comedy
The Strokes on Saturday Night Live with Druski
The Strokes will make their fifth SNL appearance on November 7, 2026, joining host Druski for the episode.
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We Are Scientists to Perform With Love and Squalor in Full at Lee's Palace
Indie rock band We Are Scientists announced a special Toronto tour stop at Lee's Palace on Saturday, December 5, 2026, performing their breakout 2005 album With Love and Squalor in its entirety.
guitar
Godin Guitars Details Montreal Premiere Semi-Hollow with Breathe-Through Carved Spruce Core
Handcrafted in Richmond, Québec, the Godin Montreal Premiere blends heritage semi-hollow tone with a carved 'breathe-through' spruce core, Canadian Wild Cherry arched body, and set-neck construction f...
guitar
Godin Guitars Features Stadium HT Single-Cut with Canadian Laurentian Basswood and Cajun Pickup
Godin Guitars highlighted the Stadium HT Havana Brown MN, featuring a Canadian Laurentian Basswood body, custom Godin Cajun bridge single-coil, slanted 3-way hand-sweep switch, and an acoustic-inspire...
guitar
Godin Guitars Highlights 5th Avenue Kingpin Archtop Crafted from Canadian Wild Cherry
Godin Guitars detailed the craftsmanship behind the Canadian-made 5th Avenue Kingpin P90, combining an arched Canadian Wild Cherry body, silver leaf maple neck, and a Kingpin P90 single coil pickup en...
comedy
Casino Rama Announces 2027 Headline Shows Featuring Tony Hinchcliffe and Letterkenny Live
Casino Rama Resort in Rama announced its upcoming 2027 entertainment calendar, featuring Puppers Presents LETTERKENNY LIVE on February 5, 2027 and Kill Tony host Tony Hinchcliffe live on stage on Febr...
barrie
Barrie Families Gather for Sixth Annual Family Fright Fest at Lampman Lane Park
The City of Barrie's sixth annual Family Fright Fest drew local families to Lampman Lane Park on October 24, 2026, featuring inflatables, autumn crafts, local food vendors, street buskers, and a costu...
rcm
RCM Sets November 3, 2026 Registration Deadline for Winter Practical and Theory Exams
The Royal Conservatory of Music confirmed the registration deadline for the December 2026 / January 2027 exam session is November 3, 2026, with theory exams scheduled for December 11–12, 2026 and prac...
intervals
Aaron Marshall of Intervals Announces Exclusive Schecter Guitar Clinic
Canadian progressive virtuoso Aaron Marshall announced an exclusive in-person Schecter guitar clinic for November 7, 2026, breaking down his signature hybrid picking, legato phrasing, songwriting appr...
music
Bandcamp Waives Fees on November 6 and December 4, 2026 and Bans AI-Generated Music
Bandcamp has said it will waive its platform fee completely on the two remaining Bandcamp Fridays of 2026, November 6 and December 4, according to chartlex.com. On an ordinary sale Bandcamp takes 15%...
comedy
The Second City Toronto Debuts 92nd Mainstage Revue
The Second City Toronto launched its brand-new 92nd Mainstage Revue comedy showcase at the Toronto Complex, running evening performances through November 2026.
openbanking
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada Updates Consumer-Driven Banking Guide
On October 23, 2026, the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada updated its official consumer-driven banking page, explaining how secure APIs will replace risky screen scraping so Canadians can share fin...
news
Common Fort opens: one place for everything Global Chalet
Global Chalet now has a news desk. Common Fort gathers what is new across our games, music, videos and tools, puts the numbers behind them, and keeps a private desk for the people who build it all. Ev...
comedy
Comedian Druski Booked To Make Saturday Night Live Hosting Debut
NBC announced comedian and sketch content creator Druski will make his official Saturday Night Live hosting debut on November 7, 2026, following the October 31 broadcast hosted by Inde Navarrette.
music
Protest The Hero Announces Fall 2026 Canadian Headlining Tour
Canadian progressive metal band Protest The Hero announced an extensive headlining tour across Canada for late 2026 in support of their independent studio album Within, including a Toronto show at The...
music
Massey Hall Launches Free Monthly IN ROTATION Emerging Artist Showcase at TD Music Hall
Massey Hall announced IN ROTATION, a free monthly emerging-artist concert series kicking off November 18, 2026 at Toronto's TD Music Hall with a 6:00 PM industry mixer followed by sets from Thunder Qu...
home-studio
Amels Audio Debuts Osetra Direct-Coupled All-Tube Instrument DI for Studio Recording
Announced October 22, 2026, Dave Amels' new Osetra DI ($425 USD) uses a transformerless Class-A tube circuit powered by 48V phantom power and a 12V adapter to record electric guitar, bass, and acousti...
guitar
DiMarzio Releases Hum-Canceling Chopper T and Cruiser T Telecaster Neck Pickups
Launched on October 22, 2026 ($119–$126 USD), DiMarzio's Chopper T Neck and Cruiser T Neck fit standard metal-covered Telecaster neck slots while using neodymium magnets and twin-blade coils to elimin...
music
Slow Pulp Announces Headline Tour Date at Toronto's Danforth Music Hall
American indie rock band Slow Pulp announced their Toronto headline stop at the historic Danforth Music Hall for Monday, November 16, 2026, delivering their signature blend of fuzzy guitars and dream-...
ai-tools
Claude Duet Proactive Agent App Launched
Anthropic released Claude Duet, a proactive agent app (currently waitlisted for Pro/Max users) that checks connected accounts like Gmail and drafts replies in the background.
dayz
Bohemia Interactive Releases DayZ Stable 1.30 Update 2 With Server Crash and Enfusion Mod Fixes
Bohemia Interactive pushed DayZ Steam Stable 1.30 Update 2 (build 1.30.164200), resolving a dedicated server crash and adding a named PBO property that lets modders cleanly override Enfusion engine co...
recording
Focusrite Updates Focusrite Control 2 with MIDI Control and Enhanced Auto Gain
On October 20, 2026, Focusrite released a major update to Focusrite Control 2 for Scarlett 4th Gen interfaces, introducing wireless mobile/desktop MIDI parameter control, improved Auto Gain algorithms...
guitar
MXR Teams Up With Sonic Research to Release the MXR Turbo Tuner Strobe Pedal
Released October 20, 2026 at $149.99 USD, the MXR Turbo Tuner combines Sonic Research's analog true-strobe pitch engine with a switchable high-fidelity buffer, 9V power passthrough, and five programma...
guitar
PRS Guitars Launches the Tekton Four-Model Line for Technical Electric Guitarists
Announced October 20, 2026, PRS's new bolt-on Tekton series ($2,899–$2,999 USD) features a thin D-profile maple neck, 16-inch ebony fretboard radius, stainless steel frets, and Stylus pickups voiced f...
searxng
SearXNG 2026 Docker Architecture Changes
As of March 2026, the old searxng-docker repository was archived.
comedy
Saturday Night Live Season 52 Kicks Off With New Cast And Hosts
Season 52 of Saturday Night Live launched this fall on NBC featuring guest hosts Jalen Brunson, Dakota Johnson, and stand-up comedian Shane Gillis.
barrie
Barrie Taxi Wins Reader Favourites Recognition In Local Business Awards
Barrie Taxi Ltd. was highlighted in BarrieToday's annual Reader Favourites 2026 awards alongside notable businesses and community service providers across Simcoe County.
dayz
Bohemia Interactive Officially Launches DayZ Badlands with 267 km² Desert Map Nasdara
On October 15, 2026, Bohemia Interactive released the Badlands expansion on PC and consoles, introducing the massive 267 km² Nasdara desert map, motorbikes with ragdoll physics, Morse code bunker game...
comedy
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Wraps 10-Episode Season 18 With 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score
The show's 10-episode eighteenth season aired on FXX and FX from August 17 to October 12, 2026—its first 10-episode run since 2019—featuring guest appearances by Guillermo del Toro and Jimmi Simpson a...
chauvet
Watch-together rooms can now play the radio
Global Chauvet rooms can switch between GLCH TV, GLCH MV and GLCH Radio. A moderator turns the dial and everyone in the room hears the same station, so the whole room listens together.
radio
GLCH Radio gets a real tuning dial
The radio now looks and feels like the real thing: a glowing tuning dial, a volume knob, static between stations, a magic eye and car-style presets. Nine new genre, era and season stations arrived the...
radio
GLCH Radio fills up: 231 of our own recordings and a second station
The dial got busier. 231 MP3 recordings from the Global Chalet home-page player now play on the radio, alongside songs and clips from the Global Chalet YouTube channels. A second station, 694849, join...
radio
Tune in: GLCH Radio is on the air
The first station launched with Global Chalet's own recordings. globalchalet.ca/radio
games
Poki Browser Game Platform Offers Developers 100% Revenue Share on Direct Traffic
Poki's developer platform confirmed that creators retain 100% of ad revenue when players arrive via direct links, bookmarks, or the creator's community, and a 50/50 split on organic Poki.com traffic,...
tv
GLCH TV adds decade channels and a Pranks channel
GLCH TV now has channels for the 90s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s, plus a Pranks channel with 90 videos.
tv
GLCH TV gets searchable comedy and wrestling databases
GLCH TV now has a searchable sketch comedy catalog and a wrestling catalog of matches and promotions.
games
Super Mario Bros. Wonder now runs natively on PC without emulation
An unofficial native PC port of Super Mario Bros. Wonder, the 2023 Nintendo Switch game, is running on a PC without emulation, XDA Developers reports. YouTuber Belamante shows the game at about 60 fra...
comedy
The Second City Toronto Opens 92nd Revue
The Second City Toronto opened its 92nd Mainstage revue '100% Real Human' directed by Rob Baker on October 6, 2026.
mv
GLCH Live: 38 concert sessions, 468 songs, ready to play
GLCH MV now carries a library of live concert sessions cut from the Global Juke channel: 38 sessions and 468 songs. Browse by series, session or song, and each one plays on its own channel.
chauvet
Empty queue? Chauvet rooms now fall back to live MV or TV
A Global Chauvet room with nothing queued used to go blank. Now it falls back to a live GLCH MV or GLCH TV channel, and moderators can change the channel for everyone with the number pad.
calendar
Global Calendrier opens to everyone
Global Chalet has its own calendar app. Anyone can open it and read the public calendars. Signed-in members get calendars of their own with sharing, repeating events and reminders, and it imports and...
calendar
Calendars can now be shared and followed by link
Global Calendrier can publish a calendar as a secret feed link that other calendar apps can follow. It can also follow a calendar from another app by link and show it read-only.
barrie
Assault leaves 1 with life-threatening injuries in Barrie
An assault near the stage area at Meridian Place in downtown Barrie left a victim hospitalized.
chauvet
GLCH Sync gets its own download page
The GLCH Sync browser extension lets a Chauvet room watch videos found on other sites. It now has a page with the download and step-by-step install help for Firefox and Chrome. Find it at globalchalet...
protest-the-hero
Protest the Hero Announces Canadian Tour Support Featuring Royal Tusk, Choke, and Kaonashi
Following the release of their album Within, Protest the Hero confirmed that Royal Tusk, Choke, and Kaonashi will join them on their 15-date coast-to-coast Canadian fall tour, hitting Toronto's Opera...
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The HeroQuest board game is coming to Steam with a quest editor and multiplayer
The best thing about HeroQuest...
barrie
Collingwood ski instructor glides into national hall of fame
'I was so excited because I never expected it in a million years. I was surprised,' says Andi Ciotti, snow school director at Toronto Ski Club
games
Gag Order is a co-op, SCP-ish horror shooter about surviving as best you can against some nasty, tentacle covered cephalopod creatures
What makes Carrion interesting obviously lies in playing as the monster in a horror game rather than being the one chased down by it. The game's nasty tentacle monster still gives me the heebie jeebie...
tech
I replaced Notion, Miro, and Trello with one open-source app that surprised me
Productivity gains with one unexpected replacement.
music
Kid Rock Reveals He Used AI on New Song with Eminem
The newly minted Christian music artist told Bill Maher that using AI saved time when making the song. Kid Rock Reveals He Used AI on New Song with Eminem Travis Bland
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Techno music co-creator Juan Atkins dead at 64
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guitar
Alex Skolnick on how to explore legato – and explains where a little music theory can go a long way
In his second Guitar World column, the Testament guitarist uses a lick from So Many Lies to take us deeper into his Allan Holdsworth-inspired legato style
rock
MCR Confirm 2027 Plans for New Album + 'Probably' No Shows
Frontman Gerard Way clarified the band's plans for 2027 during their Oct. 30 show at the Hollywood Bowl (where they also gave a 'Danger Days' B-side its live debut AND reunited with The Used's Bert Mc...
games
Footage of what sure looks like a Persona 1 remake has leaked
Open the story at its source for the full report.
barrie
Local sisters to compete on world dance stage in Portugal
Bradford's Madison and Katelyn Petrucci preparing to represent Canada at the 2027 Dance World Cup
games
Dune: Awakening's seasonally appropriate Blood and Ice expansion gets a December release date, and in a plus for preservation, an offline mode this month
December is certainly going to be the month of Dune. The biggest Dune of Dunecember will obviously go to Dune: Part 3, which is Duen out December 18th. A little bit before that, however, is a well-tim...
tech
Steam Link on a cheap TV box is the Steam Machine most people actually need
Open the story at its source for the full report.
music
Wu-Tang Clan to Headline Halftime Show of Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving Day Game
The halftime show is being executive produced by Eminem. Wu-Tang Clan to Headline Halftime Show of Detroit Lions’ Thanksgiving Day Game Alex Young
music
Watch Lindsay Lou’s Paste Session at AmericanaFest, presented by Conectiv
At this year's AmericanaFest, Lindsay Lou brought three bluegrass songs to East Iris Studio. Watch Lou's Paste Session here. ⬇️ The post Watch Lindsay Lou’s Paste Session at AmericanaFest, presented b...
guitar
Pedal Pawn unveils the Say Wah – a ground-up quest to recreate the perfect wah tone of SRV and Hendrix
It’s the British company debut their first ever wah-wah pedal, custom-built from the ground up
games
Obsidian's Josh Sawyer on RPG cities: 'Compared to a dungeon, generally speaking, a town is 4x the expense per square foot'
It's these freaking zoning laws, man.
barrie
Friday Harbour unveils events for 'festive escape' this holiday season
Beginning Nov. 20, Innisfil resort’s annual Holiday Market invites visitors of all ages to embrace the spirit of the season
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