![]() Michael created the DownieLive channel on November 26, 2016, and hit 100K Subscribers on May 26, 2020. His videos consist of travel, adventure, and the amazing sites you can find in Vancouver. He later quit working as a Garbage Man and decided to take YouTube on as a full-time career. Michael created the DownieLive channel on November 26. Michael grew passionate for filming his adventures and decided to create the DownieLive channel while working as a Garbage Man. His videos consist of travel, adventure, and the amazing sites you can find in Vancouver. Because of this, Michael had lots of money and time on his hands, so he decided to travel around the world while filming, without a doubt the reason the DownieLive channel came to be. He went to Ecole Jules Quesnel for Elementary, where he went for High School is at Kitsilano Secondary, and he went to BCIT Business School for College.īefore Michael created the DownieLive channel, he went to BCIT Business School and later became the Operations Manager at an Experiential Marketing Agency for Western Canada for 2 and a half years, until he was laid off. Facey Clothing in Port Hope.Translink FAIL & cars sliding - Vancouver 2017 Michael Downie, better known online as DownieLive, is a 35 year-old born and raised in Vancouver. The socks are for sale through Major League Socks at and will also be available at Chesler Shoes in Cobourg and G. We all have different upbringings in Canada, but we all kind of had the same soundtrack.” “So many of us shared the music growing up. “I promised myself I’d take it as far as I could go and eventually it worked out.” “I actually had a bottle of red Tragically Hip wine that I’d been saving since the process started and I had it over the holidays to celebrate finally achieving that goal.” When he received the go-ahead recently Macklin said he was “humbled and honoured.” “Through the process, I met a number of people to help me take it to the finish line.” “Eventually you find a little in here and a little in there and once you get a warm contact that can introduce you to others its kind of a chain reaction.” Macklin said there was a lot of “knocking on doors” and when they wouldn’t open he kept “prodding and prying.” The colours are red, which is currently on the market and shortly there will be a gold and grey. Going back and forth with various design patterns, the socks were given approval for the Downie family and the Downie/Wenjack Fund.Ī portion of the proceeds go to The Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund charity. Macklin said his idea was to create a scarf that looks like socks, but the idea never really took hold. “Gord wore socks around his neck on his final tour to keep his vocal chords warm.” I thought about the socks and the scarf and the idea just came to me.” ![]() “Like many Canadians you’re driving down the 400 series highways, listening to The Hip and thinking about what they mean to you and what they’ve done for the Country. Macklin said he’s a huge fan of The Tragically Hip and wanted to do something to raise money for that Downie/Wenjack Fund. ![]() Wenjack’s body was found beside the railway tracks on October 22, 1966, a week after he fled. ![]() Nine others ran away that same day, all but Wenjack were caught within 24 hours. In 1966, at 12-years old, Wenjack ran away attempting to reunite with his family 600 kilometers away in Ogoki Post. In 1963, at the age of nine, he was sent to the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential school in Kenora, Ontario. Wenjack fell victim to Canada’s colonization of Indigenous Peoples. Wenjack was an Anishinaabe boy born in Ogoki Post on the Marten Falls Reserve on January 19th, 1954. It took four years, but a Cobourg man is honoured his idea to raise money for the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund is going forward.ĭrew Macklin had the idea of creating socks in honour of Downie, the lead singer of The Tragically Hip who passed away on Octoat the age of 53.ĭownie was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, but toured with the band throughout Canada in 2016.ĭownie is described as one of the most influential and popular artists in Canadian music history.ĭownie spoke about indigenous issues including the story of Wenjack.
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