No one expected much to happen at the first court date in Joe Fontana’s fraud and breach of trust case and it didn’t. But the mini-shit-storm that erupted on Twitter was a lot of fun to watch and it had nothing to do with the case itself! …
Fontana Fascination Read More »
To say I was gobsmacked by a proposal from City of London staff would be an understatement. …
Thanks for Nothing, London Read More »
Today I’m presenting a media training session at Mission Services here in London. They’ve asked me to come and talk to them about how to talk to the media. We are a necessary evil to organizations and it helps everyone on both sides if we know what we’re dealing with. …
Who We Are, What We Do, How to Speak to Us Read More »
This happened on Saturday and it was going to be my Saturday blog post until the tragedy in Connecticut shook everything up. …
Santa’s Selfless Helpers Read More »
Hi Lisa, I was wondering if you could answer a question for me. …
A Reader Writes About Radio Read More »
Well, I had a post up here about our city’s Mayor being a bit of a douchenozzle for keeping his counsel and not saying anything until charges by the RCMP have finally forced him to. …
If you’re in trouble and you’re getting bad advice, you tuck your tail under and you hide. …
What We’ve Learned in the Past Week Read More »
Maybe you think of ceramics as crafts. Jonathon Bancroft-Snell would like to change your mind about that. …
The Art of the Matter Read More »
London’s Mayor is in a real pickle. A couple of weeks ago allegations surfaced that in 2005 Joe Fontana, when he was an MP and senior cabinet minister in Paul Martin’s government, used a Public Works cheque to pay for his son’s wedding reception. …
The Time it Takes to Leave Read More »
London has a big blue box problem. People aren’t paying attention to what can and can’t be recycled and it’s costing our city $250,000 a year to mess with the mess they make. …
Blue Box Etiquette Read More »
For anyone who wishes, this is my appearance on Rogers TV London’s Daytime on Thursday of last week. …
London has a city councillor who has come forward to make the one who lobbied on behalf of backyard chickens seem calm and rational. …
Move Over, Chicken-Man Read More »
London’s annual Western Fair is on. It’s a 10-day extravaganza much like the CNE but appropriately sized for this area. For us, it’s huge. And every year they offer a different deep-fried delight and Derek and I believe it is our duty to try it. …
So London’s Mayor, Joe Fontana, is taking some heat for telling our university football team, the Western Mustangs, that hard work is bullshit. …
Here in London, one of the most competitive radio markets in the country, you can tell that fall ratings are almost upon us. In Toronto radio stations are now rated by People Meters but here we still go by the old spring/fall ratings periods and this fall is going to have more changes than any season in years. …
The Chess Game: Radio Read More »
Imagine how difficult it is to get two people who get up for work at 3:30 am to go out on a Sunday night. It’s nearly impossible. But Jim Gaffigan decided to make a tour stop in London’s Centennial Hall on a Sunday, so, what could we do? We bought front-row seats. We literally had the best seats in the house. …
Laughin’ at Gaffigan Read More »
Many weeks of intense effort have culminated in the launch of the new Blackburn News website. It’s a regional hub combining the news-gathering efforts of all of the radio stations in the Blackburn chain; London, Windsor, Chatham, Sarnia, Leamington and Wingham. If you follow one of those stations’ news departments on Twitter you’ve noticed the logo and name have changed to Blackburn (market). …