The Really Brief

Julien Hébert, Amos Le Blanc, and Dani Roche are finalists for One Club’s Young Guns; Jon Hamm returns for new SkipTheDishes TV; Budweiser Canada wants to recruit a new Chief Hockey Officer; and Roots partners with Raptors Fred VanVleet for re-launch of its TUFF Boot.

New creative from Twitter, Skip the Dishes and CPAs, plus a new president of National Public Relations.

Heinz ketchup tries a twisted label; the Leon’s couple have a cat named Leon; and No Frills plays a new game for back-to-school with Kellogg.

Marvel characters coming to Miniso; Caroline Murphy joins Huge; Taxi’s new campaign for SiriusXM and RW&Co signs seven new brand ambassadors.

Subway the latest QSR to offer Beyond Meat option; Clif Bar introduces ‘Adventure Trailers’ in Toronto and Vancouver; 7-11 partners with Foodora, Uber Eats.

A more inclusive Toronto T-shirt; Pomp & Circumstance hires a new VP; New ads about cannabis impaired driving for SAAQ and the Ontario government.

Huge designs a cycling helmet worthy of the Tour de France; The Mark takes a “Second Glance” at Shoppers’ new standalone cosmetic dermatology service; new hires at Virtue Worldwide and M/Six Canada.

A Muskoka Chair with a built-in beer keg; a bullish forecast for drinkable cannabis; and spittin’ rhymes in Mount Pearl, Nfld.

Wealthsimple captures Raptor euphoria in all its four-bounce glory; Ottawa moves to plan single-use plastics and Facebook unveils its election advertising plan.

What’s new in The Really Brief: Agnostic rebrands as a full-service shop, appoints Sarah Crabbe president; Apply Digital opens new agency GoodScout in Vancouver.

Clif Bar & Company brings its iconic climber to life, and a new senior hire for Cohn & Wolfe.

What’s new in The Really Brief: A colour changing billboard for KitchenAid; a new digital lead at Stephen Thomas Ltd.; and BMO’s new brand campaign comes to Canada.

What’s new in The Really Brief: A Facebook co-founder calls for the breakup of Facebook; new hires at Fuse Live; and new Nova Scotia Tourism campaign.

What’s new in The Really Brief: Rogers Media buys a branded podcast company; new creative for Gay Lea’s Toasted Marshmallow Whipped Cream; The ICA has a problem with TransLink.

What’s new in The Really Brief: Hertz is suing Accenture over a website design gone wrong; CREA’s new ad for Realtor.ca; and another Fortnite/Avengers crossover seems imminent.

What’s new in The Really Brief: New PR leadership at No Fixed Address, a new agency for Gen Z, and Greenpeace Canada uses Instagram stickers to call attention to single-use plastics.

What’s new in the Really Brief: PrideAM coming to North America; Coke launching an energy drink; BMO begins campaign with new spokesperson.

What’s new in The Really Brief: Drake’s OVO brand acquires naming rights to the Raptors training facility; automaker SKODA introduces doggie seatbelts, and the Hungarian government uses “Distracted Boyfriend” in a family values campaign.