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CN Tower names John Morris as executive chef
Pop Goes The News — Toronto’s iconic CN Tower is getting a new food boss for the first time in 15 years. John Morris is set to take over as Executive Chef of the tower’s restaurants later this month,...
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‘Prom Queen’ musical to debut at Montreal’s Segal Centre
Pop Goes The News — A stage musical about an Ontario teen’s fight to bring his boyfriend to prom will premiere in October at Montreal’s Segal Centre for Performing Arts. Prom Queen: The Musical will be...
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Target apologizes for phallic ‘Star Wars’ toys
Pop Goes The News — Retail giant Target has apologized to a customer who came across phallic Star Wars toys in her local store. Joni Jones, a mother of one in Indiana, contacted Target last week...
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Canadian consumers getting fried by Gotham Steel pans
Pop Goes The News — A commercial currently airing on Canadian television stations is raising eyebrows for selling in U.S. dollars but shipping from within Canada. The ad for the Gotham Steel frying...
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‘Canada AM’ apologizes for broadcasting crude rap battle
Pop Goes The News — A Canadian television network apologized Monday after crude language was broadcast live during a rap battle. Farboud Arabi (who competes as HFK) and Corey Charron were swapping...
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Actress exposes YouTube prank video as fake
Pop Goes The News — It’s no secret that the vast majority of so-called prank videos on YouTube are fake — and at least one young woman wanted to make sure the world knows it. Vivian Rubio posted a...
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Salvia still marketed to Canadians 2 weeks after becoming illegal
Pop Goes The News — The hallucinogenic herb salvia divinorum is still being marketed to Canadians despite becoming illegal earlier this month. Several retailers across the country have yet to remove...
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Muslim women claim they were asked to leave Nordstrom lounge
Pop Goes The News — A Nordstrom manager in Ottawa is being criticized for allegedly asking four Muslim women to leave after they prayed in a lounge. The retailer, though, says it is not aware of the...
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WATCH: Guy in suit drops it ’til it flops
Pop Goes The News — It’s a split-second split that has gone viral. A young man dancing to “Work,” the new single from Rihanna featuring Canadian rapper Drake, found himself exposed to the world in a...
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Lawyer running to replace Marco Rubio denied entry to Canada
Pop Goes The News — A lawyer running to replace Marco Rubio in the U.S. Senate claims he was denied entry to Canada last week to deliver a speech. Augustus Invictus was scheduled to speak at...
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McCafé ‘coming out’ commercial goes viral
Pop Goes The News — McDonald’s has brewed itself a little controversy with a commercial showing a young man coming out as gay to his father. The 90-second video for McCafé, the third in the chain’s...
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Jimmy Fallon’s Universal Orlando ride shooting visuals in B.C.
Pop Goes The News — Production of visual elements for a new theme park attraction will be shot next month in Vancouver. Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon is a 3D ride set to open next year at...
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Quebec teen appears nude in bizarre video with author Edmund White
Pop Goes The News — A young Quebec man appears nude in a bizarre new video in which he allows 76-year-old author Edmund White to suck his toes and touch his abs and buttocks. The video — which has been...
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Rocker Tommy Lee calls on Justin Trudeau to end seal hunt
Tommy Lee, pictured second from right, with Mötley Crüe. Pop Goes The News — Rock star Tommy Lee called on Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday to stop the commercial seal hunt. The...
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Montreal’s Stephan Moskwyn gets 54 months in U.S. prison
Pop Goes The News — Terry Moskwyn can’t understand why his son Stephan was involved in an elaborate scam that victimized senior citizens. “It hurts,” he said Wednesday from his Montreal area home....
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Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques heading to space
Pop Goes The News — The Canadian Space Agency will announce Monday morning that another Canadian is heading to the International Space Station (ISS). David Saint-Jacques will be the seventh Canadian...
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Ex-NHL star Wendel Clark renting out summer home
Pop Goes The News — Former Toronto Maple Leafs captain Wendel Clark is opening the doors of his summer home to strangers — with deep pockets. The Muskoka cottage on Lake Rousseau — roughly a 2.5-hour...
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Controversial ‘pick-up artist’ company still active in Canada
Pictured: Julien Blanc, left, and Owen Cook at a seminar in California. (via Instagram) Pop Goes The News — Eighteen months after coming under fire in several countries around the world — including...
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Tommy Chong launches pot-themed SMOKEmojis app
Pop Goes The News — Canadian-born comedian Tommy Chong is hoping for good buzz about a collection of pot-themed emojis he launched Friday. The 77-year-old Edmonton native, who starred in such stoner...
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NSFW: ‘Game of Thrones’ fans buzz about penis scene
Warning: This post contains nudity. Pop Goes The News — Those Game of Thrones fans who complained about the disparity between female nudity and male nudity on the series were thrown a bone (so to...
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