Members are invited to come to the Hay Communications Annual General Meeting.
If you are not currently a member of the co-op, and want to take part in the meeting, call the office at 519-236-4333. You can purchase one membership for $1. You must have an account with Hay and a networked service such as TV, internet or telephone.
Review of the Past Year
Angela Lawrence, General Manager, will provide an interesting short update on the Telco over the past year, and what’s new in 2026.
Election of Directors
The terms for current Directors Don Beauchamp and Jack Glavin will be complete at this meeting. Both have indicated they will stand for re-election.
If you are a member of the Co-operative, meet the other qualifications for election and are interested in becoming a candidate, please email hay@hay.net to request a nomination form. Completed nomination forms must be filed at the Zurich business office no later than 4:00 p.m. March 26th, 2026. Please contact the business office at 519-236-4333 if you have any questions.
AI is being thrust upon us – like it or not.
There are a number of ways that I’m not too happy about this, and I eagerly turn AI off when given the option. However, I’m finding a few tools that are quite useful.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the picture app on my smartphone
I always ignored the image search feature thinking it was invasive AI, until one day I needed something quick. My son asked if I had “those” pics of his motorcycle. “Well yes”, I said, “no problem” … meanwhile thinking what year did I take those photos? As I started scrolling through my thousands of untagged images I got overwhelmed immediately. So I did it, I typed motorcycle, in the search field. Wow, about 20 photos came up instantly, and the ones I wanted were right there.
I think I like this particular use of AI.
New smartphones use artificial intelligence (AI), specifically computer vision and deep learning, to analyze, index, and search through pics in your gallery. This technology runs either on the device or in the cloud to identify objects, faces, and scenes by analyzing patterns, shapes, and textures within your photos.
When you take or save a picture, the phone’s AI immediately goes to work. It scans images, recognizing edges, colour and textures and identifies specific items, like a dog, car, the beach, and people, allowing you to search for these items instantly.
Advanced features will even understand relationships between objects, location and time. You can ask, “What beaches did i visit last year?” or “Show me photos of my dog on the beach,” and the AI understands the relationship between objects, locations, and time.
Of course there is facial recognition which comes in handy. AI can identify human faces and group them. I really liked this feature when it was my sister’s birthday and I wanted to post a pic of her and I.
You can start to go down the rabbit hole of AI being invasive, to no avail, but why not enjoy some of the features that are so freely thrust upon us. Try it.
Customer Service Reps are ready to take your call. They will answer questions, give you details about our limited time promotions, and suggest the best plan and device for you. That’s personal service. Don’t hesitate, these plans may not last for long. Call 519-236-4333.
Channel Previews in March
BBC Earth #378 (Feb 23 to April 26, 2026)
Cartoon Network #302 (Mar 1 to Mar31, 2026)
Cottage Life #247 (Feb 23 to April 26, 2026)
Hollywood Suite #544-547 (March 1 to March 31, 2026)
Makeful #362 (Feb 23 to April 26, 2026)
Slice #329 (Mar 1 to Mar31, 2026)
Smithsonian #376 (Feb 23 to April 26, 2026)