inCommunicado - eric eggertson

After taking some pretty intense criticism over her postings about the Middle East, and putting up with frequent nasty flame wars in the comments sections of her blog, Antonia Zerbisias put visitors on notice that their comments will be deleted and they will be banned if they get out of hand.
Then her dog died.  She […]

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Leah McLaren’s front-page Globe and Mail interview with actress turned director Sarah Polley goes pretty well until you get to the background description that says "she took the title role in Kevin Sullivan’s hit show, Road to Avonlea."
I have only one question:  Did she play the road, or Avonlea?
Definition: title role
(Image from Sullivan Entertainment website)
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I guess amber alerts work.
A few years ago, when Tamra Keepness disappeared from her mother’s home near downtown Regina, there was some criticism that a province-wide alarm wasn’t raised immediately.
This week, when 10-year-old Zachary went missing in Whitewood, just off the Trans Canada highway, the RCMP were quick to issue an amber alert. Similar to […]

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I spent 13 years working in the credit union system, watching VanCity following their principles while practising innovation, providing good service and paying attention to what matters to their members.

The $12 billion credit union is looking for a director of relationship marketing. Nice job, if you can get it.  (Link via Marketing Magazine)
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There’s not a lot pretension among bloggers here in Saskatchewan.  We got together for a barbecue in Wascana Park Saturday, and there were more baseball caps and t-shirts than references to social media and Web 2.0.
That’s not to say the IQ level was lower than you would expect among a group of bloggers, or the […]

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The CBC logo carved in the tindalstone of the CBC building bears a resemblance to the fossil embedded in the stone.

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HarperCollins Canada is adding podcasts of interviews with authors to its bag of tricks for generating interest in new books coming out this summer.
The interviews, conducted by podcaster Cathi Bond, will feature a HarperCollins author talking about their recently published book.
But HarperCollins Canada’s Steve Osgoode (in a response to my e-mail) says the podcasts will […]

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Canada’s biggest credit union has never been afraid to try new things in the realm of community involvement.  So it shouldn’t be a surprise they’re going to start "a user-driven blog" that has a community focus.
A recent job posting by VanCity called for a passionate blogger who can "animate an online community where people in […]

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"I was just following orders," isn’t a good enough excuse for bypassing the rules and doling out money to ad firms friendly to the government, a jury ruled last week.
Chuck Guite was found guilty last week of defrauding the Canadian government in the federal government sponsorship scandal. During the trial, Guite tried to portray himself […]

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While my daughter’s graduation ceremony was wrapping up last weekend, another ceremony was taking place for some family friends.
They were listening to the eulogy for their son, stabbed to death at an unauthorized but organized camping bash by current and former students of a Regina high school.
Misha was 19. As he was being fatally stabbed, […]

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The podcasts announced today by CBC Radio are a step in the right direction, but they don’t approach the extensive podcasting already undertaken by the BBC in Britain and NPR in the U.S.
CBC Radio One Podcasts
Since getting an MP3 player for Christmas, my religious listening of CBC shows has fallen off significantly. I’ve forsaken  […]

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