Wither Report: July 17, 2025
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Bungee jumping: a brand-new trend for thrill-seekers in 1990 6 days ago This month, roller-coaster fans stood in line for hours to try AlpenFury, a new ride at an amusement park near Toronto. One of them told CBC Radio's As It Happens he liked the feeling of doing "something death-defying," and this felt safer than stunts like skydiving or bungee jumping. In 1990, host Knowlton Nash of The National introduced an item about " North America's first legal bungee-jumping centre" in Nanaimo, B.C., and in the report, the CBC's Bob Nixon said he was stupid enough to try the $95 ($199 in 2025) jump. "Here's my cameraman, Pat Bell — he's also stupid," Nixon said as Bell prepared to take the plunge with a camera strapped to his body. We'd call the resulting pictures proto-GoPro cinematography. A different angle A snapshot of the Winnipeg Film Group 6 days ago " The universe begins for me in Winnipeg," said Matthew Rankin, director of the 2024 movie Universal Language, in a recent CBC Arts piece. "That exerts great existential pressure on my meaningless life, which I think is true of a lot of Winnipeggers." The feature — on the city's tradition of "off-centre filmmaking" — also mentions filmmakers John Paizs (who was noticed for his 1984 film Crime Wave) and Guy Maddin, who writer Matthew Teklemariam says is "perhaps Winnipeg's most celebrated filmmaker." In 1991, Maddin (whose latest film at the time was Archangel) told the CBC's Beth Harrington about the city's benefits. "Making films [in Winnipeg] is very easy," he said. "You get lots of money; there's not that much competition; everyone's really helpful; and rent is cheap for equipment and for space." For the love of cats Ottawa man cooks for Parliament Hill cats 2 days ago Retiree René Chartrand cares for a colony of nine feral felines that live near Parliament Hill. Aired on CBC's Midday on Feb. 22, 1989. Coal, the last survivor of a group of feral felines on Parliament Hill, has died at 17, CBC News reported recently. He had been cared for in a sanctuary until 2013, when it closed and all of the cats were adopted. Before the colony was dispersed, volunteer René Chartrand prepared meals for the cats and took a bus to visit them daily, according to a 1989 report on CBC's Midday. Reporter Cory O'Kelly said Chartrand spent "a small fortune" on food and welcomed donations. "René has even built a plywood home for the cats and added insulation," O'Kelly said. "Blankets from his home help the cats survive the bitter cold." Hail no Damaging hail the size of golf balls hit the Calgary area last week, and locals shared photos of the aftermath with CBC News. When another form of precipitation — snow — fell on parts of Alberta in 1999, residents took it in stride. A taste of history Canada's Jersey Milk chocolate bar, originally made by Neilson, is no more, the Financial Post reported recently. Neilson also marketed the Crispy Crunch bar and even tried selling it in the U.S., as the CBC's Venture reported in 1991. A summit in space Cosmonauts and astronauts to meet in space 50 years ago CBC reporter Lloyd Robertson visits Star City, home of the Soviet space program, in 1975. Last week was the 50th anniversary of a meeting in space between American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts, the New York Times reported. When the Soviets invited reporters to the cosmonaut training centre in Russia before the 1975 event, Lloyd Robertson was there for the CBC.
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Review – Justice League Unlimited #9: Battle for Time
Justice League Unlimited #9 cover, via DC Comics. Ray: It's the aftermath of 'We Are Yesterday', and the big threat is resolved – but it's created a few dozen new perils for the League. Grodd has been captured, but his machinations have created a ripple that have left countless timelost heroes stranded in the present including Batman Beyond, Jonah Hex, and even the deceased Abin Sur. Additionally, new characters keep popping in and out – including a chaotic Harley Quinn who still loves her 'Mistah J'. The timeline is increasingly unstable, the anomalies are increasing, Air Wave is still missing and possibly dead, and everyone is worried about time paradoxes – except Mister Terrific, who has holed up in his lab with his past self as they try to figure out how to get Air Wave back to the present. Michael Holt once again proves that he's one of the DCU's best characters, but the past Terrific blinks out of existence just before he can reveal his findings. Mistah J. Via DC Comics. And as the chaos escalates, the heroes get an unexpected helping hand – from the Time Trapper, aka Doomsday, who has become an unlikely ally of Superman. He's brought with him the World Forger, a cosmic being who was linked to Perpetua and the Monitor. They both want to set things right – but they might need to claim Grodd's life to pull it off. Grodd wastes no time manipulating things in his favor, and it nearly sets off a war between the present-day heroes and the time-displaced ones. There is a lot going on in this issue, with a bunch of fantastic easter eggs and cameos through the issue, but the story is at its best as Holt tries to solve this puzzle and bring Air Wave back to the land of the living. The story of this abandoned kid who was manipulated by Grodd has been the emotional core of this run in many ways, and this issue brings the whole story full circle with style. To find reviews of all the DC issues, visit DC This Week. GeekDad received this comic for review purposes. Liked it? Take a second to support GeekDad and GeekMom on Patreon!
