Recent Episodes
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Spark 172 – February 12 & 15, 2012
10 February 2012 2:55 PM | 23 Comments -
Spark 171 – February 5 & 8, 2012
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Spark 170 – January 29 & February 1, 2012
27 January 2012 5:34 PM | 10 Comments
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Tech Headlines from cbc.ca- Canada joins 6-nation effort on climate change pollutants
- Nortel collapse linked to Chinese hackers
- Moore defends Canada's 'different path' on copyright bill
- Smashing stereotypes around women and gaming
- Electric car owners face long charging times
- Hockey-playing robot created by Manitoba students
- Swiss satellite will clean up space junk
- Online surveillance bill may breach privacy law, charter
- Online surveillance bill could change, Harper signals
- Canada's air pollution experts moved to 'other priorities'
Contests Archive
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The Spark 80s Tech Quiz!
Posted on September 23, 2011 | 18 CommentsWe’re 80s obsessed since reading Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One. So we want to have a little fun…are you ready to LEVEL UP? Try your luck at our 80s tech... -
Contest: Can You Say “Rural Broadband” Five Times Fast? Call In!
Posted on September 15, 2009 | 22 CommentsFrom time to time on Spark, we hear from listeners who are frustrated with the fact that they’re stuck on dial-up, and don’t inhabit the downloading, video-watching, world we describe... -
Announcing haiku contest winner
Posted on June 17, 2009 | No CommentsTwo weeks ago, we launched a Spark Twitter haiku contest on the theme of technology and we received a lot of delightful entries. We thank everyone who submitted their poem,... -
Contest: Twitter haiku
Posted on June 5, 2009 | 2 CommentsDo you twaiku? Twitter has become a popular platform for posting haiku – short, unrhymed poems made up of 17 syllables or less. Although traditional haiku are written in Japanese and... -
Contest and Full Interview: Grammar Girl, aka Mignon Fogarty
Posted on May 21, 2009 | 28 CommentsWe are so excited to have Grammar Girl on Spark! Nora interviewed Mignon Fogarty about the overuse (!!!) of exclamation marks in online writing, including emails! Mignon is a big...