Animals are a big part of our lives at TCG–Tamra grew up with animals all her life, and they have remained a part of her family ever since. All in all, the family has three cats and three dogs. Christmas is always a bit hectic with animals constantly running underfoot or stealing turkey from the…
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A favourite recipe around the Christmas table each year for some TCG staff, this recipe is surprisingly easy and makes the perfect gift. The hardest part will be trying not to eat it before you gift it! TCG Recipe of the Month – Amazing Almond Roca Each Christmas, it can be harder and harder…
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The written word has a power that sometimes can only be realized by someone who most needs it. A TCG captioner shares her story of how her ability to provide the written word for one student dramatically impacted and affected her life and ability to learn and to better understand the world around her. —…
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TCG Recipe of the Month: Spaghetti Squash with Meat Sauce Recipe Highlights gluten-free good source of fiber regulates blood sugar good source of Vitamin A and C One of the TCG office’s favourite pasta substitutes is spaghetti squash. Normally, a plate of pasta can make you feel bloated or tired. With spaghetti squash, you…
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10 Things Canadians Say That Americans Don’t Understand While Canadians and Americans can sound very much alike (depending which province you are from), there are certain terms that pop up only in Canadian culture that would sound completely foreign to an American’s ears. This goes beyond “eh” and “toque,” with many words used in daily…
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What Does a Closed Captioner Do? Article sourced with permission from – Stenofabulous — You’re a What? What is That? I’ve been a captioner for close to a year now. When I meet people, and they ask me what I do for a living, trying to explain my job to them can be really hard, people…
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Debate Night: Relaying the Message with Closed Captioning One of the hardest forms of stenography comes in the form of live television captioning. It is a field reserved for the best of the best… those who can achieve a consistent and astronomically high accuracy rate, have a knack for remembering minute details from the…
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photo credit: Edmonton Journal Meet North America’s Fastest Stenographer 280 words per minute, Jeffrey Weigl wins top speed award at the 2016 NCRA Convention. At the beginning of September, word was released and the story spread wide across Canada about the fastest hands in North America. The champion of the NCRA annual speed…
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TCG Recipe of the Month – Easy Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Chili Recipe Highlights high in Vitamin A and C high in protein low-fat gluten-free Warm up this fall with this delicious chili that gets a twist with fall flavours. If you have a slow cooker, then this is a simple, healthy meal that is…
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image credit: CBC Captioning The Tragically Hip I check my email. There is my schedule from work for the week ahead. I pretty much already know what to expect…we’re in the second and final week of the Rio Olympics. Upon a cursory glance, no surprise there, Olympics, Olympics, and more Olympics all week. But…
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