Rebeccah Love, FORTESCUE; Nicolas Bertrand, TOUGH MUDDER; Jacob Gal, YORK PRIDE FEST; Maya Carvalho, MIGRAINES; PROPTER HAWK Pamela Gordon, NATURE OF THINGS TITAN SUBMERSIBLE;

WE BEGIN …BY CELEBRATING THE FEATURE FILM DEBUT OF A POWERFUL NEW VOICE IN CANADIAN CINEMA. TORONTO-BASED FILMMAKER REBECCAH LOVE’S MOVIE ‘FORTESCUE’ IS DESCRIBED AS A QUIET REFLECTION ON WOMANHOOD,   PSYCHOSIS AND FRIENDSHIP, AND TOUCHES ON SOME PRESSING QUESTIONS AROUND MENTAL HEALTH. THE FILM IS FICTIONAL …HOWEVER REBECCA’S PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH BIPOLAR DISEASE GIVES HER WORK COMPELLING AUTHENTICITY.   TOUGH MUDDER IS A SERIES OF EVENTS WHERE PARTICIPANTS NAVIGATE GRUELLING OBSTACLE COURSES THAT   CHALLENGE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STRENGTH. AND GOING THROUGH IT MEANS GETTING DIRTY….REALLY DIRTY. ATHLETES WHO FINISH THE TOUGH MUDDER EVENT DESCRIBE FEELING SORE AND EXHAUSTED AND…EUPHORIC. NOW TOUGH MUDDER IS WELCOMING PARA ATHLETES AND GENERAL MANAGER NICOLAS BERTRAND JOINED JIM LANG TO EXPLAIN. YORK PRIDE IS CELEBRATING 25 YEARS AND THE FESTIVAL HAPPENING JUNE 21ST AND 22ND, PROMISES TO BE BIGGER AND   EVEN BETTER. PROGRAM MANAGER, JACOB GAL SHARES HOW YOU CAN JOIN IN ALL THE FUN WHILE SUPPORTING FAMILY, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS IN THE LGBTQ2S-PLUS COMMUNITY. ON JUNE 18, 2023, THE WORLD WATCHED AS A TOURIST AND EXPEDITION CAPSULE - THE TITAN SUBMERSIBLE SLOWLY   DISAPPEARED INTO THE NORTH ATLANTIC. ON BOARD THE DEEP-SEA VESSEL WERE 5 PEOPLE …EXCITED FOR THIS ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME ADVENTURE TO REACH THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC ON THE OCEAN FLOOR. IT NEVER HAPPENED – INSTEAD, DISASTER STRUCK AND ALL 5 WERE KILLED WHEN THE SUBMERSIBLE IMPLODED.TWO YEARS LATER – A NEW DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE TRAGEDY EXPLORES WHY IT HAPPENED AND THE LESSONS LEARNED. JIM LANG SPOKE WITH DOCUMENTRY DIRECTOR PAMELA GORDON. A MIGRAINE IS ONE OF THE MOST DISABLING MEDICAL CONDITIONS IN THE WORLD — YET OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD AND MINIMIZED. MAYA CARVALHO - FOUNDER OF THE CANADIAN MIGRAINE SOCIETY - IS ON A MISSION TO EMPOWER PEOPLE WITH PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR LIVING WITH MIGRAINES.  MAYA HAS BUILT A GRASSROOTS COMMUNITY THAT OFFERS EMPATHY AND EDUCATION TO MIGRAINE SUFFERERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT THEM. WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU BLEND ROCK AND ROLL AND BLUES AND SOUL? A VERY COOL TORONTO BAND CALLED PROPTER HAWK. THE GROUP IS KNOWN FOR ITS ENERGETIC PERFORMANCES …THEIR SOUND INFLUENCED BY ‘THE BEATLES’, ‘ THE BAND, OTIS REDDING AND HUMBLE PIE. PROPTER HAWK CAME TOGETHER 5 YEARS AGO …WITH LOTS OF NEW MATERIAL CREATED DURING THE PANDEMIC YEARS. LEAD GUITARIST ALEC MCEACHERN - IN STUDIO WITH SHALIZA BACCHUS.