Production underway for CBC’s ‘Canada: The Story of Us’

TORONTO - CBC’s docu-drama series Canada: The Story Of Us will wrap up shooting later this month and will air in 2017 as part of the public broadcaster’s lineup of original programming commissioned to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary.Based on Nutopia’s The Story of Us, the 10 x 60-minute series tells the extraordinary tale of the people, places and events that shaped Canada, including the stories of Indigenous peoples and immigrants, pioneers and rule breakers, and scientists and entrepreneurs who forged a nation in a vast and harsh land. The series will combine fact-based drama with CGI animation, and feature interviews with prominent...