Category: Red Around Town
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Red Around Town: August 2
Burnaby music star Michael Bublé has ended his relationship with academy award winning actress Emily Blunt. The situation seems amicable, as they are apparently wishing the best for each other. In recent weeks Michael has been seen in the company of other ladies during his visits to Vancouver… Former members of the Kitsilano Boys Band…
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Red Around Town: July 26
I have lost a pal and B.C. has lost a great friend. I was at home Sunday morning when another chum telephoned to ask me if I had heard the news that Bobby Ackles had died of a heart attack. I said, “That can’t be, let me check with my media friends.” I was shocked…
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Red Around Town: July 19
Cyndi Lauper and friends came to Deer Lake Park in Burnaby and swept the crowd away with music and some memories. The lady is a trouper and the True Colors Tour attracted over 8,000 people to the site. The duet with our resident International superstar Sarah McLachlan was a treat… I was a host at…
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Red Around Town: July 12
Word from inside CKNW is that the Christy Clark Show has won the inaugural National Peter Czowski Award for the Best News Information Program for Flashpoint Immigration. The subject picked as the best in this particular category for all of Canada featured Ms. Clark interviewing Bruce Allen. The award was given at the annual Radio…
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Red Around Town: July 5
The P.N.E. has announced its Summer Nights concert series for 2008 and it is outstanding. Trooper kicks things off in fine style on opening day August 16th. Billy Ray Cyrus, Miley Cyrus’s dad, takes to the outdoor stage on August 17th. The Bacon Brothers, headlining the superb actor Kevin Bacon appear August 18th. High School…
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Red Around Town: June 28
Congratulations to the Miracle Network Telethon on Global Television for raising the unheard of amount of over 15 million dollars on their recent marathon. This is a milestone, particularly when you think the province has a total population of only 4 million. That’s a lot of money and for a very worthwhile cause… I see…
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Red Around Town: June 21
I just returned from a week’s vacation in Palm Springs, California. I hadn’t been in the desert town for almost ten years. I couldn’t believe how many of the famous still live there or vacation there. Thanks to Jimmy Pattison, Carole and I had the privilege of visiting Frank Sinatra‘s sprawling estate. It was the…
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Red Around Town: June 14
Summertime is concert time, and I thought this week I would take time to list some of the performers and events on tap for the coming months. This year and last year has seen a plethora of talent in and around our town. Here are just some of the upcoming shows you might want to…
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Red Around Town: June 7
What a week at the Red Robinson Show Theatre. May 14th and 15th George Thorogood and the Destroyers brought the house to its knees. The all out rocker is a professional all the way. Just before hitting the stage, it was interesting to see the band gather around in a circle backstage like a football…
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Red Around Town: May 31
We should have declared May 5-10 Anne Murray Week. Canada’s first lady of song appeared Monday night at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre to a sold out crowd. I was asked to emcee the show, and told the crowd that I had just found out that during this Coast to Coast one last time tour, the…