Rick Mercer still remembers watching Newfoundland actor Bob Joy nab a nomination for a Genie Award. "I was a kid, and the fact that a Newfoundlander was up in Toronto," he said, "and they got to make ...

A comedian walks into a bar. A woman on a stool, out of nowhere, asks him if he’s running for office. “Would you vote for me?” he replies. She says she absolutely would. The comedian is Rick Mercer, ...