West (TV series)

1973 Canadian TV series or program

West

Genre| documentary
Country of origin| Canada
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 1
Production
Producers| John N. Smith
Cynthia Scott
Running time| 30 minutes
Production company| National Film Board of Canada
Original release
Network| CBC Television
Release| 19 December 1973 (1973-12-19) –
23 June 1974 (1974-06-23)

West is a Canadian documentary television series that aired on CBC Television from 1973 to 1974.

## Premise

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This series of National Film Board of Canada productions featured life on the Canadian prairie provinces (Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan).[1]

## Scheduling

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This half-hour series was broadcast Wednesdays at 10:00 p.m. from 19 December 1973 to 17 April 1974. There were rebroadcasts from 23 June 1974, Sundays at 1:00 p.m.

## Episodes

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* "Catskinner Keen" (Donald Brittain producer and director), featuring Bob Keen
* "Cavendish Country" (Donald Brittain producer and director), about Cal Cavendish, a country musician
* "Every Saturday Night" (John Taylor producer; Tom Radford director), concerning the Depression-era hoedown band the Badlanders
* "I Don't Have to Work that Big" (John N. Smith producer; Michael McKennirey director), featuring Joe Fafard's sculpting
* "The Jews of Winnipeg" (John N. Smith producer; Bill Davies director), a community profile with interviews of entertainer David Steinberg, singer Judy Lander and lawyer Joseph Zuken
* "The New Boys" (John N. Smith producer and director), featuring Saint John's Cathedral Boys' School in Selkirk, Manitoba
* "Ruth and Harriet: Two Women of the Peace" (Cynthia Scott producer; Barbara Greene director), set in the Peace River Country area of Alberta, profiling two of the homesteading women
* "Some Natives of Churchill" (Cynthia Scott producer and director), concerning life in Churchill, Manitoba
* "Starblanket" (Donald Brittain producer and director), a profile of First Nations reserve chief Noel Starblanket
* "This Riel Business" (Ian McLaren producer and director), featuring Regina's Globe Theatre production of Tales from a Prairie Drifter, a comedy play set in the North-West Rebellion and features Louis Riel as a character
* "Van's Camp" (Les Rose and Donald Brittain, producers and directors), set in a Lac la Ronge, Saskatchewan fishing camp
* "We're Here To Stay" (Ian McLaren producer and director), set in Lestock, Saskatchewan, featuring the efforts of farmers to run their Agri-Pool farm cooperative

## See also

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* Adieu Alouette
* Pacificanada

## References

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1. ^ Corcelli, John (September 2005). "West". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.

## External links

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* Allan, Blaine (1996). "West". Queen's University. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
* Watch West at the NFB website

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Louis Riel

* Secretary of the National Committee of the Métis (1869)
* President of the Provisional Government/Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia (1869–1870)
* Member of Parliament for Provencher (1873–1875)

Life and politics|

* Red River Rebellion
* Manitoba Act, 1870
* Execution of Thomas Scott
* North-West Rebellion
* Provisional Government of Saskatchewan
* Battle of Batoche
* Trial of Louis Riel

Family|

* Jean-Baptiste Lagimodière (grandfather)
* Marie-Anne Gaboury (grandmother)
* Louis Riel Sr. (father)
* Sara Riel (sister)
* Roger Teillet (grand-nephew)
* Yolande Teillet (grand-neice)

Related|

* Historiography of Louis Riel
* Louis Riel (comics)
* Louis Riel (opera)
* North West Mounted Police (film)
* Riel (film)
* Statue of Louis Riel
* West (TV series)
* Women of the Fur Trade

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