Man in Montreal can't stand 'screwballs' in the Canadian Army

Woman's outrage slowly escalates about the concept of a town in Texas adding sugar to the municipal water supply to encourage residents to drink more water.

Maritime woman reacts to Texas town adding sugar to water supply

Short but profound reaction to Calgary Aquarium BBQ-ing all of its sea life

Your calls in reaction to a story we ran about the Government of Canada rolling out a universal language of 54 car horn honks that all Canadian drivers will have to learn by next spring.

Universal Canadian Car Horn Honk Language // Feedback

This new anthem by famed Canadian music producer Howie Turtle was commissioned by the Canadian Music Council and was supposed to reflect all the musical sounds in Canada.

Second Canadian National Anthem

Listener responds to our story about the Canadian Department of Defense developing a military robot that can kiss: http://bit.ly/17UpVjA

Canadian woman outraged that Canada is developing a kissing robot

Phone call we received to 1-877-563-2442 from a man who just wants hear more accordion music on the radio and he's shocked that not even Jian Ghomeshi will play it on his show.   

Man just wants to hear more accordion on the CBC

Man reacts mid-interview to Women's Hockey Gold Medal

Man reacts to our story about the RCMP removing the horses from their historical Musical Ride and having the officers instead make formations to music on foot. 

Hear the full story at cbc.ca/thisisthat  

Man Very Upset That RCMP Musical Ride Is Getting Rid Of The Horses

Quite possibly the catchiest jingle you'll ever hear. One man has had this song stuck in his head since 2008. 

Papa Brio Theme

The Canadian Committee for the Arts is an arms-length funding agency that provides individuals and arts organizations with resources to pursue their artistic endeavors. This week the committee came under fire after it was discovered that an adult entertainment nightclub called The Blue Moon in Belleville, Ontario received an artistic development grant totalling $100,000.

Ontario strip club awarded $100,000 Arts grant

Music historian responds to an e-mail about the Tenor Serengi Bowed Dorma. Hear the the full interview on This Is That - Season 2, Episode 1. 
http://www.cbc.ca/thisisthat/blog/2011/07/02/season-2-episode-1/ 

Herbert Brust Responds to E-mail

Concerned listener calling in to correct our grammar in a story we run about the iceberg that sunk the Titanic. 

Titanic Correction

A peculiar message we received in response to a story we ran about why a bus system didn't work in Wawa, Ontario. Can anyone explain this messge?  

Wawa Bus Call

Great call from a 12 yr old kid playing along with our story about the second-hand smoke implications of smoking salmon.  

Young Kid On Smoked Salmon

Piya Chattopadhyay guest hosts the first 15-seconds of the debut episode of This Is That Season 6. 

Piya Chattopadhyay guest hosts This Is That

Woman responds to our story about Liberty Village attempting to ban children from their neighbourhood.

Child Free Neighbourhood Caller

Man very concerned about Passport Canada issuing 100,000 passports that read CAMADA instead of Canada. 

Camada Call

Just one of the many calls we received for a story about Canadians with university degrees getting more votes in the next election. 

Higher Education Teaser

The original 1964 recording of the Johnny & the Apologies b-side 'Mr. Prime Minister'. Released on Windchill Records out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.  

written by Pat Kelly, Chris Kelly, & Peter Oldring
produced & recorded by Steve Bays

'Mr. Prime Minister' - Johnny and the Apologies

The original 1964 hit song by Johnny and the Apologies, 'Aurora Borealis In Her Eyes'. It was the number 1 single in Ecuador and Venezuela for 13 consecutive weeks. 

Released on Windchill Records out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 

Written by Pat Kelly, Chris Kelly, & Peter Oldring
Produced & Recorded by Steve Bays

'Aurora Borealis In Her Eyes' - Johnny and the Apologies

Forget about 'Living with Kunga' by Dr. Peter Halpern let this lady write a book! 

Best call from Season 2 Episode 21.

Best Call - Living with Cats

Either this is the most Canadian message we've ever received or this guy has a great sense of humour. 

Very apologetic and Canadian message

We love how casual this woman's tone is. It's like she hoards CBC Radio 1-800 numbers so she can leave brief words of encouragement for the hosts. Very neighbourly.  

Canadian Woman collects CBC phone numbers

On Sept. 22, 2012 we posted a story about two brothers in Northern British Columbia who still practice the art of hand chopping wood. We received this call not long after. 

Canadian supports that hand chopped wood is better than machine chopped

We received this call in reaction to a story we ran about a group in Vancouver trying to build a cat park in Vancouver. 

Burnaby man and his cat "Kahn" really want an off leash cat park

Woman calling in about a story we ran on the discovery of a skeleton dating back to 1850 and all of the new insights it is giving archaeologists about early Canadians.  

Woman confused over existence of pterodactyls in Canada

This caller really took issue with our story about Toronto's largest growing ethnic neighbourhood: Little America. He was so perturbed that he called back four times, here are the highlights from those calls.   

Little America Caller

We received this call in response to a story we ran last about a Paris Fashion magazine ranking Canada in the list of the “Top 5 Countries with the Most Unattractive People.” http://bit.ly/RKpewT
 

Calgary woman thinks Canadians are unattractive

Father and son from Dunnville, Ontario call in to give their thoughts on the woman in Kingston, Ontario that is trying to regulate Halloween.

Onatrio kid loves Halloween

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