It might be time to cut back on the brews. Fox News is reporting that old beer fridges, which one in three Canadians keep in their houses, are remarkably inefficient and "contribute significantly" to global warming. The report was commissioned by the federal government, which says something about how much the government cares about your beer-related habits. Denise Young, the researcher who put together the study, suggests that the government provide financial incentives and......

Canadian music fans might have heard of Sherrie Lea Laird. She covered Sade's "No Ordinary Love." She has a band, Pandemonia, and they just released a classic rock CD called Left to Die...In the Wide Open. Oh, yeah—and she married Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller, had an affair with JFK, and starred in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Laird is the subject of a book by a Dr. Adrian Finkelstein, "Marilyn Monroe Returns: The Healing of a......

We start today's blog roundup with more line eavesdropping. This time it's a couple complaining about their single tickets and the definition of "best seat available." The gist of the complaint: The woman was arguing that "Best seat available" should mean she should be able to wait until the last minute and then choose empty seats on the floor. "They used to let us do that." She really hated that those who were lucky enough......

An extremely slap-dash look around the blogiverse has yielded the following links (excuse the tardiness of some): - Our friend Frank's got some BSS pics (one of which we ungraciously stole), and some words for those who didn't like Les Giraffes. (PS Did they remind anyone of the first Batman, when the Joker had that street party? Toronto=Gotham City) - Still tickets available for Jon Stewart in Toronto. - Brooklyn Vegan has a Saul Williams......

It's official: Toronto and NBC have broken up. NBC was caught cheating on us with a newly de-taxed New York City. And there are some bigtime issues there; Americans have this destructive love/hate thing with outsourcing, and we don't even want to deal with it. So fine then, leave. Um, like we even care? We are Hollywood of the North! We don't need NBC or Conan O'Brien or The Donald. Soon we'll have a much......

Yesterday, our PM with the same initials admits he needs to focus more on specific issues for the upcoming year. In contrast, Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman admits nothing. It seems Smitherman and the Ontario Liberals could use the same help with focus, as they plan to toughen up their tough anti-smoking laws in the midst of greater health crisis. Within the next 18 months, the Ontario government is planning to ban all smoking in......

We have All Maple to thank for pointing us to this media matters medley of Canadian stereotyping. And if you don't already hate Tucker Carlson, Fox News, and the barely human Ann Coulter, well, this will alter that. Prejudice, while intolerable in and of itself, is nothing when compared to what Wolf Blitzer deems 'tongue-in-cheek' idiocy. Perhaps Torontoist needs to send a dog-sledding delegation down to Crossfire's studio. Please let us know if you want......

Used to be we Canadians could only enjoy the silly malaproprisms of Fox putty Shepard Smith in small doses. But as of today, Fox's 24-hour news Canada channel is a go. The CRTC cleared the way, despite Canadian Association of Broadcasters opposition, saying that Fox's negligible Canadian content would thereby pose no threat to homegrown operations. More alarmingly, especially given the awful punditry that spewed forth on election night, is Canada.com's report that the Canadian......