Posted by Brian Schultz

Northern Manitoba has been in the spotlight lately — first with NBC making the voyage, and now Canada’s own Rick Mercer is checking it out.
Mercer visits the annual Trappers’ Festival in tonight’s episode, and pulls his expected shenanigans when he takes a dog sled through the Tim Hortons drive-thru.
“The Rick Mercer Report” [...]

Posted by Brian Schultz

The CBC reality TV show “Dragons’ Den” is hoping Winnipeg turns up the next million dollar idea.
The show’s 2010 audition tour is hitting the road to stop in over 40 cities with an emphasis on finding “green” and eco-friendly inventions and ideas.
Similar to the ABC show “American Inventor,” the Canadian version features [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein

Canada’s three major television networks will broadcast a benefit show tonight in support of Haiti.
“Canada for Haiti” will air at 9 p.m. CT on CBC, CTV and Global TV, and feature dozens of Canadian actors and musicians.
Ryan Reynolds, William Shatner, Pamela Anderson, Eugene Levy, Will Arnett and Sarah Oh are just a [...]

Winnipeg-based Nygard International is going after the CBC over coverage the network did of a recent grand opening of one its stores in New York.
The fashion designer recently wanted to raise its profile in the United States and opened up a location in Manhattan. For the grand opening, only a select few media outlets were [...]

A waiter at a restaurant in Vancouver actually got this ink done to his forearm.

As the CBC blog states, “Steve Pratt, the head of CBC Radio 3, was out for dinner last night at a restaurant in Vancouver. He was wearing one of those retro CBC logo t-shirts, and as Pratt says “my waiter casually [...]

No, the CBC flag isn’t flying higher than the Canadian flag on purpose — it was just a windy day on Wednesday. The strong winds tore the top ring off the flag atop the broadcaster’s building on Portage Avenue causing it to turn upside down.
Meteorologist John Sauder is on the roof enough doing weather hits [...]

On the day when most television shows began their new season, including the premiere of “The Jay Leno Show”, CBC launched a spiffy new video portal on Monday.
The CBC blog promoted the portal as being, “Tailored for longer video viewing. The clips are high quality and often full episodes, unlike the shorter clips that you [...]

CBC Manitoba has opened up voting to help choose names for the peregrine falcon chicks in downtown Winnipeg.
Both male chicks and a female need names. Some of the possibilities for the males include Boxer, Neo, Cam, Shaw, Ty and Tupper, and Vesper, Una and Addy for the female.
Voting runs until Wednesday, July 8 at midnight.
To [...]

The Falcon Cam located on the Radisson Hotel in downtown Winnipeg has surpassed a million page views on the CBC website.
Princess and Trey, a pair of peregrine falcons, have been nesting on a ledge of the hotel for the last few years. Viewers have been tuning in to watch their daily activities, as well as [...]

Last night at around 6:30 p.m. I happened to be watching the Falcon Cam in downtown Winnipeg when I noticed the mother Peregrine fly away for a couple minutes. Upon her return she had a bird in her mouth, which she then proceeded to rip apart for her babies to eat. That’s when I started [...]

Posted by Sarah Klein

Two peregrine falcons that nest each year on a ledge at Winnipeg’s downtown Radisson Hotel have returned. Princess and Trey nested on the ledge last year, but unfortunately their three little chicks drowned in a heavy rainfall last June. (see video of the dramatic rescue)
Three more chicks have hatched this year, and [...]

CBC’s Radio-Canada was in the wrong when it aired an assassination joke in regards to U.S. President Barack Obama, an industry panel ruled on Monday.
The New Year’s Eve “Bye Bye” comedy French-language program generated over 200 complaints due to its racist remarks. “We’re not racists. It will be good to have a Negro in the [...]