60 Wonder Years


Happy Anniversary to my Mom and Dad, Audrey and Bob Smith.
What a great night we had at our special family dinner at Spencer's on the Water in Burlington.
Fellow diners please forgive our loudness! But how often do your celebrate 60 years of marriage?
Three generations from 7 to 87, from as far away as Oakville and Australia smiling and laughing and re-connecting all night long...probably a thousand photos taken inside and outside the restaurants, and the photo session (s) continued long after th sun went down over Burlington Bay (Hamilton Harbour?)
How lucky we are, to have each other and enjoy each other so much!

Season 2 of "Always Good News"


It's been a year since I waded back into TV land to launch "Always Good News" with my husband/producer/director Dave Wilson on CTS TV.
Season 2 is now underway with some great guests, more good news stories and good news partners: Rachel's Challenge, started by the father of the first victim in the Columbine High School Shooting in Littleton, Colorado; nutritionist, author, TV personality Rose Reisman our "Always Healthy" expert and Biz Doc Nick Bontis is back from the DeGroote School of Business.
Guests in our first week include CFL legend Terry Evanshen, co-founder of Second Cup, Frank O'Dea, and the founder of the World Champion breast cancer dragon boaters Kathy Levy.
Upcoming guests to watch for: TV trailblazer Dini Petty, W Network's Jane Lockhart, and the man of 4000 voices L.A.'s Pat Fraley (he's the voice of Cousin It and the Ninja Turtles!)
Watch for my series "Good News from Greece" as we visit the Acropolis, Santorini and Mykonos; the story fom the Mary Rose, King Henry VIII's battleship from Portsmouth, England, the next chapter in the Hamilton and Scourge War of 1812 sunken warships and from London, England, interviews with the stars of the sequel to Phantom of the Opera, Andrew LLoyd Webber's Love Never Dies. (the new Phantom is from Toronto and we met him backstage at the Adelphi Theatre!)
It's going to be an exciting season and I invite all our viewers across the country to visit our website alwaysgoodnews.ca to Share Your Good News too.
Our time slots are now 9:30am/1pm Eastern Time, Monday to Friday, moving to Prime Time in January! You can also watch our episodes online. We've got a good thing going! Check us out!
On a personal note, Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary to my Mom and Dad, Audrey and Bob Smith! See you at the party!

From Canada to Cuba: Dancing into Havana History



Sorry it's been so-o-o-o-0 long! It's Feb. 4, 2010 and I've been at my new job at CTS Television since we launched "Alway Good News" September 14, 2009. It's now on the air across Canada on Cable and Satellite at 5:30, 11:30 and noon the following day.

Watch our shows at ctstv.com


Click onto "Always Good News".


See my article published in the online journal, thehamiltonian.net


Check thespec.com Shared Passion for Dance to read about our trip to Cuba to cover the historic performance of the Canadian Ballet Youth Ensemble at the Gran Teatro of Havana with the National Ballet of Cuba.

The 3 part report with in-studio guests including Canada's prima ballerina Evelyn Hart is also available at our website. "There's good news all around us, it's all the way you look at things."