CBC Television’s Living Vancouver has lost its host.

Speculation in the local media is the move comes as a way to help her husband, hockey manager Brian Burke, take a job with the Toronto Maple Leafs. (Currently, both live in California; Jennifer commuted to Vancouver each week to do the hosting job.)

But hers isn’t the only job up for grabs. Most of the show’s production staff roles are currently available. Most likely because — even though the show has been successful for a couple of seasons now, the jobs below are not permanent CBC jobs; they’re contract-only.

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	Living In, Personalities, Vancouver	Posted at 11:50 am (02 Jun 2008)

Okay, fine, so there’s no such thing as a Caption Writer at the CBC. I mean, people do write captions, of course, but it’s usually the story producer who develops the captions (“lower thirds” in the parlance).

But then how do you explain this caption, from one of CBC Television’s “Living” programs (not sayin’ which one), and emailed to me by a viewer.

Airport Dude?! Really?! Did someone lose his business card? Couldn’t we at least have said Airport Official or something? 

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	Living In, The Odd File	Posted at 11:56 pm (24 Apr 2008)

Now that the “Living” series (the regional daytime TV shows) have started to get their footing, I thought I’d do some quick captures of what the various shows are covering. This is taken from a couple of days last week.

Although what I don’t understand: In some cities, the show is called “Living [City]” and in others, it’s called “Living In [City]“. I know it’s not a big deal, but I hate inconsistencies.

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	Living In, Maritimes & Nwfld., Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg	Posted at 12:08 pm (27 Feb 2007)

Things are looking brighter on T Floor at the CBC Broadcast Centre in Vancouver. Renovations are complete and the folks from both CBC Radio 3 and Living Vancouver have moved in.

So far, nobody has run gremlin-like screaming from the windows.

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	CBC Radio 3, Living In, Vancouver	Posted at 1:21 pm (21 Feb 2007)

Turns out Living in Toronto isn’t the only show that will launch soon (see previous post). The total list is:

• Living Vancouver

• Living Calgary
• Living Saskatchewan
• Living Winnipeg
• Living in Ottawa
• Living in Toronto
• Living Montreal
• Living East (based in Halifax with content from Nova Scotia, PEI, & N.B.)
• Living Newfoundland & Labrador

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	B.C. Interior, Living In, Maritimes & Nwfld., Montreal, Ottawa, Saskatchewan, Vancouver, Winnipeg	Posted at 2:27 pm (05 Jan 2007)

CBC Television will launch a series of local daytime lifestyle programs, starting with Living in Toronto on January 15.
     The regional shows will profile the cities’ neighbourhoods, highlight people who are “making a difference in the community” and offer tips on the best things to see and do in the city. The shows will also take a page from the YouTube book and actively solicit viewer content like photographs and videos. The small-print near the upload section is actually human-readable, though the basic summary is: You’ll continue to own the copyright, but we can use it however we want and you won’t get paid. Pretty standard, of course, for web sites that solicit material from the general public. Here’s the text:

I understand that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (“CBC”) has invited me, if I want, to submit various things such as video images, animation, pictures and an information sheet about myself, my hobbies and things that interest me (collectively “the material”). I want to do this and I therefore give CBC permission to make whatever use they wish of any or all of the material I submit to CBC at their discretion, wherever and in whatever media or formats they choose, for as long as they wish at no cost and no compensation to me or anyone else.

The Toronto show will be hosted by former TVOntario host Mary Ito. In the debut show, Ito reports on Toronto’s “hidden gems and best-kept secrets” then later checks out speed dating in the city—Latino style—and experiences a Toronto audio history project that anyone with a cellphone can enjoy.

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	Living In, Toronto	Posted at 2:08 am (04 Jan 2007)