Wednesday August 27th, 2014 – 12pm
Posted Aug 27, 2014 12:44:20 PM.
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The third hour of the 570 Midday Show
12:00 Margaret Robitaille, Post Production Manager at Mountain Road Productions
I Wrecked My House is an HGTV Canada series hosted by comedian Steve Patterson that features eccentric, kooky and unconventional approaches to home repairs. The series aired as a 1-Hour Special on HGTV last April and has just been picked up for 14 half-hour episodes that are set to begin filming this fall. The series is a celebration of the completely unique and utterly outside the box approach to home maintenance and we’re looking for un-handy homeowners that take a more MacGyvered approach to DIY fixes in their home. We’re casting Ontario-wide to uncover the strangest wackiest, most extreme solutions to home repairs ever seen and would love to film in the Tri-Cities area. We are looking to tour Waterloo Region for the best of the worst jerry-rigged fixes, and highlighting one homeowner who will receive a major home renovation for free!
12:30 Hayley Zimak and Joe Pavia of 570 News
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge has been sweeping across social media. In the United States the ALS Association has earned more than $15 million from July 29th to August 18th. Everyone from Celebrities to Mayoral candidates have participated. But does this type of awareness raising campaign count as slacktivism – where people associate with a cause but don’t commit resources to it?
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