Quebec comedians have a strange affliction. It sporadically resurfaces time and again and it's proven almost impossible to cure. The affliction in question is the Quebec comedy scene's' sick, inexplicable obsession with blackface. Last Sunday it exposed itself yet again.

Carla Collins spends her time whirling in and out of comedy clubs and charity events, on and off film and TV sets, and basically anywhere there's work...

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Q: Why won't sharks attack lawyers? A: Professional courtesy. "Lawyer." These days just the word conjures up jokes. Type "Lawyer Jokes" into Google...

I'm broke. Ok, I'm not broke. I can afford food and rent. But as I get older, I'm realizing that my discretionary money has to be saved sometimes, ...

Canada is a funny place, and I mean "funny - ha ha." We may not love to laugh any more than anyone else, but I think we may laugh more. Canadians are funny and they like funny. It's how we see ourselves and how others see us. To the U.S., Canadians were either hockey players or funny guys. Eventually, Americans and Europeans played hockey, but Canadians remain the comedy Kings and Queens.

Are there patterns to The Madness? Not really. It is The Madness, after all. But you will need a guideline for survival. For the couch, at least.

The international community marked the 197th anniversary of the birth of Canada's first Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald, by completely ignoring the man as well as the country he headed. Despite proximity to Canada, Americans seemed no likelier to understand references to Macdonald.

As much as it seems like comedy is a calling, it doesn't mean my first night was perfect by any means. As a matter of fact, upon reviewing footage, I noted that I barely made it to the stage. Nerves don't discriminate.

Along with taxes, it is life's other certainty. Yet many of us feel awkward talking about death: We dance around the subject and use euphemisms li...

While all of you are out there mainlining on overpriced bar rails on Saturday night or sleeping the damage off on Sunday, I'm mining the net looking f...

What do comedienne Kathy Griffin and Premier Dalton McGuinty have in common, besides their Irish roots? Within the space of 24 hours, I saw them both ...

If countries were comedians, the U.S. would be Andrew Dice Clay and Canada would be Woody Allen. Yes. I see Canada as a short, balding man with thick glasses who stutters when talking to a girl.

Gold is expensive and if the world goes to hell in a handbasket, you might as well spend your money on tangible stuff you can use like iPhone apps.

"My baby was sleeping through the night at six months." (Her baby slept through the night once at eight months, then didn't do it again for another year.) What possible reason would a mom have for lying like this? I decided to ask an expert: myself.