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. …
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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, …
CBC KW Hits The Air Friday, And This Time It’s Legal
At last, our long local nightmare is over. After the incredible stupidity of forgetting to make sure it was legal and the completely ridiculous explanation of why it forgot to do that, CBC has the licence it should’ve had when it announced it would be launching in March and will be making its triumphant return …
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CBC Radio Kitchener Explains The Botched Launch…In The Silliest Way Possible
Update: The CRTC is in a good mood today. According to The Record, CBC KW has a licence now. Still no word on when it will return to the air or if there will be any fines handed out over this debacle. The Guelph Tribune has gotten an explanation from the CBC about how the …
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The Amazing Disappearing Kitchener CBC
I love the CBC. Its news coverage is among the best around, it’s meant the world to the Canadian comedy scene, it plays loads of great music and is the home of some of my favourite sports memories. With all that going for it, how could I not love it? But as much as I …
What’s New In The World of Steve and Carin, The First Installment
So yeah. James said it was weird that there was an actual post from actual me. I’m about to blow his mind with another one…although this thing looks like a beast that could spawn several. Let’s see how far I get before I have to stop and split it. This is becoming a theme in …
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CBC Radio KW Is Launching March 11th
I’ve been looking forward to this since it was announced, and even more so now that I’m a new…Kitchenerite? Kitchonian? Kitchenarian? Kitchen? What the hell are we called? Somebody help me out here. CBC launches new Waterloo Region station March 11 All of this sounds good, but I’m disappointed that there’s no mention of an …
How To Cab A Blind Guy And A Simple Request For Kitchener’s Cab Companies
James, AKA the guy who makes sure the server this thing sits on stays alive so it can keep sitting on it, has put together a handy dandy guide for cab drivers that explains what and what not to do when you’re driving a blind person around. A lot of this stuff is obvious, or …
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Moving? If Hiring A Mover, Avoid Metropolitan Movers And Shuttle Moving North York
So yeah…about that Metro Movers mowdown we keep promising. Here it comes. Hope you like long stories…ah who am I kidding? You must like ’em, you keep coming back here, don’t ya? So you’re probably wondering why the heck we hired movers anyway. Well, for a combination of reasons. Most of the people we would …
Moving-Related Goodness: GRT Is Great!
Hehehehehehe. A little joke for folks reading Braille. GRT is great. Yes, yes it is. It’s the contraction for great, but Grand River Transit, which is GRT, is also great…at least so far. Here’s why. When I was preparing to move, I was trying to be all efficient and things. Learn about things in advance, …