Jun 26, 2007
I was walking through the CBC building, when I noticed, in the broadcaster’s ‘museum’, a Friendly Giant display. For those of you unfamiliar with the show, Friendly Giant was a Canadian kid’s TV icon, a winsome, recorder-playing giant who palled around with a giraffe...
Jun 22, 2007
On an American Airlines flight from NYC, the pilot gave a quick update on the conditions in Toronto: ‘Sunny skies,’ he said. ‘The current temperature is 61 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s about 16 degrees Canadian.’Yes, the weather is so much colder...
May 21, 2007
I (and probably numerous other Canadian PR people) received a letter recently from the company-formerly-known-as-Bowdens*, informing me that they changed their name.And while I appreciated the news, I wondered how this might affect my agency.It didn’t take long to...
May 11, 2007
…Because sometimes I arrive at my regular Tim Hortons at a normally busy time and there’s only one person in the line-up ahead of me as opposed to the 30+ people that are usually there.And that’s all it takes to make my day.
Apr 27, 2007
Air Canada sent an email promoting their Canada East-West flight passes that piqued my interest. So I checked out the Eastern and Western offers and was proud to see that Manitoba (my home province) was included in both.However, my glee was short-lived. When I tried...
