Municipal elections can be confusing beasts. Here in Kitchener Waterloo, for instance, we have on the ballot a mayor, 2 councils (city and regional), a Regional Chair and whatever your flavour of school board. You cast one vote for Mayor, one for ward representative on your city council, one for Chair of the Regional Council, …
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Accessible Voting In The Waterloo Region: Here Are All Your Options…I Think…
I usually don’t wait until the day before advanced polling starts to put up a link to accessible stuff around the region, but a. Captain Nameless Illness is making me work really slow, and b. We’re still figuring out this huuuge city, so didn’t have much of a clue. So, it took longer to make …
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Elections Ontario: We Make Voting Easy…Except We Don’t.
I was going to write about this anyway, but then I got a request for it. Awesome! People like reading about our wacky adventures. I feel bad that this is only going up the night before the actual election day, so can’t help anyone else who might want to use assistive voting, but oh well. …
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CKCO’s Blooper Reel
Unless you’re brand new here, you know how much I love news blooper reels. So I was happy to see that CKCO ended flashback week with one. Not bad guys, not bad.
CKCO Gives Us 60 Years Of News In 3 Minutes…Kind Of
I got a bit behind thanks to some nasty weather-related migraines, but I think I’m going to be ok. I’m not perfect yet, but I can be in a position other than lying down for more than a few minutes at a time, so that’s gotta be a good sign…I hope. So anyway, here’s another …
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CKCO’s Changing Technology
Here’s the latest CKCO flashback. This time, David Imrie, who’s been a reporter there longer than I’ve been alive, looks at how much the news team’s technology has evolved over the years.
CKCO Remembers The Good Old Days Of Local TV
Here’s the second part of CKCO’s series on its history. It’s a fun one, looking at some of the shows produced by the station over the years, back when local programming was an actual thing that existed rather than the tired marketing cry of massive corporations that don’t feel like they make enough money that …
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Happy 60th Birthday, CKCO TV
We’re supposed to call it CTV Kitchener now, but it’ll always be CKCO to me. But whatever your name of choice, this year marks its 60th anniversary. All this week, they’re doing flashback segments on the news looking at the history of the station. I love that sort of thing especially when It’s something I …
Kitchener, The Touchy Feely City
I have mentioned several times that the people in Kitchener have been super friendly and super helpful. But sometimes, my good lord, they can be a little too friendly. Here’s an example. I’ll be standing at the bus stop. The bus will arrive. But people are getting on and off, so I’m being caughtious. People …
Now I Want A Beavertail!
We need to fix something. Steve’s never had a beavertail! … At which point tons of people think I’m actually talking about eating a beaver’s tail. No no no. There are these fried pastry things that look like a beaver’s tail. Since I grew up near Ottawa, our family would go to Ottawa a lot, …