Because News

Kids do Trump, genderless pronouns and moose-eating grizzlies

Comedian Mary Walsh, Big Brother Canada's Arisa Cox and author Tom Howell take this week's news quiz.

We put the American election into perspective by having children re-enact this week's hottest political quotes. Play our game and guess who said it?

Our panellists attempt the most dangerous game on the Internet: Shock Ball! Watch as Mary Walsh, Arisa Cox and Gavin Crawford play hot potato with the news while getting shocked.

A University of Toronto professor was recently scolded by the school for not calling students by their preferred gender pronouns. We don't know what all the fuss is about; moving to genderless language is surprisingly easy. To illustrate, let's play this week's hashtag game - #LyricsWithoutGender. Take gendered song lyrics and un-binary them - like the classic disco song, It's Raining Them! 

This week's panel:

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Because News is written and produced by Elizabeth Bowie, David Carroll, Gavin Crawford and Phil Leung, with help this week from James Hartnett, Ashley Botting and Sarah Claydon.