The Gleaner Podcast

02/28/2024

It's that time of the week again – there is a new episode of The Gleaner Podcast up and running. In this, the last episode of our first season, The Gleaner's Callan Forrester speaks to Patricia Mageean Martin and Kathleen Hackett Mueller about Irish music in the Valley.

In this, the final episode of the inaugural season of The Gleaner podcast, Callan Forrester speaks to Patricia Mageean Martin and Kathleen Hackett Mueller about Irish music in the Chateauguay Valley and the upcoming Irish Music afternoon to be hel...

02/21/2024

In today's instalment of The Gleaner Podcast, Sarah Rennie speaks to Jacques Montpetit and Claudie Remillard about the long and compelling history of Huntingdon's Rodrigue Montpetit et Fils Funeral Home.

In this, the ninth episode of this season of The Gleaner Podcast, Sarah Rennie speaks to Jacques Montpetit and Claudie Remillard of the Rodrigue Montpetit et Fils Funeral Home about the 70-year history of their family business. 

02/14/2024

We're a little bit late getting this out today, but we can assure you that this chat between The Gleaner's Callan Forrester and Scott Templeton of the Riverfield Curling Club is well worth the wait!

In this, the eighth episode of The Gleaner Podcast, The Gleaner's Callan Forrester speaks to Scott Templeton about the long history of the Riverfield Curling Club.

02/07/2024

Another episode of The Gleaner Podcast is ready for your collective ears – this week, Sarah Rennie speaks to Dave Hardy and Phylicia Brunette about the Ormstown Saracens RFC's 50-year-plus history in the Valley.

In this, the seventh episode of the first season of The Gleaner Podcast, Sarah Rennie is joined by Dave Hardy and Phylicia Brunette to look back at the history of the Ormstown Saracens Rugby Club, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary. 

01/31/2024

Happy Wednesday, everyone! There is a hot-off-the-presses new episode of The Gleaner Podcast available today: The WI's vitality in the Valley with Linda Janes and Chantal Hortop.

In this, the sixth episode of The Gleaner Podcast, Chantal Hortop speaks to Linda Janes, who has long led the Chateauguay Huntingdon County Women's Institute and has recently become the president of the organization for the province of Quebec. She...

01/24/2024

It's Wednesday, and this week that means not only the print version of The Gleaner showing up in mailboxes and retailers around the Chateauguay Valley, but also a brand new episode of The Gleaner Podcast! Tune in to hear Sarah Rennie and Holly Dressel discussing the history of environmental activism here in the Valley.

In this, the fifth episode in this season of The Gleaner Podcast, The Gleaner's Sarah Rennie speaks to Holly Dressel about the legacy of environmental activism in the Valley and the ways in which residents of the area have stood up against project...

01/23/2024

The latest episode of The Gleaner Podcast will be published tomorrow – stay tuned for a discussion between The Gleaner's Sarah Rennie and Holly Dressel about environmental activism in the Chateauguay Valley!

01/23/2024

The fourth episode of The Gleaner Podcast: Filing a family history with Murray McEwen and Callan Forrester.

In this, the fourth episode in this season of The Gleaner Podcast, Callan Forrester speaks to Murray McEwen, who put into motion a project documenting the history of the McEwen family in Ormstown. The documentary was presented at a family reunion ...

01/23/2024

The third episode of The Gleaner Podcast: The keepers of history in the Chateauguay Valley with Ken Dolphin, Carolyn Cameron, Connie McClintock, Myrna Paquette, and Chantal Hortop. Société historique de la Vallée de la Châteauguay Valley Historical Society and Archives Hemmingford

In this, the third episode of The Gleaner Podcast, Chantal Hortop speaks to those who help to run two of the historical societies in the Chateauguay Valley. From the Chateauguay Valley Historical Society, you'll hear from Ken Dolphin, Carolyn Came...

01/23/2024

The second episode of The Gleaner Podcast: A century of farming on Covey Hill with Garth Waddell, Oscar Maynard and Chantal Hortop.

In the second episode of The Gleaner Podcast, we will listen in on a conversation between two gentlemen who spent nearly a century living and farming on Covey Hill. Garth Waddell and Oscar Maynard share some of their memories and a lot of laughter...

01/23/2024

The first episode of The Gleaner Podcast: The Nutcracker in the Chateauguay Valley with Neva Shelton and Erika Rosenbaum (released December 20, 2023) École de danse Neva Shelton

Join us for the inaugural episode of The Gleaner podcast! In this episode, Erika Rosenbaum will be speaking to Neva Shelton of École de Danse Neva Shelton about the history of The Nutcracker as a ballet production in the Chateauguay Valley and bey...