CBC Manitoba has four openings in its Winnipeg newsroom for three English reporters/editors and an associate producer. The broadcaster posted the full-time jobs Tuesday afternoon on its website. One of the reporter/editor positions is only temporary, while the others are of regular status. To view the individual postings, select “Current Openings” and then choose Winnipeg [...]

Funny man Rick Mercer invaded Canwest Park on Saturday to try his hand at becoming the next player on the Winnipeg Goldeyes. As you can likely guess, it didn’t go so well. The host of the popular CBC television show “The Rick Mercer Report” was in Winnipeg with a film crew to learn everything from [...]

Former Winnipeg radio host Larry Updike is going back to the profession he knows best — radio. CBC announced Thursday morning that Updike will be joining CBC Radio One 89.3 FM effective September 7. Updike will act as the new host of “Up to Speed.” Since leaving CJOB last summer, Updike has acted as the [...]

The wet weather didn’t dampen the spirits of over 120 people who came out to participate in the Play On! street hockey tournament on Saturday. Teams lined Memorial Boulevard downtown bright and early, but had to wait a few hours until face-off. A heavy downpour delayed game play until after noon, with many of the [...]

Posted by Tyler Sutherland The made in Manitoba movie examining the life of former hockey player and current commentator, Don Cherry, will air this weekend on CBC. “Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story” is a two-part series, which was the idea of Don’s son, Tim Cherry. Don Cherry has gone on record [...]

Attention CreCommers: The CBC is hiring. The television network posted the open position for a videojournalist in Winnipeg on Tuesday. One of the qualifications lists being open to being on air, so if you were thinking of taking your face for radio to behind the camera, you may be in front of it, too. With [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]