The bear cub who wanted to escape America

She’s no longer furring the worst

New York Post @nypost

Bear cub caught trying to cross Canadian-US border without paws-port trib.al/PimbHtn

Canada Border Services Agency cultivated clickbait with a Facebook post about Annie, the bear cub who sought to cross from Hyder, Alaska, to Stewart, B.C., without any travel documents. Annie was promptly trapped by a wildlife shelter that fed her.

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The culture war popped back

Erin O'Toole @erinotoole

The sacrifice of Canadians in the past provides the freedom for a US grocery chain to be stupid today. Let’s tell Whole Foods to stop trying to be Woke Foods. The poppy is not a cause, it is a sign of respect.

cbc.caWhole Foods grocery chain bans employees from wearing poppies | CBC NewsLess than a week before millions of Canadians are set to pay their respects to veterans by wearing a poppy, a national grocery store chain has banned its employees from wearing the symbol of remembrance while on the job.

Whole Foods is still headed by its very libertarian co-founder, but Amazon also brought in a new dress code that forbids adding extra messages to the uniform. Doug Ford’s response to “Woke Foods” is a plan to bring in a law that protects poppy wearing.

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Cineplex says its closed theatres will stay closed. The modified COVID-19 restrictions in Ontario enforce a limit of 50 people per building, which Cineplex got modified in the summer. But the Hollywood product lines they count on are being suspended anyhow.

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The battles over acting Tamil

Deepa Mehta’s Funny Boy has been chosen as Canada’s contender for the international category at the Academy Awards, ahead of its premieres on CBC and Netflix. With the acclaim comes a backlash for not hiring Tamil actors to play the lead characters:

Radheyan Simonpillai @JustSayRad

Been keeping my mouth shut on the language problems in Funny Boy for months, hoping I could address it closer to release. But then this ...

nowtoronto.comDeepa Mehta’s Funny Boy is facing calls for a boycott - NOW MagazineMembers of the Tamil diaspora are upset over casting decisions in the film adaptation of Shyam Selvadurai’s beloved novel

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Justin Bieber’s ex-pastor was fired for being unfaithful. Carl Lentz became a celebrity by association with one Canadian congregant, but his stint with the Hillsong Church ended with a confession. (Bieber just issued two new versions of his hit, “Holy.”)

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Finally, this 50th state song

The Weeknd keeps reaching new chart milestones with “Blinding Lights” while also joining the league of Canadians who’ve recorded in Spanish. Maluma is the Colombian singer of “Hawái,” whose remixed duet partner dances in another language: