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unsung heroes peter mansbridge shares stories of everyday people doing amazing things courtesy of peter mansbridge peter mansbridge by mark cardwell peter marsbrobe eskorrae manda extraordinary canadians uring his 50-year career with the canadian broadcasting corporation peter mansbridge interviewed thousands of people-world leaders global thinkers and international icons of the cbc's flagship nightly news show him more than the 17 otherwise ordinary individuals profiled in his new book the heart of our nation "i'm excited to share each and every one of their stories," mansbridge says from his home and inspiration and shows that even the most daunting challenges can be met with courage determination and dignity.” co-written by mansbridge and his long- canadians is a collection of essays written mostly in the first person and based on extensive phone and sit-down interviews between the subjects and the co-authors the profiles range from front-line care and indigenous activists to canadian women and men from all walks of life who are break- apart from toronto raptors play-by-play praise in june 2019 for calming a crowd when gunfire erupted at a raptors championship event in toronto's nathan phillips square few of the people profiled in the book are widely known most were chosen from a long list of intriguing people mansbridge and bulgutch community member and regular participant in nationally televised remembrance day first canadian female general surgeon of first nations descent "the whole idea behind the book is to tell and celebrate the stories of canadians or through a lifetime of everyday actions that make them heroes in every sense of the word," one previous book to his credit-2009's peter mansbridge one on one and teachers dinary things these people have accomplished ful tool." costco connection extraordinary canadians is available now in most costco warehouses mark cardwell is a freelance journalist and writer in the quebec city region