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A new sports channel operated by Rogers Communications may be coming to the tube soon. The CRTC approved an application for the broadcaster to operate Rogers’ Mainstream Sports Specialty Service.
The license runs to August 31, 2016, and states the channel can carry no more than 12 minutes of commercials per hour. All [...]

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” [...]

As part of NBC’s Olympic coverage, the U.S. network travelled across the country to find stories from various Canadian provinces. One of those stories comes from Churchill, Manitoba and features the life of northern sled dogs — particularly, Isobel, a blind Siberian husky-malamute cross we told you about earlier this month.
The segment aired Thursday morning [...]

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The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) says it plans to shut down by June 1
The industry trade group has been in operation for more than 80 years and acts on behalf of the Canadian radio and television industry to lobby the Canadian government.
Closure of the CAB comes as members clash on the [...]

Comedian Stephen Colbert has made his way to Vancouver. The U.S. talk show host arrived Wednesday to cheers and throngs of Canadians waiting to see him.
The U.S. speed skating team has recruited Colbert as their “assistant team psychologist,” but the real reason he’s at the games is to film his show, “The Colbert Report.”
Known for [...]

The phone hasn’t stopped ringing at Winnipeg-based Frontiers North Adventures after being featured on NBC Monday night.
The Manitoba tour operator was part of the network’s Winter Olympic coverage highlighting Frontiers North’s Tundra Buggy Adventure in Churchill.
Over 20 million viewers watched the U.S. television network’s Olympic coverage Monday night, driving thousands of people to Frontiers North’s [...]

Calling on actors. Filmmaker Rueben Martell will be hosting a workshop in Winnipeg on how to act for the camera on Saturday, March 6. Martell has assisted with such productions as, “Rabbit Fall,” “Corner Gas,” and “Moccasin Flats.” The workshop will show aspiring actors what a director does when directing an actor on set. Martell [...]

Legendary “CTV National News” anchor Lloyd Robertson was rumoured to be retiring after the 2010 Vancouver Olympics wrap up in a few weeks. According to a blog post on Macleans.ca Tuesday morning — that sourced former CTV reporter David Akin — Robertson was to meet with CTV brass on March 3 to resign.
But Tuesday afternoon, [...]

This Sunday’s episode of “The Simpsons” on Fox will have a major Canadian connection, as Homer and the gang head north to check out the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games (fictionally, of course.)
Winnipeg radio host Jeremy Bradley spoke to one of the show’s producers, Al Jean, about the upcoming episode, and the numerous references to [...]

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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 [...]

A powerful snow storm hammered parts of the U.S. over the weekend, with Washington, D.C. taking the brunt of it. The thought of “14 to 22 inches of snow” — dubbed ‘Snowmageddon’ — was too much for this AccuWeather.com weatherman to handle.
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The house used in the exterior shot in the opening credits of the popular 90’s sitcom “Full House” is on the market.
According to NBC Bay Area, the San Francisco Victorian-style pad is going for a whopping $4-million U.S. As Uncle Jesse would say, “Have mercy!”
But the sale doesn’t come without some debate. There’s [...]