From CBC:
CBC is holding a national challenge called The Play Exchange. Six different groups of Canadians have six cool ideas to help get our country active and healthy. The groups are competing for up to one millions dollars, and your votes decide the winner. In this clip, Trish Stratus (former WWE superstar) explains the idea she’s backing – Healthy Schools: Putting Students First. Check out all of the groups and their ideas.
From Jim Bawden:
I usually get to interview Ron James once a year when his TV series comes back on CBC. And once is enough for me –the guy is wickedly funny and once my ribs hurt a bit after a nonstop telephone chat filled with his joking.
This year it’s different.
James’s well liked series is gone from CBC-TV because a new administration is trying to remake the schedule to its own liking. Continue reading.
The bulk of this week’s comments had to do with the results of our year-end poll where Lost Girl came out on top as your Favourite Canadian TV Show of 2014.Â
You name some great shows. Have you tried watching Lost Girl? And Big Brother is the same American or Canadian and supports us Canadians. The point of these polls is so we can get Canadian shows out there so people are like, “I’m going I binge on this Canadian show.”–Chelsea
Canadian dramas are not glitzy like most U.S. shows, but that’s what’s great about them. I watch most–Heartland, Blackstone, Arctic Air etc.–it’s like I’m walking out my front door and right into them … real, believable people. Heartland is at times is a bit “corny” but if it doesn’t bring a tear to your eye, you’re not human!–John
And a few fans had something to say about the most recent episode of Saving Hope too.
I find it hard to believe that Joel fought hard for Alex all this time and when he had her, he messed up like that. I know Daniel Gillies is juggling two shows but it was unbelievable. They should have found another way to break them up.–Evelyn
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From Tara Deschamps:
After eight seasons of hearing zany and clever pitches from entrepreneurs hoping to make it big with products dreamed up in basements and garages across the nation, the stars of CBC show Dragons’ Den know a good idea when they see it.
The hit show features five self-made millionaires who listen to pitches from wannabe tycoons soliciting dollars for a slice of their companies. Continue reading.
From Joanna Adams:
Canadians are hungry for reality TV, apparently. In fact, their appetite is pretty ravenous.
For the second year in a row, “The Amazing Race Canada” is the most-watched Canadian TV show in the country. Its sophomore season went international, scored an average rating of 2.8 million weekly viewers for CTV, and casting for its new edition is under way. Meanwhile, “Big Brother Canada 2” was such a big smash for Slice, its next installment will go prime time (for the first time) on sister station Global in 2015. Continue reading.
