Wendy Mesley
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We looked through pages and pages of tax records. And it's clear that at least a dozen Canadian environmental organizations received millions from wealthy U.S. donors who are targeting Canada’s oil industry. So where exactly is all this American money coming from?
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I hate the picture! And it was really hard to write.
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We appreciate you coming on
#CBCTheWeekly
but was astounded to see your insulting tweet ( oddly, sent to your followers only) Is name calling and attacks on the free press where you want Cdn politics to go? Would ask people to watch interview for themselves tmrw 11 a.m.
#cdnpoli
See some of the slanted and idiotic questions I was asked by Wendy Mesley.
Never much watched or listened to English CBC and did not realize it was dominated by the loony Left to that extent. Taxpayers should not pay the salaries of activists trying to pass off as journalists.
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National Post story this week has unusual take on my career: leaves out many years covering Que. politics, then 1st woman to cover the Prime Minister for National CBC-TV, then host/ co-creator of Undercurrents, while anchoring Sunday National. Just a few wee bits missed.....!
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@LisaLaFlamme_
This is shocking. Whenever we crossed paths in journalism I always knew you were the real thing. A good person, and a helluva good reporter. This doesn't seem right. You will be missed.
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Millions of U.S. dollars are funding the anti-pipeline movement in Canada. And according to
@FairQuestions
the 'Tar Sands Campaign' has had a big influence. Here are Vivian Krause’s concerns about the campaign.
#cdnpoli
#abpoli
#oilsands
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'We don't want to be shot at in our schools. If that's too political, I'm ready to be way too political.' -
Leonor Muñoz a survivor of the
#ParklandShooting
stands up to the
#NRA
today on
#CBCTheWeekly
on
@CBCNews
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It Wasn’t The Grey Hair
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11,000 sue Monsanto, suspecting its weed-killer Roundup caused their or a loved one’s cancer. Turns out Health Canada used science Monsanto paid for as part of its ruling that glyphosate — the chemical in Roundup — is safe. The
@WHO
calls it a probable carcinogen
#MonsantoPapers
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.
@AndrewScheer
was lobbied by
#SNC
-Lavalin too. If he were PM would he want a deal cut to avoid a trial?
@lraitt
tells me her party would have handled it differently. But would they have said no to a deal?
#CBCTheWeekly
#SNCLavalin
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With respect
@MaximeBernier
, we did not make this claim.
1/ Here is the CBC report where Wendy Mesley fabricates a story about a libertarian conspiracy funded by US billionaires, and implies with her repeated questions about it that I violate Canadian electoral laws and take money from them to fund the
@peoplespca
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Humboldt Broncos Team President
@KevinGaringer
remembers Conner Lukan on
#TheWeeklyCBC
@CBCNews
Network
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THREAD The Stormy Daniels case may have led investigators to a hard money link between President Trump and a suspected Russian spy. Trump’s personal lawyer Michael Cohen has alleged ties to a Russian oligarch with half a millions dollars changing hands ��
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Will be watching big news today, but wanted to thank all inquiries/well wishes. Has been lots of speculation, but I have not retired- am currently fully employed by CBC.The Weekly has been cancelled- talented staff are on other projects. My own future - still in planning stages.
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Former
#Conservative
interim leader
@RonaAmbrose
says
@jkenney
's national campaign to win support for the
#oil
sands and
#pipelines
is vital to keeping the country together and prosperous.
#Alberta
#cdnpoli
#CBCTheWeekly
Stream on Gem:
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(THREAD) There are ties between former PM
@stephenharper
and
@HouseGOP
mega-donor
#SheldonAdelson
. 1/9
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Many Canadians have become fans of BC provincial health officer Bonnie Henry after she choked up emotionally during one of her daily press briefings. And health officials, like her, have become the face of pandemic p.r.
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I ask
@jordanbpeterson
about this photo "This is a Pepe flag which I'm sure you know is seen by the left as a hate symbol"
@cbcnews
#TheWeekly
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Christian Right groups are mobilizing and influencing politics around the world. We took a look at how they want to change Canada.
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Been a while since I've tweeted but big news.
#TheWeekly
, my new show launches Sunday Jan 14 at 11 Live on
#CBC
! 1st morning show ever for me. There's a reason I've never done a morning show. Oh well, scary new things are good for the soul. Check us out.
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Me on a stool on a roof. Because that's what we do now! My new show starting Sunday at 11 a.m.
#CBCTheWeekly
Terrified, excited, and grateful for the opportunity. Media, politics & technology...the things that consume us. Ok, the things that consume me. Hope you'll try it out.
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@MaximeBernier
The questions were well researched and thoughtful. People who have watched CBC know I have long posed difficult questions to politicians of all stripes. Asking people to see the interview for themselves on Sunday morning at 11 a.m.
#CBCTheWeekly
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On
#CBCTheWeekly
@LisaBloom
says every vote to confirm
#Kavanaugh
“is slapping in the face every survivor of sexual assault in this country.” #
#kavanaughhearings
#MeToo
@CBCNEWS
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‘Extremely fishy circumstances’ Former Ont. Attorney General
@MJ_Bryant
wonders why the gov't changed the criminal code, potentially allowing SNC-Lavalin to avoid a conviction on bribery charges, after the company lobbied the Liberals on that exact topic
#cdnpoli
#CBCTheWeekly
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I talked to prominent activist
@Tzeporah
, who works for one of the environmental groups that gets U.S. funding. She says their goals is to tackle climate change, and the funding is pennies compared to what Big Oil invests on the other side.
#cdnpoli
#abpoli
#pipelines
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I asked NYT bestselling author & editor of Zora magazine
@MorganJerkins
what she thinks about how the Royal family handled negative coverage of Meghan Markle. She was upset, saying they didn’t defend Markle.
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OK, I'm getting too excited, but Rick Mercer came on our podcast!!!!!
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Catherine McKenna faced a slew of online AND real life abuse when she was Minister of Environment & Climate Change. She’s hardly alone. We found many examples of women in politics forced to deal with hate.
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Catherine McKenna says it’s ironic she was called ‘Climate Barbie,’ when she didn’t even play with Barbies growing up.
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“There's a culture of people surrounding the PM who see themselves not as public policy experts, or seeking the public good, but as fixers” Green Party Leader
@ElizabethMay
says the
#SNCLavalin
affair & problem with Cdn politics is much deeper than just Trudeau himself
#cdnpoli
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The Canada-U.S. border will stay closed to non-essential travel until June 21. David Frum, senior editor at the Atlantic says it won’t necessarily keep out the virus.
#COVID19
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Turns out, Canada is at the very top of the list when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions per capita & we emit more than any other G-20 country - including the US. Coming up in an hour on
#CBCTheWeekly
@cathmckenna
is here to talk Canada’s role in
#climatechange
.
#cdnpoli
#COP24
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The criteria for
#Covid19
testing in some provinces excludes a lot of people. Epidemiologist David Fisman says the best way to stop the spread of the virus is moving to mass social distancing immediately.
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Former Ambassador to China, David Mulroney says that Canadians are ‘selective do-gooders’ when it comes to standing up against the power of China.
#HongKong
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On
#CBCTheWeekly
...Is
@JustinTrudeau
using the art of the deal to beat the man who invented it?
@realdonaldtrump
@PRLeblond
@CBCNEWS
#cdnpoli
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love this
I love this 😂
Normal Black father things. ❤
An image the media doesn't paint.
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We produce a whopping 3.25 million tonnes of plastic waste per year + only 9% is recycled. Tons of it’s actually getting dumped overseas.
@Greenpeace
advocate Sarah King explains why the world’s recycling system is broken.
#recycling
#cdnpoli
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“Respected scientists are putting their names on junk science” Brent Wisner helped 1 man win a massive suit against Monsanto- linked to his cancer. The case revealed Health Canada used science Monsanto paid for as part of its decision to deem the weed-killer Roundup safe
#cdnpoli
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wow- so brave and positive
Topless and proud of it: Dartmouth woman embracing life after double mastectomy
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Over the past few weeks, two senior female cabinet ministers quit, and another MP is now accusing the PM of yelling at her. I ask former Ont. Premier
@Kathleen_Wynne
: Is Trudeau the feminist PM he says he is, or more of the man these women are portraying?
#SNCLavalin
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this morning.. the original Woman of Ill Repute
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An investigation done by
#CBCTheWeekly
can reveal that an armed US paramilitary group called the Three Percenters have come to Canada.
#cdnpoli
@CBCNews
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We talked to Bruce Heyman, former U.S. ambassador to Canada, under Obama, and asked him about America’s spin and the conflict with Iran. He says Trump has a credibility problem.
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Within weeks of
@stephenharper
taking on his new role at the IDU, his successor Conservative Party leader,
@AndrewScheer
, said if his party wins the federal elections, expected next year, he’d recognize Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel. 9/9
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wow...such a great reporter (let alone anchor)
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Our guest this week
@drjengunter
isn’t afraid to say naturopaths have inferior training to a medical doctor, homeopathy isn’t based in real science and you shouldn’t trust Gwyneth Paltrow to give you sound gynaecological advice. Why? Because it’s the truth!
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A convoy of angry truckers is heading to Ottawa in a bid to save the
#oilpatch
.
#YellowVests
are joining the caravan of citizens who will be making their way to Parliament Hill with a message for
@JustinTrudeau
.
@codyincalgary
says the
#yellowvest
movement is a distraction.
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What can your data be used for?
@zeynep
says your data can be used to identify your politics...your personal weaknesses...even if you have never disclosed it...
#TheWeeklyCBC
@CBCNews
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I asked former NBC producer Rich McHugh how it felt to walk away from his job. He resigned from NBC News, because he says they ordered him to stop reporting on Harvey Weinstein. NBC says the story did not meet their standard for broadcast. Full statement:
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Look who we are interviewing for
#cbctheweekly
Sunday 11a.m
@jordanbpeterson
Hope you can join us !
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On
#CBCTheWeekly
...Alan Dershowitz (
@AlanDersh
) says the FBI should investigate every claim made against Kavanaugh whether public or not.
#kavanaughhearings
#MeToo
#FBI
@CBCNews
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There is misinformation spreading online about why Chinese-Canadians are wearing masks during the Coronavirus outbreak. Toronto Star digital producer Evelyn Kwong explains why wearing masks has always been a common practice.
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BBC Chinese Service Journalist Zhaoyin Feng has been tracking state and social media and says there are questions about whether the government was covering up news about the coronavirus when it first broke out in Wuhan.
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In an exclusive interview, former Amazon VP Tim Bray opened up to me about his decision to quit, after 'whistleblowers' raised concerns about safety at Amazon warehouses, and why he thinks "this isn’t just an Amazon problem." Here are some highlights:
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21 yr old plaintiff
@Jacob__Lebel
- part of a group of young ppl suing the U.S. government over the impact of climate change - says that it may not happen quickly enough to kill old people like Donald Trump but it's a different story for them
#climatechange
#IPCC
@CBCNews
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.
@OrmistonOnline
is right in the middle of the protests in
#Minneapolis
, she even got hit with a rubber bullet herself. She tells me how the community is reacting to the anger erupting over the death of
#GeorgeFloyd
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.
@farmermegzz
is a grain farmer in
#saskatchewan
who says
#carbonpricing
is a bill she can’t afford.
@cathmckenna
is here to explain how she’ll win over Canada’s agricultural community.
#CarbonTax
#cndpoli
#ClimateChange
#ClimateAction
#Farmers
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Coming up...For months our team at The Weekly has been looking into Canadian company
#AggregateIQ
& its alleged ties to
#CambridgeAnalytica
. In a joint investigation with
@guardian
@CBCNews
can now reveal how the British Columbia firm is tied to new bombshell claims about Brexit.
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I only love her THIS MUCH!
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Lots of links between our story about a mysterious Cdn firm and breaking news about
#CambridgeAnalytica
and 50 million
#facebook
accounts . We will have more tmrw at 11am on
#CBCTheWeekly
@carolecadwalla
@profcarroll
In a
#TheWeeklyCBC
EXCLUSIVE we look at how Canadian company AggregateIQ is tied to Brexit and Trump victory with professor
@profcarroll
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As the effort to crack down on anti-vaxxers builds, they’re fighting back, advising their followers on how to keep their message alive.
@CaulfieldTim
, author of “Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything”, tells me about the dangers of misinformation.
#MeaslesOutbreak
#health
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In 2016
@stephenharper
was invited to Adelson's 44-thousand square foot mansion in Las Vegas, where he was the guest of honour at a private gathering for Jewish Republicans
@kenvogel
says it fits Adelson’s M.O. to recruit foreign leaders who align with his views 6/9
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#SheldonAdelson
was a driving force behind Donald Trump’s decision to move the US embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv and the decision to withdraw from the
#IranNuclearDeal
.
@kenvogel
says Adelson is very close to Trump2/9
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The new evidence could provide investigators a “follow-the-money” linking Russian collusion to Trump’s campaign. Today on
#CBCTheWeekly
former chief White House ethics lawyer
@RWPUSA
explains how Trump’s ‘bagman’ is starting to make the US look like a ‘banana republic.’ 5/5
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he is super smart and clear
If you are looking for a calm, clear and sobering analysis of
#covid19
in 🇨🇦, watch this interview of ID physician and epidemiologist
@DFisman
with
@WendyMesleyCBC
. You will not see the true situation communicated better than this.
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The billionaire Casino magnate is a top donor to the Republicans. He pledged an additional $30 million to the GOP last week, just as the embassy was being moved and Trump bailed on the Iran Nuclear deal. 3/9
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The ad was sponsored by the
@Friendsisrael
, of which
#Harper
and US Natl’ security advisor
@AmbJohnBolton
are a founder members and Adelson funds. 5/9
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Former PM
@stephenharper
put his name to an ad in
@nytimes
congratulating Trump for making the right decision on Iran. 4/9
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How Maureen Dowd painted Monica Lewinsky as a crazy bimbo—and won a Pulitzer for it, by
@amandahess
via
@slate
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The Vatican said this month that he doesn’t accept that ppl can choose their gender. I speak to non-binary influencer Jacob Tobia who says that the Popeis wrong and that all faith leaders need to exercise gender inclusivity.
#Pride
#CBCTheWeekly
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Is big money starting to creep into Canada’s elections? We ask
@ontarioisproud
’s founder
@JeffBallingall
about how he built one of Canada’s most influential political tools and how he’s been looking for wealthy partners.
#cdnpoli
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In a
#TheWeeklyCBC
EXCLUSIVE we look at how Canadian company AggregateIQ is tied to Brexit and Trump victory with professor
@profcarroll
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Ontario has started testing high-risk communities and essential workers, whether or not they have symptoms.
@NaheedD
welcomes the move, but says officials also need to support and communicate with the low-income communities disproportionately affected by the virus.
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Always happy to be associated with
@LisaLaFlammeCTV
but not for selling a scam. I never endorse a product. Don't get stung! Am no longer hosting
@CBCTheNational
but am very happy at
#CBCTheWeekly
Sundays at 11 a.m.
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Prof
@zeynep
says the way YouTube's algorithm sucks young people into conspiracies is really unhealthy "I just wouldn't let a kid unsupervised on YouTube"
#CBCTheWeekly
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Somehow I thought she’d live forever
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#StephenHarper
echoed his support for
#Israel
during a speech at a Quebec Synagogue last week. 7/9
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Physician assistant in infectious diseases
@maureentaylor31
shared her thoughts on the burden of being a public health official during a pandemic. She says that they need to walk the fine line of being transparent while not causing panic.
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I didn't grow up in Montreal, but will never forget how he helped me when I first started at CFCF. A great man!
As a kid who grew up in Montreal in the 1970's watching THOSE Habs teams on Hockey Night in Canada and watching CFCF-12, how big do you think my smile was when I saw a get well note from this legendary broadcaster in my inbox? Thank you Mr. Irvin 🙂
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@jwmanthorpe
says the Chinese State is running a massive influence campaign in Canada. There are growing allegations it uses intimidation as one of its tools - cyber attacks, harassment, spying, even death threats. Chinese officials in Canada deny involvement.
#cdnpoli
#China
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Canada’s drug prices are some of the highest on earth. The
#Liberals
haven't delivered on promised changes. I talk to former Liberal Health Minister, now independent MP Jane Philpott about what she saw behind the scenes.
#cdnpoli
#CBCTheWeekly
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Special counsel Robert Mueller questioned Vekselberg months ago and reports this week revealed the the FBI has been monitoring Vekselberg since 2014 because he may be “acting on behalf of Russia's intelligence services.” ⅗
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Stormy Daniels’s lawyer
@MichaelAvenatti
released documents showing Cohen has been accepting millions of dollars from companies in return for access into the Trump administration. One of those payments came from a firm linked to Viktor Vekselberg. ⅖
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Didn’t play halloween for a few years after our daughter grew up.
But re-engaged tonight .
Had candy for 500. It wasn’t enough!
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Heartbreaking to hear about
#AnthonyBourdain
I was lucky enough to interview him about his cookbook devoted to being normal , but then tells me "How could I ever hope to be normal. I tried"
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Our first man! Whether it's Talking to Americans, getting Stockwell Day to change his name to Doris or just loving Canada and Nfld, we talk to Rick about politics and being funny. 2 obsessions we share. So proud to call him our first.
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