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NATIONALISM

Who needs objectivity? With France 24, both Al-Jazeeras and, now, the Kremlin-friendly Russia Today okayed by the CRTC, viewers have more choice than ever for slanted news.

NOT

LEONARD ASPER

‘Okay, so, just hear me out, your honor. How about this? Shaw can have the company for $60 million but I’m allowed — in perpetuity — to eat whatever I want out of the cafeteria in Winnipeg. Hey, wait! Where are you going?’

AND… STOLEN?

DAN FOR MAYOR

According, that is, to a Facebook group put up by Dan Molson, co-creator of the 2007 pilot Elect Dan Molson, which he thinks bears a too-close resemblance to Fred Ewaniuk’s new sitcom. The group has since disappeared, leaving only the faint scent of a cease-and-desist order.