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SUMMARY: "Between Ourselves" was a weekly series of hour-long radio programs that presented Canada to Canadians. It featured aspects of Canadian life in docudramas, plays, music, and interviews, originating fr;om different regions of Canada. The series ran from 1966 to 1979. In this episode, "Ghost Towns", Jurgen Hesse explores three British Columbia ghost towns: Sandon, Quesnel Forks and Bralorne. Recolle;ctions and reminiscences are recounted by former residents of these mining towns.;

SUMMARY: "Slocan I" is a collection of interviews with Slocan Region residents about the water supply, pollution, fish hatcheries, community concerns, and regionalism.

SUMMARY: "Slocan II" is a collection of interviews with Slocan Region residents about logging, the BC Forest Service, water quality and the Valley Resource Society.;

SUMMARY: "Slocan Valley" consists of interviews with Slocan Region residents about water quality, logging issues, fish hatcheries, the Valley Resource Society, and government control of the resources in this a;rea. Speakers include Corky Evans and Ron Lesley.;

SUMMARY: "The Bush and the Salon" was a CBC radio series that recreated early Canadian life from letters, diaries and other sources. This episode, "She'll Be Comin' Around the Mountain - Or Will She?", recount;s two stories of yesteryear -- true tales of miners, gentlemen and other hard cases of the pioneer days in BC, as told by the distinguished poet and playwright George Ryga, with Ed McNamara as The Chronicler. Part 1, "I, Robert Tecumseh Lowery", takes place around 1892 in the Slocan region of BC, and features R.T. Lowery, the well-known pioneer newspaperman of the Kootenays. Part 2, "The Noble Five", tells the true tale of five prospectors in Ainsworth -- Jack Seton, Bill Hennessey, John Hennessey, Frank Flint, and Jack McQuiglin -- who find a lode of silver, thus creating the notion of the ;"Silvery Slocan". Other actors include Jack Anthony, Lillian Carlson, Michael Collins, Joseph Golland, Douglas Masters, Allen Lyselles, Robert Clothier, Ted Stidder, Blair Shackels, Joe Austin, Bill ;Reiter, and Roger Dressler. This is the first of three programs featuring the work of George Ryga.;