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The 42nd IWK Telethon Is On This Weekend

The IWK Telethon is back this weekend.

Saturday night from 7 to 9pm there will be a Tribute Show featuring Neon Dreams, Reeny Smith, Wolf Castle, Ian Janes and more at the Lighthouse Arts Centre.

Sunday from 10am to 6pm is the main event where you can see local patient stories on CTV.

And yes, Steve Murphy will be back.

Above: Ian’s wife Roxanne IWK Telethon Producer and Steve Murphy.

My wife Roxanne is one of the IWK Telethon Producers.

Both our boys were born at the IWK and had major tune ups as babies, one with hydronephrosis, kidney swelling, and the other a Wilms’ tumour, children’s kidney cancer so we spent a lot of time there in the 1990’s.

They are now both healthy young men at 27 and 30 years old, thanks to the IWK.

Above Ian and Trent at the IWK in 1999 just 18 minutes old, and Roxanne with Drake in 1995 arriving home.

Thank you IWK!

-Ian

Credits: Ian Robinson photos

  • Ian Robinson is a lifelong Bluenoser and has been on Nova Scotia radio since 1984. Since 1997, he has been the Public Address Announcer for the Halifax Mooseheads of the QMJHL with over 1,100 games announced, and since 2024, has been the Voice of the Halifax Thunderbirds of the National Lacrosse League in “The Nest.”

    Spending time with his wife and two boys is his favourite thing to do.

    Join Ian weekday mornings 6 to 10am on Country 1035!

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