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2011 has very tragic off season in professional Hockey with the sudden deaths of Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien and Wade Belak. Former NHL player Geoff Courtnall who’s father committed suicide when Geoff was a teenager, kept the details of those circumstances a secret until questioned by a reporter in 1994.
At the fundraiser for the Coast Mental Health Foundation, Geoff talks about the Mental Health stigma in hockey.
Full speech at Coast Mental Health breakfast
Three time Juno award winner David Francey joins us by telephone and we pick the poetic brain of this post-constructionist musician. At the age of 45 David, won a Juno Award and retired from his construction job to pursue music full time. We also check in with Michael Schratter on his worldwide ride for mental health with ridedonthide.com
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In today’s episode we have the muddog, Steve Sainas sharing stories from his travels in Memphis and recording at infamous Sun Studios. Rapper, Comic and Mental Health Advocate also joins us in studio. Michael Schratter, from ridedonthide.com who’s biking the world in support of Mental Health joins us from Saskatchewan.
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A pre-concert conversation with Ben Worcester, from Vancouver’s Said the Whale, prior to performing at Port Moody Festival of the Arts.
Those are Blue Trees, Said the Whale
