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SOWNY » Another Disaster On CFTO's 6 PM News » February 11, 2026 10:12 am

Calhame
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Is it normal practice for media to create a hyperbolic headline to exaggerate the content of the artiicle?

dis·as·ter
/dəˈzastər/
noun
a sudden event, such as an accident or a natural catastrophe, that causes great damage or loss of life.

Do any of the above define the happening in this article?

SOWNY » Whatever Happened To CFRB Overnight Newscaster John Elston? » February 5, 2026 8:30 pm

Calhame
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I remember, quite a few years ago, when as a volunteerI along with anout 6 or 7 other voluntees assisting OPP, Peel Region and halton  Police and ambulance, along with Oakville and Mississauga fire, calling in tips on accidents, road closures and fires to John, Sheila Walsh, Deborah Edwards and Catherine Pope,

He was a gentleman along with the other ladies

SOWNY » Congratulations to Ziya Tong » December 31, 2025 12:59 pm

Calhame
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Ziya is a recipient  of the Order of Canada in the new year's appointments

SOWNY » Big Storm On Boxing Day. Will CTV Toronto Have A Weather Person In? » December 30, 2025 1:18 pm

Calhame
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The person to blame for the weather, according to 1010, is Frank Leo. They assert "the weather is brought to you by "Frank Leo", not "the weather forecast" but "the weather"

SOWNY » Interesting US Supreme Court streaming/copywrite case » December 1, 2025 9:51 am

Calhame
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments Monday in a major copyright dispute that internet service providers warn could force millions of Americans offline and turn companies that provide connectivity into “internet police.”

At issue are peer-to-peer file-sharing protocols like BitTorrent that allow users to download pirated music. The nation’s largest record labels are attempting to hold internet providers liable for copyright infringement because they declined to cut off online access to users they knew were downloading bootlegged music.

Cox Communications, an ISP that is fighting that effort at the Supreme Court, warned the justices that making providers liable for the online conduct of customers would lead to a crackdown that would “yield mass evictions from the internet,” terminating connections at “homes, barracks, hospitals, and hotels, upon bare accusation” of copyright infringement by creators.

Link here https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/01/politics/supreme-court-record-labels-internet

SOWNY » New Federal Budget Contains Millions For CBC & A Musical Surprise » November 5, 2025 6:32 am

Calhame
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Céline Dion won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1988 for Switzerland with the song "Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi".

SOWNY » SOWNY's own Jody Thornton » September 22, 2025 8:24 am

Calhame
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He was on between 4:30 and 5:30 am

SOWNY » SOWNY's own Jody Thornton » September 22, 2025 5:20 am

Calhame
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Been hearing that melliflous voice reporting on 1010 this morning.

SOWNY » Where is Global Toronto? » September 6, 2025 7:12 am

Calhame
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In answer to your question Global Toronto is located at

81 Barber Greene Road; Toronto, ON; M3C 2A2

SOWNY » Oh for the love of… » July 25, 2025 11:14 am

Calhame
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Better be careful when eating mushrooms ....Australian woman convicted of murdering relatives by feeding them toxic mushrooms.

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cm26eq093myt

SOWNY » Interesting Youtube video on BBC antenna(aerial) » July 4, 2025 8:07 am

Calhame
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Interesting channel. I have been watching for several years .... some videos on the "numbers" broadcasts.


https://youtu.be/0iMCyDxiN0g?si=uZw3X8lhgyP_Hiq1

SOWNY » Thank God We Don't Fund The CBC Like This » May 27, 2025 11:28 am

Calhame
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In answer to your question "you can only imagine how much it will bring to the national network" a quick calculation 110.4 million

SOWNY » Michael Coren Returns To 1010 - But Just For One Day » March 29, 2025 5:03 pm

Calhame
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Interesting to note his cousin Victoria Coren Mitchell is a professional poker player.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Coren_Mitchell

SOWNY » Robert Turner RB » March 13, 2025 7:56 am

Calhame
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John Moore just announced that Robert is now PD of RB

SOWNY » Corus Will Bore Us: The "Roy Green" Replacement Revealed » February 9, 2025 6:10 am

Calhame
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How about a duo ... perhaps Fiona and Callum are up to the challenge with the added bonus of Sara in guest appearances

SOWNY » Tom Wilson documentary » January 12, 2025 10:46 am

Calhame
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Tonight on TVO 8:00  Beautiful Scars".

After decades of rebellious, hard living, musician Tom Wilson, best known for his bands Junkhouse and Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, uncovers a family secret that sets him on a life-changing journey

Although I have never heard of him some here may be interested

SOWNY » Obituary of Edward Adam Bogdanowicz, P.Eng » January 8, 2025 8:32 am

Calhame
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I don’t know if anyone here knows of this person , it seems that he had impressive credentials in the broadcast industry.
Some excerpts from his obituary:
“Ed's professional career commenced as a Broadcast Engineer at RCA in Montreal. During this time, he met his wife, Lucie, who is from Asbestos, Quebec. They moved to Toronto, where Ed took on the lead engineer role at Imagineering Ltd., a new company formed to design and build the Global TV network; his strength lay in deep theoretical knowledge of radio engineering and a natural ability to build to completion. Over decades, Imagineering designed and built broadcast properties across Canada and abroad, including first of a kind "JumboTRON" at the SkyDome in 1989, production facilities for the Atlanta Olympics in 1996, coordination of antennas on the CN Tour and countless AM, FM and TV properties.”
 
Full obituary here:
https://obituaries.thestar.com/obituary/edward-bogdanowicz-1092523664

SOWNY » Corus Officially Launches 2 Cable Stns. Replacing Those Lost To Rogers » December 30, 2024 5:45 pm

Calhame
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Email from Rogers today


We want to let you know about some important changes happening to your channel lineup.

Starting January 1, you can find HGTV, Food Network and Discovery on new channels in your channel lineup. You can locate these channels on your guide or by using your Rogers Xfinity voice remote. You can also view your channel lineup in your My Rogers account by navigating to your TV services, followed by selecting "View my channel lineup".

In addition, Animal Planet, Cooking Channel, Discovery Science, OWN and MotorTrend will be available On Demand and on Citytv+. You will be able to log into the Citytv+ app, at no additional cost, with your MyRogers credentials.

For additional details, please visit rogers.com/channel-updates.

Thank you for choosing Rogers.


Jason Fortino
VP, Product & Content
Rogers Communications

SOWNY » Spanner in the Works? » December 8, 2024 10:15 am

Calhame
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My late wife got caught up in the British idiom differences.

She came to live in the same rooming house as myself upon arrival from England, which was ran by a middle aged couple.

She was afraid of sleeping through her alarm clock on her first day on her job so she asked the husband if he could "knock her up" the next morning with reference to the British saying to wake me.

Needless to say this caused much hilarity as my late wife was not aware of the Canadian connotation of what she had asked for.

SOWNY » Average of 3.5 Million Watch Grey Cup Yesterday » November 20, 2024 10:34 am

Calhame
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Between mace and paterson1 the ratio is almost right on.

The population of the USA is approximately 10 times that of Canada so I would expect the 3.5 million stated by paterson1 should equate to 35 million in the USA which approximates the 31 million from mace

SOWNY » What are the odds of this happening? » November 12, 2024 4:26 pm

Calhame
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As there are 13 numbers on the screen and 11 appeared 7 times,the odds are 13^7 or 1 in 62,748,517

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