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If you didn’t know there was such a thing as Canadian Thanksgiving, prepare to have a world of gourds, turkey and stories about a guy named Martin Frobisher. Canadian of the Week is covering it with special correspondents Elizabeth Della Zazzera and Jack Dwiggins, who made the trek to Ottawa for the big weekend.

Keep track of their live tweets right here, and share your Canadian Thanksgiving memories and stories on Twitter with a #cotw hash tag to get involved in the conversation!

You’ve heard of Mad Cow, and that’s no fun.

But what about Drunk Cow?

Some cattle ranchers in British Columbia’s Okanagan region are taking the concept of steak and red wine a bit further by putting red wine into the cattle feed. Kelowna’s Sezmu Meats, led by Janice Ravndahl, who came up with the idea, says the meat tastes better and the fat tastes like candy, according to a report from CBC.ca.

Canadian food inspectors have checked it out and, even though they have some concerns, they haven’t shut the operation down.

From CBC.ca:

The idea of giving wine to cattle came to Ravndahl late last year during a TV food program that featured beer-swilling pigs. As the Okanagan is one of Canada’s premier wine regions, getting local beef on the bottle seemed like a good plan.

Ravndahl said she started with one young cow who took to the bottle immediately, quickly earning the epithet Wino.

“It definitely changes their personalities. They moo a lot more with each other. They get really chatty,” she said.

Something tells me the ranch’s inventory is going to grow pretty quickly.

America’s favorite “Idol” — OK, at least one of its two favorites — is moving to Canada.

Carrie Underwood is making the expected move north after marrying her beau Mike Fisher of the Ottawa Senators. According to Us Magazine, Mike and Carrie are building a dream home in Canada and a source tells them it should be done next month.

That’s all fine and good, but the last bit of the report was what struck me. Carrie officially changed her last name to Fisher after the wedding. Now, just stop for a moment and wonder whether you know any famous Carrie Fishers.

Is it the ultimate homage to Princess Lea?

TV’s most consistently and infamously naked Canadian has struck again, but this time you don’t need premium cable to see it.

Anna Paquin and co-stars Stephen Moyer (her real-life fiance) and Alexander Skarsgard appear on this week’s Rolling Stone magazine completely nude and splattered with blood.

Of course, most relevant parts are fairly strategically covered — for the most part — but the magazine is sure to incur some reaction for the shot.

Check out the full cover here.

What do you think?

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A quick, belated shout out and naming of Canadian of the Week to Montreal’s Arcade Fire to knocking Eminem off the top of the charts last week in the U.S., Britain and Canada with their new album, “The Suburbs.”

The band also earned raves from Rolling Stone, which called them “the biggest mainstream success to emerge from the indie-rock world this decade, a North American equivalent of Radiohead in critical respect and mounting commercial clout.”

See the full story from CBC.ca.

Oh, look it’s a TV actress with a vanity project.

Edmonton-born TV star Jill Hennessy is working on an album called “Ghost in My Mind.”

“I know there’s going to be a lot of skepticism,” Hennessy to the QMI Agency, via the Toronto Star. “People will say, ‘Oh, it’s a TV actress with a vanity project.’”

Hey, how did she know we’d say that? Seriously, we love Jill’s venture back into music, and her return to Edmonton makes her our Canadian of the Week!

“Not many people know that I actually started off as a musician. I would play on the streets in Toronto for money,” she continued. “Music’s basically where my heart has always been, to be honest. I was just lucky that acting took off. Music provides me with much more profound and personal satisfaction.”

She goes on to explain that she’s been working on the album for more than four years, and started it while she was filming “Crossing Jordan.” The songs are based on experiences from her life from 2005 to 2007, including one situation “of extreme loss.”

In an ideal world, Hennessy says she’d have a full-fledged music career on her hands. But she knows acting is what puts food on the table.

She’ll be playing the Edmonton Music Festival this weekend.

Check out Jill performing “Ghost in My Head” on QTV right here:

It looks like America’s sweetheart could be moving north.

Carrie Underwood’s new hubby Mike Fisher told reporters this week that Ottawa seems like a fine place to settle down.

“I love it here in Ottawa. She likes it, she knows how much I like it and I want to stay here my whole career if possible,” he said, according to CTV. “And it won’t be just up to me, it will be up to the team too after my contract is up.

“We’re both comfortable here. Home is where we are, so let’s make this home.”

Fisher went on to talk at length about their wedding, honeymoon and what his new life in the paparazzi’s spotlight has been like.

Check out the full interview here.

We here at Canadian of the Week might have fallen a bit behind on our one-time promise to resurface the classic Canadian Heritage Minutes, but we still love them.

And it appears we’re not alone. “Scara,” the venerable founder and editor of GhoulsonFilm.net and good friend of Canadian of the Week, ran into Seth Rogen’s longtime buddy and co-writer Evan Goldberg, who beamed with excitement at the mention of CanadianoftheWeek.com and our mutual love of the renowned Heritage Minutes.

“I contacted the government and asked if we could make new ones like three years ago,” Evan said. “Me, Michael Cera and Seth wanted to go up there and make new ones. We wanted to do part of our future heritage and try to do a thing where we get like Pamela Anderson, Jim Carrey, Mike Myers and Seth and Michael Cera — just get, like, every famous Canadian we can to do something like that. I’m still kind of into doing it.”

Scara and her morbid mind went straight to Dr. Wilder Penfield’s infamous “I smell burnt toast” bit.

“Burnt toast! Burnt toast?” Evan repeated. “I lived on Penfield Drive in Montreal. I lived outside the building of the man who came up with that. We’ve got a Chinese railroad worker episode … there’s more, burnt toast, the hockey mask one. Ah, those are the best.”

Yes, Evan. They are.

The acting world lost prolific character actor Maury Chaykin, who died on his 61st birthday early Tuesday morning. He was reportedly battling kidney problems.

Most recently, Chaykin was known for his sendup of Harvey Weinstein (actually named Harvey Weingard) on HBO’s “Entourage,” which also features appearances by Canadian actress Emmanuelle Chriqui.

But Chaykin’s career spanned decades and included more than 120 credits, including “Dances With Wolves” and a documentary film I’ll admit I haven’t seen but is now my favorite movie title of all time, “Canada’s Sweetheart: The Saga of Hal C. Banks.”

Check out CBC.ca’s in-depth obituary here.