Irrelevant Show to spotlight Edmonton talent

The Irrelevant Show is set to debut on CBC Radio One on June 26. This Edmonton-based show will showcase local talent and offer listeners Pythonesque sketch comedy that shows that Alberta is about more than oil sands and cowboys.

The show has commissioned 120 sketches, which calls for a lot of funny from Edmonton’s hottest comics and sketch comedy writers. It will air Thursdays at 7:30pm.


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  Alberta, CBC Radio 1 Posted at 10:39 am (14 May 2008)



Subsidies available to attend Canadian Assn. of Journalists conference

The Canadian Media Guild will provide a subsidy to three members to attend the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Journalists, which is taking place May 23 to 25 in Edmonton.

Selected people will be reimbursed for 75% of their travel costs to attend the convention. Winners who live in Edmonton will be reimbursed for 75% of their registration fees. The deadline for submitting your entry is April 17. The winners will be asked to write a brief report for the Guild’s national executive. Members who have received a similar subsidy from the Guild in the past two years are not eligible.


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  Labour/CBC Unions Posted at 10:37 am (17 Apr 2008)