From the Edmonton Journal:

Poll: Which classic Canadian television show would you most like to see back on the air?
Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds escaped without injury after being hit by a car in the parking lot of Vancouver’s Shangri-La Hotel last weekend. Reynolds has not spoken publicly about the incident, but when a CBC producer asked him to get in touch, Reynolds responded with a tweet that said: “Put Beachcombers back on the air and I’ll call.” Which Canadian television show would you like to see back on the air? Continue reading.

From Marian Scott of the Montreal Gazette:

Canadian filmmaker Paul Almond dies at age 83
Canadian film legend Paul Almond, creator of the Seven Up! British documentary series and author of the Alford novels, has died in Malibu, Calif., at age 83. He died of heart disease Thursday, about 10 days after being admitted to hospital.

“After a graceful, thoughtful and tenacious fight, Paul made his transition, surrounded by his family,” his son Matthew Almond said.

News of his death spread quickly in the Gaspé region, where Almond had deep roots and lived part of the year in an ancestral home in Shigawake. Continue reading.

From Ed Conroy of BlogTO:

The 10 weirdest Toronto kid’s shows of all time
Every generation has a slate of local kids TV shows that seem to transcend the medium, and not always in a good way. Although Toronto has never produced anything as truly bananas as Teletubbies or Boohbah in modern times, we pretty much owned the genre in the 1980s after unleashing an avalanche of utterly loopy kids programs onto an unsuspecting public – the effects of which probably still keep a fair amount of Psychiatrists busy today. Continue reading.