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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
The end of something...
is the beginning of something else. More specifically my time at blogger has come to an end. I am switching the entire blog over to wordpress. I find the design much easier to use and I've been wanting to change my url for a while anyway.
So please change your .rss feeds and keep reading my occasional musings.
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So please change your .rss feeds and keep reading my occasional musings.
New location: http://escapingsuburbia.wordpress.com
Link
Monday, May 25, 2009
Radio Topics for May 26th
Adam and Mike are back again this Tuesday for their last go 'round in the month of May. As always, we air from 7am to 9am tomorrow on 93.1fm in Ottawa; www.ckcufm.com for everyone else.
The Larry O'Brien trial continues as John Baird takes the stand and the transcript of Larry's interview with the police is released.
Tories announce EI reforms and Ignatieff threatens to go to the polls. Nothing better than a summer election during a recession fought over an issue most people don't understand.
Another community is in a fight with a developer, this time its Ottawa's Overbrooke community in Councilor Jacques Legendre's ward.
Seeking not to be kept out of the headlines by their southern neighbours, North Korea conducts an actual nuclear weapon test.
Ottawa's two universities hop on the Conservative Party's stimulus gravy train.
Cyclists score a victory in Toronto and get the mayor on-side.
How to deal with Gitmo? The debate continues.
An ill-advised involuntary haircut by a TA in Thunder Bay outrages Native community.
The Larry O'Brien trial continues as John Baird takes the stand and the transcript of Larry's interview with the police is released.
Tories announce EI reforms and Ignatieff threatens to go to the polls. Nothing better than a summer election during a recession fought over an issue most people don't understand.
Another community is in a fight with a developer, this time its Ottawa's Overbrooke community in Councilor Jacques Legendre's ward.
Seeking not to be kept out of the headlines by their southern neighbours, North Korea conducts an actual nuclear weapon test.
Ottawa's two universities hop on the Conservative Party's stimulus gravy train.
Cyclists score a victory in Toronto and get the mayor on-side.
How to deal with Gitmo? The debate continues.
An ill-advised involuntary haircut by a TA in Thunder Bay outrages Native community.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Radio Topics for May 19th
Recover from celebrating Britain's longest serving Monarch by listening to Adam and Mike this Tuesday morning. At 8:30 Adam will be speaking with Olenka Krakus of Olenka and the Autumn Lovers who are playing Tuesday night at Avant-Gard. As always, we air from 7am to 9am tomorrow on 93.1fm in Ottawa; www.ckcufm.com for everyone else.
The Bc Provincial election is over with the Liberals winning a majority, however...
More provincial election madness, this time in Nova Scotia. The province goes to the polls on June 9th. The big promise from the Tories this time around is to review the amalgamation of Halifax into the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Off duty Ottawa Police Officer attacks a taxi driver at Ottawa's airport in front of 30 witnesses.
The Conservative party, appearing to be in perpetual election mode, release three Iggy attack ads.
ICC is bringing the first person to trial for involvement in the Darfur case but its not who you think it is.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barrak Obama meet for the first time.
Alberta bill to allow parents to remove children from classes focusing on sensitive subjects such as religion or science comes under attack by Alberta teachers.
The Bc Provincial election is over with the Liberals winning a majority, however...
More provincial election madness, this time in Nova Scotia. The province goes to the polls on June 9th. The big promise from the Tories this time around is to review the amalgamation of Halifax into the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Off duty Ottawa Police Officer attacks a taxi driver at Ottawa's airport in front of 30 witnesses.
The Conservative party, appearing to be in perpetual election mode, release three Iggy attack ads.
ICC is bringing the first person to trial for involvement in the Darfur case but its not who you think it is.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barrak Obama meet for the first time.
Alberta bill to allow parents to remove children from classes focusing on sensitive subjects such as religion or science comes under attack by Alberta teachers.
Monday, May 11, 2009
Radio Topics for May 12th
After a week in the rural Ontario bush installing drywall and flooring Adam returns to civilization and radio. As always, we air from 7am to 9am tomorrow on 93.1fm in Ottawa; www.ckcufm.com for everyone else.
Tamil protestors in Toronto close the Gardner Express Way. Taking a lesson from Critical Mass Toronto.
US Army claims that the civilian death toll in Afghanistan is extremely over exaggerated.
Terry Kilrae, the most famous candidate to ever drop out of an Ottawa Mayoral race, takes the stand at Larry O'Brien's trial.
Gatineau Park to become a national park? Paul Dewar and Lawrence Cannon hope so.
A double shooting at a nightclub? In Ottawa? Seriously?
The entire strange affair surrounding Ruby Dhalla only gets stranger.
Not content with the cuts the CBC has already made, the Tories demand more.
Tamil protestors in Toronto close the Gardner Express Way. Taking a lesson from Critical Mass Toronto.
US Army claims that the civilian death toll in Afghanistan is extremely over exaggerated.
Terry Kilrae, the most famous candidate to ever drop out of an Ottawa Mayoral race, takes the stand at Larry O'Brien's trial.
Gatineau Park to become a national park? Paul Dewar and Lawrence Cannon hope so.
A double shooting at a nightclub? In Ottawa? Seriously?
The entire strange affair surrounding Ruby Dhalla only gets stranger.
Not content with the cuts the CBC has already made, the Tories demand more.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Radio Topics for April 28th
Tuesday! Mike was gone last week, but real life can’t keep him away for two weeks in a row! As always, we air from 7am to 9am tomorrow on 93.1fm in Ottawa; www.ckcufm.com for everyone else.
We have an exciting show lined up this week. At 7:30, I will talk with Rudyard Griffiths ,who wrote Who We Are: A Citizen’s Manifesto. At 8:30, Mike will talk with Jon Bartlett. He runs Kelp Records, which is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary this weekend.
It’s the BC Liberal’s turn to lose a candidate!
Tories told to try to get Omar Khadr back.
North Korea, the petulant child of the international system, begins extracting plutonium.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Radio Topics for April 21st
Its Earth Day eve and Adam will be alone for the first hour as Mike has a real life to attend to. For the second hour Simon Cameron, a regular guest on the Tuesday Morning Special Blend, will be joining him. As always will be on 93.1fm from 7am-9am; you can check us out at www.ckcufm.com if you are from away.
Day 16 of the Tamil protests are set to be the biggest yet with up 25 000 protesters expected to descend on Parliament Hill.
Ottawa's stadium debate reaches it conclusion on Wednesday when council votes on the issue.
Federal Inquiry Drama: The Karlheinz Schreiber edition.
Facebook pictures come back to bite another NDP candidate in the ass.
Freedom of Speech Issues:
1) Ssakatchewan doesn't want murders writing memoirs.
2) US Supreme Court to rule on whether a law banning the sale of videos depicting graphic cruelty to animals is constitutional.
Canadian plane hijacked in Montego Bay. All passengers escape without harm.
Proof that Moose are not urban animals comes from Edmonton West.
Day 16 of the Tamil protests are set to be the biggest yet with up 25 000 protesters expected to descend on Parliament Hill.
Ottawa's stadium debate reaches it conclusion on Wednesday when council votes on the issue.
Federal Inquiry Drama: The Karlheinz Schreiber edition.
Facebook pictures come back to bite another NDP candidate in the ass.
Freedom of Speech Issues:
1) Ssakatchewan doesn't want murders writing memoirs.
2) US Supreme Court to rule on whether a law banning the sale of videos depicting graphic cruelty to animals is constitutional.
Canadian plane hijacked in Montego Bay. All passengers escape without harm.
Proof that Moose are not urban animals comes from Edmonton West.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Radio Topics for April 14th
After a two week break, both Adam and Mike will be back together for the show this week. As always will be on 93.1fm from 7am-9am; you can check us out at www.ckcufm.com if you are from away.
BC's election campaign got started on Monday with the NDP campaigning against a Liberal carbon tax. I wonder if the dippers will call it a tax on everything too.
BC voters will also get to vote on electoral reform...again.
The US relaxes its policy towards Cuba for the first time in decades. Could greater change be coming soon?
Bending Ottawa buses that won't bend. This calls for a lawsuit.
First the Portrait Gallery gets shelved, now The Museum of Contemporary Photography is in danger.
A Unionized Wal-Mart. You bet!
The best prof in Ontario teaches at a college. Two of the top ten teach at Carleton.
Woodland Caribou vs. Lumber interests
Berlin Zoo provides further proof that the world's largest carnivore and people don't mix.
BC's election campaign got started on Monday with the NDP campaigning against a Liberal carbon tax. I wonder if the dippers will call it a tax on everything too.
BC voters will also get to vote on electoral reform...again.
The US relaxes its policy towards Cuba for the first time in decades. Could greater change be coming soon?
Bending Ottawa buses that won't bend. This calls for a lawsuit.
First the Portrait Gallery gets shelved, now The Museum of Contemporary Photography is in danger.
A Unionized Wal-Mart. You bet!
The best prof in Ontario teaches at a college. Two of the top ten teach at Carleton.
Woodland Caribou vs. Lumber interests
Berlin Zoo provides further proof that the world's largest carnivore and people don't mix.
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