CBC's popular reality TV competition Battle of Blades is back after a six-year hiatus, pitting duos of hockey players and figure skaters against one another to show their graceful moves and raise money for their favourite charities.

Newly-appointed TSO music director Gustavo Gimeno faces a daunting task: to revitalize one of Canada's two largest symphony orchestras at a time when some have sounded the death knell for classical music due to aging audiences and increased competition from other forms of entertainment.

Tired of seeing Muslims portrayed as terrorists or oppressed women in TV and movies, a U.K. film buff co-created the Riz Test. Named after British actor Riz Ahmed, it evaluates films and TV shows on how they portray Muslim characters as nuanced complex human beings or stereotypes.