raising money to purchase a sword that a medical officer from St. Andrews had used when he served with the Union army. I did an interview wi...
Cable Ferries - An Invention from New Brunswick
The cable ferry was invented in New Brunswick. We have eight of them on the St. John river system. They all operate as part of the highway system at no cost to drivers. Just north of Saint John is the Kennebecasis Peninsula, an area settled very early after the Loyalists arrived in 1783. As early ...
Telephone Invented in New Brunswick?
Where was the telephone invented and who invented it? Actually there is strong evidence that the telephone may have been invented in New Brunswick. While Alexander Graham Bell may have been successful in obtaining the patent, he was not the first to send and receive messages over the wires. Willia...