Jul 5 2020 — NBC News — Rapper Kanye West marked the Fourth of July holiday with a major announcement regarding his plan to run for president this year. “We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future,” Kanye, 43, tweeted on Saturday evening. “I am running for president of the United States!” […]
Jul 2 2020 — ABC News — Hugh Downs, the genial, versatile broadcaster who became one of television’s most familiar and welcome faces with more than 15,000 hours on news, game and talk shows, has died at age 99. Downs died of natural causes at his home in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Wednesday, said his great-niece, Molly Shaheen. “The Guinness Book of World […]
Jul 2 2020 — The Canadian Press — The Toronto Blue Jays will train for the upcoming season at Rogers Centre, the team announced Thursday. The Blue Jays, the lone MLB team north of the Canada-U.S. border, had to ask for special permission from the Canadian government to use their Toronto stadium during the COVID-19 pandemic. Training camps are set to begin around […]
Jul 1 2020 — Global News — The NHL is leaning towards Edmonton and Toronto as the final picks for the two hub cities for playoffs, according to a TSN insider. On Twitter, Bob McKenzie, who is one of TSN’s most long-standing and well-known personalities, said that the league will pick Toronto and Edmonton.
Jun 30 2020 — Rob Gillies, The Associated Press — TORONTO — The Ontario government says the necessity of frequent travel between the U.S. and Canada is the complicating factor holding up approval for Major League Baseball to play in Toronto amid the coronavirus pandemic. Lisa Anne MacLeod, Ontario’s Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport, said MLB's plan is more difficult to approve because all […]
Jun 30 2020 — Associated Press — Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a “second banana” to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy’s front ranks as creator of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and straight man to Mel Brooks’ “2000 Year Old Man,” has died, according to reports. He was 98. Reiner, who was […]
Jun 29 2020 — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays appear one step closer to being able to train at Rogers Centre for the upcoming season. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday that "municipal, provincial and federal health folks" have given the team the OK, but they are still awaiting a letter of support from the federal government. The Blue Jays, the […]
Jun 29 2020 — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The Cirque du Soleil, whose aerobatic shows have been halted by COVID-19, has filed for creditor protection while it develops a plan to restart its business. The company says it will seek court protection from creditors under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act at a hearing Tuesday at Quebec Superior Court. Cirque du Soleil […]
Jun 25 2020 — CBC — CBC News host Wendy Mesley has been disciplined after an internal investigation found she used “offensive language on two separate occasions during editorial meetings,” both the host and CBC confirmed Thursday. The first incident took place last fall, according to a statement from Chuck Thompson, CBC’s head of public affairs, “while discussing a book title, […]
Jun 24 2020 — Canadify — As temperatures rise across the country, Netflix Canada is turning up the heat with a slew of new releases for the month of July 2020.
Jun 24 2020 — Global News — Donald Trump‘s former national security advisor John Bolton made an appearance on the Late Show on Tuesday evening to promote his tell-all memoir The Room Where it Happened, but things took an awkward turn when host Stephen Colbert condemned the “international negotiator” for being “naive” enough to ever work with the U.S. president. In the […]
Jun 24 2020 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Another push is underway to rename a southwestern Montreal metro station in honour of Canadian jazz great Oscar Peterson, but city officials say they aren't ready to go that route. Nearly 12 years after a grassroots attempt to see Lionel-Groulx station renamed fell short, Naveed Hussain — a resident of the Montreal borough where […]
Jun 23 2020 — ABC News — Adult film star Ron Jeremy was charged with raping three women and sexually assaulting a fourth, Los Angeles County prosecutors said Tuesday. Jeremy, 67, whose real name is Ron Jeremy Hyatt, was charged with three counts each of forcible rape and forcible penetration by a foreign object and one count each of forcible oral copulation […]
Jun 23 2020 — Associated Press — Novak Djokovic tested positive for the coronavirus on Tuesday after taking part in a tennis exhibition series he organized in Serbia and Croatia. The top-ranked Serb is the fourth player to test positive for the virus after first playing in Belgrade and then again last weekend in Zadar, Croatia. His wife also tested positive. “The […]
Jun 22 2020 — Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Like other TV networks Citytv is facing a severe shortage of fresh content due to COVID-19 pandemic shutdowns, but among the key new titles it did manage to snag for its fall and winter lineup is a comedy series based on the childhood of Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson. The 2020/2021 schedule has just four new shows and 21 […]