Mike McPhaden
@mcphadenmike.bsky.social
TV Writer 🇨🇦 Ruby and the Well, JANN, Spun Out, Corner Gas: Animated, Magic School Bus Rides Again, How to be Indie, and a coupla wild Bruno & Boots movies. Repped by Meridian Artists.
I’m old enough to remember when sitcoms were like:
Man 1: Mrs. Jones will be here soon.
Man 2: Careful—it’s not Mrs. Jones. It’s “Mizz”.
<studio audience laughs for ten minutes>
Man 1: Mrs. Jones will be here soon.
Man 2: Careful—it’s not Mrs. Jones. It’s “Mizz”.
<studio audience laughs for ten minutes>
September 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I’m old enough to remember when sitcoms were like:
Man 1: Mrs. Jones will be here soon.
Man 2: Careful—it’s not Mrs. Jones. It’s “Mizz”.
<studio audience laughs for ten minutes>
Man 1: Mrs. Jones will be here soon.
Man 2: Careful—it’s not Mrs. Jones. It’s “Mizz”.
<studio audience laughs for ten minutes>
My latest for The Beaverton. :)
Mark Carney still answering question reporter asked 6 weeks ago
Mark Carney still answering question reporter asked 6 weeks ago
OTTAWA – In what is being called “a tsunami of words,” Prime Minister Mark Carney is still answering a reporter’s question posed to him at a press conference six weeks ago.
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August 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
My latest for The Beaverton. :)
Yes, actors have to be incredibly brave and vulnerable, but did you know that sometimes TV writers have to type while 8 people watch?
July 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Yes, actors have to be incredibly brave and vulnerable, but did you know that sometimes TV writers have to type while 8 people watch?
If you see this happening in Canada it's because someone lost a button or found a cool bug, and I am really fucking proud of that.
July 6, 2025 at 1:45 AM
If you see this happening in Canada it's because someone lost a button or found a cool bug, and I am really fucking proud of that.
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This what happens when you let a straight person plan a parade.
June 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This what happens when you let a straight person plan a parade.
My latest for The Beaverton. Have a freaky Father’s Day! 😵💫
A Father’s Day gift he’ll never forget: 7 grams of shrooms
A Father’s Day gift he’ll never forget: 7 grams of shrooms - The Beaverton
HAMILTON, ON – In a growing trend, some Canadian dads won’t be receiving a traditional Father’s Day gift this year. Instead of tools, flannel, or mid-tier barbecue accessories, they’ll be getting thei...
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June 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
My latest for The Beaverton. Have a freaky Father’s Day! 😵💫
My latest for the Beaverton. 🇨🇦
McGill says it’s cool if Harvard crashes on their couch until things calm down at home
McGill says it’s cool if Harvard crashes on their couch until things calm down at home
MONTREAL - McGill University has proposed a temporary living arrangement to Harvard University, allowing the US school to crash on McGill’s couch until such time as things are less crazy at home.
www.thebeaverton.com
June 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
My latest for the Beaverton. 🇨🇦
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Trump reminds Americans he only promised not to start foreign wars
Trump reminds Americans he only promised not to start foreign wars
LOS ANGELES - As National Guard troops took to the streets ready to open fire on U.S. citizens in the name of "Making America Great Again", President Trump reminded all Americans that he only stands a...
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June 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Trump reminds Americans he only promised not to start foreign wars
Show us your writing process in a gif
May 18, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Show us your writing process in a gif
What people forget about the 90's is that these things could just appear on random surfaces at any time without warning.
May 17, 2025 at 11:34 PM
What people forget about the 90's is that these things could just appear on random surfaces at any time without warning.
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Rogers celebrates 20 years of higher than expected call volumes
Rogers celebrates 20 years of higher than expected call volumes
TORONTO, ON – This week telecom giant Rogers Communications announced a record-breaking milestone - twenty straight years of customer service calls vastly exceeding what their meagre call centres can ...
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May 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Rogers celebrates 20 years of higher than expected call volumes
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As we're in the final campaign week before the Federal Election, here's a quick-yet-detailed video from @steveboots.bsky.social on the process used by Elections Canada to keep the count totally safe and secure. A good watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dneY...
Canada's Excellent Election Security
YouTube video by Steve Boots
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April 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
As we're in the final campaign week before the Federal Election, here's a quick-yet-detailed video from @steveboots.bsky.social on the process used by Elections Canada to keep the count totally safe and secure. A good watch! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dneY...
To honour the life and service of Pope Francis, I will be ordering lunch from my favourite Catholic restaurant, Pope Yes.
April 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
To honour the life and service of Pope Francis, I will be ordering lunch from my favourite Catholic restaurant, Pope Yes.
I LOVE that Canada’s entire federal election campaign takes only 5 weeks. We don’t have to endure two years of toxic, divisive build up. Also the whole shebang is done with bits of paper and golf pencils. ❤️
April 21, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I LOVE that Canada’s entire federal election campaign takes only 5 weeks. We don’t have to endure two years of toxic, divisive build up. Also the whole shebang is done with bits of paper and golf pencils. ❤️
Podcasters: Until those findings are replicated in a peer-reviewed journal, I will remain highly skeptical.
Podcasters during ad breaks: Good news, guys. You can fix your credit while you sleep with MoneyPillow.
Podcasters during ad breaks: Good news, guys. You can fix your credit while you sleep with MoneyPillow.
April 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Podcasters: Until those findings are replicated in a peer-reviewed journal, I will remain highly skeptical.
Podcasters during ad breaks: Good news, guys. You can fix your credit while you sleep with MoneyPillow.
Podcasters during ad breaks: Good news, guys. You can fix your credit while you sleep with MoneyPillow.
Showbiz Fact: You’ll never see side-eye like you will if you stroll into work on a TV set at 11am and say “good morning” to people.
April 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Showbiz Fact: You’ll never see side-eye like you will if you stroll into work on a TV set at 11am and say “good morning” to people.
JFC, it really is a whole different universe over there.
April 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
JFC, it really is a whole different universe over there.
Turns out you can play 4-dimensional chess and just make the horsies hump.
April 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Turns out you can play 4-dimensional chess and just make the horsies hump.
The Candy Man. Bad melody, worse lyrics, nobody sounds good singing it, also kinda creepy.
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The Candy Man. Bad melody, worse lyrics, nobody sounds good singing it, also kinda creepy.
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A hopeful thread 😎
being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it would help some of you be a little less cynical and doomy right now. so here is my VERY anecdotal data:
March 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A hopeful thread 😎
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If we fuck this election up and vote in a Conservative government that takes this program away, I will roam the country biting every single person responsible
Liberals to expand eligibility for dental care program
Canada dental care program: Eligiblity to expand
The federal health minister says that as of May, all eligible Canadians will be able to apply for the federal dental care program.
www.cp24.com
March 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
If we fuck this election up and vote in a Conservative government that takes this program away, I will roam the country biting every single person responsible
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ARCs of the gripping literary thriller, The Exclusion Zone, by Alexis von Konigslow, forthcoming this May @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social are up for grabs!
Request a copy here:
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Learn more about the book;
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#canlit
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Learn more about the book;
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#canlit
March 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
ARCs of the gripping literary thriller, The Exclusion Zone, by Alexis von Konigslow, forthcoming this May @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social are up for grabs!
Request a copy here:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...
Learn more about the book;
bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
#canlit
Request a copy here:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...
Learn more about the book;
bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/the...
#canlit
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Wow. Americans really don't understand Canada if they think we are googling "How many senators will we get?" And not "How do I make a pipe bomb?"
March 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Wow. Americans really don't understand Canada if they think we are googling "How many senators will we get?" And not "How do I make a pipe bomb?"