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Ontario awards $1.3 million to 99 projects


TORONTO — The Ontario government announced Monday it is investing almost $1.3 million in Ontario Creates grants to provide 99 organizations with funding to help promote Canadian film, TV and digital content globally. The announcement was made by Lisa MacLeod, Ontario minister of heritage, sport, tourism and culture industries, who was joined by Ontario Creates board chair Aaron Campbell and Shaftesbury chair and CEO Christina Jennings, at 401 Richmond in Toronto, an arts-and-culture hub which is home to imagineNATIVE and Reel Asian, two previous and ongoing Ontario Creates grant recipients. The Ontario Creates grants are being provided through several investment...