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Getting in line to end the year

Mar 11, 2021
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Waiting for vaccine at Shoppers Drug Mart, 8:01 a.m.
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1:23 PM ∙ Mar 11, 2021

Canadians are increasingly enthusiastic about the vaccine rollout according to a Nanos Research poll taken amid the promise of a growing supply. It now includes AstraZeneca shots administered by some Ontario pharmacies for people aged 60 to 64. The national vaccine panel cautioned against it for those over 65, but Quebec is ignoring that advice and jabbing older folks.


Saying the quiet part out loud

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Some high drama at Toronto city council tonight — we’re a year into this COVID nonsense, kids — make sure you know where the ‘mute’ button is
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2:23 AM ∙ Mar 11, 2021
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Toronto bureaucrat Carleton Grant spoke for an entire planet of exasperated video chat users when he confessed to interjecting with two profanities in the 11th hour of a virtual meeting. Meanwhile, the city is telling the federal supreme court that Ontario trampled on basic democratic norms by cutting city council in half before everything went Zoom.


Jody Wilson-Raybould scored a book deal. “Indian” in the Cabinet is the title of a memoir in which the independent MP is set to detail her time as a Liberal under Justin Trudeau, including her side of the story of the SNC-Lavalin affair. It’s set to share shelves with a recently revealing read from former colleague Celina Caesar-Chavannes.


Revenge of the fanny pack

NHL rights didn’t bring the imagined renaissance at Rogers Media, but this hasn’t stopped Disney from striking a seven-year deal to air games on ESPN and ABC. A different kind of deal involving two countries is now taking shape on the football front, as XFL co-owner Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is part of talks with his former league:

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BREAKING: The #CFL will explore opportunities for alignment with @XFL2022 ownership
cfl.caCFL exploring opportunities for alignment with XFL ownership - CFL.caThe Canadian Football League (CFL) and XFL owners Dany Garcia, Dwayne Johnson, and RedBird Capital have agreed to work together to identify opportunities for the leagues to collaborate, innovate, and grow the game of football.
4:58 PM ∙ Mar 10, 2021
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Syd Kessler dead at 76. The creator of many memorable Canadian jingles went from Hamilton to the studios of Hollywood, where he further developed the craft that got him ahead in advertising in Toronto. Kessler’s account on YouTube has many examples of his success: the longest-running of them is Alfie Zappacosta singing for Pizza Nova.


Finally, a space opera bromance

Battlestar Galactica stars on Cameo have been weaponized by Toronto lawyer Kevin Wiener, who once gifted his media pal Elamin Abdelmahmoud with a box set of the Vancouver-shot series, only to learn it remained unwatched. Last year, Tahmoh Penikett expressed his contempt, and now Aaron Douglas has supplied a sequel:

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Today is the 6th year anniversary of me getting @elamin88 the BSG box set for his birthday and him not watching it. So I present the next installment of a continuing series: BSG cast members shame Elamin into watching BSG. Happy Birthday, Elamin!
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6:45 PM ∙ Mar 10, 2021
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