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What’s left to say on the last day of April

Banking on better days in November

Apr 30, 2021
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Emails suggest Doug Ford’s staffers were aware that former Finance Minister Rod Phillips would not be in Toronto for over a month from December into January. When Phillips left for his Caribbean vacation over Christmas he set off a political firestorm.
680news.comEmails show premier’s office knew Rod Phillips’ intention to travel - 680 NEWSMore than a week before former Finance Minister Rod Phillips would leave for St. Barts, Doug Ford’s staffers were apparently aware that he would be away.
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What looked at first glance like a Globe and Mail scoop was actually the Ontario Liberals spreading the word that it obtained emails confirming Doug Ford’s office knew in advance that the finance minister escaped for a month to St. Bart’s. Rod Phillips hastily returned with resignation on New Year’s Eve.


Prog rock will bring salvation

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Genesis confirm their highly anticipated return to North America for the first time in 14 years. The Last Domino? Tour 2021 will have @tonybanksmusic @PhilCollinsFeed & Mike Rutherford playing major cities across the U.S. & Canada this November & December. genesis-music.com
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The first group to chance 2021 arena concerts in Toronto and Montreal is Genesis, whose latest reunion is steered by a new partnership involving Canadian promoter Michael Cohl. Country singer Eric Church also recently set indoor October dates in Western Canada, but the announcement came with doubt about their likelihood.


Justin Bieber gave up on trying to be the first big touring act back. While dates rescheduled from last year in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal remained on the calendar for July, if perhaps out of delusion, surviving Beliebers will now have to wait for 2022. Concern over his dreadlocked hair will need to proceed from a safe distance.


The pitches come in six parts

Podcasts becoming part of Hollywood’s intellectual property pipeline looks to be working out for Toronto company Antica Productions, whose latest launch, Do You Know Mordechai?, tells a tale about an area catfisher. Also joining this derby is Canadaland, with a deal to develop adaptations like the story about cocaine smuggling that was tied to Vice Media:

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.@CANADALAND's disruptive news podcasts will receive global film and television adaptations via a deal with Storied Media Group.
variety.comCanadaland Podcasts to Be Adapted For Film and TV Through Storied Media Group Deal (EXCLUSIVE)The distinctive podcasts from disruptive Canadian news platform and podcaster Canadaland will soon receive global film and television adaptations thanks to a deal with U.S. outfit Storied Media Group (SMG). In addition to representing Canadaland in the packaging and sales of its multimedia journalis…
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The drummer who sat behind his own kit at his own funeral. Brentnol McPherson performed as Bonny Brent, the name that was emblazoned on his bass drum at which he was posed before his body was moved to the coffin. Videos of the unusual service were originally shared as a marketing tool by Covenant Funeral Home in Scarborough.


Finally, the rapper of Substack

Cadence Weapon has an email newsletter that suits the profile he’s established in recent years, from time as Edmonton’s poet laureate to getting a McClelland & Stewart book deal for the upcoming Bedroom Rapper. And now Rollie Pemberton has a new 26-minute album consisting of 10 tracks amounting to a dispatch from the lockdown:

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🌎 PARALLEL WORLD IS OUT NOW! 🌎 Thank you to everyone who is coming on this journey with me to an alternate reality. I hope that through all the reflections and reverberations, the picture becomes clearer for us all in the end 🪞 ffm.to/parallelworld
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