well the CBC has some TV & radio archives on him through the years.
http://archives.cbc.ca/300c.asp?id=1-68-743 1 has a film made in 1967 taking about where he grew up and has his parents speaking. i've been wondering about his parents now too. chances are they've passed on but who knows. i have an aunt & uncle roughly about his age and my uncle mom's still alive i belive.