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The Royal Conservatory conducts nationwide Winter Theory Examinations on Friday, December 11 and Saturday, December 12, 2026, with Level 5 through 8 theory and Level 9 through ARCT harmony and analysis sitting in synchronized morning and afternoon blocks.
The Strokes will make their fifth SNL appearance on November 7, 2026, joining host Druski for the episode.
Canadian manufacturer Radial Engineering in Port Coquitlam, BC builds the industry-standard Radial JDI passive direct box, utilizing a Jensen JT-DB-EPC transformer that provides a ruler-flat 10Hz to 4...
FACTOR (The Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings) offers a dedicated $2,000 Songwriter Development subsidy on a continuous rolling application deadline, covering domestic co-writing sess...
Tom Hanks returned to Studio 8H on October 31, 2026, reprising his Halloween character David S. Pumpkins during the Saturday Night Live Season 52 Halloween cold open on NBC and Peacock, ten years afte...
Season 52 of SNL continued its fall run with an episode on October 31, 2026, featuring musical guest Gracie Abrams.
CrazyGames detailed its two-stage developer pipeline: a 7 to 21-day non-monetized Basic Launch requiring 500 plays without custom SDK integration to benchmark playtime and retention, followed by an in...
The AV Club published a retrospective on October 30, 2026, exploring SCTV's legacy as a pioneering Canadian sketch show that rivaled Saturday Night Live.
According to TV Insider's October 29, 2026 retrospective, the documentary arrives during SCTV's 50th anniversary year and traces how the fictitious television network format propelled Eugene Levy, Cat...
Anthropic published new updates on October 29, 2026, detailing the rollout of smart reports for Claude Enterprise and a new Claude Corps program to place fellows in nonprofits.
American shoegaze/indie rock band DIIV announced their 2027 international tour supporting their new single 'Dare Me', featuring a headline show at Toronto's historic Danforth Music Hall on April 13, 2...
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.
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...
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...
Saturday Night Live released a digital crossover sketch on October 26, 2026, bringing Sesame Street characters Elmo, Cookie Monster, and Oscar the Grouch into Studio 8H for a pitch meeting with cast m...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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%...
The Second City Toronto launched its brand-new 92nd Mainstage Revue comedy showcase at the Toronto Complex, running evening performances through November 2026.
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...
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...
Former Saturday Night Live writer and stand-up comedian John Mulaney is scheduled to host Season 52 Episode 6 (episode 1,014 overall) of Saturday Night Live on November 14, 2026, alongside musical gue...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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-...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
As of March 2026, the old searxng-docker repository was archived.
Intervals founder Aaron Marshall released his official Fractal Audio Core Presets 1.0 pack ($55 CAD), making his studio rhythm, lead, and ambient delay/reverb amp patches available to guitarists world...
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 Taxi Ltd. was highlighted in BarrieToday's annual Reader Favourites 2026 awards alongside notable businesses and community service providers across Simcoe County.
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
The first station launched with Global Chalet's own recordings. globalchalet.ca/radio
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,...
GLCH TV now has channels for the 90s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s, plus a Pranks channel with 90 videos.
GLCH TV now has a searchable sketch comedy catalog and a wrestling catalog of matches and promotions.
Bandcamp's final two Bandcamp Friday fee-waiver events of 2026 will take place on Friday, November 6, 2026, and Friday, December 4, 2026, running from midnight to 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time across the pl...
Anthropic announced a refined Usage Policy taking effect November 12, 2026, aimed at clarifying rules around deceptive campaigns and the use of models for independent work.
The Second City Toronto debuted its 92nd Mainstage revue, titled 100% Real Human, directed by Rob Baker, on October 6, 2026.
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...
The Second City Toronto opened its 92nd Mainstage revue '100% Real Human' directed by Rob Baker on October 6, 2026.
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.
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.
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...
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.
Canadian guitar virtuoso Aaron Marshall announced that Intervals will co-headline two Canadian dates with Polyphia on their BE NOT AFRAID world tour, including a major Toronto performance on March 2,...
An assault near the stage area at Meridian Place in downtown Barrie left a victim hospitalized.
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...
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...
Guitars stolen from Chattanooga were transported to Nashville, where at least two suspects attempted to sell them to Carter Vintage Guitars
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Nov. 14 event, featuring renowned performer Terry Chisholm, will benefit Barrie Breakfast for the Homeless program
New Sinéad O’Connor songs to be posthumously released soon The post New Sinéad O’Connor songs to be posthumously released soon appeared first on Paste Magazine.
The long-awaited title of the next Elder Scrolls game was revealed in a video marking Bethesda Softworks' 40th anniversary.
Those who snag the 5,363-piece monster of a set early will also receive a Godzilla Logo & Footprint gift with purchase. King of the LEGO: Massive Godzilla LEGO Set Stomping into Stores for Black Frida...
Dakota Cohen's cover of the Fuel classic 'Hemorrhage (In My Hands)' propelled her into the Final 13 during the fall 2026 season of 'The Voice.' Continue reading…
Less than a year after the announcement of their first game, and only four years after the studio's creation, Gang of Dragon developers Nagoshi Studio have been dissolved by a shareholders' resolution...
The post Solve Puzzles and Find Shinies in ‘Bad Magpie’ appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
In an exclusive GW interview, screenwriter John Fusco confirms that a followup to the ’80s classic could be on the cards
Nxnative make running Switch titles like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey, Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and more an absolute breeze.
Police say 52-year-old victim tried to intervene in altercation last night near Essa Road and Tiffin Street; two females and one male, all 16, charged in the incident
We've picked our favorite records from October, featuring Josh Johnson, Fine, Greg Freeman, and others. The post 10 great albums from October 2026 appeared first on Paste Magazine.
A Dutch cinema chain is testing whether hypnosis can make moviegoers forget films like The Matrix, Se7en, and Interstellar before watching them again. Movie Theater Will Be Hypnotizing Viewers to Reli...
The '80s gave us a wealth of classic rock songs we still love today, but which songs topped each year? Continue reading…
Following not the inherent liberal capitalistic framework of city builders like SimCity but instead a revolutionary (sorry) interpretation of planning and logistical simulation that prioritises centra...
The metal godfather tells GW about making his first album in 21 years, tracking with Brian May’s Red Special and the blind panic of losing his falsefingertips