Archive for the ‘cbc’ Category
March 10th, 2010 by
Miss604
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I was at Simon Fraser University last September for the launch of the Spread the Net challenge and it was a pleasure to be back to hear the announcement that they were the winning school.
The challenge was to see which school across Canada could raise the most in support of Spread the Net’s mosquito [...]
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Tags: events, non-profit, social media for a cause
Posted in burnaby, cbc, charity, podcast, vancouver, vancouver2010
February 27th, 2010 by
Miss604
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Since last year, whenever George Stroumboulopoulos has found himself in Vancouver he has also graciously found the time to do a little interview with me.
Strombo & his Miss604 button – Photo credit: John Biehler on Flickr
We met up on the corner of Howe and Smithe this afternoon and chatted about why he’s in town [...]
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Tags: 2010, olympics, strombo, vancouver2010
Posted in cbc, interview, olympics, tv, vancouver, vancouver2010, video, youtube
February 17th, 2010 by
Miss604
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This is the first year in my lifetime that CBC has not been the official broadcaster of the Olympic Games in Canada. Although CTV is doing a fine job, it’s almost like watching Hockey Night in Canada without the original theme — something’s missing.
I walked around the CBC broadcast centre in Vancouver yesterday and got [...]
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Tags: 2010, olympics, vancouver2010
Posted in cbc, olympics, vancouver, vancouver2010
January 12th, 2010 by
Miss604
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Tomorrow the CBC show Dragons’ Den will see contestants from BC take the floor to pitch their business idea to the Dragons.
Sisters Secret Gourmet Foods is a local company run by (you guessed it) sisters Marsha Simons, Salli Pateman and Joanna Spady. Their business produces all natural products such as granola, chili and sauces [...]
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Posted in bc, business, cbc, contests, tv, vancouver
September 27th, 2009 by
Miss604
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This morning I sat on the steps of the Terry Fox Plaza in downtown Vancouver with George Stroumboulopoulos and chatted about the city, music, hockey, and his greatest passions in life; radio and motorcycles.
Photo credit: John Bollwitt on Flickr
I first met George at the David Suzuki Foundation/Vancouver Fashion Week wrap up party earlier this year [...]
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Tags: strombo
Posted in cbc, interview, radio, tv, vancouver
September 8th, 2009 by
Miss604
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CBC Radio 2 is looking for the most inspirational place in Canada. One with such influence that the nation will vote on its importance and a Canadian music legend will come up with a song, singing its praises. All of this will happen through The Great Canadian Song Quest.
“Whether it’s a secret meeting place, a [...]
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Tags: events
Posted in canada, cbc, music
April 4th, 2009 by
Miss604
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On Friday afternoon I had the opportunity to sit in on the judge’s panel at the Vancouver auditions for the popular CBC series, Dragons’ Den.
It was lovely to see the talented producers once again since I first met them when I did Test the Nation in Toronto as a part of Team Blogger in [...]
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Tags: television show
Posted in bc, business, canada, cbc, tv, vancouver
January 30th, 2009 by
Miss604
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To celebrate jumping on to the FM dial (88.1), the CBC is on location at O’Douls today to enjoy some piano music (note the theme… 88 keys… 88 on the dial). The topics today will focus on the West End; from rent-o-victions to St. Paul’s and I’ll be adding my own notes, history tidbits and [...]
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Tags: downtown, West End
Posted in cbc, live blog, radio, vancouver
November 10th, 2008 by
Miss604
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During the Federal Election, the CBC had a few Twitter streams going and even shared some Tweets from some of this followers on air (through OrmistonOnline). They are now continuing their Twitter coverage throughout the Civic Elections in the Greater Vancouver area.
In case I just lost you with “Tweets” and “Twitter” references he’s a quick [...]
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Tags: election, twitter
Posted in cbc, tv, twitter, vancouver
November 3rd, 2008 by
Miss604
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If you could nominate anyone, who would you want to lead our country? Earlier this year, CBC re-launched its contest to seek out and find, The Next Great Prime Minister.
According to Pat Zaph, local blogger, SFU student, profiled blogger, and contestant, the contest was created, “to generate interest in political participation among Canadian youth.”
He wanted [...]
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Tags: cbc
Posted in cbc, contests, tv, vancouver
October 8th, 2008 by
Miss604
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There are only five songs left in the search for the next Hockey Night in Canada theme song. John and I were going through them the other day and I believe we both have the same favourite. The semifinalists have all had their entries beefed up by producer Bob Rock but you can still view [...]
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Tags: hockey night in canada
Posted in canada, cbc, contests, hockey, music
July 4th, 2008 by
Miss604
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I was contacted earlier this week by the CBC, wanting to do a story about my blog but looking for some unique angles. Turns out the most prominent discussion on my blog at the moment is about the Dana Carvey Surrey Girl Joke so they wanted to talk about that, and I was more than [...]
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Tags: cbc, press, surrey television
Posted in cbc, news, surrey, tv, video, whatthesurrey
April 9th, 2008 by
Miss604
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My moment with Trev in 2006
Yesterday the CBC contacted Gary because he’s responsible for an online petition to get a street renamed after Trevor Linden. Unfortunately Gary wasn’t available to go into the CBC ‘bunker’ this morning so I was his stand-in. I was basically asked, “why name a street after Linden?” and after [...]
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Tags: linden
Posted in canucks, cbc, hockey, interview
January 20th, 2008 by
Miss604
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SWEEP! SWEEP! SWEEP! That was the chant when it was announced that our celebrity, Samantha Bee and teammate Rick Spence were both crowned top scorers at the end of the night. We were still awaiting the final team results but the bloggers were feeling pretty good at that point.
Throughout the evening our team [...]
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Posted in cbc, toronto, travel, tv