cancon Archive
CRTC-Approved Canadian Pornography Scenarios
Advice
Jul 02, 2014
This post originally appeared on March 12, 2014.
In an attempt to encourage compliance with the CRTC's strict guidelines for Canadian content (known as CanCon), the government has provided a detailed list of recommended plotlines for Canadian pornographic films.
(The Toast's previous coverage of Canadian anthropological matters can be
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Blind Items of Rural Southern Ontario
Weird True Tales
May 30, 2014
100% genuine gossip, sourced by Our Woman in Hastings County. Information provided for entertainment purposes only, keep it to yourself. Previously.
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What popular fast food chain is deliberately withholding ketchup packets from customers placing take-out orders? A certain father and amateur distillery operator estimates he's requested ketchup on ...Read More
On Kit Pearson and the Nature of Reading CanLit
Books
Apr 15, 2014
Manisha Aggarwal-Schifellite last wrote for The Toast about Bend it Like Beckham.
Despite liking both books and Canada, I’m not really a CanLit fan. I was never drawn to the genre outside of required reading for school, and I can’t pinpoint where exactly my immersion in my national literary culture went awry.
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Blind Items of Rural Southern Ontario
Ancient Grains, Weird True Tales
Jan 27, 2014
100% genuine gossip, sourced by Our Woman in Hastings County. Information provided for entertainment purposes only, keep it to yourself.
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What middle-aged brother and sister who live off Old Highway 2 just past the four corners have been secretly adjusting the damper on their fireplace every time the other leaves ...Read More