VANCOUVER–Some times the news comes to you.That’s exactly what happened last spring when those hockey hooligans tore up downtown Vancouver in the wake of the Canuck’s Stanley Cup loss. I had the point driven home to me Tuesday during a quick tour of the CBC British Columbia Broadcast Centre and newsroom. (Thanks to CBC BC
Dragon’s Den billionaire Kevin O’Leary in the slammer? The busy TV host tells the story in this clip shot at CBC’s Winter Press Launch in Toronto last Friday. He spent 12-and-a-half hours in a holding cell in a Chatham, Ont., prison while researching his upcoming CBC reality series Redemption, Inc. The series finds O’Leary and
Statue of Terry Fox waves goodbye to fans at B.C. Place VANCOUVER–Where did all the people go?That’s what I was asking as I walked around B.C. Place today, one day after the sold out stadium with the thorny new lid played host to the 99th Annual Grey Cup. (I’m on the Left coast to visit
When are all those good ol’ Christmas specials on? Get that question a lot this time of year.Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, ABC airs a timeless classic from 45 years ago: Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas. The 1966 offering is still the gold standard for animated Christmas specials, with two 20th century masters
Good grief! Has it really been 46 years since A Charlie Brown Christmas premiered? A trio of evergreen Christmas specials are celebrated today in an article I wrote in The Saturday Star. I was asked to try and sum up their enduring appeal. Several theories are shared.Certainly, for a boomer who saw them all the
Mr. D star Gerry Dee CBC invited a bunch of us down to the bunker Friday to interview the stars of their new and returning shows at their Winter press junket in Toronto. They’ll do it all again Tuesday in Vancouver. January is a big deal to the public broadcaster. A check of the ratings
Scott Thompson at CHML got a big kick out of me “hobnobbing” with the Prime Minister during that Murdoch Mysteries location shoot in Ottawa Wednesday. I report that Stephen Harper was very friendly, accommodating and gracious–he could play a winning social game on Survivor, I’m thinkin’.Scott wanted to know the details of the security check