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Olenka bids ‘au revoir’ to London
Gently strumming her acoustic guitar, she sways back and forth to her own beat. “I know you can’t breathe,” she sings, high and soft. Many of the songs she’s shared tonight are familiar, and Olenka sings them powerfully alongside members of her band, the Autumn Lovers. But this one, Asthma, is new. She’s planning to…
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Canada Post not delivering for letter carriers
The end of door-to-door Canada Post delivery isn’t the only thing that’s having an effect on letter carriers. Jude McHugh, who has worked at Canada Post for 20 years, describes the effect that other changes begun two years ago have had on letter carriers as “life-altering” and “drastic.” And she doesn’t like the way things…
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Lauren O’Neil and Dan Brown visit the MAJ class
The New Media class took a step away from electoral ward projects to pitch story ideas to two fantastic guests. Western journalism alumnus, currently with the CBC, Lauren O’Neil and the London Free Press’ Dan Brown took in a variety of multimedia pitches from groups in the class. A few projects overlap with municipal politics.…
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John McKenna visits the New Media class
John McKenna is the Executive Producer, Television News, of the Hamilton based television station, CHCH. McKenna stopped by the MAJ New Media class last week. He started the class discussion by showing television ratings among competing networks in the Toronto – Hamilton marketplace. Most of us were surprised to learn that CHCH typically ranks second,…