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[Bingo]

Miracle on Broad Street

From 6am to 6pm on Friday, December 13, 2013, the on-air hosts of CFAX 1070 will bring you updates on Santas Anonymous, introduce some of our fantastic supporters and past recipients, and invite the Greater Victoria community to lend a helping hand. Staff from CFAX, Kool FM, and CTV will be on the phones to take your pledges, and every dollar raised will go toward purchasing food for families in need.

 

http://cfaxsantas.co...n-broad-street/

 

[Bingo]

The Miracle on Broad Street radiothon in support CFAX Santa's Anonymous, was a one for the record books.

 

The final total raised today was $370,142.31 for children and families in need, around the community.

 

more; http://www.cfax1070....on-Broad-Street

 

        

[sebberry]

I've moved the posts RE the library move to the GVPL thread here: http://vibrantvictor...library/page-10

[VicHockeyFan]

Huh, CFAX has gone to Canadian Press hourly news reports as of 3pm, like they use overnight.  I guess screw local news after 3pm on Christmas.  There must be none.

[Bingo]

Will you eat haggis today in honour of Robbie Burns Day?

CFAX Poll  http://www.cfax1070.com/

 

Or are you like me and eat it every day?

 

 

[VicHockeyFan]

CFAX will cover play-by-play of all men's Olympic hockey games and the women's playoffs.

[VicHockeyFan]

A 19 year old girl suffered a serious leg injury after falling from the goldstream train tressell this evening.

The young girl was swinging from a rope swing that was attached beneath the tressel, when she fell approximately 80 feet.

Glen Cooper, Lieutenant for Langford Fire and Rescue, says they were dispatched around 6pm and were able to locate and rescue the young girl.

She was transported to a local area hospital in stable condition with what is believed to be a broken leg.

Cooper added that they will be removing the rope swing as it is a hazard to the public.

 

 

http://www.cfax1070....fter-scary-fall

 

Kids should not write news copy.  We have two different spellings of trestle in the same article, Goldstream with no capitalization, and since when is a 19-year-old a "girl" or a "young girl"?  WOMAN is the correct term.

[larrobb]

i've noticed that when a younger person (such as a 19 year old) is a victim of something, they're referred to as a boy or girl.  but if that same person is charged with something illegal, they are referred to as a man or woman.  not all the time, depends on the media outlet, but it's not uncommon.

[VicHockeyFan]

i've noticed that when a younger person (such as a 19 year old) is a victim of something, they're referred to as a boy or girl.  but if that same person is charged with something illegal, they are referred to as a man or woman.  not all the time, depends on the media outlet, but it's not uncommon.

 

 

Ya, I see that too.  But it's pretty inexcusable calling a 19-year-old a "young girl" in any case.

[larrobb]

agreed, unless your name is Gary Puckett- then you've got yourself a hit song.

[Bingo]

CFAX Poll

 

 Would proposed changes to downtown Victoria's parking rules make you more or less likely to come downtown?

More

The same

Less

 

http://www.cfax1070.com/

Edited by Bingo, 12 February 2014 - 03:21 PM.

[VicHockeyFan]

CFAX is moving Tech Talk to Saturday mornings, 10-12.  So that either kills or moves Weekend Wellness, and Lifestyles with Patty Mack.

[sebberry]

That's going to conflict with my listening to Get Connected on CKNW at 10AM. 

[Bingo]

Todays CFAX poll

 

Do the Vancouver Canucks need a new coach and general manager?

 

So far the results are; YES 81%   No 19%

 

http://www.cfax1070.com/

 

[VicHockeyFan]

Apparently Ryan Price is the new news director at CFAX/Kool.

[pontcanna]

What a lot of "Reefer Madness" BS.

 

Hearing Frank's thunderous voice railing against the horrors of the illegal drug marijuana was like going back in time 60 years. Yeah, alcohol is a lot safer than THC, Frank. Sure.

 

http://www.cfax1070....ay-April-3-2014

 

[sebberry]

The main CFAX website appears to be down this morning, but the online stream is still available at http://player.cfax1070.com/

[VicHockeyFan]

Today's news girl did a fabulous job of butchering lots of sports names.  Ryan Smyth and Miguel Ángel Jiménez she really killed today.

[Matt R.]

Is it pronounced Smyth or Smyth? Or was it Ryan that was the issue...

Sometimes I wonder why cfax bothers with a website, it's just brutal.

Matt.

[Sparky]

^ You are correct about the website Matt. Look at how they abbreviate their their news story links on their home page.

 

Independant consultant to review entire...

 

http://www.cfax1070.com/