Wow. So a CBC Saskatchewan host mentioned it was going to be going up to -1, which she suggested was “nice”, prompting this two-minute tirade from a caller against the weather, the province, and, of course, CBC itself. The only thing really surprising about this is that it’s making the rounds publicly. As anyone who’s […]
As a follow-up to realtor Dean Birks suggesting the word “north” should be abandoned by the people and promoters of Prince George, we had a discussion about it with him on CBC. We also had Ken Coates, founding vice-president of UNBC and author of The Forgotten North: A History of Canada’s Provincial Norths on to defend […]
Is using the word “north” to describe Prince George hurting its reputation?
Steven Kurutz: “I’ve sort of noticed something about the way we speak, and I wonder if you’ve sort of noticed it, too. Let me kind of explain. It’s about sort of, and its twin, kind of, and how these adverbial downtoners, as the British grammarian Sir Randolph Quirk calls them, have totally, completely, 100 percent […]
The Globe and Mail: “In his blog entry, the linguist David Crystal explains that key identifying features of a regional accent tend to disappear when singing: the intonation (as a melody replaces it), vowel length (for many syllables are elongated) and the vocal cadence. Crystal goes on to say that vowel quality is also often affected, “especially […]
“I went to school for one year. It was the best experience but the worst experience.”
Canadian Media Guild VP Lisa Lareau on the status of the CBC “What we do see is an increasingly empty Broadcasting Centre. We see empty offices. We see one empty studio, another one used by a former network competitor (Rogers) and a few more slated to be shuttered by next year. We see whole areas of […]
The Prince George Citizen asks election candidates who’s backing their campaigns: “Candidates were asked to impart campaign contributions of $1,000 or more from third parties, which excludes expenses financed by their businesses or spouses. “Hall said he had six donations which met the criteria, but would not specify who they were from prior to the […]
I am not sure why there are a bunch of stories about fluoride right now, since only a couple of B.C. cities are actually voting on it. But nevertheless , here’s the Globe and Mail tackling it today, and coming up with the same conclusions as elsewhere: “The overwhelming evidence is that fluoride is safe […]
The best podcasts out there embrace the unique properties of the medium. They’re intimate, and personal. They’re portable. They’re not constrained to broadcast lengths. They take advantage of the fact that listeners start from the beginning, every time.
A brief history of fluoride coming out of your tap.
Seth Godin: “With so many podcasts, free downloads and Spotify stations to listen to, why? With traffic, weather and talking maps in your pocket, why wait for the announcer to get around to telling you what you need to know?” This is my theory: take a listen at a traditional radio broadcast. How much of […]
The Guardian reports on a speech by Conservative MP Theresa May: “If the BBC can provide all the locally-significant news, what reason is left for local people to buy a newspaper? That’s as dangerous for local politics as it is for local journalism. “The BBC has to think carefully about its presence locally and the […]
Emily Oster writing for FiveThirtyEight, Nate Silver’s data-based journalism outfit: “The bottom line is that if you want to build a case against water fluoridation — and, apparently, many people do — it is possible to do so. But the case is weak.” There have been many comprehensive reviews on fluoride in mainstream media, most […]
Prince George as an argument against the need for population growth.
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