Christopher Mackay's Blog » CBC http://chris.tantramar.com Just another blog Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:34:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Peter Mansbridge named Mount Allison University chancellor http://chris.tantramar.com/2009/11/09/peter-mansbridge-named-mount-allison-university-chancellor/ http://chris.tantramar.com/2009/11/09/peter-mansbridge-named-mount-allison-university-chancellor/#comments Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:34:14 +0000 Chris http://chris.tantramar.com/?p=396 Peter Mansbridge named Chancellor of Mount Allison University

CBC News – New Brunswick – Mansbridge named Mount Allison University chancellor.

This morning Mount Allison held a gathering at the Wallace McCain Student Centre to announce Peter Mansbridge’s replacement of John Bragg as chancellor.

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Mount Allison alumnus Matt Holmes was featured on the CBC tv news for New Brunswick this week, lamenting the loss of these heritage properties.

Update: here’s a link to the CBC.ca/nb story. No sign of the video clip, sadly.

]]> http://chris.tantramar.com/2009/09/04/baxter-sprague-houses/feed/ 0 CBC Television now has Wheel of Fortune http://chris.tantramar.com/2008/09/23/cbc-television-now-has-wheel-of-fortune/ http://chris.tantramar.com/2008/09/23/cbc-television-now-has-wheel-of-fortune/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 01:48:43 +0000 Chris http://chris.tantramar.com/?p=296 “Wheel of Fortune is now on CBC Television”

They say it like it’s a good thing.

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I suppose it could be a coincidence that the show recently directed a lot of heat in Industry Minister Jim Prentice’s direction…

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