This is the time of year most of us try to take things a little slower. Maybe for you, the holidays mean family, friends and festivities. Maybe it means taking some time to yourself to read a book or watch a couple of holiday flicks. Speaking of holiday movies, this week, we're treating ourselves a little bit by replaying one of our all-time favorites. This love story belongs to Steve Lund, a Canadian actor who you may know from such shows as Bitten, Street Legal and Schitt's Creek. You'll also ...
Dec 28, 2023•41 min
This love story belongs to a terrific trio of women, Stephanie McNamara, Erin Bulger and Kristen Herrington. Kristen, Stephanie and Erin first became creative collaborators and the magic they discovered led to a deep and rewarding friendship. Now they're joining forces to encourage others to tap into their creativity with a collective called Curiosity Club. It all started when Stephanie asked Erin to mentor her in photography, then led to a magical run of her one-woman show "Her Beautiful Brain"...
Dec 21, 2023•48 min
This love story belongs to the aptly named Coco Love Alcorn, a Canadian singer-songwriter whose music has found its way into hearts around the world. She had been writing and performing for decades when her song The River suddenly floated her music to a global audience when choirs everywhere started singing it. That birthed the idea for the Wonderland singers, a virtual community created by Coco, that might just be the best thing to come out of the pandemic. The Wonderland Singers is an interact...
Dec 14, 2023•43 min
This love story is straight out of a Holiday Rom-Com. It all started at a party when Alyssa spotted a Christmas card featuring a scantily clad bachelor with a huge sense of humour. It was that very Christmas card that was the start of a great love story. For 5 years, Steve had his very own unconventional tradition of humorous photoshoots, which he turned into yearly Christmas cards for his family and friends. But when Alyssa entered the picture, the solo shoots were no more, and the pair has now...
Dec 07, 2023•43 min
This love story belongs to Jasyn Lucas, an Indigenous Canadian painter from the Mathias Colomb Cree Nation in northern Manitoba. Jasyn is a survivor of the “Sixties Scoop”, which refers to the large-scale removal of Indigenous children from their homes, communities, and birth families through the 1960s. Subsequently, these children were adopted into predominantly non-Indigenous, middle-class families across the United States and Canada. Jasyn graduated from the Studio Art Diploma Program from Ca...
Nov 30, 2023•45 min
This love story belongs to Alex and Corina, a couple who met while working at a movie theatre. Their modern love story started with friendship, and soon grew into a sitcom-worthy romance. Both movie buffs, Alex and Corina share a love for the cinema, and specifically the show Friends has played a starring role in their lives. They are a real-life Chandler and Monica as their relationship took a while to get off the ground, but is now full of entertaining and sweet memories, including a Friends-i...
Nov 23, 2023•45 min
Today's love story belongs to Lars Callieou, a Canadian comedian who has given the gift of laughter to audiences all over the world, including six military tours. For Lars, feeling at home on the road was very normal, as his parents were travelling musicians. When following in their footsteps didn't quite pan out, he found solace and purpose in standup comedy. His love of comedy has taken him across Canada and the US in his beloved 2009 Volkswagen Jetta, which he calls Silver. Lars has travelled...
Nov 16, 2023•43 min
Today's love story belongs to Jessie and Kolade. They are friends, colleagues, magic makers, and they are both part of a phenomenal social enterprise in Halifax, Nova Scotia called Hope Blooms. Hope Blooms engages with inner-city youth to become change agents, positively impacting the community through innovative agricultural and culinary programs. These changemakers made a national impact a decade ago on the show Dragon's Den, where 6 young and enthusiastic youth pitched their salad dressing bu...
Nov 09, 2023•50 min
Nancy Rose is a former teacher and guidance counsellor whose passion for photography and crafting has transformed into an unusual new career. When Nancy found herself seeking creative inspiration, she found it in her own backyard when she witnessed the entertaining behaviours of her neighbourhood squirrels. She started creating miniature squirrel-sized displays and props, using cardboard, clay, and other craft supplies. Motivated by hidden treats, squirrels became the subject of her photographs,...
Nov 02, 2023•33 min
Catherine and Craig are two multi-talented theatre performers, whose 25-year friendship has seen its fair share of peaks and valleys. Throughout their journey, this dynamic duo has consistently supported, challenged, and inspired one another to become better. They faced their greatest obstacle when Catherine was diagnosed with brain cancer. However, the life-threatening crisis didn't stop them from auditioning for Season 8 of The Amazing Race Canada. Proving the old saying what doesn't kill you ...
Oct 26, 2023•45 min
Sheila and Cody, living in different countries, were complete strangers who became bonded by blood through the gift of life. Sheila, a veteran from New Brunswick, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and received chemotherapy in 2012. In need of bone marrow, Sheila was alerted of a donor match. Her match wasn't a friend or a close family member; it was someone she didn't even know. Cody, hailing from Mississippi, signed up for the donor list, believing it was a simple way to help another pe...
Oct 19, 2023•32 min
Undoubtedly, art has the power to lead us out of our darkest moments. This love story belongs to Holly Carr, a Canadian artist who turns silk into stories with her unique style of silk paintings, creating joyful magic with her brushes. In addition to her other pursuits, she captivates audiences with her mesmerizing live performance art that unfolds on stage to the backdrop of live music. Her artistic journey has taken her across the nation, including her notable 26-date tour alongside the late S...
Oct 12, 2023•40 min
Across Canada is a special group of women connected by one thing: a fearless curiosity about severe weather, and a passion to diversify the face of weather and science. They are a courageous community called Girls Who Chase. Their goal? To inspire, empower and equip girls and women to pursue storms, the sciences, and their passions. Jenny Hagan is the Girls Who Chase Canada Chapter Lead and an award-winning photographer. When a plow wind sent her flying in a tent at age 7, Jenny's curiosity for ...
Oct 05, 2023•37 min
At the age of 15, Jessica Kruger's life took a profound turn when she became a quadriplegic due to a life-altering workplace injury that resulted in a spinal cord injury. Her injury ignited many changes, including a new passion for baking and cake decorating. However, one aspect of her character remained unaltered: her stubbornness. To Jessica, it's a superpower. Soon enough, her persistence to prove others wrong and defy expectations led to the creation of her thriving business venture, The Stu...
Sep 28, 2023•37 min
This love story belongs to the mother-daughter duo, Jenny Kierstead and Sophia Rae, a remarkable mother-daughter duo who are bridging the intergenerational gap. They're also co-hosts of a podcast called Spark, A Mother-Daughter Journey, where they have open-hearted conversations and engaging discussions with special guests. Together, they pave the way for healing and understanding, forging connections that transcend age and experience. Spark was created from a place of profound loss and global i...
Sep 21, 2023•39 min
This week's love story belongs to Kim Albright (Director) and Julia Lederer (Writer), the creative duo behind the powerful new film With Love and a Major Organ . The inspiring film has been touring the festival circuit, captivating and connecting with audiences nationwide. With Love and a Major Organ is set in an alternate world where hearts are made of objects and suppressing emotions is self-care, a lonely woman rips out her own heart for the man she loves, only to discover that he has run awa...
Sep 14, 2023•36 min
What the world needs now, is love, more love. Love shapes who we are, it binds us together. It fills our hearts, inspires our minds and feeds our souls. We’ve been on a journey to uncover and share love stories of all kinds. After over 125 episodes and almost 100,000 downloads, we’ve found even more. We can’t wait to share them with you as we launch into season 7. Get ready for more stories of compassion, devotion, adventure, and love. Welcome to Season 7 of the Canadian Love Map. The Canadian L...
Sep 07, 2023•1 min
This week we are re-airing an episode with one of our favourite guests. We're going back to Season 4 with Mary-Janet MacDonald, who has since become a two-time Love Map guest. At the start of the pandemic, this loving mother and grandmother was encouraged by family to start broadcasting her baking online. Soon enough, Mary-Janet gained a growing legion of fans across the country and around the world, eager to tune in every week. "Tunes and Wooden Spoons" streams every Sunday on Facebook at 2pm (...
Aug 29, 2023•30 min
This summer, we are re-airing our favourite Canadian Love Map episodes. This week, we turn back time to the first episode of Season 4. This week's love story belongs to a pair of storytellers destined for the big screen, Dylan and Jen from British Columbia. Once upon a time, Jen was a model traveling the world while Dylan was skating toward a hockey career. As so often happens, life had surprises in store for them. She became an actor and filmmaker, and he landed a role in one of Canada's most s...
Aug 24, 2023•29 min
This summer, we are re-airing our favourite Canadian Love Map episodes. This week we are going back to Season 5. This love story belongs to Shawn Leonard of Millbrook First Nation in Miꞌkmaꞌki. Shawn is an Indigenous psychic medium and the star of an APTN tv show "Spirit Talker". Shawn knew at a young age he had a special gift, but he further understood his purpose after having a vision of his father, who had passed away. Since then, it's been his purpose to connect with the other side. His work...
Aug 17, 2023•45 min
What are some ingredients of a good love story? They normally are sweet and a bit spicy, with a little bit of drama! For this LOVE BITE we are chatting with Dominique and Maya. They met when they became partners...in wrestling! It took some time for them to get together, but there was always something between them. After some games of cat and mouse, these two realized their true feelings for one another. Hosted by Nancy Regan Presented by Charm Diamond Centres Produced by Podstarter Do you want ...
Aug 10, 2023•6 min
This summer, we are re-airing our favourite Canadian Love Map episodes. We found this love story when we stumbled upon a viral news story back in Season 2. Marisa and Anthony were teen sweethearts who had a fairy-tale relationship. When Anthony passed away unexpectedly at 36, Marisa was left with intense grief, 3 daughters to raise and a long-lost memory of an orange Honda CRX. 20 years after the car had been sold, a nostalgic search began. With the support of friends, family and even strangers ...
Aug 03, 2023•28 min
Introducing: Love Bites! While we gear up for season 7, we are hitting the streets this summer to hear the love stories of every day people. This week's Love Bite is the story of Taylor and Wade. They met in college when Taylor convinced Wade to join her music club. The two had quite the first date, which involved a psychic reading and Taylor making quite the impression on Wade. This young couple also share their thoughts on the importance of balance in a relationship and why opposites just migh...
Jul 27, 2023•6 min
This summer, we are re-airing our favourite Canadian Love Map episodes. We shared this love story in Season 2. At first Olivia was hesitant about Andrew. After some games of cat and mouse and a lot of patience from Andrew, Olivia finally gave him a chance. The harmonious couple is now the perfect example of being "in tune" with each other, both in love and musically. Andrew and Olivia share a passion and talent for music. The lockdown provided them the silver lining opportunity to write some bea...
Jul 20, 2023•24 min
For the first episode of our summer rerun series, we are taking you back to the first ever episode of Canadian Love Map! Ted and Lillian's story is one of friendship, perseverance, and equality. From a shared childhood in the 1940's to a romantic reconnection in the 1960's. Today, Ted is over 80 years old and would have been married to Lilian 57 years this year. Sadly, she passed away in 2018, but their daughter Missy joined the conversation with our host Nancy Regan to share their amazing story...
Jul 13, 2023•22 min
That's a wrap on our 6th SEASON! Over the next few weeks we'll have some summer time treats for you, going into the vault to re-share some of our favourite episodes of all time. Love is a journey, and what a trip season six has been. We're so glad you've been along for the ride. Have a fabulous summer, and we'll be back with a whole lot more love on SEASON 7 in September. Hosted by Nancy Regan Presented by Charm Diamond Centres Produced by Podstarter Do you want to be a guest on Canadian Love Ma...
Jul 06, 2023•56 sec
This love story belongs to Shannon Christensen from British Columbia. After a tumultuous teen phase, the sudden loss of her father and the challenging revelations of new parenthood, Shannon made it her mission to build a village for mothers in need. The result? A nonprofit and movement called Mamas for Mamas: a national charitable organization that supports mothers and caregivers in crisis by providing ongoing support to individuals and families facing various poverty-related struggles. It's a w...
Jun 29, 2023•42 min
This love story belongs to Gabrielle and Bobby from Alberta. These two friends turned lovers have conquered the overwhelming challenges' life has thrown at them. But they've also been rewarded with the greatest gift. After a long time friendship, these two finally got together after recognizing there was a spark between them that never really went away. Gabrielle and Bobby were looking forward to their life together as newly-weds when Gabrielle received an unexpected cancer diagnosis. Not only d...
Jun 22, 2023•40 min
This week’s love story belongs to Kevin and Nick, and some golden girls. When Kevin and Nick met at a party, their worlds collided. What started as intrigue eventually led to a romantic relationship, but the catch was that Nick lived in London. Kevin decided to go the distance for love and moved across the pond, where he not only started a new, fulfilled life with Nick, but an unexpected array of new beautiful friendships. Hosted by Nancy Regan Presented by Charm Diamond Centres Produced by Pods...
Jun 15, 2023•29 min
Today's love story belongs to Adyn Townes , an alternative indie-artist from Montreal. But to be more accurate, it's a vicarious kind of love story that unfolded between his grandparents. It's the stuff of romantic movies, but Adyn, a professional musician, made it into a beautiful love song called " Churchill ". http://www.adyntownes.com/ Stream "Churchill" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2UnRkVT4z2xte89A33XgPa?si=eaf03012bf5a40e8 Hosted by Nancy Regan Presented by Charm Diamond Cent...
Jun 08, 2023•25 min
