CanCon

Canadian YouTuber Madison Tevlin is starring opposite Woody Harrelson. Here’s how it happened

“She’s a badass chick who puts everybody in their place,” Madison Tevlin says of her breakthrough role in the film ‘Champions’

“I was living this double life: law student by day and Survivor contestant by night”

Kane Fritzler, the first Survivor contestant from Saskatchewan, is feeling the pressure: two of the last three winners are Canadian

I used to dress up as Ms. Marvel for Halloween. Now I play her on TV.

“Marvel was all I ever talked about,” says Iman Vellani, a comic book fan from Ontario turned on-screen superhero

The Thrill: Kate Beaton, modern soul music, CanCon

This week: Kate Beaton on writing a children’s book, Michael Barclay on Leon Bridges and Miguel, plus our favourite CanCon

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Sleeping Giant: at Cannes, a Canadian answer to ‘Boyhood’ makes a stir

A spectacular Canadian debut starring non-actors solves the puzzle of what happened to Anglo Canadian movies

Who knew CanCon had a special place in the heart of Palm Springs?

With 10 per cent of the population hailing from the True North, there’s an enclave of CanCon lovers in California

Will you be watching the Juno Awards?

Last year’s Junos seemed suddenly credible to champions of both underground and established Canadian music

Why indie acts are everywhere, except on the radio

Commercial stations are less interested in new music than they are in replaying 90s rock

How to sustain a smash TV hit

How do Canadian networks sustain a smash TV hit?

Aggressive promotion, Twitter and stunt casting, like Russell Crowe, certainly helps

CanCon, CommCon: what’s the diff?

I had a few days to be a tourist on my trip to Berlin last week and one of the more fun things I did was visit the DDR Museum, which provides visitors with an excellent documentation of what life was like in communist East Germany before the Wall fell in 1989.

Radio is sinkin’ man and I don’t want to swim

Peter Nowak on how the ads are more annoying than ever and the music sucks

A Canada without YouTube? It could happen.

If the CRTC decides CanCon rules apply online, web companies could be tempted to cut off Canada