Samantha Bee Sitcom ‘The Ambassador’ Toplines CBC’s Latest Slate

Samantha Bee will play Canada’s unorthodox ambassador to Bulgaria in a comedy for pubcaster the CBC. The Ambassador was announced this morning at CBC’s upfront, along with new series from the exec producer of Cardinal and Snowpiercer, and the creators of Norsemen and producers of Lilyhammer and Letterkenny, and a drama based on hockey star […]

Pagan Community Notes: Week of May 21, 2026

In this week’s Pagan Community Notes: Tactical Nuclear Penguins as well as some unexpected Eurovision moments with witchy vibes, the National Secular Society weighs in on events in Kent, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation explores the resurgence of witchcraft in Canada, plus Star’s Tarot of the Week.

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The Risk Question Inside CBC’s Counting Coup Prank Show Dispute

CBC is now facing a credibility problem created outside its newsroom, after a prank-style entertainment project used false pretences to bring critics of residential-school narratives into filmed interviews and triggered demands for accountability from Conservative MPs. The project at the centre of the dispute is Counting Coup (Northland Tales), listed by the Indigenous Screen Office […]

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Hit Sitcom Airing on The CW To End After Season 5, Co-Creator Issues Statement

A beloved CBC comedy that found a stateside home on The CW will soon bid farewell to audiences. The show’s co-creator confirmed the upcoming fifth season will serve as the series’ final chapter. Mark Critch has revealed that upcoming fifth season of Son of a Critch will be its last Mark Critch announced on Instagram that the fifth season of Son of a Critch will be […]

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Canada’s CBC & BBC Northern Ireland Are ‘Committed’ To Comedy Starring Dustin Milligan & Diona Doherty

EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s CBC and BBC Northern Ireland have greenlit Committed, a ten-part comedy co-production starring Schitt’s Creek actor Dustin Milligan and Derry Girls‘ Diona Doherty. The series will follow Milligan as Canadian Peter Hooley (Schitt’s Creek, Hot Frosty) as a recently divorced accountant who falls head over heels for Northern Irish woman Julie Johnston, played […]

Kismet’s Manpreet Dhaliwal is a BCBusiness 30 Under 30 Honouree

Kismet Estate Winery’s Manpreet Dhaliwal Named to the BCBusiness 30 Under 30 Class of 2026 Canada’s first and only South Asian female head winemaker recognized for leadership shaping Kismet’s next chapter in the South Okanagan Kismet Estate Winery announces that Head Winemaker Manpreet Dhaliwal has been named a BCBusiness 30 Under 30 honouree, recognizing British Columbia’s emerging leaders ...…

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LISTEN: Kenny Albert’s call of USA win, CBC’s call of Canada heartbreak

For the first time since the “Miracle on Ice” in 1980 and the third time in history, the United States men’s hockey team has won the Olympic gold medal. Jack Hughes scored the golden goal in overtime to give the USA a 2-1 win over Canada in the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Sunday. Read more...

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Wayne Gretzky wants Canada to win gold despite relationship with Donald Trump

Wayne Gretzky might not be as popular as he once was in Canada amid his relationship with Donald Trump, but he’s still rooting for his home country at the Olympics. Appearing on the CBC broadcast of Canada’s men’s hockey semifinal Friday, host James Duthie asked Gretzky about being pulled into the country’s recently heightened tensions Read more...

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Synthetic Minds | Exo-Computing: When Intelligence Leaves the Grid

Alphabet just financed AI like a century-long utility; SpaceX is trying to run AI above the grid entirely. If orbital data centers become real, terrestrial hyperscale risks stranded capex and utilities lose anchor tenants. Exo-Computing makes judgment—not compute—the scarce asset.

Netflix Buys ‘Lord Of The Flies’ As Sony Secures Glut Of Deals For Jack Thorne Drama

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has bagged the U.S. rights to Jack Thorne’s Lord of the Flies TV adaptation. It’s a major acquisition for Netflix, as several potential buyers were thought to be keen on the buzzy drama series, which comes from Sony-owned Eleven Film and Thorne’s One Shoe Films and is for the BBC in the UK […]

CBC Gem crashes due to Canadians using it

TORONTO – With record numbers of Canadians viewing the Winter Olympic Games on CBC Gem, the streaming platform experienced several outages due to what’s being called “an unprecedented number of people actually willing to watch something on it.” The first reported outage came after 814,000 Canadians attempted to watch the Games’ Opening Ceremonies, breaking the […]

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