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.
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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, …
Don’t Throw Your Abuse Victims In My Back Yard, My Back Yard’s Uncomfortably Close To A School
We like to throw around a lot of opinions here, but I’m gonna just go ahead and toss this one out as an unarguable fact, because seriously, who beyond this group of 100 or so complete shitheels would even think about disagreeing? If you’re willing to wage war against a proposed women’s shelter because it’s …
My Way Too Complicated Saturday
I don’t know why I’ve never put this song up, but the way yesterday went down makes it feel like a fitting soundtrack. Still I think he had a worse day than me, but I’ll continue with the story. I had to take Tansy to the vet because she’s been coughing and hacking and making …
We’ve Lived In Kitchener For A year. Oh, And Metropolitan Movers Is Still Amazingly Terrible
Today marks a year since Carin and I moved to Kitchener from guelph. I’m not sure where all that time went, but here we are. We’re doing well and really starting to like it here. We’re constantly learning more and more useful things about how to get around these 3 cities that somebody decided should …
Happy Retirement, Art Baumunk
I missed this a couple of weeks ago when it was announced because summer and because that’s just how things tend to roll around here at the best of times anyway, but it’s still most definitely worth a mention especially to anybody who grew up on CKCO and now CTV Kitchener news like I did. …
The Kitchener Public Library’s Research Initiation Test: Locate Our Hours and Branch Locations!
Update: all I have to say is, buh? This afternoon, a whole navbar loaded that didn’t load this morning. I know the first link I saw after the title was “home”, which is below the big ol’ navbar that loaded, complete with hours. I still say it needs a place in the quick access dropdown, …
