Editing Stuart McLean (section)

==Cancer treatment and death==
Following McLean's diagnosis with [[melanoma]] in November 2015, ''The Vinyl Cafe'' stopped touring and producing episodes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/stuart-mclean-vinylcafe-tour-cancelled-melanoma-1.3329413|title=Stuart McLean cancels Vinyl Cafe Christmas tour due to melanoma|date=November 21, 2015|accessdate=December 13, 2016|publisher=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> McLean announced on December 13, 2016, that he required a second round of treatment, meaning further delay in producing episodes, and that repeats of past shows would stop airing on [[CBC Radio One]] effective January 2017 to "make room for others to share their work on the radio."<ref name="demara" /> McLean died of cancer on February 15, 2017, in Toronto, aged 68.<ref name="mcleandead" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/books/stuart-mclean-bestselling-author-and-host-of-cbc-radios-vinyl-cafe-has-died|title=Stuart McLean, bestselling author and host of CBC Radio's 'Vinyl Cafe,' has died|date=February 15, 2017|accessdate=February 15, 2017|newspaper=[[National Post]]}}</ref> His archive was donated to [[McMaster University]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/stuart-mclean-archives-1.4409455|title=Stuart McLean's archives to live on at McMaster University|work=CBC News|access-date=November 20, 2017}}</ref>

One day after his death in February 2017, a tribute special hosted by [[Michael Enright (broadcaster)|Michael Enright]] under the title ''Canada's Storyteller: A Tribute to Stuart McLean'', aired on CBC Radio; it was repeated the following Sunday in ''The Vinyl Cafe's'' former timeslot.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada-s-storyteller-a-tribute-to-stuart-mclean-1.3985501 "Canada's Storyteller: A Tribute to Stuart McLean"]. [[CBC News]], February 16, 2017.</ref> CBC Radio's documentary series ''[[The Doc Project]]'' produced a special episode after McLean's death, re-airing his 1979 ''Sunday Morning'' documentary "The New Goldrush",<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/radio/docproject/celebrating-a-side-of-stuart-mclean-you-may-not-know-documentary-maker-1.3962012 "Celebrating a side of Stuart McLean you may not know: documentary maker"]. ''[[The Doc Project]]'', February 16, 2017.</ref>  while ''Cross Country Checkup'' devoted a tribute episode to its own version of the Arthur Awards, asking callers to share stories of acts of kindness that had made a difference in their lives.<ref name="ccc" /> In April 2018, ''Cross Country Checkup'' devoted a second episode to the question "Who would you nominate for Stuart McLean's Arthur Awards?"<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/bringing-back-stuart-mclean-s-arthur-awards-who-would-you-nominate-and-why-1.4609176 "Bringing back Stuart McLean's Arthur Awards: who would you nominate and why?"]. ''[[Cross Country Checkup]]'', April 23, 2018.</ref>