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Pegasus formed in 1973 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Six guys in high school, four from Bawating C. & V.S. and two from Korah Collegiate, came together over rock’n’roll and a love for playing the hits of the day. They had a successful run into the late 70s before they went their separate ways in the work world, scattering about Canada and beyond. Music stayed with most of them as they joined other bands in their respective new cities and along the way they kept in touch of each other’s lives.

Original members were Rob Burditt (keys/voice), Frank Candido (bass), Gary Elliott (trumpet), Jon Frolick (drums/voice), Martin Gilmour (guitar), and Barry Gilmour (guitar). Jeff Holmes (keys/voice) joined shortly thereafter, and it was Jeff that stirred the idea of playing again with four of the inaugural members.

These core five went onto play Pegasus reunion gigs in 2022 and 2024 at Rotary Fest and at the Water Tower Inn, with various guest players in each iteration. Jay Dinsdale (trumpet), Vincent Feletti (trombone), Mark Zorzit (guitar), Rusty McCarthy (guitar), Lindsay Pugh (guitar), Ken Suriano (saxophone), Steve Burditt (trombone), and Josh Norling (saxophone), were Pegasus bandmates for those shows, with some of those shows being amateur-recorded. Local music history is better for that, in telling the story of this popular music group.

Pegasus covered radio’s top pop tunes by the great rock’n’roll horn bands that began surfacing in the late 60s, large outfits like Chicago, Lighthouse, Downchild Blues Band, Vehicle, and Blood, Sweat & Tears. It was a sound not often heard anywhere by cover bands in local venues because of the several challenges involved, among them; band size, lack of horn players and the complexity of the music.

But Pegasus paid no mind and pressed forward, entering and winning Battle Of The Band competitions at a local and regional level, even reaching a national level competition. All the while Pegasus gigged everything from concerts to high school dances to weddings. They were good times and the fans loved them.

 “When I’m with you, it doesn’t matter where we are
Or what we’re doing. I’m with you, that’s all that matters.
Time passes much too quickly when we’re together laughing.”

Date:16 July 2026 .

M.D. Dunn has released nine albums since 1993. Every record attempts a change in musical ideas, be it musically or lyrically. One constant is the raw honesty at the forefront. Dunn is an artist interested in expressing core values in a straight forward way, with music that is subtle in its sophistication.

Of the 2018 release, “The River Lately,” M.D. Dunn writes, “I hope you like it. The album and the songs mean a great deal to me. I don’t like to saddle my music with “meaning,” and especially not what I think it “means,” but this one has been a powerful experience. The songs, apart from one redo and one older song, were written between March 2016 and August 2017, recorded at Reveal Music in Sault Ste. Marie, between September 2017 and January 2018. Overall, the album deals with mental illness, survival, healing, and the realization that love is the engine of the universe.”

“There’s an echo of Bruce Cockburn in Dunn’s guitar work…The instrumentals are engaging guitar journeys that explore sound and acoustic space. By themselves they would be a compelling reason to acquire this album, but that’s only scratching the surface…The combination of strong lyrics and compelling guitar work make this album shine…This one’s a keeper.” ~Gene Wilburn, Penguin Eggs Magazine, Autumn 2017

“Across The Tracks” features two episodes of M.D. Dunn’s work.
Mark D. Dunn (vol. 1) goes to ‘The River Lately’ to ponder love and the universe questions, an album out in early 2018 with the monster Innocent Weapon Ensemble band.
Mark D. Dunn (vol. 2) selects some of his personal favourites from his rich catalog, and host AV offers his choices, for the nuggets that are behind the music.

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@mddunnmusic · Musician/Band

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Twitter: MD Dunn @md_dunn

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”

Date:15 July 2026 .

What happens when a stolen credit card becomes a reason to risk everything?

When Matt Rosso, a cautious Canadian academic, discovers a mysterious international flight charged to his credit card, he expects a routine fraud investigation and a quick resolution. Instead, a name emerges — Ezekiel Azuta — and with it, a strange, unsettling pull that refuses to let him go.

What begins as a clerical error spirals into an obsession. Haunted by a quiet dissatisfaction he can’t quite name, Matt makes an impulsive decision that defies logic and comfort: he will travel to West Africa, to the Republic of Benin, to search for the man who never boarded the flight.

Along the way, Matt’s journey becomes far more than a pursuit of a faceless fraudster. It forces him to confront stalled ambition, fractured relationships, cultural misunderstanding, and the uneasy line between curiosity and recklessness. Told through sharp dialogue, dry humour, and deeply introspective prose, The Search for Ezekiel explores modern disconnection, moral responsibility, and the universal urge to break free from a life lived too safely.

Blending literary fiction with elements of travel narrative and psychological drama, this novel asks a simple but dangerous question:

What if the thing you’re running from is yourself — and the only way forward is straight into the unknown?

Perfect for readers who enjoy character-driven stories, global settings, and thoughtful examinations of risk, purpose, and identity.

__________

John De Lorenzi owns and operates a coffee business in downtown Sault Ste. Marie, Allora Espresso Imports. He is also a drummer. The Search For Ezekiel is John’s second book.

______

Date:14 July 2026 .

Mary Wilson is the founder of one of Sault Ste. Marie’s most cherished and beloved organizations, The Bandettes All Girl Drum & Bugle Corps. Established in 1963, the marching band was an instant success. Over its subsequent long history, The Bandettes grew in local, regional and international popularity and today its alumni numbers hundreds of women, all grateful and proud to have performed with the legendary group.

La-Na Fragomeni is the current President of the Sault Ste. Marie Chamber of Commerce and a past member and volunteer of The Bandettes.

Mary Wilson was also the First Recipient of the Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Citizen Award in 1976 and The City’s Medal of Merit in 1980, the highest honour a resident can receive for outstanding academic, cultural or athletic accomplishment or achievement. Including many community mentions, she was also the First Woman to win the George Wallace Trophy, which is awarded to an individual who supplies an outstanding contribution to the recreation field on a volunteer basis.

Date:13 July 2026 .

The Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour is broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio)

s5.e4. GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – In Praise Of Non Human Lifeforms

In the Great Lakes basin, a powerful economic engine provides for a good life to about 40 million humans, and as all of nature’s living beings pay the cost, should not humans be in praise of non-human lifeforms?

Wendall Jones, a retired logger connecting with the lifeforms of the Boreal forest in lower Batchawana Bay gives a local and personal history of living on the magnificent north shore of the Great Lake Superior.

Rob Croll, Division of Intergovernmental Affairs at Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission, coordinator Climate Change Program, advocates for Ojibwe treaty rights and natural resources stewardship.

Brad Robinson, Co-Founder & Guide of Thrive Tours, shares the several meanings of a Medicine Circle, the sacred symbol in many Indigenous cultures representing the interconnectedness of all life in the universe.

Featured Music: John Hewitt & The New Americans. Neil Woodward. Cat Clyde. Rheostatics (feat. Neil O’Donnell). Brad Robinson.
Music beds: Michael John DiSanto. LOWFREQUENCYoscillator. Walter MacDonald White Bear. Shub. Lac Du Flambeau Band Of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians.
Theme music: Ray Bonneville. Rusty McCarthy.

Photo by Adriano: In Praise Of Water

s5.e4. GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour Music Credits

Title – Big Five Water
Artist / Composer – Ray Bonneville

Title – Steeltown Rhapsody
Album – Which Side Are You On
Artist – John Hewitt & The New Americans

Title – St. Mary’s River Fantasy
Album – Nocturnes
Artist / Composer – Rusty McCarthy

Title – The Ballad Of The Frozen Logger
Album – The Promise Of Place
Artist – Neil Woodward

Title – The Tamarack Adventures
Album – Master Files
Artist / Composer – Michael John DiSanto

Title – George Townsend
Album – Master Files
Artist / Composer – Michael John DiSanto

Title – Found Fleeting Fair
Album – Master Files
Artist / Composer – Michael John DiSanto

Title – Lin Ching-Yi
Album – Master Files
Artist / Composer – Michael John DiSanto

Title – Hawk In The Tree
Album – Down Rounder
Artist / Composer – Cat Clyde

Title – Solemn Ground
Artist / Composer – LOWFREQUENCYoscillator

Title – Mud Bay
Artist / Composer – LOWFREQUENCYoscillator

Title – Magpie’s Laughter
Artist – Walter MacDonald White Bear

Title – Mammals
Album – Great Lakes Suite
Artist / Composer – Rheostatics (feat. Uncle Neil O’Donnell)

Title – North Shore Ogitchidaa (The Honour Song)
Artist – Brad Robinson
Composer – Traditional

Title – Roots Run Deep
Album – Heritage (Part One)
Artist – Shub

Title – Lac Du Flambeau
Artist – Lac Du Flambeau Band Of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
Composer – Traditional

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This program produced by GLOW Radio Partners in venture with The Borderline Events Co.

Inspired by the 50th anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, the Great Lakes Odyssey World is a multi-national effort to strengthen and explore our relationship with the natural wonders known as the Great Lakes.

In this part of the project, we have created a multi-part audio series looking at the way the Great Lakes shape our lives, our livelihoods, our health and our culture.

50 years ago, folks in the media and elsewhere were ready to declare the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie “dead.”

The thought so appalled citizens in Canada and the United States, they forced their national governments to act.

Because, of course, the Great Lakes shape the life of both Canada and the United States. And, of course, the Great Lakes are a single system stretching from Duluth to Ottawa and down the St. Lawrence seaway. What happens to any of the Lakes will soon happen to the others.

So, the politicians of 50 years ago negotiated the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, “for the purpose of restoring, protecting and enhancing the Great Lakes and the Great Lakes basin.”

50 years later, we can see the agreement worked. We see more fish, cleaner water, and less pollution. Unlike the early settlers and colonials, who mostly saw the Lakes as a resource to tap, we now recognize, like the First Nations, the Lakes are part of our identity. They shape our relationships, our songs and celebrations of place, the way we eat, how we play, and what we make, or sell, or harvest.

50 years since the wake-up call of a burning river, Great Lakes Odyssey wants to learn how we live and love, hurt and restore the incredible gift which is the Great Lakes.

We will explore Great Lakes art and artistic expression, and meet the artists, writers, musicians who make it. We will also dip into Great Lakes history and lore – and learn from the people who have been here the longest and know it the best: The People of the Three Fires, the Anishinaabek.

On our Odyssey around the Great Lakes, we will also hear from people working to prevent poisonous algal blooms or stop the spread of invasive species. We will meet visionaries undoing decades of development that hardened shorelines, emptied marshes and wetlands, and destroyed critical spawning grounds. We will talk to people working to ensure all beings have access to pure drinking water.

Because none of us can live without pure drinking water.

In this wondrous place we call the Great Lakes, we know we are blessed by these Sweet Water Seas. We claim them as our H.O.M.E.S. as the emotionally accurate mnemonic says. They are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior, and they are our HOMES.

As long as humans have lived in, and of and through the Lakes, people have told stories about them, sung about them, and gloried in this great gift of the long departed Ice Age. Left by glaciers thousands of years ago, they are the World’s storehouse of fresh water. If they are drained… or ruined… or damaged, they can never be replaced.

So, as we travel around the Great Lakes basin, we want to see how we are doing – what we are doing – how we’re feeling and what we’re learning as we try to live as lovers and restorers – and children and family – of the being whom the Anishinaabek call Nayaano-nibiimaang Gichigamiin, the five freshwater seas.

We hope to galvanize, inspire, and motivate you to strengthen, support and steward the Great Lakes to a beautiful and healthy future.

So please join us on this magical, dare we say “magical mystery tour” of the Great Lakes basin and Great Lakes culture.

Date:12 July 2026 .

Kevin Bowe is a writer/producer/mixer/musician from Minneapolis. He has written songs on 3 platinum records and 2 Grammy winning albums working with Courtney Hadwin, Jonah Marais, Quinn Sullivan, Johnny Lang, The Replacements, Etta James, Joe Cocker, Paul Westerberg, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, 3 Dog Night, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Little Steven Van Zandt, Communist Daughter and many other artists resulting in over 60 million Spotify streams. His songs have been performed by Lucinda Williams and Bruce Springsteen.

Operating out of the Kill Room, his Minneapolis studio, Kevin produces many artists and bands, indie rock, pop, roots, singer/songwriter and sync music. He was the first writer in over 20 years to be signed by legends Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller and collaborates with many other writers and producers.

Kevin’s music has been placed in dozens of films and TV shows including The Sopranos, Shameless, Ray Donovan and The Blacklist.

Although currently focused on the studio, Kevin has played guitar on tours with Paul Westerberg, Gary Louris (Jayhawks) and Freedy Johnston along with fronting his own band, The Okemah Prophets.

Running time: 68 minutes.

Date:9 July 2026 .

Connie Lafleur Bailey is a speaker, writer, teacher and entrepreneur.

She has been married to her best friend, Trevor for over 35 years. They live on 66 acres in a rural community of Ontario, Canada. She is mom to two adult children with two amazing daughter-in-laws. She was blessed with her first grandson in 2024.

After pursuing a career as an accountant, she left the corporate world in 2019. She founded Worth Believing. She has been on the journey of healing, the journey of questioning her self-worth, as many of you are. She is committed to sharing her experiences with other women in as many ways as possible – speaking engagements; blogging; podcasts; bible studies; and written works such as You Are Worthy!

Do you ever find yourself trapped in the belief that you’re “less than” you should be? In “You Are Worthy,” Connie dismantles 20 Myths and Lies that might be keeping you tethered to this mindset. This transformative journey guides you to:

By the end of “You Are Worthy,” these once-powerful myths lose their grip on you. Liberated, you’ll step into the life you deserve, trusting that you were made for more. Your best life awaits – discover the power of your own worth.

Date:7 July 2026 .

Cold blooded, warm hearted.

Quality captive-bred animals, expert care advice, and everything you need to build the perfect enclosure. The mom & pop reptile room is a reptile experience. Living with so many reptiles is a life of love.

As a teen, Ernie Rowntree worked at PJ Pets in the Eglington Square pet shop, which was the largest pet shop in Toronto at the time. After realizing just how pet stores operate Ernie chose to switch to The Endangered Animal Sanctuary on Mill Wood Rd, remaining there throughout school. After graduating high school Ernie then worked at York University and continued to work there for over 12 years as an Animal Lab Tech while studying Psychology and Biology. During his studies and work at York University he contributed to many Masters and Doctorate Theses, publishing papers in both fields. Now with a heart condition and many other old parts, he is continuing the fun that brings reptile keepers and hobbyists together through the work he does with the The Mom & Pop reptile room. It is Ernie’s life’s passion.

Ruth, co-owner, is the mother of all moms. She’ll take everything and anyone in no matter who or what they are. Any time of day, any holiday, any creature, Ruth is the caregiver for all of our creatures making sure they all feel like they’re loved, cared for, safe, and in their best home. In sickness and health, she hand feeds the weak, nurtures the anxious, and keeps everyone company.

Reptiles Are Our Life

Eden’s Reptiles isn’t a big box store; It’s our home, our passion, and our family. Every animal in our care is handled daily, fed well, and loved before it ever finds a new home.

When you reach out to us, you’re talking to the people who actually live with these animals, not a customer service rep. That’s the mom & pop difference.

Date:6 July 2026 .

The Great Lakes Odyssey Radio Hour is broadcast on NPR (National Public Radio)

s5.e3. GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour – Claiming Place Through Art

Creating art, in all of its forms, is a profound act in staking claim to truth, to heal relationships and to foster real community, as an emerging Indigenous cultural resurgence is challenging dominant narratives.

Dr. Duke Redbird, Senior Elder of the Urban Indigenous Education Centre, brings an Indigenous approach to art education that was rooted in his pioneering work at OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario.

Ocean Kiana, Nishinaabe Designer and Artist, brings both Indigenous culture and sustainable innovation to each piece, creating fashion that embodies resilience, beauty, and respect for the Earth.

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson delivers Live Like The Sky as an act of re-worlding, a record of struggle, a nuanced and complex shoreline combining alternative musics with a vital Nishnaabe presence.

Featured Music: Aysanabee. Collective Order. Leanne Betasamosake Simpson.
Music beds: Rusty McCarthy. Collective Order.
Theme music: Ray Bonneville. Rusty McCarthy.

Painting: Sky Turtle by Tom Sinclair

s5.e3. GREAT LAKES ODYSSEY Radio Hour Music Credits

Title – Big Five Water
Artist / Composer – Ray Bonneville

Title – Dream Catcher
Album – Edge Of The Earth
Artist / Composer – Aysanabee

Title – St. Mary’s River Fantasy
Album – Nocturnes
Artist / Composer – Rusty McCarthy

Title – I Hear You
Album – Collective Order Vol.3
Artist / Composer – Collective Order (feat. Emily Steinwall and Belinda & Paulina Corpuz)

Title – Meegwetch
Albom – Collective Order Vol.3
Artist / Composer – Collective Order (feat. Emily Steinwall and Belinda & Paulina Corpuz)

Title – The Way We Were Born
Album – Edge Of The Earth
Artist / Composer – Aysanabee

Title – Gitchi Gami
Album – Nocturnes
Artist / Composer – Rusty McCarthy

Title – Harmony Bay
Album – Nocturnes
Artist / Composer – Rusty McCarthy

Title – Safe Harbour
Album – Nocturnes
Artist / Composer – Rusty McCarthy

Title – The Great Manitou
Album – Nocturnes
Artist / Composer – Rusty McCarthy

Title – Miss Bogart On Sunshine Beach
Album – Nocturnes
Artist / Composer – Rusty McCarthy

Title – Minode’e
Artist / Composer – Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Album – Live Like The Sky

Title – No Line Could Make Sense Of It
Artist / Composer – Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Album – Live Like The Sky

Title – 85 Dollars An Acre
Artist / Composer – Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Album – Live Like The Sky

Title – Pyrrhic Victories
Artist / Composer – Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Album – Live Like The Sky

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This program produced by GLOW Radio Partners in venture with The Borderline Events Co.

Inspired by the 50th anniversary of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, the Great Lakes Odyssey World is a multi-national effort to strengthen and explore our relationship with the natural wonders known as the Great Lakes.

In this part of the project, we have created a multi-part audio series looking at the way the Great Lakes shape our lives, our livelihoods, our health and our culture.

50 years ago, folks in the media and elsewhere were ready to declare the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie “dead.”

The thought so appalled citizens in Canada and the United States, they forced their national governments to act.

Because, of course, the Great Lakes shape the life of both Canada and the United States. And, of course, the Great Lakes are a single system stretching from Duluth to Ottawa and down the St. Lawrence seaway. What happens to any of the Lakes will soon happen to the others.

So, the politicians of 50 years ago negotiated the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, “for the purpose of restoring, protecting and enhancing the Great Lakes and the Great Lakes basin.”

50 years later, we can see the agreement worked. We see more fish, cleaner water, and less pollution. Unlike the early settlers and colonials, who mostly saw the Lakes as a resource to tap, we now recognize, like the First Nations, the Lakes are part of our identity. They shape our relationships, our songs and celebrations of place, the way we eat, how we play, and what we make, or sell, or harvest.

50 years since the wake-up call of a burning river, Great Lakes Odyssey wants to learn how we live and love, hurt and restore the incredible gift which is the Great Lakes.

We will explore Great Lakes art and artistic expression, and meet the artists, writers, musicians who make it. We will also dip into Great Lakes history and lore – and learn from the people who have been here the longest and know it the best: The People of the Three Fires, the Anishinaabek.

On our Odyssey around the Great Lakes, we will also hear from people working to prevent poisonous algal blooms or stop the spread of invasive species. We will meet visionaries undoing decades of development that hardened shorelines, emptied marshes and wetlands, and destroyed critical spawning grounds. We will talk to people working to ensure all beings have access to pure drinking water.

Because none of us can live without pure drinking water.

In this wondrous place we call the Great Lakes, we know we are blessed by these Sweet Water Seas. We claim them as our H.O.M.E.S. as the emotionally accurate mnemonic says. They are Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie, and Superior, and they are our HOMES.

As long as humans have lived in, and of and through the Lakes, people have told stories about them, sung about them, and gloried in this great gift of the long departed Ice Age. Left by glaciers thousands of years ago, they are the World’s storehouse of fresh water. If they are drained… or ruined… or damaged, they can never be replaced.

So, as we travel around the Great Lakes basin, we want to see how we are doing – what we are doing – how we’re feeling and what we’re learning as we try to live as lovers and restorers – and children and family – of the being whom the Anishinaabek call Nayaano-nibiimaang Gichigamiin, the five freshwater seas.

We hope to galvanize, inspire, and motivate you to strengthen, support and steward the Great Lakes to a beautiful and healthy future.

So please join us on this magical, dare we say “magical mystery tour” of the Great Lakes basin and Great Lakes culture.

Date:5 July 2026 .

Mister Disc Music Group on Facebook. WE ARE NOT YOUR TYPICAL MUSIC GROUP. Each Monday a theme for music posts is chosen and members find music that fit it. Please promote us and add in all your music loving friends.

“Why do colours put next to another, sing?”

RED, WHITE & BLUE

Rolling Stones – Blue and Lonesome
Procol Harem – Whiter Shade of Pale
Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels – Devil With the Blue Dress
Dwight Yoakam – Long White Cadillac
ELO – Mr. Blue Sky
Bob Dylan – Tangled Up In Blue
Ozark Mountain Daredevils – Jackie Blue
Chris de Burgh – Lady In Red
Midnight Oil – Blue Sky Mine
Ian Hunter – Babylon Blues
The Band – Out of the Blue
Red Rider – White Hot

Date:4 July 2026 .