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Thirteen years in the making, GTA 6 drops next week. Bad Bunny, Robyn, and Lana Del Rey all host radio stations in the game. Torontonians are unloading their burial plots on Facebook Marketplace. The Grey Cup will never be the same after this Sunday. Alanis Morissette has a new Christmas album, and so does former Barenaked Lady Steven Page.

The Word of the Year is maxxing, which beat out mogging, carspreading, and fricy. Bryan Adams has entered his anti-Trump era with a new album, How’s It Goin’. Grocery store freezers in Europe are still getting hacked, and someone better save the Häagen-Dazs! Gavin Crawford quizzes Noah Reid (Schitt’s Creek and the new series Yaga), along with comedians Carley Thorne and Kris Siddiqi, about this week’s news.

Trump won’t stop talking about butts during important election rallies. B.C.’s former premier David Eby made a political oopsie for the ages, and now “accidental premier” Lorne Doerkson is in charge of the province. And an AI conversation sounds so real that we can’t tell the difference. Gavin Crawford quizzes Martha Chaves, Emma Hunter and Tom Howell about this week’s news.

Post-referendum, Premier Danielle Smith sings “It’s My Party and I’ll Comply If I Want To.” A drone delivered McDonald’s to a Quebec prison in what could only be the happiest of Happy Meals. What’s with all the Pepsi in Netflix’s Below? The series is making Newfoundland proud. Gavin Crawford quizzes comedians Jan Caruana, Miguel Rivas, and Craig Lauzon about this week’s news.

Not quite live, but still full price: Canadians paid big to see rapper Sidhu Moose Wala as a hologram. A new book calls Trump’s America an “Unreliable Boyfriend.” So, how should we deal with the White House? Use the “donut strategy.” Halloween decorations are too scary, so knock it off with all the Home Depot yard gak.