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Can you trust online product reviews?
(NC) Online shopping is convenient in so many ways, and when you can’t see the product in person, online reviews often seem like the best way to get a sense of the item. However, it’s important to stay skeptical when reading online reviews. Many are paid endorsements where the reviewer has no knowledge of the […]
read moreExpert tips on starting a vegetable garden
(NC) Ready to start your own vegetable garden this year? It can be daunting at first, but gardening is an incredibly rewarding hobby to get into. If you have never tasted garden-fresh vegetables you will be amazed by the sweet, juicy flavours and vibrant textures. There’s absolutely nothing quite like fresh veggies, especially when you […]
read moreHome Sweet Home
It may sound strange, but the challenges of COVID-19 have actually made a positive difference in my life. After spending so much of the last 25 years at CBC/Radio-Canada in planes, trains and hotels – being retired and spending so much time at home has not been a hardship. What has made this early part […]
read morePandemic Polling
More than 13,000 people worked at 1,100 polls during last October’s provincial election in Saskatchewan. Among them was retired CBC staffer Paul Grant, who filed this report on pandemic-style polling. The way our polling place was set up, you’d think Saskatchewan invented social distancing. Three polling stations were spaced across one end of the half-acre […]
read moreA feel-good story with a happy ending
Early in February you may remember the message reporting that Henry Thompson (CBC Vancouver Technical Storesman from 1982 to 1992) had moved to a long term care residence in Burnaby, B.C. last year and that in the months since then, his treasured CBC jacket had gone missing. Henry was very upset at losing this very […]
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