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CBC wants to sell you something

May 30, 2019
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100 Canadians were surveyed. What are the Top 3 Best Things about Family Feud Canada coming to CBC? Give me "Product Integration" and "Sponsorship"!
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4:34 PM ∙ May 29, 2019
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Gerry Dee as host of the game show franchise was central to CBC upfront announcements that emphasized advertising opportunities, including on podcasts. Citytv, meanwhile, is hyping itself as an outlet for Canadian drama.


The viral Raptors reading list

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NEW: the NBA spoke to the Toronto Raptors about Drake’s presence on the sidelines ahead of the Finals
espn.comNBA spoke with Raptors about Drake during ECFThe NBA has spoken to the Raptors about rapper Drake’s presence on the sideline.
8:16 PM ∙ May 29, 2019
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The list of the original shortlisted names for Toronto’s team proved popular ahead of the NBA finals against the Golden State Warriors, along with the clickbait in defence of Drake.


Seven men are wanted after allegedly climbing on a police cruiser. Images released by Toronto Police dampened the news of no arrests after the Raptors won on Saturday.


Rastas enter the weed debate

While the province still hasn’t closed legal loopholes that allow unlicensed cannabis stores, there’s now the story of Rastafarians who consider marijuana to be a sacrament:

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Legal experts question whether the freedom of religion argument would hold up in court.
bit.lyChurch or illegal dispensary? Rastafarian confident his faith lets him exchange pot for donations | CBC NewsThere’s a back room at Toronto’s historic Broadview Faith Temple that looks a lot like a cannabis dispensary, but the man who will be running the place describes it differently.
12:09 AM ∙ May 30, 2019
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Renovictions are increasingly subject to revolt. Toronto councillor Paula Fletcher held a meeting about tenants being evicted in Leslieville. The renoviction trend was recently rebuked by $135,000 in fines for the landlord of 795 College over these tactics.


Lights out at Humber Cinemas

Movies are leaving 2442 Bloor West—opened as one screen by Odeon in 1949, then twinned in 1976—to most likely make way for the condo that Bloor and Jane teens tried to stop.

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Last day to see a show at the The Humber Odeon Theatre in #BloorWestVillage is Thursday, May 30th. More info: humbercinemas.com
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12:54 AM ∙ May 30, 2019
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SHuSH is a real newsletter about real books. Kenneth Whyte, who recently launched the publishing company Sutherland House, is writing a weekly email about the world of non-fiction, and shipping it later on Thursday afternoons. (It’s the fourth newsletter being linked first at 12:36. The other three: ms.info, The Jumpstack, and Retrontario.)


Finally, imprisoned for incorrigibility

Velma Demerson, who died on May 13 at age 98, is the subject of tributes centred on how she was jailed in 1939 due to living in Toronto with a Chinese fiancé. Based on the now repealed Female Refuges Act of 1897, her “incorrigible” conduct was considered criminal.


A hike that went in the wrong direction. Wednesday’s newsletter item on the closing of Yorkville classical record store Grigorian meant to read that its monthly rent was raised to $30,000 from $8,000—rather than the implausibly stated “$8,000 to $3,000.”

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