World War Two historian and author David O’Keefe to pointed out an interesting irony the other day on Facebook. Tonight’s Juno Awards are airing on June 6 — the anniversary of the allies landing at Juno Beach as part of D-Day invasion. Now it is D-Day for Canada’s quarantined music industry given how many times
Reports of the SCTV/Scorsese documentary’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. The good news was confirmed Thursday by a spokesperson from Insight, the Toronto production house that shot the 2018 SCTV cast reunion. “The project has not been shelved, just delayed due to Mr. Scorsese’s other production commitments.” A few days ago, original SCTV writer-performer Joe
Tonight, Thursday, Oct. 22, marks the sixth season premiere of CBC’s Battle of the Blades. “I’m just sick that it’s also the night of the presidential debate,” says Ron MacLean, back as host of Battle of the Blades (a job he’ll share this time with singer-actress Keshia Chante). “I don’t know how you don’t watch
This Tuesday’s episode of The Amazing Race Canada finds the remaining six teams running through what’s become known as Canada’s Silicon Valley — the Kitchener-Waterloo region of Southwest Ontario. That was close enough for me to drive over to from Brampton as I joined a few other journalists last May during production on this, the
The oldest teammate ever on The Amazing Race Canada was eliminated Tuesday night. Gilles Miron, a 65-year-old grandfather from Sunderland, Ont., was eliminated on the third leg of the race along with his 20-year-old grandson Sean after running afoul of the dreaded (and newly introduced) “Double Blind One Way.” Much of Tuesdays’ race was run
This Friday, production wraps on Season Three of The Great Canadian Baking Show. The competition series will now simmer in post production until it returns as part of CBC’s fall lineup. Earlier this week, I visited the big Baking tent on the lush grounds of The Canadian Film Centre in Toronto and spoke with new
This week, CTV released the names of the 20 people participating in the seventh edition of The Amazing Race Canada. The nation’s most popular summer show returns Tuesday, July 2 on CTV. The ten new teams are as follows: Aarthy & Thinesh: Aarthy Ketheeswaran, 25, and Thinesh Kumarakulasingam, 28, are described as a competitive and
Go Brampton! We’ve finally got one of our own to cheer for as The Amazing Race Canada returns in a brand new “Heroes Edition.” Teams were announced this week with the series premiering Tuesday, July 3 on CTV and CTV GO. Ever since it launched, TARC has been the most-watched home-grown series in Canada and