CBC News: Country Canada
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CBC News: Country Canada (until January 2006 simply titled Country Canada) was a Canadian
television series broadcast on CBC Television
, hosted by Reg Sherren. It was produced by CBC Winnipeg
, and profiled rural and country
life in Canada.
Sandy Cushin
was Country Canada's host between 1975 and 2000.
Country Canada began in 1954 as Country Calendar, and was also produced by CBWT
.
On April 4, 2007, CBC announced the cancellation of Country Canada at the end of that season, after 54 years. The last broadcast was Sept. 16, 2007.
In 2001, the CBC and Corus Entertainment
launched a digital television channel fashioned after Country Canada, called Country Canada. Now the service is called bold
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
television series broadcast on CBC Television
CBC Television
CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
, hosted by Reg Sherren. It was produced by CBC Winnipeg
CBWT
CBWT is the CBC's television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the only CBC station in Manitoba, since Brandon's CKX-TV closed on October 2, 2009....
, and profiled rural and country
Country
A country is a region legally identified as a distinct entity in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region associated with a previously...
life in Canada.
Sandy Cushin
Sandy Cushin
Sandy Cushon is best known as former host of agricultural program Country Canada on CBC Television, which he hosted between 1975 and 2000.He also hosted Points West for CBC Winnipeg.-References:...
was Country Canada's host between 1975 and 2000.
Country Canada began in 1954 as Country Calendar, and was also produced by CBWT
CBWT
CBWT is the CBC's television station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is the only CBC station in Manitoba, since Brandon's CKX-TV closed on October 2, 2009....
.
On April 4, 2007, CBC announced the cancellation of Country Canada at the end of that season, after 54 years. The last broadcast was Sept. 16, 2007.
In 2001, the CBC and Corus Entertainment
Corus Entertainment
Corus Entertainment Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment conglomerate.Corus is a leading Canadian specialty television and radio producer, with additional assets in pay television, advertising services, television broadcasting, children's book publishing and children's...
launched a digital television channel fashioned after Country Canada, called Country Canada. Now the service is called bold