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September 15, 2010

Award Recognition has Newspapers & Radio Talking

Posted on September 15, 2010  •  3 minutes  • 429 words

As you may have read, I Backpack Canada took home the award for “Best Travel Blog” at the recent GoMedia Marketplace, held in Toronto, Ontario. After arriving back in Halifax (and celebrating with a few friends) I found my inbox surprisingly full. It looks like my recent success had the bigwigs of News and Radio talking. Someone, somewhere, decided “This sounds pretty nifty, let’s have a word with this young chap.” So what was published about I Backpack Canada. Let’s take a look. I was given the opportunity to speak with CBC Radio 2’s Drive Time with Richard Terfry. They’ve got this great project called SongQuest , where people from all over Canada nominate their favourite roads in Canada, and an artist from each province / territory will write a song about it. I nominated the Highway to Big Muddy Saskatchewan, famous for bandits, cowboys, and runnin’ from the law. Be sure to check out SongQuest and vote for your favourite roads in Canada. A few days later I spoke to CBC Radio again, this time with Michelle Hugli-Brass of the CBC Afternoon Edition . Needless to say, these radio interviews scared the pants off me, I prefer writing to talking. Thankfully I didn’t vomit from the pressure while on the phone, so I’m chalking these both up as wins!

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**Update - Later this evening, Richard Brown, from Newstalk CJME out of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan did a live radio interview with me. Once again, didn’t screw up too bad, aside from confusing my directions (woops!). Fortunately, with the help of my new Macbook Pro, I was able to record the interview…well, most of it! Have a listen.

On top of all of this my hometowns newspaper, the Leader-Post of Regina, Saskatchewan, published an article about I Backpack Canada winning the award for best travel blog on September 15, 2010. It was then picked up by The Star Phoenix , of Saskatoon Saskatchewan, followed by the Calgary Herald . And after a quick search on Google, it appears the Vancouver Sun , The Montreal Gazette , and the Edmonton Journal all picked it up to post on their websites as well. (woo!) In light of this recognition, I’ve got a lot of work to do. I’ve got some serious writing to catch up on, a whole bunch of travelling left to do, and so much more Canada to see.

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