SUDBURY – Production has begun in Sudbury on the all-new Letterkenny spin-off Shoresy, Bell Media’s Crave announced today.
Shoresy is a six-episode, half-hour hockey comedy created and written by Jared Keeso, who also stars in the series. It “sees the foul-mouthed, chirp-serving, mother-loving fan favourite character, Shoresy (above), join a senior AAA hockey team in Sudbury on a quest to never, ever lose again,” a press release says.
The series is produced by New Metric Media in partnership with WildBrain and Playfun Games in association with Bell Media with participation from the Canadian Media Fund, OMDC Tax Credits, and the Canadian…
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VANCOUVER, WINNIPEG and TORONTO — Ayasew Ooskana Pictures, APTN and CBC/Radio-Canada announced today production has begun on the new original five-part drama and feature film Bones of Crows, created by award-winning writer, director and producer Marie Clements.
Casting was also announced for the character-driven series, which will star Grace Dove (above, Monkey Beach) as Cree matriarch Aline Spears who “survives a childhood in Canada’s residential school system to continue her family’s generational fight in the face of systemic starvation, racism, and sexual abuse,” reads a press release.
“She uses her uncanny ability to understand and translate codes into working for a…
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Also “unconstitutional” and “presumptuous”
It seems to be a law of human nature to take the fastest available remedy to rid oneself of an immediate problem, only to find that the remedy is worse than the original problem. Think of the German High Command sending Lenin to Russia in 1917. That worked, for Russia imploded in revolution, but the consequences turned out not quite as foreseen at the time, particularly for Germany.
So it is with the government’s online harms proposals. These were put out for consultation during the election and the responses have not been made public. Possibly…
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Broadcaster has also taken equity position in cannabis company
TORONTO – ZoomerMedia affiliate CARP, an advocacy association for aging Canadians, announced today an exclusive partnership with Opticann by Heritage, a cannabis company that offers innovative medical cannabis products.
In conjunction with this, ZoomerMedia, CARP and Opticann will create tailored education for CARP members through ZoomerMedia’s TV, radio, print and digital channels, according to a press release. The includes VisionTV, The New Classical FM, Zoomer Radio, and Zoomer Magazine.
“Understanding the utility of medical cannabis is increasingly important to older Canadians for the treatment of conditions including chronic pain, anxiety and lack of…
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TORONTO — Women in Film and Television–Canada Coalition (WIFT-CC), in conjunction with Reel Families for Change Canada, yesterday released the results of their Family Care Report, a cross-Canada survey that examines the impact of Covid-19 on child and family care for women working in the Canadian film and TV production industry.
“The report concludes the federal government should immediately call for an industry round table to begin discussions with unions and employers on the goal of implementing changes to federal labour tax credit policy to support childcare and family care by 2024, while simultaneously addressing the critical need to implement…
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Panelists talk C-10, competition and of course, the Rogers/Shaw deal
By Lynn Greiner
TORONTO – Every ISP Summit, a highlight session is the regulatory panel. The CRTC always seems to generate enough controversy to make the panel entertaining as well as interesting.
This year was no different.
Moderated by Monica Auer, executive director of the Forum for Research and Policy in Communications, the panel featured two CRTC alumni who are less than impressed with the way the organization has operated recently.
Konrad von Finckenstein, a consultant and arbitrator, was CRTC chair from 2007 to 2012, and Timothy Denton, now chairman of the Internet…
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Also releases study showing Canadian content drives tourism
NETFLIX TODAY LAUNCHED a new website called Netflix in Your Neighbourhood, which highlights the Canadian cities and towns that have been used as Netflix filming locations, and released a new study indicating Canadian content has the potential to help drive tourism in the country.
The study was conducted by Basis Research in November 2020 and aggregates findings from research in Brazil, France, Germany, U.S., Australia and Sweden, according to the methodology described in the report. A total of 13,500 people were surveyed and 20 Netflix titles were tested.
The purpose of the…
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COMMENTARY: The new bill can’t be the same as the old bill
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau,
FOR MOST OF ITS SHORT life, Bill C-10, your now-dead proposed amendment to our Broadcasting Act, trundled along, hardly noticed by those outside the content industry.
It was considered a modest attempted bill which avoided some complicated questions altogether (such as the CBC’s future mandate) but, as you know, aimed at one main thing – having the likes of Netflix, Disney, Amazon, Google and others, contribute to Canadian content.
However, the whole thing turned sour, as you and our readers may recall, on just what will be…
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WINNIPEG and TORONTO — The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) announced today a new broadcast special, National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, produced in collaboration with Insight Productions, will air on APTN and CBC/Radio-Canada on Thursday, Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. ET.
“In recognition of the new federal statutory holiday, also known as Orange Shirt Day, this unique one-hour, commercial-free primetime special honours the stories and perspectives of Indigenous Peoples affected by the tragedies of the residential school system in Canada, with musical tributes and ceremonies in Indigenous communities across the land,” reads a press release.
The special will…
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Conservatives release 83-page electoral platform
By Denis Carmel
The recently announced federal election officially signals the death of Bill C-10.
In dissolving the House of Commons, any “incomplete business is terminated, including government and private members’ bills,” reads the House of Commons website.
This includes Bill C-10, the legislation intended to modernize the Broadcasting Act.
So much work for nothing is distressing but it also illustrates the difficulty of legislating in today’s world, especially with a minority government.
Assuming a new government reintroduces the same bill or a new one, they will have to start from scratch. So those 159 witnesses, 55 briefs tabled, 28 meetings…
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