Tag Archives: Canada

A grand celebration off to a flying start

One very rarely gets to witness the birth of incredible ideas, or is lucky enough to be at ground zero on a project that’s larger than life. Well, that’s exactly what I experienced today at the 2017 STARTS NOW conference … Continue reading

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Canada’s Upcoming 150th: What Will We Celebrate?

Sonnet L’Abbé is an award-winning poet and culture critic who teaches creative writing in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus, She has embarked on a two-month whistle-stop tour aboard ViaRail, talking … Continue reading

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2017 Starts Now comes to Calgary

Calgary mayor, Naheed Nenshi, as well as 10 of Calgary’s most passionate, engaged and thoughtful figures from a diverse range of pursuits — including the arts, business, activism and academia — gathered for an inspiring day at the University of … Continue reading

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Canada’s Risky Business

There have been countless pieces written on the importance of developing Canadian talent. It’s our frustrating lot as Canadians in the entertainment business that we even have to consider such a subject. It suggests that not enough is currently being … Continue reading

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CBC News in perspective: a message from Jennifer McGuire

In Canada, we like to talk about news, about what is in the news, who is making the news, and who is watching news. It can be a slippery slope when you start talking about who is watching the news … Continue reading

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Radio 3: Helping Canada’s independent music scene

This is a very exciting time for our band, Little City. And much of the excitement is a result of being added to regular rotation on CBC Radio 3. Within independent music in Canada, play on R3 has become a … Continue reading

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Hockey Night in Canada Punjabi

To say that the sport of hockey is very significant in Canada is a gigantic understatement. This country is the epicentre of hockey as a sport. Hockey is a fabric of Canadian culture. Canadians live and breathe what happens on … Continue reading

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Ombudsmen trivia

News ombudsmen have a very important role to play. They work independently within a news organization to represent the public. In honour of this year’s International Annual Conference held in Montreal we’ve been posting ombudsmen trivia for our Facebook fans. The conference … Continue reading

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To be truly present in Canadians’ lives, we need to build strong regional roots

A few years back when I was a VP for Radio de Radio-Canada, we would organize meetings with the eight leaders from the country’s various regions. We would sit down with them and ask, “What does Radio-Canada mean to you, … Continue reading

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Stroumboulopoulos: Canada’s New Ambassador Against Hunger

The United Nations World Food Programme has appointed CBC’s George Stroumboulopoulos as an official ambassador against hunger. Strombo is the first Canadian to ever hold this position. He’s joining the list of other WFP ambassadors that includes Sean Connery, Christina … Continue reading

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