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Peter Menzies: Canada's broadcasters are still waiting for their Trudeau-era panacea Forcing U.S. streamers to subsidize the domestic industry via the CRTC was a bad idea three years ago, and likely a doomed one now

Remember the Online Streaming Act? #cdnpoli #streaming

Global News’ Ben Mulroney Shared a Video of Airstrikes. The Footage is Actually from a Video Game. The host of Global News’ West Block gets lost in a misinformation-driven fog of war as American and Israeli forces strike Iran

Oops... share.google/6tP4fHfMzOBl...

FIS aims to quash penis-enlargement sideshow, but science makes sense World skiing's governing body has moved swiftly to quash talk of ski jumpers injecting their penises with paraffin or hyaluronic acid to gain a competitive edge, but scientists and ski jumpers at the ...

Talk about #BDE www.reuters.com/sports/fis-a... #Olympics #MilanoCortina2026

Steven Spielberg Achieves EGOT Status After Landing First Grammy Win The filmmaker won for producing the 'Music By John Williams' film.

#StevenSpielberg getting #EGOT status was not on my 2026 Bingo card Steven share.google/ahqpMOhJGF6Q... #Grammys

Don Lemon arrested by federal authorities after protest at Minnesota church service Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a Friday post on X that Lemon was arrested alongside three others "in connection with the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota."

An #ICE pastor? That's a thing? www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... #DonLemon #immigration

U.S. ICE agents to support security at Milano-Cortina Olympics, stirring anger in Italy | CBC Sports U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will have a security role during the upcoming  Milan Cortina Winter Games , according to information shared with local media by sources at the U.S. Emba...

#ICE does realize it doesn't have the authority to deport people in #Italy, right? #uspoli #olympics www.cbc.ca/sports/olymp...

Air Canada says crew member was trapped in cargo hold of flight from Toronto Pearson A crew member of a recent Air Canada flight from Toronto to Moncton, N.B. was accidentally locked in the cargo hold before the plane took off.

Trapped in the cargo hold and didn't even get a free flight out of it... #AirCanada

The same firm ran a campaign to save CBC — and Canada Proud's push to defund it “It's like the Trump administration promoting Biden in an ad campaign,” said Ahmed Al-Rawi, Director of the Disinformation Project at Simon Fraser University. “This is unreal, like science fiction.”

Well, that's awkward...

McDonald’s hit by suit claiming McRib sandwich didn’t have real rib meat in it McDonald's faces class-action lawsuit alleging McRib sandwich misleads customers about ingredients. Four plaintiffs claim no actual rib meat used.

Think smaller, think more legs... www.chicagostarmedia.com/trending_new... #mcdonalds #mcrib

That #StrangerThings denouement was a third of the episode. That's way too fucking long. And yet, still no #JusticeForBarb!

Andre De Grasse, Nardwuar among 80 new appointments to the Order of Canada | CBC News Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has announced 80 appointments to the Order of Canada — a list that includes Olympians, journalists, Indigenous leaders and doctors.

It's odd to me that Olympic track star Andre De Grasse and Nardwuar the Human Serviette would get the Order of Canada in the same year.
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The cultural works becoming public domain in 2026, from Betty Boop to Nancy Drew The original Betty Boop, the first four Nancy Drew books and Greta Garbo's first talkie are among the many works from 1930 that will be free to use, share and remake starting on Jan. 1.

Boop boop be doop... www.npr.org/2025/12/26/n...

Annette Dionne, last of the famed Canadian quintuplets, dies at 91 | CBC News After she and her siblings were taken from their parents in the 1930s and put on display for tourists, Annette Dionne became a champion of children's rights. She died on Christmas Eve, according to Th...

The last of the Dionne quintuplets is dead and I blame you!
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Kadeem Hardison, Jasmine Guy, Cree Summer & Darryl M. Bell To Reprise Roles In ‘A Different World’ Sequel Series Netflix's 'A Different World' sequel series casts Kadeem Hardison, Jasmine Guy, Cree Summer and Daryl M. Bell reprising their roles from the OG show.

Dwayne Wayne! deadline.com/2025/12/a-di...

Paramount Developing Grady Hendrix Novella ‘BadAsstronauts’ For Film A 'BadAsstronauts' movie, based on Grady Hendrix's novella, is in development at Paramount, Deadline can report exclusively.

I like #GradyHendrix but it's an odd choice to option deadline.com/2025/12/bada...

#StarTrek needs to do a live-action Star Base 80 series! #LowerDecks

Tom Stoppard Dies: Oscar-Winning ‘Shakespeare in Love’ Writer Was 88 Tom Stoppard, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of 'Shakespeare in Love' and 5x Tony-winning playwright, has died. He was 88.

He was a great playwright.

'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine | CBC News In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact.

Oops... #uspoli #cdnpoli #Time #Beaverton

Weekend Update: Kevin Nealon on the All-Drug Olympics - SNL YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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Enhanced Games to offer performance enhancers ... and stock ... to the public The Enhanced Games is going public in two ways — with a new listing on the Nadsaq stock exchange and also by offering a direct-to-consumer business focused on performance products.

Reminds me of the All-Drugs Olympics...

Nobel laureate Han Kang's first nonfiction book in English to be released next spring Nobel laureate Han Kang's first nonfiction book in English, “Light and Thread,” is set for release next spring.

Cool.

Microsoft's ambitious new Xbox: Your entire Xbox console library, the full power of Windows PC gaming, and no multiplayer paywall The new Xbox platform is said to be a "premium" experience, and now we have some details on what it'll look like.

The next #xbox sounds like fun www.windowscentral.com/gaming/xbox/...

Having watched the latest episode of #TheLowdown, I am totally onboard for a buddy pic starring #EthanHawke and #PeterDinklage

It still bothers me that Keith David and David Keith have never been in a movie together. But they're both still alive. #MakeItHappenHollywood

Trump says he will send troops to Portland, Oregon, in latest deployment to US cities President Donald Trump says he'll send troops to Portland, Oregon, “authorizing Full Force, if necessary” to handle what he is calling “domestic terrorists.”

'War ravaged Portland'? apnews.com/article/trum...

I just watched a series that has both #AlexanderSiddig and #JamesCallis in it but they don't have any scenes together. And what's really weird is that the internet doesn't seem to care they were in the same show. #Fallen

I keep seeing story after story of so-and-so leaving #SaturdayNightLive but I assume #KenanThompson is staying put. #SNL

PlayStation 5 price changes in the U.S. New prices effective starting on August 21.

It came out in 2020. I guess that makes the #PS5 an antique now.

AOL to end dial-up internet services, a '90s relic still used in some remote areas | CBC News AOL is discontinuing its dial-up service, putting to bed an iconic relic of the early internet era that was immediately recognizable for its beep-laden, scratch-heavy ring tone.

I love how the writer feels the need to reference a Hanks/Ryan romcom to explain what dial-up is
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US is auctioning a seized $325M Russian yacht with 8 state rooms, a helipad, a gym and a spa The United States is auctioning off the $325 million yacht Amadea in the first American sale of a seized Russian luxury ship since the start of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

So he's not going to turn it into Air Cruise One? apnews.com/article/seiz... #uspoli