Globe and Mail columnist Andrew Coyne said media in Canada “should be moving away from the subsidy model,” as recent economic challenges have emerged due to public subsidies that jeopardize the industry’s ability to remain viable.
For Holocaust Education Week, Canada Reads 2019 winner Max Eisen, 90, brought his message of fighting hatred to Centennial College students Tuesday in Toronto. Toronto Observer reporters are there to bring you live coverage of the event.
S. Walter Stewart Library hosted a talk by longtime hockey and sports writer David Shoalts about the bidding war for Hockey Night in Canada.
Tom Power’s grandparents were born in Newfoundland before it became a Canadian province. Through his family, Power learned an appreciation for traditional Irish folk music, but through that love of music, he discovered legends like Leonard Cohen, Neil Young and k.d. lang. He credits Canadian music as a key factor inspiring his admiration for the country his family now belongs to.
When Denise Donlon faces a challenge, she sometimes thinks of her father’s words of encouragement.
“Just stand up for yourself,” he would tell her. “It’s hard to do and it’s scary to do, but at the end of the day it’s the only thing to do.”
At 10 p.m. the CBC announced that Liberals will form the next federal government. With earliest results coming from Atlantic Canada, the CBC said that the so-called “red wave” had swept the Atlantic region, unseating such sitting Conservative cabinet ministers as Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea and Aboriginal and Northern Development Minister Bernard Valcourt.
The search to replace Jian Ghomeshi is over, and there’s a new Q host in town. Hip hop artist Shadrach Kabango, better known as Shad, is that new host and he has a promising career…
If you have ever wondered why it is such a big deal to be caught carrying a sharp object on an airplane, another reason can be added to the list now.
he CRTC has no plans to regulate the Internet anytime soon. Raj Shoan, Ontario commissioner for the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission, spoke to students and faculty at Centennial College’s East York campus, on Wednesday. He offered general comments about the future of the commission and the Canadian media marketplace. Then he answered questions from about 100 audience members. He was asked if the CRTC planned to regulate Internet content. “I don’t see the commission really getting into regulating online content in any meaningful way,” he said.
Rogers has confirmed George Stroumboulopoulos will be anchoring Hockey Night in Canada, alongside Ron MacLean and Don Cherry for the upcoming season.