{"id":1682,"date":"2014-12-09T19:52:46","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T19:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmg.ca\/toronto\/cbc\/?p=1682"},"modified":"2015-01-08T18:09:21","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T18:09:21","slug":"cmg-toronto-2014-holiday-party-with-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmg.ca\/toronto\/cbc\/cmg-toronto-2014-holiday-party-with-pics\/","title":{"rendered":"CMG Toronto 2014 Holiday Party (with pics)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hundreds of CMG members turned out for the annual CMG Toronto Annual Holiday Party at the Baton Rouge restaurant in the Toronto Convention Centre, a chance for us to gather and honour each other in a very tough year. The event\u00a0was very well received & the new venue was very successful!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\nSpeeches by LEC President Naomi Robinson, Director of Human Rights and Equity Kam Rao,\u00a0CBC Branch Vice-President Michael D\u2019Souza\u00a0and CMG Vice-President Lise Lareau really hit the mark.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Once again,\u00a0Randy Persaud played host, \u00a0with his awe-inspiring, spirit-lifting enthusiasm on the mic,\u00a0and really lit the place up.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Here are the winners of the door prizes:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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-Lynne Burgess (InterContinental Toronto Centre Hotel\u00a0& hoodie)<\/div>\n
-Melissa Bruno (CN Tower pack & CMG swag bag)<\/div>\n
-Trung Tran (Westin Harbour Castle & CMG swag bag)<\/div>\n
-Anne Megas (Boston Pizza gift card & CD’s & hoodie)<\/div>\n
-Claryse Boulineau (Tarot card reading & Baton Rouge gift card)<\/div>\n
-Michelle Cho (Lone Star gift card\u00a0& Steven & Chris swag)<\/div>\n
-Dominique Banoun (Jan Wong book & CMG swag)<\/div>\n

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-Jordanna Lake (SoHo Metropolitan Hotel & Baton Rouge gift card)<\/p>\n

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\u00a0CBC Media librarian Jacqueline Lee won the 50\/50 draw – $215 for her and the same for the Daily Bread Food Bank (which was donated via Sounds of the Season!)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Party photos by Matt Makhoul.<\/p>\n

Thanks to everyone who attended!<\/p>\n

And many thanks to our kind sponsors\u00a0who so generously contributed prizes to our event:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"B\u00e2ton
\nBaton Rouge Front St, Toronto<\/div>\n
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\nBoston Pizza, Front and John St’s, Toronto<\/p>\n

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\nCBC Radio 3<\/div>\n
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Canadian Media Guild, National Office<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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