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When the levee breaks, go with the flow
When you’re a digital journalist, be prepared to work anywhere. And anywhere can be a lecture theatre in a local college when floodwaters inch up an incline towards your broadcasting station and threaten to swamp it. “It was the most unorthodox thing I’ve experienced,” said Amanda Connolly, referring to the makeshift newsroom she and other…
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Fast Forward
From the observation deck above one of the rinks in the Western Fair Sports Complex they look like small boys. They seem to move slowly, as though they’re breaking in new skates. Down on the bench, though, where you can feel the cold bite of the ice and watch them zip by, it’s a different…
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London gets set to really clean up
Imagine picking up soggy cigarette butts people carelessly flick to the ground and making a tally of each one. Some Londoners make a habit of it. And they’re willing to collect and count more than just butts. Plastic bags, bottle caps, coffee cups and soda cans also form part of the fun. Each year, they participate in…