Opera star Ben Heppner sings Trump quotes, plus Trudeau's sexcation, and skinny TV shows
Tenor Ben Heppner and comedians Ashley Botting and Aisha Alfa take this week's news quiz.
In music news, Stephen King's The Shining has finally made the leap to the opera stage. Guest panellist and world-renowned tenor Ben Heppner gives a performance of his own modern-day opera: Trumpera.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau halts his G7 plans to celebrate his wedding anniversary. Travel guru Rick Steeves makes a cameo on the show to show Justin and Sophie around Japan.
In honour of the CRTC forcing cable companies to explain their "skinny packages" in public, play this week's hashtag game: #SkinnyTVShows.
Why?
Because News.
This week on the show:
- Opera legend and host of CBC's Saturday Afternoon at the Opera Ben Heppner
- stand-up comedian Aisha Alfa
- actor and improvisor Ashley Botting
Because News is written and produced by Elizabeth Bowie, David Carroll, Gavin Crawford and Phil Leung, with help this week from Bob Kerr and Scott Vrooman.