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Thursday, March 27, 2008

The Death of Canadian Institutions

CBC Orchestra: gone.
Canadian Tire Catalogue: gone.

Is it C_C acronyms that are disappearing of are we losing Canadian institutions faster than I can keep up.

The CBC Radio Orchestra was the last radio orchestra in North America. It was started in 1938 during radio’s hay days.

Canadian Tire Catalogue, well, I vaguely remember ordering Christmas presents from this and the Eaton’s catalogue. That activity was short lived.

What else is gone? 

Really Unfortunate about the CBC radio orchestra - it’s true the the practical need for a radio orchestra has gone with the ease and advent of digital media at our fingertips, but the culture and - lets face it - class that such an orchestra lent to our community is irreplaceable. I’m predicting that this is one of those things that will be universally criticized in the years to come.

Consumers Distributing?  They had a catalogue that I used to check out when I was a kid.

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