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YAGA Episode 1 recap: A missing heir, an identical roommate and a flaming chicken
Baba Yaga has heard what people say about her: she's old and wicked, lives in a hut on chicken feet and eats children.
YAGA episode release schedule: When do new episodes arrive on Crave?
Crave’s YAGA premieres in Canada on Friday, October 23, 2026, with two episodes. The eight-part mystery thriller will then release one episode each Friday before ending with another two-episode drop on November 27.
What is Baba Yaga? The Slavic folklore behind Crave’s YAGA
Baba Yaga's house stands on chicken legs in some of the folktales told about her. She travels through the forest in a mortar, propelling herself with a pestle and sweeping away her tracks.
YAGA on Crave: Release date, cast, story and everything we know
A missing heir brings a private investigator to a coastal town in YAGA, Crave’s forthcoming mystery thriller inspired by the folklore figure Baba Yaga.
Where was YAGA filmed? The real locations behind Crave’s mystery series
Crave’s upcoming mystery series YAGA was filmed in Victoria and the surrounding area of southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia.
Jared Keeso’s I Kill the Bear premieres on Crave Nov. 6 with a Franco-Ontarian family at its centre
Jared Keeso’s next Crave comedy, I Kill the Bear, will premiere Nov. 6, with two episodes released each Friday over three weeks. Bell Media announced the date Oct. 6 alongside a trailer and new cast details for the six-part series, which reunites Keeso with New Metric Media, the production company behind Letterkenny and Shoresy.
Canadian horror film This Is Not a Test comes to Crave Oct. 16
Canadian horror film This Is Not a Test will arrive on Crave on Oct. 16, adding Adam MacDonald’s adaptation of Courtney Summers’ 2012 novel to the streamer’s October lineup.
A Tribe Called Love comes to Crave on Oct 8, 2026
Canadian feature A Tribe Called Love begins streaming on Crave on Oct 8, 2026, bringing Mohamed Ahmed’s Toronto-set romance to the service after its festival and theatrical runs.
Tracy & Martina’s first cross-Canada tour continues through November
Tracy & Martina, the Cape Breton comedy duo created and performed by Justine Williamson and Greg Vardy, are continuing their first cross-Canada tour with six verified dates still ahead.
What is All Heart: A Rugby Story? Crave’s Canadian rugby docuseries arrives Oct. 9
Crave will release all four episodes of All Heart: A Rugby Story on Oct. 9, giving viewers the full four-part documentary at once rather than on a weekly schedule. Each episode runs 30 minutes.
Narco Mennonites Episode 1 recap: “This Mennonite Is a Drug Dealer”
I knew almost nothing about Narco Mennonites before starting it.
Hudson Williams says returning to Heated Rivalry after its breakout success felt ‘surreal’
When Hudson Williams returned to Heated Rivalry for Season 2, he found himself wondering whether he was playing Shane Hollander or doing an impression of him.
Alberta-shot Anna Pigeon scores USA Network’s biggest scripted debut in nearly eight years
The Crave Original uses Alberta’s Kananaskis mountains to stand in for Montana and puts Canadian talent on both sides of the camera.
Daily Show correspondent Troy Iwata to join Heated Rivalry musical parody
The Canadian-made Heated Rivalry phenomenon is getting another new Shane Hollander — this time on the Off-Broadway stage.
Kelowna-born ‘Heated Rivalry’ star returns as co-star fuels Season 2 speculation
Kelowna-born, Kamloops-raised actor Hudson Williams is returning to Heated Rivalry as filming gets underway on the second season of the Canadian hockey romance — while a comment from one of his co-stars has raised questions about how much of the series may be in production.