The all-you-can-watch company MoviePass that's been dubbed by some as a "Netflix for theatres" hasn't revealed plans to come to Canada, but its competitor has quietly launched here.

Officials in Canada will soon be able to send a localized alert compelling compatible phones on an LTE network to emit an alarm the same shrill beeping that accompanies TV and radio emergency alerts and display a bilingual text warning in emergencies including Amber Alerts, forest fires, natural disasters, terrorist attacks or severe weather.

When orchestral percussionist Kristofer Maddigan began his years-long journey composing the soundtrack for a video game his friends were creating, he mostly kept the passion project to himself. But his work on the indie game Cuphead which was named one of the top titles of 2017 is now up for a Juno Award for best instrumental album.