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Toronto's got a new radio station and it's all in French. It's CHOQ (chocolat perhaps?) at 105.1FM. According to their website, web.choq.fm, the official launch is on May 16th (Census Day in Canada, too) but they're currently broadcasting-- they seem to be just playing music. I suppose these are test broadcasts. I know other stations did this for a few weeks before their official launch.

According to their programming schedule, they have a lot of shows playing different sub-genres of electronic music; trance, electro, drum and bass, etc. I'm really excited about that.

From what I gather, the station is serving the Francophone community of various ethnic groups. I really like the rotation of music they're playing now-- a real mixture of music types. Unfortunatley, their website is emphasizing their hip hop shows. Ok, unfortunately for since I don't like that music but mefortunately for CHOQ since that's what the kiddies seem to like these days (why? why? why?). It's a great way to capture the audience. Play a little bit of everything to appeal to all the different Francophone communities.

I wonder if I'd be able to hear different forms of French on that station?

It's good to have a new French station-- all we have is Radio-Canada (CBC Radio in French). It's interesting how French is one of our official languages but it's not as prevalent (is that a word?) in Toronto. Or is it? I work in the financial district downtown and I hear people speaking French as I walk around. There is a Francophone population but it's not as obvious as other ethnic groups in Toronto. There isn't a French area.

We used to have a Francophonie or something like that-- it was a social mixer for Francophones in Toronto and anyone who is interested in French. Since I'm a sucker for a French girl, I naturally went-- but didn't score any French girls :(

Maybe that will change this summer if I visit Montreal once again (for the opening of the Apple store) and go to Paris for vacation.

Mother Goose update
The goose of which I talked about in my previous post is still there sitting on her nest avec yellow caution tape surrounding her nest. Well, it was pretty breezy over the weekend and the yellow tape is closer to the ground and the pylons fellover. But still enough to caution others about the bird.

I can't help but feel sad that no one notices the bird. Everyone is too preoccupied with going to and from work that they truly don't stop to smell the roses. But it's fun to see the few who do notice the bird and see their faces light up like kids at a petting zoo. They point and marvel at how nature mixes with humans in such a strange way!

Every time I pass by the bird, I check to make sure she's still there and pray a little prayer to St. Francis and God to protect her and her babies. God probably has the kind of sense of humour that sometime in the future, one of those baby geese will grow up and poo on my car! :)