When a Mi'kmaq rendition of The Beatles' classic hit Blackbird went viral last month, Emma Stevens, the 16-year-old singer behind the cover, said her dream was for Paul McCartney to hear it. Last week, Stevens and her teacher Carter Chiasson got to meet the legend backstage at his concert in Vancouver. "I never thought it would happen, and now, knowing that he knows who I am, what we did and all of the positive things that are happening because of it, makes me really happy,” Stevens wrote to q. McCartney gave Stevens and her cover a shout-out before playing Blackbird to the Vancouver crowd.
The internet first learned of Snowball and his amazing dance moves in 2007, when a YouTube video of him dancing to a Backstreet Boys song went viral. That's when the sulfur-crested cockatoo caught the attention of researcher Aniruddh Patel. In a new study, Patel and his co-authors describe the bird's ability to invent creative dances all on his own. "We feel that this does suggest that the impulse to dance to music is not just an arbitrary invention of human culture," Patel told As It Happens. The study describes some of Snowball's signature moves, including "headbang with lifted foot" and "vogue." Read more.
Six right whale deaths have been reported in 2019, with three more whales reported entangled in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. This week, Transport Canada announced further protections for right whales in those waters. Fisheries and Oceans Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said the new measures were the government's way of "redoubling our efforts." But Regina Asmutis-Silvia told The Current it took several whale deaths too many to spur the government into action: "It's unfortunate to me that what's happening is reactive, instead of proactive, to protect these animals." Read more.
It’s been 30 years since the first episode of Seinfeld aired. The "show about nothing" went on to become one of the biggest TV sitcoms of all time. Set designer Thomas Azzari was behind that iconic New York apartment, the parking garage, and a total of 1,380 sets during the show's run. "It was probably one of the most difficult shows I've ever done," Azzari told Day 6. He talks more about the process, and describes how Kramer really did break down doors. Read more.
