Facing a downtown in advertising to the tune of $171 million CDN, the venerable Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has just announced a series of cutbacks to its television and radio ventures: About 400 employees are being laid off from the CBC’s English-language service, 335 will depart the French-language arm and 70 are being cut in…
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Mamma Yamma & Friends
Though I usually leave it up to Drake to report on all the latest developments in kiddie rock, this new CD from Canada’s Mamma Yamma & Friends seems to have slipped under his radar. Since 2007, Kensington Market’s Mamma Yamma, (a giant yam puppet and staple of Kids CBC), has been serving up a bevy…