James Murray @jmurcbc Twitter profile

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

3 years

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

disclosure: i am one of hundreds of cbc journalists - past and present - who have signed an open letter calling for cbc tandem to be shut down - i have never protested anything before - taking sides makes my job something else - but this does too -

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

@DjokerNole practicing at olympic tennis main court - backhand looks solid #Rio2016

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

9 years

@CBCNews parents in tears (me too) - thanking anonymous donor who saved their daughter's life #sickkids #transplant

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

so many of us are still connected to the world - but working in isolation - to my @cbcnews colleagues - to everyone - hold fast - and thanks to grocery/drug store/health/essential workers who can’t work isolated - you’re real heroes

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

@cbcsports @CBCOlympics - @RafaelNadal and team spain - doubles practice - bet we hear "vamos" this wk #Rio2016

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

@CBCNews @cbcsports thousands stand and cheer MVP - josh donaldson gets mvp award from legend george bell #BlueJays

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

3 years

i miss hearing and seeing @KeithBoag as often as i used to - smart, civilized, so many good things - just saying

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

@cbcsports divers in the air - gravity always wins - practice for athletes - equipment checks for us #RioOlympics

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

@CBCNews @cbcsports okay that was a big flag - and lovely-ly sung national anthem(s) - cdn forces at work #BlueJays

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

5 years

my first day subbing on the supercool @cbcasithappens and i think fmr host dennis trudeau is making woo woo eyes at me - i choose to take it as a warm welcome - btw the ‘stache is on point

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

hey @Pchiddy - there's a picture of u on my wall!

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

7 years

murray approved!

George Stroumboulopoulos 🐺

@strombo

7 years

Tonight’s Strombo Show is going to another dimension. Bill Murray, Jan Vogler, Blunt Chunks, The Kent’s. 8pm on CBCRadio2 and CBCMusic.

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

9 years

@CBCAlerts @CBCNews - twins - two donations - surgeries - success - marvellous medical story http://t.co/jEntKPXbUR

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

6 years

@strombo commercial free - algorithm free - verywell said amigo - i’m along for the ride - for the human thing

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

gonna miss his guy @dsouzamichaelc - so many stories - and careers - exist because of him - tx @christinecbc #weloveMDS

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

@CBCHereandNow meanwhile

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

we’ve never met - pls thank your family for all they’re giving up to help all of us - and of course thank you - your country owes you bigtime

David Frost

@md_frost

4 years

Reality for HCPs caring for pts with covid who have small children: No school, (sometimes both) parents working in hospital, grandparents need to be off limits, emergency nanny quit because of our work. It's a high price being paid not only by HCPs, but our kids too

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

5 years

crucial #TDF19 stage stopped - no one could ride through this - amazing in the alps

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

a pleasure to speak with @BogochIsaac on @CBCTWTW @CBCNews @cbcradio about #COVID19 tonight - we’ll air more tmrw night - informative

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

7 years

so pleased about this @cathyacrowe - this is your country - thanking you

CityNews Toronto

@CityNewsTO

7 years

Toronto street nurse and social activist Cathy Crowe receives Order of Canada

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

7 years

@guardiannews that he's a lawyer?

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

the modern yard-athalon - soon to be in the 2020 - um 2021? maybe - summer games

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

7 years

@CBCNews mike myers crying dignified tears re: parents' military history - thanks soldiers for service - we're in tears too #invictus2017

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

@CBCNews @CBCAlerts cleveland indians injunction application against name and logo delayed til pm - changing courtrm #alds #NotMyMascot

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

the tray! (and of course the food)

Harnarayan | IceSingh

@IceSinghHNIC

4 years

Now that is what I call a #StanleyCup post game #meal . For those of you wondering from L2R right is: palak paneer=spiced spinach/cheese curry, raita=homemade yogurt with spices, cholay=chickpea curry, eggless vanilla cupcake and bhaturay=homemade deep fried naan bread 😁🤤👊🏼 #NHL

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

5 years

Go Devin go - hurryhard

Devin Heroux

@Devin_Heroux

5 years

Skip stones in the 2nd... I'm so distracted by everything tonight. The media bench is clamouring about my looming 90,000th tweet. I'm supposed to be writing a story and clearly that's not happening. #cbccurl

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

5 years

that was a fun week on @cbcasithappens - @caroloffcbc and the show’s crackerjack producers treated me well - i tried to not break the furniture (which i actually have done in studios before). tx to all of them. elxn night on @cbcradio here i come

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

7 years

i could only press the heart thingee once - but i'd do it more ifn i could

George Stroumboulopoulos 🐺

@strombo

7 years

TONIGHT! @BlueRodeo x House of Strombo. An epic show with the Canadian legends! - Colton (George aka Lightshow is at Burning Man)

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

@akurjata @GreatDismal now everything smells like weed

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

2 years

@aquarian i don’t know what this is - maybe a book of some kind - but it’s beautiful in its way

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

i said to peter - i’d like to report into the election special (on how cabinet ministers fared) from a bar (hey - it was legit news - @cafreeland ‘s victory party) - and a big grin breaks onto his face - no wonder he won all those awards - i miss him already

Tom Harrington

@cbctom

4 years

We just learned our @cbcradio news coverage of election night won the @RTDNA_Canada award for best live news special. The man who led us that night was Peter Leo. Another in a long list of award winning coverage he helmed. We lost Peter on the weekend. A bittersweet moment. 😔

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

5 years

@JohnLorinc i was thinking about her today - so long ago now - she was so very impressive

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

@wisem oh mike - i’m sorry for your loss - she raised a fine man i think - i wish i could tell her in person - again so sorry - i hope your message reaches many

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

this might be the most canadian thing i’ve ever seen

jamie

@gnuman1979

4 years

Okay, who did this?

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

7 years

did you know house of @strombo is on itunes - i didn't - now i do - this is amazing (baz bassn in the bg!)

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

2 years

literally what the first cbc exec who hired me looked like - boo!

Min Dhariwal

@MinDhariwal

2 years

I was bone to be wild! #HalloweenApples 🎃 Instagram: Tammy @neron_artistry

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

7 years

@cbcnews - a look at - and listen to - @strombo ‘s new projects - house of strombo - and more - tonight on @CBCWorldatSix

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

10 years

@cbcnews kitchener - onstage - projected still photos of bill cosby with nelson mandela #Cosby 20mins til showtime

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

9 years

@CBCNews @cbcsports he looks healthy to me - donaldson in the line-up - em vee pee #BlueJays #ALDS http://t.co/aOoFITGdd5

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

@JohnIbbitson @cfhorgan too bad no one takes photos that could easily prove... - oh

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

@NPRmageddon is made possible by a grant from the bruce willis foundation - bruce willis - smirking and turning bad movies into good money since - um - well - before armageddon anyway - check out the guns on @matt_kwong

NPRmageddon

@NPRmageddon

4 years

Matt Kwong. Editor, NPR's Morning Edition and Up First. @matt_kwong @NPR @MorningEdition @UpFirst @CBCNews #NPRmageddon

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

twitter is the most boring thing that's become part of my work - i think we can we make it go away

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

3 years

jon miller calling @Dodgers v @SFGiants is marvellous - a great night ahead (sorry jm - but go dodgers)

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

7 years

on twitter there is no origin - only direction

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

5 years

@bobhallett to @bobhallett and my colleagues at @CBCNL - toronto shares your pain

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

7 years

oooh the emmys - are they on netflix?

Rosemary Barton

@RosieBarton

7 years

I mean Emmys. I'm very tired. Still boss.

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

@danielblether @JohnTory @MLB @JoeyBats19 @davidortiz @DenisCoderre my view

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

nous sommes chanceux que vous êtes là. bonne chance dans la grande aventure amigo/voisin de travail. y a-t-il des fans de bruins en asie? <il y en a un maintenant!>

Philippe Leblanc

@phil_leblancSRC

4 years

Après 12 ans à Toronto, l’emballant défi d’être correspondant en Asie basé à Pékin pour @RadioCanadaInfo m’attend. Merci pour cette occasion incroyable et pour la confiance.

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

5 years

no one else on the sidewalk gets hassled - just the totally professional journalist mike crawley ( @CBCQueensPark ) - i’d be interested to know whether @fordnation and ont atty gl @douglasdowney approve of this

Power & Politics

@PnPCBC

5 years

The CBC's Mike Crawley ( @CBCQueensPark ) was reporting on the Ontario PC convention when security tried to intervene. That didn't stop Mike, who kept his cool and carried on...

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

3 years

@DFisman david, thanks for your hard work on our behalf, all of it, including the honesty you have sent out on this awful app. many only want to hear what they already believe. some of us - me - still have so much to learn.

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

@Reuters not creepy at all

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

@RosieBarton i'll send you what people write abt my hair - cuz it's what they choose to do with their time on this earth #Hair2DayGone2mrw

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

3 years

@davidcommon c is for common/cookie - that’s good enough for me.

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

@s_wag19 @davidfrum um - you can’t take canada with you - but sometimes we don’t show up on your maps at all - so - thanks?

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

CBC’s Tandem shows broadcaster has lost its way, former top editor says - - ⁦ @jdvorkin ⁩

CBC’s Tandem shows broadcaster has lost its way, former top editor says

After a flurry of criticism of its new paid content platform, CBC executives have introduced new rules they say will maintain a ‘clear separation’ between journalism and advertising

www.thestar.com

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

5 years

christie was dear and ferocious at the same time - i can’t list all the things i’ve learned (and stolen) from her over the years - this is such awful news - rest in peace

CBC News Alerts

@CBCAlerts

5 years

Toronto-based columnist Christie Blatchford dead at 68. Blatchford was one of Canada’s most prominent writers; she did stints with the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Toronto Sun and National Post over her career. She was diagnosed with cancer last fall.

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

stuck in traffic - 1km from stade olympique - think i'll make it for a 12noon live report? #GlaciallySlowCabbie

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

3 years

tout le monde semble heureux - mais - even the nords’ fans? ;) - it’s cup time!

Jean-Patrick Balleux

@jpballeux

3 years

28 ans d'attente, Montréal atteint la finale de la Coupe Stanley. Tout le Québec remercie #Lehkonen . #habs #playoffs @GoldenKnights

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

6 years

it’s also really brave - respect

Daniel Carcillo

@CarBombBoom13

6 years

This is one of the scariest & hardest things I’ve ever had to write but here it goes. I am pledging my brain to Ted Carrick and the @Carrickinst (Carrick Institute) to be used for study and furthering understanding of the consequences of traumatic brain injury when I pass @NHL

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

10 years

#Target closing in Canada - one of the reasons - look the parking lot - story and analysis ahead on @CBCTheNational http://t.co/nZ6vsLIcLN

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

now you know me completely

𝔻🅰🅁🅡𝑒𝗹 𝐒𝕦𝕝🅃𝑎𝑛𝒶

@IchibanSweetBoy

4 years

@jmurcbc @cbctom @CBCNews About $6k in Apple hardware there, sitting on an unfinished plywood board.

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

sadly - the meaning has to remain secret - but trust me - this is excellent work #notawarlord

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

3 years

25 yrs ago and @donovanbailey still 12th fastest time ever. amazing.

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

10 years

my seatmate @MatthewKangCBC will be sending details of the night - my thumbs are no match for his @CBCNews #Cosby

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

7 years

you can find a two reports i did for @CBCWorldatSix on traditional and new media in canada here ... and

w6 2018-01-16 new media

(Toronto) New media sights are showing signs of success -- and what they can teach traditional media companies struggling to survive.

soundcloud.com

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

3 years

@dj_laundryy my idea for rebuilding twitter - only allow 20 characters - all vowels - so people can just bark at each other - ouuuuueaaaaa

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

a real pleasure to interview @IceSinghHNIC on the #nhl re-start for tonight’s @CBCNews @CBCWorldatSix

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

@CBCOlympics BRONZE FOR CDA - catharine pendrel in w-mtn bike - gold to swe - silver pol - hugs all around #Rio2016

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

6 years

@bruceanderson maybe tesla wants the space - and the skilled workers

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

hockey players would never touch a trophy before winning it - yikes (ps: go @Dodgers )

Mark Brockett

@Tuff_Overlord

4 years

Soon... 💙🙏 #Dodgers #WorldSeries

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

very happy to hear you doing this @ianhanomansing - and am entirely covetous of what looks like the best mug EVer

Ian Hanomansing

@ianhanomansing

4 years

Thrilled to announce l’ll be the interim host of CBC Cross-Country Checkup this season while Duncan is on a fellowship. I love live, unscripted broadcasting and looking forward to playing a role in this weekly national conversation. (Still doing The National Fridays and Sundays.)

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

5 years

ing was an admirable and indomitable colleague. "The reality is every single one of us is a mortal human being with human bodies and will have to face something." rip sympathies to her family

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

3 years

there’s magic in that box

Ida Bae Wells

@nhannahjones

3 years

My daughter’s grandfather bought her this tiny radio and she thinks it’s the coolest present ever. In this world of iPhones, she didn’t actually know radios existed outside a car. She keeps switching the channels and marveling at this magic box. 😂😂😩😩

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

7 years

@omarelakkad so there you were on my phone (nyer radio hr) - now your book is on my reader - very happy for your success

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

@CanadiensMTL @CurlingCanada scotties + habs v leafs #OhCanada

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James Murray

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

@TheStromboShow @BlondieOfficial eat to the beat - an important part of my childhood - any childhood really

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

10 years

@namnamnoodle just being interviewed can age you

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

14 years

liftoff

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

2 years

sittin’ on a stump by the bay watching the ice melt away *whistling* summer nights ain’t far away hope you’re well old fish

Benjamin Rayner

@IhateBenRayner

3 years

Sittin' on a stump.

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

@CBCdsouza welcome back to ont - new provincial motto: at least the lakes are still open - and break a leg on @cbcfreshair @cbcradio

Jason D'Souza

@CBCdsouza

4 years

Driving through Northern Ontario in early fall 👌🏾 Kenora -> Thunder Bay -> Wawa -> Sault Ste Marie

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

7 years

easy - tape to tape

Craig Custance

@CraigCustance

7 years

I'll give a dollar to anyone who can come up with a good hockey podcast name. Ready to record except for that minor hurdle.

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

9 years

@zanelowe cn tower out my window - beats one on my phone - in my head - i'm hearing u lad #WorldRadio http://t.co/hGTqI78KZC

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

@donnovanbennett 1 donovan bailey - number 1 by a lot / he could be 1 through 5 / 2 terry fox / 3 clara hughes / 4 gretzky / 5 anyone from the edmonton grads

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

9 years

@CBCNews @CBCArts retail elves put finishing touches on @justinbieber pop up store in toronto - new release today

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

7 years

just overheard in longos - call the mgr if you want - it is illegal for us to sell it to you after 6 o'clock - vestig-ettes?

Robert Benzie

@robertbenzie

7 years

The last vestiges of the temperance movement in Ontario. Beer in a supermarket, but you can't buy it on a Sunday morning.

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

7 years

@jackmaster woo! i get to see you tmrw at panorama - let me know if early eve drink possible - @aquarianyes @cestcecilia wish u were there 2

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

9 years

@MinDhariwal @TravisMcEwanCBC @smashmouth hah - yes - truly a victory for hair-based journalism

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

8 years

@CBCOlympics @OleksiakPenny + @chantal_van 100 free this aft - water is blue @MLeePxP blue water! #RioOlympics2016

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

3 years

finnegan university - fu! - what could go wrong with that

David Fisman

@DFisman

3 years

@TheBeaverton He was hiding in plain sight the whole time

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

4 years

with respect - my report did note police driving into protesters - other violence by police in the reports both before and after me - and in the headlines of w6 - we go to great lengths not to mislead - one of our reporters was injured by police yesterday

Caitrin Pilkington

@caitrinpilk

4 years

@GravelInstitute @CBCNews @cbcradio @jmurcbc please include violence against protestors in your coverage. it is dangerously misleading to only tell positive stories of police officers kneeling.

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James Murray

@jmurcbc

9 years

@BaruchelNDG welcome to toronto lad - we get the habs on tv here - sadly we also get the leafs in person #GoHabsGo

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@jmurcbc