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Tonight: Air Farce New Year’s Eve, The Big Picture

Air Farce New Year’s Eve, CBC
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau gives his thumbs-up to the year’s biggest movies; YouTube superstar Lilly Singh (Superwoman) avoids her parents’ New Year’s Eve curfew; Heartland star Amber Marshall saves the ranch from the path of the Keystone pipeline; and it’s all downhill when Canadian Olympic heroes Maxime, Chloé, and Justine Dufour-Lapointe introduce their fourth skiing sister. Jon Montgomery stars in The Amazing Race’s new spin-off, where Canada’s political leaders run for office—literally—with special appearances by this summer’s winners, Mickey Henry and Pete Schmalz, as well as celebrity chef Vikram Vij from Dragons’ Den. Singing sensation Nikki Yanofsky takes part in the annual dropping of the infamous F-Bomb.

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Comedian Ron James weighs in on the year that was – the fall of Rob Ford, the rise of Netflix, and the sequel no one saw coming, Iraq 2: The Redeployment. He looks at World Cup madness, reporting news in the era of “click bait,” and his well-meaning but doomed attempts to “take time for mindfulness” while keeping half a dozen plates in the air at the daily circus of multi-tasking.

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Link: It’s F-Bombs away for Air Farce New Year’s Eve

From Bill Brioux:

It takes a whole year — and a couple of new cast members — to make an Air Farce New Year’s Eve special. The holiday favourite returns with the 2014 year-ender Wednesday at 8 p.m. on CBC.

After 40 years, the Farce has earned its wings as Canada’s longest-running comedy troupe. While the weekly series has been grounded since 2008, the New Year’s show continues to be a hit with Canadians, with last year’s effort the highest-rated yet, drawing over 1.5 million viewers.

Joining founding members Don Ferguson and Luba Goy this New Year’s are “second generation” players who date back to the series days: Craig Lauzon, Alan Park and Penelope Corrin. Continue reading.

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Video: Canadians aim to get healthy with CBC’s Play Exchange

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.

 

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