With nothing but snips of hearsay to cling to until Project Runway returns to Bravo next month, we were pleasantly surprised to learn through Reality Blurred that Canada already has a version of the model-trafficking reality TV sensation on the air. Premiered recently on Slice (the #1 cable network for Canadian women!), Project Runway Canada adheres closely to the original's pattern—only in place of Tim Gunn is some other guy with a hockey 'stache, and in place of host Heidi Klum is the regal Queen Bowie herself, Iman.

Another month, another requirement to shoehorn some north-of-the-border content into the Defamer proceedings—part of a comprehensive 200-year restitution deal for those regrettable Canadian containment camps of WWII. Little Mosque on the Prairie—think Aliens in America (shot in Vancouver, ironically enough) as interpreted by the cast of Degrassi Junior High— has been awarded with a peace prize, raising the CBC sitcom with the somewhat backbacon-handed take on Islamic race relations to the esteemed ranks of Bishop Tutu and Jimmy Carter:

While our American audience can feel free to skip this post in lieu of ones favoring domestic gladiatorial work opportunities, we strongly felt the need to pass along this story to our Canadian readers—an editorial decision we reassure you was reached based entirely on its news merits alone, and not out of some deal made with their government to boost our Canadian content in exchange for an attractive array of bloggers' tax incentives.