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3 unusual facts about Peter Gzowski


Peter Gzowski

The song - advocating Canadian unity - was performed by Ian and Sylvia, as well as by Bob Dylan and The Band in their 1967 "Basement session".

Scottish post-rock band Mogwai use an audio recording of Gzowski's interview with Iggy Pop in the song "Punk Rock", the first song from their album Come on Die Young.

Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort

In 1997 Peter Gzowski's final broadcast of CBC radio program Morningside was broadcast from the resort instead of CBC studios.


Canada After Dark

Executive producer Alex Frame and producer Bob Ennis decided to try a show that would be comparable to The Tonight Show instead, changing the name of the show to Canada After Dark and replacing host Peter Gzowski with veteran comedic actor Soles.

This Country in the Morning

After hosting 90 Minutes Live on CBC Television, Peter Gzowski returned to CBC radio as full-time host of Morningside on September 6, 1982.


see also

Elmore Harris

This group was led by Elmore Harris, and included the well-known Casimir Gzowski Jr. (son of the builder of the Grand Trunk Railway and grandfather of broadcaster Peter Gzowski), Robert Kilgour of the Kilgour Brothers (a manufacturer of paper bags and paper boxes), John Drysdale Nasmith (a baker) and Samuel J. Moore of the business forms fame (a Sunday school leader at Dovercourt Road Baptist Church).