He worked most of his life as a truck driver and carpenter, so he was surprised to be asked by his community just over a year ago to host a radio show for Gimaa Radio. Carl Beam-ba and his friends came up with the idea to start an Ojibwe language radio station. (Gimaa Radio/supplied)The idea of Gimaa Radio was actually the brain child of local artist Carl Beam-ba in the early 2000's. In the beginning, the group found the procedure to get a CRTC license daunting, so that led them to start a pirate radio station. Eric Hare (Waboose), Bernard Ense (Chopper) and Ross Armstrong (Rosco) host a show on Gimaa Radio to help teach and bring back the Ojibwe language to the community.

Source: CBC News February 13, 2019 09:56 UTC