[manny_santos]

I think Marci Ien is having morning sickness - Dan Matheson is doing the news on Canada AM, and Bev said "Marci had to run off".

Hope everything is good!

[harls]

My husband doesn't feel like he can do anything himself anymore, not until I got him a Premier walk-in bathtub. Yay I can take a bath, but I can still fall down the goddamn stairs or piss my pants. Hey lady, your husband left some floaters in that hermetically sealed, hydrovescent jet supplied thousand dollar tub, better fish them out.

[manny_santos]

My husband doesn't feel like he can do anything himself anymore, not until I got him a Premier walk-in bathtub. Yay I can take a bath, but I can still fall down the goddamn stairs or piss my pants. Hey lady, your husband left some floaters in that hermetically sealed, hydrovescent jet supplied thousand dollar tub, better fish them out.

I really wish CBC News Network would diversify their advertising. I'm home this week as I start a new job next week, and I like watching that channel - except for the advertising. Advertisers are wasting their money advertising this stuff to me. I do not need a Premier Care bathtub, anti-snoring devices, or a CHIP Mortgage.

Perhaps the channel should be re-named Premier Care Channel, featuring headlines from CBC News.

[MolsonExport]

My husband doesn't feel like he can do anything himself anymore, not until I got him a Premier walk-in bathtub. Yay I can take a bath, but I can still fall down the goddamn stairs or piss my pants. Hey lady, your husband left some floaters in that hermetically sealed, hydrovescent jet supplied thousand dollar tub, better fish them out.

:jester:

what about the sinkers?

[vid]

I really wish CBC News Network would diversify their advertising. I'm home this week as I start a new job next week, and I like watching that channel - except for the advertising. Advertisers are wasting their money advertising this stuff to me. I do not need a Premier Care bathtub, anti-snoring devices, or a CHIP Mortgage.

Perhaps the channel should be re-named Premier Care Channel, featuring headlines from CBC News.

I've always wondered what was going on with that channel and its commercials. If cutting CBC funding will force them to air better commercials than I say, bring it on.

[manny_santos]

Finally, all the commercials stuck in our heads rolled into one weird song...

http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/song_details/1260950

[SpikePhanta]

4jgUcxMezM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4jgUcxMezM&feature=aso


Video going viral in Canada to alert younger people about melanoma.

[MolsonExport]

For old times' sake. Still found on radio, from time to time.
VTBtBgMfiqQ

[SpongeG]

CBC community - you can share pics of news in your area

http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2010/05/your-news-share-your-stories-photos-and-video.html

[SpongeG]

does anyone have mobilicity? my friend has it and has nothing but problems, missed calls, late messages, no service, roaming, he can stand on one block and get service and move and block and lose service - it may be cheap but from what he deals and what i have heard/read online it sounds like a crappy service

[harls]

Recent horrible commercials :

- HI I'M SHELLY ALEXANIAN. why does she sound like she has a clothespin on her nose?

- Tim Horton's summer themed commercials: `You complained about how cold it was all winter, you're not allowed to complain about the heat!' Hahaha shut up, twat.

- In Ottawa , 'Donnelly auto credit's no-credit credit program, because sometimes.. you just need a break'. How many times can you say credit in one sentence? and if you are bankrupt, why are you buying a goddamn new car..take the bus you defaulting deadbeat. Or maybe you want to pay for a car for 8 years at twenty percent interest.

[vid]

The "no credit, no money down" used car places are getting out of hand. We have one called "iCar". What a stupid name for a.. anything.

[MolsonExport]

"Hi I'm Bonnie Brooks, President of the Bay"

[manny_santos]

So far this year, I've seen African Lion Safari once. Still awaiting my first Marineland commercial with trepidation.

[Simpseatles]

http://www.reverbnation.com/artist/song_details/1260950

So far this year, I've seen African Lion Safari once. Still awaiting my first Marineland commercial with trepidation.

"Everyone loves Marineland!"
I don't think they have changed their commercials since I was young!

[SpikePhanta]

"Hi I'm Bonnie Brooks, President of the Bay"

That's the one where she speaks about the renovation sale? I hate it, always comes on the radio.

I also hate the lady's voice in the Finish Dishwasher challenge commercial. :yuck:

[MolsonExport]

I fucking HATE Marineland. The park, the commercials, the fugly mascot. Everything. The place is a dump.

mkFn7_3-ALg

I mean, have you seen the Deer Park? A gravel lot with some poor skinny deer trying to evade the sun and the ten thousand fatties (and their tubby brats) with cameras.

[mr.John]

I really wish CBC News Network would diversify their advertising. I'm home this week as I start a new job next week, and I like watching that channel - except for the advertising. Advertisers are wasting their money advertising this stuff to me. I do not need a Premier Care bathtub, anti-snoring devices, or a CHIP Mortgage.

Perhaps the channel should be re-named Premier Care Channel, featuring headlines from CBC News.

They have been running a fairly new commercial for some fly by night phone company. the one with a young dude with his head shaved bald who keeps repeating free free free free (I counted at least 14 time)

[vid]

You can eat the good. You can see the gub. You can squeeze the guud. You can weigh the guuuhd. Ou cun dubl f duhb. Nuhb tuhb fuhb duhb guhb. Mublublublub good.

<shreiky voice>GOOD THINGS GROWWWWWW IN ONTARIOOOOOOOO</shreiky voice>

Fuck, if separating will get these commercials to end, then bring it on. :crazy: Do they not realize that repeating words makes them lose all meaning?

And you know what? Foodland Ontario's print ads are pretty good. But the TV ones make me want to buy Manitoba potatoes. :rolleyes:

[kirjtc2]

All the news channels have the same 10 ads run over and over again.

CBC has Canada Protection Plan, that woman with the Quebec accent talking about dentures, and the low-budget ads from random mining companies boasting about their newly found deposits in some random country in Africa.

Sun has East Side Mario's, the Barter Business guy and Dr. Ho.

[vid]

Is Dr. Ho a gynecologist?

[SpongeG]

use your gift cards today!

Blockbuster Canada to shut locations

June 18 Deadline; Closings will include 140 stores across country

By JAMESON BERKOW, Postmedia News; Financial Post May 25, 2011 3:25 AM


More than onethird of all Blockbuster Canada Co. locations will be permanently shut as of Father's Day weekend, according to multiple reports Tuesday.

The Canadian division of the fallen film and video game rental chain was placed into receivership earlier this month, more than six months after its U.S. parent filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

Grant Thornton Ltd. was appointed receiver, giving the consulting and accounting firm control over the chain's more than 400 locations.

At the time, Grant Thornton said it was seeking court approval to sell the company's assets.

Having been granted approval from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on May 20, the first round of closings was announced Tuesday.

Although the receiver did not specify the exact number of stores on the chopping block and did not return multiple requests for comment, individual store managers told reporters Tuesday the action will include 140 locations across the country.

They gave June 18 as the date when their doors will close.

...

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Blockbuster+Canada+shut+locations/4835219/story.html#ixzz1NME7SHLx

[MolsonExport]

why prolong the agony? who the hell rents films anymore? OK, so they have videogames, but even this market is shrinking as people download games or play on the cloud. There is no viable future for Blockbuster.

[MolsonExport]

GOOD THINGS GROWWWWWW IN ONTARIOOOOOOOO

Worst-ever gov't-sponsored ad in a field with millions of contenders for the badness title.

[vid]

Locally owned video rental places are doing well here. One just opened up a few weeks ago.

[thetallest]

Nice idea. Hope it works.

[SpongeG]

the full length version of the commercial thats is stuck in my head

On6U-kQGBcA

[MolsonExport]

nLTb3G6X3E4


Netflix: please fuck off.
http://bannerfarm.ace.advertising.com/CDN/162479/CAN_SS_011_300250.gif

Looks like the world's most boring movie. Some guy with a pseudo-serious face. I hate these ads.

[mr.John]

What the hell has happened to the national news? all I see is endless stories of the Jets returning to Winnipeg and Canuck's (stupidest name in professional sports)playoff run plus the bonus of the fans of both cities making complete jackasses of themselves on the streets,for the love of god make this series a short one so we can get back to watching real news like the Toronto G8 massacre (OK it wasn't a massacre but a couple of hippies did get roughed up)

[ToxiK]

nLTb3G6X3E4


Netflix: please fuck off.
http://bannerfarm.ace.advertising.com/CDN/162479/CAN_SS_011_300250.gif

Looks like the world's most boring movie. Some guy with a pseudo-serious face. I hate these ads.

We had that one in french too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Cki2ZhC1Go&NR=1


And the much better RBO parody:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1VplItTR3g&feature=related


And the parody in Bye Bye 88 about Conservative scandals:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4HiLO2KKvk&feature=related

[MolsonExport]

^haha, I remember the french one as well (I used to watch quite a bit of French TV in my teens). The parody is fantastic!

which leads me to this: umJZOmC8B_s

and this:
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Funny on multiple levels: le claque-claque. Walrus moustache. Plymouth K-car with Laurentide logo. The cheesy dialogue.

Jean-Paul must have been not too popular afterall. His beer has been marginalized in Quebec. Alas, the rest of Canada still has horrible taste in Beer (Laurentide is sold as Molson Canadian in the ROC)

A pile of laughing cow cheese.

[MolsonExport]

Nothing gets funnier thatn Au Bon Marche Ads. In French or English. Oui, papa!

fzm2tUuHTU8

0:17 Look at the way the little guy hammers his fist down as he chants vertical blind information...rumor has it he killed himself after running up huge debts at the Montreal Casino.

[MolsonExport]

eQ70lUegSZ4 PXMRgrzqDmA

Wallmard....:D :D :haha:

[mr.John]

In all fairness to the au bon marche dudes they obviously were intentionally hamming it up, people tend to remember very bad commericals over good ones. Interesting they went on to build quite an empire for themselves with over 120 stores (blinds to go)across the eastern US, so they weren't as stupid as they looked in their legendary bad commercials ...PS the rumour that the younger one commited suicide is a myth he (Richard) still works for the company

[PhilippeMtl]

Jean-Paul must have been not too popular afterall. His beer has been marginalized in Quebec. Alas, the rest of Canada still has horrible taste in Beer (Laurentide is sold as Molson Canadian in the ROC)

A pile of laughing cow cheese.

Wrong: Canadian and Laurentide are not similar. Laurentides is similar to Black Label ( since the O'keefe and Molson merge 20 years ago)

[Acajack]

Wrong: Canadian and Laurentide are not similar. Laurentides is similar to Black Label ( since the O'keefe and Molson merge 20 years ago)

I always thought that Molson Canadian and Laurentide were the exact same beers. I have a friend who works at Molson so I should ask him.

I have had both Laurentide and Black Label and if I recall they are both very different beer. Also (although this is not necessarily related to taste), they were/are also for very different demographiques: Laurentide was for your Oncle Fernand who wore plastic flip flops and sat in cheap plastic lawn chairs around his above-ground pool and drove a K-Car. Black Label was for young university student types who had beards, wore black turtlenecks and sat in cafés on St-Denis plotting global revolution.

[manny_santos]

My father worked for Molson in Montréal many years ago; they had Molson Canadian there at that time.

[MolsonExport]

Black Label is a Carling Brand, whereas Laurentide is (And has always been) a Molson brand.

[SteelTown]

CHCH FIRST ON THE AIRWAVES WITH CANADA'S EARLIEST MORNING SHOW
EARLY TO RISE OR LATE TO BED... STAY INFORMED WITH CHCH!

http://www.istockanalyst.com/business/news/5213074/chch-first-on-the-airwaves-with-canada-s-earliest-morning-show

TORONTO, June 7, 2011 /CNW/ - Today Channel Zero announced plans for the launch of CHCH's Morning Live First Edition — the first morning show to hit the airwaves at 4am in Canadian history!

Geared to the earliest of the early risers and perfect for commuter nation, Morning Live First Edition will get viewers up, prepped for the day and out the door on time. It caters not just to suburban commuters and predawn shift workers, but also to grateful insomniacs, first responders, parents of infants and, yes, even the occasional late-night club-hopper. Morning Live First Edition will air weekdays from 4-5:30am ET and is slated to launch early this Fall on CHCH. While new to Canada, "early early" morning shows are now the norm throughout the U.S., airing in markets of all sizes.

This Fall, CHCH continues its tradition in news excellence. Currently airing 76.5 hours of local news every week — the addition of Morning Live First Edition takes the total weekly hours count up to 84 — more than any other local television station in North America. Just another example of how Channel Zero continues to push the envelope in Canadian broadcasting.

[manny_santos]

CHCH has always been an innovator in Canadian broadcasting and continues to be. They seem to have no problem airing local programming.

Shaw is talking about adding morning shows on some of its Global stations, including in Saskatchewan. Meanwhile CTV can't be bothered to produce any local morning shows except for Breakfast Television in the Maritimes, /A\ Morning in Ottawa, and CP24 Breakfast. They don't even do anything local in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, or Southwestern Ontario in the morning anymore.

[MolsonExport]

Haha, joe matlin's face is driving me crazy. Alarmforce is listed on the TSX.

[SteelTown]

CHCH Lands James Cameron's Avatar For Fall 2011

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chch-lands-james-camerons-avatar-196274

TORONTO – James Cameron grew up in southern Ontario ahead of moving to California and film stardom.

So it’s fitting that CHCH, a TV station that serves southern Ontario, has grabbed Cameron's sci-fi epic Avatar for a Canadian free TV debut.

Hamilton, Ontario-based CHCH, which released its Fall 2011 schedule on Wednesday in Toronto, said the Fox Studios package deal will see the Ontario TV station and Metro 14 in Montreal counter-program a number of Hollywood movies during the upcoming primetime TV season.

CHCH will air 16 minutes of Avatar footage, including an alternative opening scene, not seen in the original theatrical release.

Other features to air on CHCH and Metro 14 include the Jeff Bridges-starring Crazy Heart, Max Payne, starring Mark Wahlberg, and the Liam Neeson-starrer Taken.

And new TV series to debut on CHCH this Fall include CW’s Hart of Dixie, which stars Rachel Bilson and Scott Porter, Secret Circle, also from CW, and CBS’ The Insider.

[vid]

First Toronto steals Paul Shaffer and now Hamilton is stealing James Cameron. :no:

LEAVE NORTHERN ONTARIO'S CELEBRITIES ALONE!! :tantrum:

[SpongeG]

no surprise here...

Canadians pay the highest data roaming fees in the world

24.61 US a megabyte, eh?

Shane Bigham Jun 08, 2011 15:17:33 PM

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Despite Canada opening up competition in the cell phone industry, data roaming rates remain among the highest in the world. That's according to a report from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

On a per-megabyte basis, Canadians abroad pay 24.61 USD. That is the equivalent of sending ten photos.

The average cost among the more than 30 nations surveyed by the OECD was 9.48 USD. Greek travelers pay the least for data roaming at only 4.17 USD per MB.

...

http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/238066--canadians-pay-the-highest-data-roaming-fees-in-the-world

[MolsonExport]

Good ol Rogers. Good ol Bell. Good ol Telus.
Evil troika. Axis of Evil.

I hate the lot of them.

[MolsonExport]

First Toronto steals Paul Shaffer and now Hamilton is stealing James Cameron. :no:

LEAVE NORTHERN ONTARIO'S CELEBRITIES ALONE!! :tantrum:

Well, you've got Lynn Johnston up in Corbeil.

[vid]

Cobeil is, like, two miles outside of what I consider to be the southern end of Northern Ontario. :haha:

[Acajack]

First Toronto steals Paul Shaffer and now Hamilton is stealing James Cameron. :no:

LEAVE NORTHERN ONTARIO'S CELEBRITIES ALONE!! :tantrum:

I thought Cameron was from Kap' or something?

[Acajack]

Cobeil is, like, two miles outside of what I consider to be the southern end of Northern Ontario. :haha:

Out of curiosity, do you pronounce it "Corbeel" or "Corbayyyy"?

[vid]

I pronounced if CORE-be-ill but I've never been there; I even had to Google it to know where it was (East Farris, North Bay's southern neighbour). It's 1,142km away from me.

James Cameron was born in Kapuskasing (KAP-uh-SKAY-sing or if you're feeling silly, kah-POOSE-kah-SING), which most certainly is not in southern Ontario by any definition of the word. He was raised in Niagara Falls.

[MolsonExport]

And then he became the king of the world.
PwjfLMa7_3E

[SpongeG]

Good ol Rogers. Good ol Bell. Good ol Telus.
Evil troika. Axis of Evil.

I hate the lot of them.

it sucks - my friend tried mobilicity which has a great plan and you can add unlimited data for only a few $ more but the service is horrible - calls were always being dropped, so many dead zones, literally you could cross a street and lose service, he was constantly going onto roaming and having to reset his phone so he ditched it last month - he was missing calls for work which is not good

its too bad they were an alternative to the big 3

heres another recent story - i believe someone on the forum can share a story of their charges when they went overseas recently...

$750 cellphone bill means her roaming days are done

Travelling with a smartphone can mean a whopping bill but smart consumers are ditching data charges

Jennifer Tarenta had a relaxing a winter vacation in the Dominican Republic. After she returned, she got a cellphone bill that nearly gave her a heart attack.

“A $750 heart attack, to be exact,” she says. “It was a steep price to pay for not turning off the data roaming feature on my iPhone.

“I never checked my email, browsed the web or did any other activity to merit such a high phone bill.”

After two hours negotiating with Fido, her wireless phone company, she got a 40 per cent discount. But she says that’s not enough.

“I am furious about giving away my hard-earned dollars for something completely intangible. I feel like I’ve been robbed,” says Tarenta, 29, who asked me to help.

Rogers (which owns Fido) often gives a break to first-time offenders. Tarenta paid $100 for an international data roaming package and had the $750 charges reversed.

If you own a smartphone, you may not know you’re dealing with an unregulated industry that can charge outrageously high rates when you travel outside a carrier’s network.

Canada hasn’t followed the European Union in setting price ceilings for voice and data roaming. Nor has it followed the United States in telling mobile carriers that data roaming fees must be “commercially reasonable.”

Wireless companies lock handsets to prevent you from removing the portable memory chip (known as the SIM card) when you travel and replacing it with a low-cost, local SIM card.

Before taking a smartphone on holiday, call your wireless carrier and ask for tips on keeping your costs down.

Turn off your data settings and turn on your Wi-Fi. This lets you connect to the Internet free through wireless networks in “hot spots,” such as cafés, bookstores and university campuses.

Buy a data roaming package if you can’t use Wi-Fi or you want your device to be on all the time.

Finally, call to complain about surprise data roaming charges on your bills when you get home. Ask the carrier to reduce them.

A prepaid data roaming package can be helpful. But you’ll still face big fees if your plan is too small for your needs.

Libby Akey is a grandmother who has a mobile Internet stick for her laptop. She called Rogers to ask about buying a data roaming plan before a six-week trip to Punta Gorda, Fla.

A $30 plan with 10 megabits was enough because her data usage was usually low, a Rogers representative told her. A second call to Rogers confirmed the advice.

Two weeks into her vacation, Akey found her Internet connection cut off. Rogers said she’d racked up overage fees of $500 (at $3 per MB) and agreed to cut them in half if she went onto a $75 plan for the rest of her trip.

Later, she got a bill with $717 more in overage fees. I asked Rogers to help.

“They’ve waived all the data roaming charges. Everything was a total misunderstanding,” she told me. “When someone asks questions again about using a computer in the U.S., I hope they get the right answers.”

Rogers wants to better inform customers about how data roaming works, said spokeswoman Patricia Trott.

“Because of the arrangements we have with our data partners, we are currently unable to notify our customers of their usage in real time when outside of the country. We are working on a new initiative to improve this.”

If carriers can disconnect you when you blow out your limits, why can’t they tell you how much data you’re using before you reach the danger point?

Heather Morgan runs CutMyCosts.com, a company that helps families and small businesses reduce their telecom bills. She says she helped bring down a client’s data roaming charges from $3,998 to just $275.

A young woman who moved to Korea to teach English had planned to get a prepaid phone through a local company once she arrived.

“I used my phone for just four days — to get to Korea, to make calls home and as an alarm. My total usage was just four minutes,” she said in a testimonial at the company’s website.

Her supplier said she’d watched a video on YouTube without turning off the data settings. That’s why her four-minute usage was so high.

Businesses can get hammered even worse than individuals, says Patrick Connolly, president of UTR Global, a Toronto company that helps firms control their wireless, landline and data charges.

...

http://www.thespec.com/news/world/article/544630--750-cellphone-bill-means-her-roaming-days-are-done

[MolsonExport]

all Rogers wants is to part you from your hard earned money and then to further punish you with their imbecile advertisements ripping off the mac vs. pc theme (dipshit who didn't have the free replacement, etc.).

Did ANYBODY in the world feel better about Rogers because they slapped their name on the skydome?

[vid]

They renamed the Skydome?! :eek:

[Acajack]

James Cameron was born in Kapuskasing (KAP-uh-SKAY-sing or if you're feeling silly, kah-POOSE-kah-SING), which most certainly is not in southern Ontario by any definition of the word. He was raised in Niagara Falls.

Everyone I have ever met from Kap' has been Franco-Ontarian, and their pronounciation is: KAP-uhss-KAY-sing.

[Acajack]

I pronounced if CORE-be-ill but I've never been there; I even had to Google it to know where it was (East Farris, North Bay's southern neighbour). It's 1,142km away from me.

.

I have heard of Corbeil because the Dionne quints were from there, or from very close to there (Callander?). I think the Quints Museum might be in Corbeil.

[vid]

Everyone I have ever met from Kap' has been Franco-Ontarian, and their pronounciation is: KAP-uhss-KAY-sing.

Well that isn't much different from KAP-uh-SKAY-sing. Cree doesn't generally put stress on the first syllable unless it has a long vowel so it was probably originally more like kah-POOSE-kah-SING.

[MolsonExport]

Everyone I have ever met from Kap' has been Franco-Ontarian, and their pronounciation is: KAP-uhss-KAY-sing.

you betcha. A couple of my colleagues at work (franco-ontarians) from there pronounce it that way.

[jimj_wpg]

Did ANYBODY in the world feel better about Rogers because they slapped their name on the skydome?

ROGERS is better than SHAW any day.

Whatever SHAW has touched always has turned to S**T.

[davidivivid]

Part of the crowd at the Elton John's show saturday. Huge screens were placed behind the stage hence a big crowd had also gathered there. Great show!!! The guy has incredible energy. Still one week of incredible music to come!

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6016/5920404139_f8bbd81f00_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/infofestival/5920404139/) Foule Elton John (http://www.flickr.com/photos/infofestival/5920404139/) par Festival d'été de Québec (http://www.flickr.com/people/infofestival/), sur Flickr

[SpongeG]

are the people outside the fence area watching for free?

[Simpseatles]

This is totally out of the blue, but has anyone ever seen the following Canadian Lifejacket PSA on TV before:

It begins with a father and 2 young children happily canoeing on some secluded lake, in some place like Algonquin Park. You can see that only the kids are wearing lifejackets, and the father is without one. Then I think there is some sort of narrater who says the father thinks nothing will ever happen to him, he should wear a lifejacket...etc. Then it cuts to the father floating away, presumably dead, while the young kids stand on shore watching him!:(

If I remember correctly it had a yellowish tint to it, and probably some eerie music. I saw it on OLN. I'm sort of a fan of creepy PSA's (Concerned Children's Advertisers did some great ones back in the 90's), and I'd love to see this one again, but I've had a hard time finding it.

Anyways, just thought I'd put that out there!

[vid]

A newer version of that has been airing lately. I think there was a website associated with it, but I can't recall what it is.

[harls]

100 ways to leave a game show. Man, this has staying power. I predict at least 10 seasons.

[Architype]

Here's something to watch for -

Russell Crowe reunites with 'Hood' gang in St. John's (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/08/02/nl-russell-crowe-stjohns-robin-hood-802.html)

Australian superstar Russell Crowe says he leapt at the opportunity to play a guest role on CBC's Republic of Doyle, in part so he could trigger a reunion fitting for Robin Hood.

Crowe is shooting an episode of the comic crime drama in St. John's this week, in part as a nod to creator Allan Hawco and on the suggestion of his friend Alan Doyle, the singer of Great Big Sea. . . .

On Tuesday, the pair released an album — The Crowe/Doyle Songbook Vol. 3 — on iTunes. It is also being released this week on other digital platforms. The songs have been recorded over various periods, including while Robin Hood was being shot.


Continue reading: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/08/02/nl-russell-crowe-stjohns-robin-hood-802.html

[MolsonExport]

Hotel rooms and telephones in St. John's: Watch out!

[Architype]

Hotel rooms and telephones in St. John's: Watch out!

LOL, He seems comfortable in Newfoundland, I don't think that will happen, but it would be forgivable.

The pair’s newest album, “The Crowe/Doyle Songbook, Volume III,” was released on iTunes Tuesday morning and by evening, had hit the No. 9 spot in Canada.

http://www.thetelegram.com/media/photos/unis/2011/08/03/photo_1800296_resize.jpg

Source: The Telegram, photo, & article: http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-08-03/article-2688664/Musical-men-at-work/1

Recently, Shannon Tweed also guest starred in The Republic of Doyle.

http://www.thetelegram.com/Arts%20-%20Life/Entertainment/2011-07-13/article-2650131/Shannon-Tweed-misses-Newfoundland-appears-in-Republic-of-Doyle-episode/1

[harls]

If you watch that Premier bath commercial on CBC Newsworld, they show the old codger unable to exit his car, and his haggard wife helping him up the stairs, but as soon as he gets his walk-in bath, he can walk like a 15 year old. That's the magic of the Premier walk-in bath.

[harls]

Today on CBC Newsworld I saw that retarded Money Mart commercial with the hot Asian chick beckoning you to go further into debt with her animated piggy bank. "Are you incapable of paying rent? Single parent? Need money fast but don't want to associate with the mafia? come to money mart (offer not available in manitoba - animated pig voice).

[vid]

I love the signs in those places. "Maximum interest for 100 dollars borrowed: $21.00. Our fee: $20.99".

Wow! What a deal! :rolleyes:

[SpongeG]

Harrison Ford was filming in an office building in burnaby the other day - someone i used to work with works in the building - a lot of the building was off limits though

[MolsonExport]

otherwise he might have given his "FUCK OFF!!" salutation, as in Bruno.

[1ajs]

Winnipeg Free Press - ONLINE EDITION
Grants to help News Cafe train citizen journalists
By: Alexandra Paul
Posted: 09/28/2011 6:00 AM

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The Winnipeg Foundation and a prestigious American journalism foundation have decided to invest more than $400,000 into citizen journalism through the Winnipeg Free Press News Café.
The Community News Commons — a new grassroots reporting hub, open to the public — is the first project of its kind in Canada and the first Canadian project to receive the support of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
"This is an exciting and unique community building opportunity," Winnipeg Foundation CEO Rick Frost said. "Everyday Winnipeggers will become empowered, inspired and trained as citizen journalists and the entire community will benefit from (more) access to grassroots news."
The three-year project, with matching grants from both foundations, will pay to train and mentor citizen journalists, as well as create multimedia platforms to share their news, photos and information. Several Winnipeg public library branches will take part as technology hubs to the café.
The project will also offer opportunities for Red River College journalism students.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/Grants-to-help-News-Cafe-train-citizen-journalists-130682843.html

[SpongeG]

What Ottawa’s new copyright laws will mean for Canadians


...

Here's what the bill will mean for consumers:

The law will legalize everyday consumer practices, such as using a personal video recorder to record a TV show for later viewing or copying music from a purchased CD to an MP3 player. These are not allowed under the current law.

Bill C-32 would make it legal for consumers to make a back-up copy of content to protect against loss or damage.

The law includes a YouTube provision where users can take content and "remix" it for non-commercial purposes.

Libraries will no longer be required to deliver interlibrary loan material in paper form. Electronic desktop delivery of materials such as scholarly or scientific journal articles will be permitted.

The legislation will include provisions that make it possible for copyright enforcers/holders to demand ISP (your address) information from Internet providers, like Rogers or Shaw, when they suspect a customer may be involved with illegal downloading.

Under the law, Canadians will not be allowed to break digital locks, even if it's for personal use. This includes picking a lock on a DVD purchased overseas to watch at home or to transfer a purchased e-book to read on another personal device.

Individuals found violating copyright law could be liable for penalties between $100 and $5,000, which is below the current $20,000 maximum.

....

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/ottawa-copyright-laws-mean-canadians-203351106.html

[Distill3d]

How often are copyright laws even enforced in Canada? You never really see the police or anyone arresting someone for ripping a CD on to their computer and converting files to mp3's. Nor are the RCMP making a habit of breaking down doors to bust someone for using their VCR/PVR. At least not unless they're making copies of CD's or video's in order to resell them at places like farmers markets.

[vid]

I think it is more a legislative tool for record companies to get enough money to stay afloat in an era in which they are as relevant as horse drawn carriages.

[Gerrard]

How often are copyright laws even enforced in Canada? You never really see the police or anyone arresting someone for ripping a CD on to their computer and converting files to mp3's. Nor are the RCMP making a habit of breaking down doors to bust someone for using their VCR/PVR. At least not unless they're making copies of CD's or video's in order to resell them at places like farmers markets.

The laws don't just cover that. Think about little inconveniences like Pandora. We can't listen to Pandora radio in Canada because of copyright laws (and sadly there's really no alternative here to it). Also certain television shows and content are blocked (usually) if a Canadian broadcaster has purchased the rights to air the material -you could wait 2 years before you see a program that has already aired in the rest of the world.

[MolsonExport]

:(

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[MolsonExport]

double post

[whiteford]

Calgary was rated the #3 or 5, i cant remember right now, party city in the world because of the stampede. it was a pole done by CNN. very cool indeed.

[LeftCoaster]

Thought some of you might like this.

Saw this on reddit with the caption: "That vacuum must really suck"

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http://i.imgur.com/u2Ok0.jpg

[davidivivid]

:previous: Haha! MolsonExport is gonna like this one for sure since he is a big fan of the band... :cool:

[bulliver]

So everyone I've talked to about it ever is pretty much in universal agreement that Nickelback are terrible...so who the hell is buying their albums? Stephen Harper buy them all?

[vid]

Middle aged suburban housewives with a lot of time and not much brains.

[bulliver]

Middle aged suburban housewives

Explains it...I never hang out with that demographic.

[Ayreonaut]

When I played hockey we would always make fun of Hanna because they always played Nickelback in their dressing room.

[vid]

The radio station I listen to plays Nickelback and the DJs on that station openly complain about it. :haha: I guess they don't have much choice or something.

Speaking of Nickelback, they have a new song out. Makes Snoop Dogg sound like a cultured feminist. What is it with western Canadian bands and glorifying being a deadbeat alcoholic?

It's actually kind of funny that all those "nice Canadians" are listening to songs about doing little more than getting drunk and high all the time. Half the stuff in those songs is about things Harper wants to make punishable with five year mandatory prison sentences.

[Rico Rommheim]

Calgary was rated the #3 or 5, i cant remember right now, party city in the world because of the stampede. it was a pole done by CNN. very cool indeed.

:haha:

[Ayreonaut]

:haha:

:D It was the Stampede itself that was said to be one of the biggest parties in the world. Still laughable, but much less so. I haven't attended in over a decade (I think most locals head out of town that week), but in all honesty, it probably is a damn good time. I mean, if the weather is good, one could potentially spend a week getting drunk and riding thrill rides in the sun. Sounds like good times to me.

[SpongeG]

FX Canada starts next week - if you have rogers cable - i haven't heard anything about shaw carrying the channel yet...

http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/news/american-horror-story-kicks-off-fx-canada-specialty-programming/1000622333/

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[artvandelay]

:haha:

The Stampede is easily the biggest party in Canada, it's awesome. Don't knock it til you try it!

[davidivivid]

:worship:

Detroit Football Fans’ Anti-Nickelback Crusade Drawing Major Support

The resilient, rough chuckles-enduring people of Detroit put up with dog poop air, crime-ring moms, crime-ring stray dogs, fake Koch evictions, and 1,001 other ills. But they refuse to sit through a Nickelback half-time show during this Thanksgiving's Lions-Packers game. Uninspired Canadian crap rock is where they draw the line.

"Detroit is home to so many great musicians and they chose Nickelback?!?!?! Does anyone even like Nickelback?," asks Lions fan Dennis Guttman. "Is this some sort of ploy to get people to leave their seats during halftime to spend money on alcoholic beverages and concessions? This is completely unfair to those of us who purchased tickets to the game." A few days ago, Guttman launched an online crusade against Nickelback's proposed halftime appearance. As of this writing almost 37,000 people have signed it, thereby becoming official Occupy Halftime protesters.

As is often true with petitions, which require the petitioned party to be open-minded enough to consider compromise and The People's wants and needs, this petition might not lead to much. The NFL points out that Nickelback hasn't officially been announced as the official halftime entertainment—but even if they were, the Detroit Free Press reports, "there's no chance" anyone will replace them. Perhaps Detroiters could call upon Motor City Matriarch Aretha Franklin to show up and blow those Mounties off the stage with her gigantic voice and soulpower.

Only 33 people in the whole world have signed counter-petitions supporting Nickelback's halftime appearance, but most of them did so believing they would receive free iPads and help launching their new small businesses in exchange.

http://gawker.com/5856716/detroit-football-fans-anti+nickelback-crusade-drawing-major-support

[vid]

Could be worse. They could have featured Kid Rock.

[MolsonExport]

Caption contest:
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The suave smoothies of Sarky and Burlesque know what they like. Harper is the nervous twit that never mustered up the courage to ask a girl to dance at Hight School. Obama doesn't need heat from Michelle.

[north 42]

They would love to have Kid Rock play instead, they love him in Michigan.

[MolsonExport]

get lost, peng.

[vid]

I don't know why you can't just use the report post button to report spam. :no:

[MolsonExport]

I don't know why you feel the need to patrol and comment.

[vid]

Simply hitting the report post button, typing "spam" and hitting submit will bring spam to the attention of moderators faster than posting in the spam report thread, and prevents unnecessary posts which, once the spam is deleted, refer to something that doesn't exist.

Responding to spam is not going to make it go away.

[manny_santos]

Can someone please kill the new Ford commercial?

Na-na-na-na-boo-boo...Jack Frost!