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April Smith interviewed by Guest Host Ian Hanomansing on BC Child Poverty Rates at CBC Vancouver Radio The Early Edition on Wednesday November 25, 2009

November 25, 2009 ahamedia Leave a comment

Wednesday November 25, 2009

Why does BC lead the nation in child poverty rates? CBC Radio The Early Edition spoke to April Smith, a young woman who grew up in poverty in the downtown eastside. Download this interview. (runs 8:59) http://www.cbc.ca/bc/features/podcast/

http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/bcearlyedition_20091125_23565.mp3

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Below is a photo of April Smith with Host Ian Hanomansing in Studio 10 at CBC Vancouver Radio The Early Edition.

Ian Hanomansing was a very exellent host to April!

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Below is a photo of April Smith with Shiral Tobin – CBC Radio One Early Edition Director.

Shiral Tobin was very warm in welcoming and reassuring to April for her first time interview on air!

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Below are two of CBC Vancouver’s tweets to April Smith on Twitter

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Below is a photo of Raymond Cochrane – Security at CBC Radio who was welcoming to April upon first arrival!

Many thanks to everyone CBC Vancouver Radio The Early Edition for allowing April Smith to speak on BC Child Poverty Rates!

http://www.cbc.ca/earlyedition/

Below are 19 photos of CBC Radio interview on Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157622752420463/

AHA MEDIA attends Rockafellas’ music event at 14th Avenue Pub in Mission, BC on November 13, 2009

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Rockafellas -http://www.rockafellasduo.wordpress.com

In this video, Al Tkatch of Rockafellas play “Walk of Life” at 14th Avenue Pub in Misson Nov 13 2009

This was filmed by April Smith of AHA MEDIA on a Nokia N95 mobile cameraphone. April is passionate and skilled in making Nokia films by exploring mobile media production through the camera lens of a cellphone. For a better quality version of this video, please DM April Smith @AprilFilms on Twitter or Facebook.com/AprilFilms

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In this video, Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch) play “Fast As You” at 14th Avenue Pub in Misson Nov 13 2009

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In this video, Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch) play “Pride and Joy” at 14th Avenue Pub in Misson Nov 13 2009

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In this video, Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch) play “New Orleans” at 14th Avenue Pub in Misson Nov 13 2009

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In this video, Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch) play “Sharp Dressed Man” at 14th Avenue Pub in Misson Nov 13 2009

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In this video, Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch) play “Walk the Line” at 14th Avenue Pub in Misson Nov 13 2009

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In this video, Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch) play “Jumping Jack Flash” at 14th Avenue Pub in Misson Nov 13 2009

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In this video, Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch) play “Every Rose has its thorn” at 14th Avenue Pub in Misson Nov 13 2009

Categories: AHA Media, Al Tkatch, B.C., Community Engagement, Guitarist, Media Coverage, Mobile Cameraphone Film and Video, Mobile Media Production, Music, Musician, Nokia N95, Social Media, Twitter, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside

AHA MEDIA attended Rockafellas’ Hallowe’en event at Paddlewheeler Pub in New Westminster, B.C.

November 2, 2009 ahamedia 2 comments

AHA MEDIA attended Rockafellas’ Hallowe’en event at Paddlewheeler Pub in New Westminster, B.C.

Rockafellas – http://www.RockafellasDuo.wordpress.com

Paddlewheeler Pub in New Westminster http://www.paddlewheeler.com

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Below are photos of the Rockafellas in their Hallowe’en Costumes!

Sean Michaels dressed up as Country Singer Tim McGraw and Al Tkatch dressed up as Hard Rock Lead Guitarist Angus Young from AC/DC

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Below is a photo and video of Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch) playing Spirit In The Sky at PaddleWheeler Pub in New Westminster, B.C., Canada on Hallowe’en, 2009

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Below is a photo and video of Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch) playing I Saw Her Standing There at PaddleWheeler Pub in New Westminster, B.C., Canada on Hallowe’en, 2009

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Below is a photo and video of Rockafellas ( Sean Michaels and Al Tkatch) playing Wooly Bully at PaddleWheeler Pub in New Westminster, B.C., Canada on Hallowe’en, 2009

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Below is a photo of Dean Nakamura, Manager of Paddlewheeler pub with the winner of the Hallowe’en Costume Contest – COOKIE MONSTER!! Prize was Vancouver Canucks Hockey Tickets!

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Below is a photo of Dean Nakamura, Manager of Paddlewheeler pub with the winner of the Couples’ Hallowe’en Costume Contest

Prize was Vancouver Giants Hockey Tickets!

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Below is a photo of Dean Nakamura, Manager of Paddlewheeler Pub with the winner of the Staff Hallowe’en Costume Contest

Prize was Vancouver Canucks Tickets AND being paid to go watch the Canucks!! :) Dean Nakamura is a Great Manager!

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Below are photos of the “Extra Special” Surprise part of the Ultimate Vancouver Canucks’ Fan Costume of Dean Nakamura, Manager of Paddlewheeler Pub !! See the Pink Bow and the Ten Dollar Bill Tips tucked in for Good Luck?

Dean is the Ultimate Vancouver Canucks Fan – willing to go the extra mile on Hallowe’en!

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Below is a photo of April Smith of AHA MEDIA together with Al Tkatch of AHA MEDIA and Rockafellas dressed in AC/DC Costumes for Hallowe’en at the Paddlewheeler Pub in New Westminster, B.C.

Categories: AHA Media, Al Tkatch, April Smith, B.C., Community Engagement, Guitarist, Hallowe'en, Mobile Cameraphone Film and Video, Mobile Media Production, Music, Musician, New Media, New Westminster, Nokia N95, Paddlewheeler Pub, Rockafellas, Social Media

AHA MEDIA at the Opening of the Vancouver City Centre – Canada Line Station

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AHA MEDIA was very pleased to attend the Opening of the Vancouver City Centre – Canada Line Station located at Georgia and Granville Streets.

Lineups stretched around the block and the wait time for the Free Skytrain ride to Richmond were more than 2 1/2 hours!!

In this video, Today, August 17, 2009 is a historical day! The Canada Line is open to the public and goes between Vancouver and Richmond

The line makes Vancouver the only city in Canada to provide a high speed link between its airport and downtown core

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Please see my Livestream video of the Opening.. using Qik software on a HTC Titan or PPC 6800 cameraphone

http://www.qik.com/video/2568893

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Please look at our Flickr for 16 photos of the Opening of the Vancouver City Centre – Canada Line Station

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahamedia/sets/72157621952915769/

Categories: AHA Media, April Smith, B.C., Citizen Journalism, Downtown, Georgia St, Granville St, HTC touch, Hyper Local Citizen Journalism, Media Coverage, Media Event, Mobile Cameraphone Film and Video, Mobile Media Production, New Media, Nokia N95, Social Media, Twitter, Vancouver

April Smith of AHA MEDIA went to the City of Victoria on Vancouver Island to do new + social media animation and production which help bring our Province of B.C.’s Old Capital City into a New era of social media savyness!!

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April Smith of AHA MEDIA went to the City of Victoria on Vancouver Island to do new + social media animation and production and help bring our Province of B.C.’s Old Capital City into a New era of social media savyness!

My Social Media trip to Victoria was made possible by the honored invitation of my mentor Lorraine Murphy of http://www.raincoastermedia.com ( for thinking of me to accompany her in the first place :>)

A much heartfelt thank you to the following for sponsoring such a wonderful trip to Victoria!

Sherry Baumgardner, Director of Marketing for Coast Hotels & Resorts

Danny Dang, Electronic Distribution for Coast Hotels & Resorts

Coast Hotels http://www.coasthotels.com

BC Ferries http://www.bcferries.com

Royal BC Museum http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca

Sea Cider Farm & Cider House http://www.seacider.ca

Spinnakers BrewPub and Guest Houses http://www.spinnakers.com

Tartan Group http://www.tartanpr.com

Tourism Victoria http://www.tourismvictoria.com

Photos and Video to come – Please stay tuned

In the meantime, one can always looks at my Live Twitter feed of my time in Victoria

http://www.twitter.com/AprilFilms <– it will be in reverse chronological order I tweeted 263 times about the amazing people and attractions of Victoria while on my 2 day trip I like providing a live feel experience in my twitter updates for all my followers.

You can also do a search function on Twitter using my name @AprilFilms and the hashtag #NewVictoria

When I have more time, perhaps I will post the live twitter feed from my twitter stream in chronlogical order, so that everyone can see what I experienced in beautiful Victoria