Season 19 of Dragons Den (submitted image) Entrepreneur's wanted Dragons Den holds Okanagan casting call Mar 5, 2024 | 7:00 PMAuditions for season 19 of the hit CBC show Dragons Den will be held in Kelowna on Thursday, March 7 at the Innovation Centre from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The show has been hosting both virtual and in-person auditions in Toronto, Halifax, Montreal, Kelowna, Vancouver, Calgary, Ottawa and Winnipeg. All applicants must apply online, regardless if they are attending an in-person audition or a virtual audition. Those who are invited to film for the show will need to be available for 1-2 days in Toronto in May 2024.

After co-hosting for the last few weeks, Elma Moses took over as the sole host of CBC Radio's Cree-language program Winschgaoug, on Tuesday. (Vanna Blacksmith/CBC - image credit)After a career as an educator, translator and archivist, Elma Moses is starting something new: passing down her Cree language skills through storytelling as the new host of CBC Radio's Winschgaoug. Over the years, Moses has been able to work in the Cree language — ever since her very first job as a translator. Moses looks onto Eastmain river, where a charter plane would take her and other children and fly them to residential school. Moses, a residential school survivor originally from Eastmain, Que., looks onto the Eastmain River.

This year, for the first time at Radiodays Europe, attendees are being given the chance to listen to and critique audio, together. Set to make its debut at the Radiodays Europe conference in Munich from March 17 to 19, The Audio Room has 6 sessions in total where you can take part in these collaborative sessions where you deep dive into evaluating the audio you hear. It’s a place to observe, discuss, and learn from the best in the industry, and is suitable for everyone who has a passion for audio. Curators:Alison Broddle CBC (CA)Marlies Hartendorf Q Music (NL)Des Paul Greatest Hits Radio (UK)John Simons Simo Radio (UK)Liam Thompson Ireland’s Classic Hits (IE)Book your place at the Radiodays Europe Audio RoomThis year, for the first time at Radiodays Europe, attendees are being given the chance to listen to and critique audio, together. Set to make its debut at the Radiodays Europe conference in Munich from March 17 to 19, The Audio Room has 6 sessions in total where you can take part in these collaborative sessions where you deep dive into evaluating the audio you hear.

Housing claims 13 purchasers never lived in homes they agreed would be their principal residences — in violation of agreements signed for the right to buy at discount prices. Housing as part of a multi-pronged effort to combat the affordable housing crisis. The civil claims say Vivid buyers all attended an affordable housing program education session where they were told the project was financed by B.C. Housing claims realized significant personal profit by acting as the realtor for a number of purchasers in the Vivid building. Housing claims Yu made commissions worth nearly $53,000 from the sale of 12 units.

Dartmouth basketball players vote Tuesday on whether to form a union. (AP Photo/Jimmy Golen)The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted to unionize Tuesday in an unprecedented step toward forming the first labor union for college athletes and another blow to the NCAA’s deteriorating amateur business model. “Today is a big day for our team,” said Dartmouth juniors Cade Haskins and Romeo Myrthil, who have led the effort. The case could also wind up in federal court, which would likely delay negotiations over a collective bargaining agreement until long after the current members of the basketball team have graduated. ___AP college basketball: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-basketball

At the first Winterlude in 1979, it was more than skaters and Beavertails out on the Rideau Canal. A special ice sculpture at Winterlude pays tribute to the event that ran from 1979 until 1985 and featured quarter-mile horse races on the ice. Bill Galvin founded the Trotting on the Rideau harness races, and told CBC Radio's All in a Day that the event was a real spectacle. Galvin was active in the harness racing community and knew the history of harness racing both on the Ottawa River and the canal. "They came from all over North America to race on the canal, because of the very smooth surface," Galvin said.

Ms. Collins had continued to live independently in Surrey, with some assistance from family and friends, until a week before her death. As a result, Ms. Collins was scarcely known in the United States. She was also overlooked at times even in Canada, where jazz “occupied a decidedly marginal place” in popular culture for years, according to Canadian jazz scholar Marian Jago. “In those days we were so poor that we didn’t even have hot water,” Ms. Collins recalled. Survivors include four children, Rick Collins, Judith Collins Maxie, and Barry and Tom Collins; nine grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

The emergency decree was issued after a deadly weekend that marked a new low in Haiti's downward spiral of violence. Last week, Haitians tried to flee Port-au-Prince amid clashes between security forces and armed gangs. The Canadian Embassy in Port-au-Prince is closed on Monday, Foreign Affairs Canada said, due to the unpredictable security situation. WATCH l UN official tells CBC multi-pronged approach needed in Haiti (2023):Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget.

"One of my Christmas tree farmers was telling me it cost $15,000 a year for him to insure his Christmas tree farm." "In the spring when the snow melted, there was thousands of Christmas trees planted, and I said 'Kids, we're going to be Christmas tree growers.'" Canada's Christmas tree exportsCanada also exports almost half the trees it grows. Submitted by George PowellPaul Huesken says a chronic shortage of Christmas trees in B.C. Brennan says demand for table-top trees and slender, shorter trees — more conducive to smaller living spaces — are on the rise.

$100 hustlesNetCredit put this list together by studying more than 81,000 job advertisements on Fiverr, a broad-based work platform. SideHusl.com‘s editors culled the NetCredit list to focus on the three categories of $100 hustles that dominated the list. Other $100 hustles include mobile app marketing. It’s worth noting that many of these design jobs are the visual equivalent of the marketing work discussed above. WritingOnly two writing jobs appear in the top 20 $100 hustles.

It seems like everyone I talk to about a new job wants to work totally remote or, at the very least, hybrid. As with most tech workers, Sally packed up her laptop and even her desktop equipment and headed home to her rented apartment. Heck, why not work remote from Boise … or the Bahamas? The article quoted some upper-level managers who said it’s easier to lay off remote staff than locals, because they don’t have a close relationship with other remote workers. One large Midwest company now insists that all employees must be in the office at least one week a month.

Mike Vorkunov: Disney CEO Bob Iger, at the Morgan Stanley investor conference, on its involvement in the next NBA media rights deal: “We love our relationship with the NBA. That negotiation is unfolding. It’s our goal to stay in that relationship because we love the sport.”

March 4, 2024 —As a parent, Xiaoxiao Du says she’s seen the benefits of full-day kindergarten up close — from how the welcoming, play-based approach in Ontario’s system helped her kids as they started school, to how the longer day allowed her more flexibility as she finished her degree and later joined the workforce. Now, as an assistant professor in the University of Manitoba’s faculty of education, she said she’s also seen the research that backs up the advantages of that model. “From a parent perspective, it does offer a lot of freedom for parents to do what they need to do,” said Du.

Baroque music trio La Modestine to play March 10 in WhistlerFans of Baroque music will want to keep track of the Whistler Chamber Music Society’s (WCMS) next concert. The result is what we now know as Baroque music. “The music of the time is maybe about as close as classical music gets to pop music. La Modestine has proved a mutually uplifting project for each of its members, who remain committed to delivering Baroque music in its authentic form. “Human emotions are universal, and they don't change that much between time and place.”La Modestine performs March 10 at 5 p.m. at the Maury Young Arts Centre.

Local legal firm launches monthly podcast for non-lawyersBy Lindsay Advocate March 4, 2024Denis Grignon is hosting a new podcast produced by Wards Lawyers. “But it’s not, necessarily, for lawyers,” explains Melissa Wemyss, CEO of Wards Lawyers, about Wards Legal Matters, a recently launched monthly podcast. Some are law clerks, while others are students of law at the local law firm. Wards Legal Matters is available to stream and download for free wherever you find your podcasts. It can also be accessed via the Podbean app, and by clicking the link the on the Wards Lawyers Facebook page.