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Forty years ago tonight, Fox made late night the centerpiece of its plan to launch a fourth broadcast network—and put Joan Rivers at the center of it.

David Eby losing election to TBD

This is important. Republicans have vastly more cash available to defend incumbents in Trump states/districts to remind voters that they dislike Democrats than Democrats have to expand the field.

#Breaking: Lloyd Robertson, one of Canada’s most recognizable news anchors, dies at 92

Kiva's generation rebuilt their lives on the promise that Canada was different. Canadian Jews increasingly fear it no longer is. The violence only stops when antisemitism stops being a hatred too many have decided they can live with, ignore, or explain away.

Canada upgrades warning to travellers to U.S. of diarrhea-causing illness outbreak

Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and Count Von Count during the World Cup halftime show.

Help us wish Rachel Robinson a happy 104th birthday! With grace, dignity and unsurpassed spirit, our 2017 Buck O’Neil Lifetime Achievement Award winner has been a devoted advocate for equality in baseball and beyond.

We've lost a Blue Jays legend

England hasn't won the World Cup since the Maple Leafs won the Stanley cup. It's a complicated curse

on this day in 1799 the "Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign." This Stone was a key to translation of Egyptian hieroglyphs, "unlocking 3,000 years of lost history and culture."

[January 4th, 1981] The Frankenstein Broadway play that opened at the Palace Theatre closed immediately after its single performance. This lavish $2 million production faced scathing reviews for its stilted script, despite its impressive technical effects.

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Palm Beach International Airport in Florida is now President Donald J. Trump International Airport. The name change, approved earlier this year, took effect on Thursday, the FAA said. nyti.ms/4wzrY8o

CTV News in Türkiye: Erdogan gave pistols as gifts to NATO leaders. Carney turned his over to the RCMP

I heard Biden was old

They let me out of the Khia Asylum to write about Lizzo, flop eras, and how the late-stage attention economy has created a new kind of downward mobility. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Canada will compete in the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest, the country’s national broadcaster said on Wednesday.

I don't think Democrats should eat their own on a day when the GOP has reaffirmed its monstrous contempt for this country in multiple ways, but it's fair to look very hard at who is and isn't up to this moment in word, because it's a good indicator of who is and isn't up to it in deed.

[June 29th, 1986] Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets, is bringing his signature blend of live action and animation to the film Labyrinth. The article traces his career from The Muppet Show to his fantasy work in The Dark Crystal. His puppets continue to be a major part of his legacy.

A reminder on Mel Brooks' birthday that Blazing Saddles, "the movie you couldn't make today" is one of the wokest hit movies of the 1970s

Lin-Manuel Miranda took a roadtrip with his son to visit a 17,400-pound ball of twine in Darwin, Minn. The sculpture once held a Guinness world record and was referenced in a "Weird Al" Yankovic song.

I’ve got a piece in the @nytimes.com this morning about the court’s appalling decision allowing the administration to terminate TPS without following the legally required steps - & in the face of considerable evidence of unconstitutional racial bias www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/o...

Have they looked … anywhere?

While many of you are likely yelling GO KNICKS I'm yelling RIP ROBERT MUELLER

[May 30th, 1986] This week's Radio and Records charts

An American team has won the Grey Cup more recently than a Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup #NHL

Twenty years ago, Guy Goma went to interview for an IT job and wound up live on the BBC. What came next was familiar to anyone who has been unprepared at work.

Thanks @shawnmicallef.bsky.social for calling out Toronto's #LPC MP's for not defending our city's stake in the future of Billy Bishop Airport. I already e-mailed my new MP (Danielle Martin) & encourage other Torontonials to contact their MP's too. #cdnpoli #NoJetsTO www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

OPEC+ man I can't keep up with all these streaming services

RT @CourtHeelsCP24: Going on 10+ hours of Toronto fire crews pouring water on Drake’s ice structure. @Toronto_Fire made the call to melt ic…

Gonna be a lot of people whose last words are "Is...that...Nicole Kidman?!"

Contrary to the Twitter stereotype about this place, Bluesky is leaving Sabrina Carpenter alone. X is giving her a hard time

A new It Happened in Hollywood features the delightful Henry Thomas revealing all about playing Elliott and the making of 1982's E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL. (We talk about the Atari game!) www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

How Canadian producer J. Miles Dale, Guillermo del Toro's most trusted collaborator, helped turn Toronto into a monster of a movie industry. www.theglobeandmail.com/culture/film...

Ella Langley’s smash is the rare country track to cross over simply because it’s a great song. slate.trib.al/V7dYjKx

Gunshots fired at two more Toronto synagogues last night. When relentless antisemitic incidents garner little more than performative tweets from leaders, dismissal as over-reporting, or justifications of “it’s antizionism not antisemitism”, this violent escalation is the inevitable result.

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We are being scolded for using the term "gay" to describe a congresswoman who calls herself "gay" on her official government homepage. We are also being told that relying on such a source is "irrelevant" and that we should instead use other terms the congresswoman does not use on her homepage.

NEW: House votes to overturn President Trump's tariffs on Canada after six Republicans side with nearly all Democrats to rebuke one pillar of the president's trade agenda

Sources tell the LA Times that Mayor Karen Bass directed changes to the Palisades fire after-action report that softened criticism of the city’s response — contradicting her public statements.