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CBC Continues Twitter Election Coverage and Twitter Basics

November 10th, 2008 by Miss604   1 Comment

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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The Next Great Prime Minister of Canada

November 3rd, 2008 by Miss604   4 Comments

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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Hockey Night in Canada Anthem Challenge

October 8th, 2008 by Miss604   11 Comments

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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WTS - What the Surrey #30: Defending Surrey on CBC

July 4th, 2008 by Miss604   9 Comments

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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Trevor Linden Street Naming Petition and the CBC’s Early Edition

April 9th, 2008 by Miss604   11 Comments

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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Test the Nation Trip: Nerds on Top

January 20th, 2008 by Miss604   32 Comments

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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Test the Nation Trip: No Spoilers Here

January 20th, 2008 by Miss604   8 Comments

Just got back from the CBC and am thawing out in my hotel. Several of the Vancouver bloggers had to leave right from the set once the show was over since they fly out tonight. I’m lucky to have a morning flight, a morning flight that isn’t too early no less.
I have photos to [...]

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Test the Nation: More Info and BC Bloggers

January 14th, 2008 by Miss604   13 Comments

Update: There’s a blog on Test the Nation talking about the Blogger Team members who are blogging. Sweet. Oh and Samantha Bee *is* our assigned celebrity.
On Saturday I fly out to Toronto for a trivia quiz along with about a hundred other contestants from various careers and walks of life to participate in Test the [...]

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Toronto Is Giving Me an IQ Test

January 3rd, 2008 by Miss604   20 Comments

Okay so it’s not really an IQ test, it’s more like trivia… and I LIVE for trivia. The CBC has had two editions of “Test the Nation” thus far and they’ve been pretty successful. I’ve played along from home and online and learned a bit about myself each time. This installment will be, “Test the [...]

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Test the Nation: Watch Your Language

August 24th, 2007 by Miss604   2 Comments

The CBC is all into testing us Canadians with their interactive programming. The first of the ‘Test the Nation‘ series was a giant nation-wide IQ test where you would watch the program on TV (live), follow along on the web, or grab a paper copy to record your answers. Then your score would be [...]

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