Montreal: TVA Group has expanded its cross-media content assets with the acquisition of Trustar, Quebec’s largest magazine publisher….

Vancouver: Kathleen Martin and Shelley Kirk, who cofounded Vancouver-based Voyageur Film Capital Corp. in 1997, have quit as directors and managers after a restructuring of the company in late December….

Vancouver: The western office of the National Film Board is racking up short animated productions….

Vancouver: Canadian audiences will have another homegrown, primetime soap opera to get lathered up about should chum finally get its long-held wish for a Vancouver television licence….

Vancouver: The sale of Finale Post Production to video duplication company Telepost Communica- tions fell apart Dec. 15, four months after the deal was announced and two months after the deal was supposed to close….

Vancouver: The implementation of new tax policy for foreign actors working on Canadian film sets did not take effect Jan. 1 and has been delayed indefinitely. However, the guidelines for non-Canadian behind-the-camera workers have been refined and are now in place….

Vancouver: On Jan. 4, Lions Gate Entertainment closed a us$33-million ($49-million) financing with a group of investors including Seattle-based magnate Paul Allen and two European broadcasters – a vote of confidence the company hails as a milestone that will kick start…

Vancouver: Ms. Bear – the family feature about kids, the environment and things ursine – did well enough on hbo and in video stores since it was shot three years ago to inspire a sequel. Production wrapped Dec. 20 in Abbotsford,…

Vancouver: On the set of Skullduggery – a wacky six-part series that debuts in January on The Comedy Network and follows in the steps of Dr. Who and other earlier low-cost, big-hearted fantasy programs – it was best to be in…

Vancouver: Deadlines to finalize a deal between Peace Arch Entertainment and the backers of the new 22-episode series AKA Picasso were bumped a week to Dec. 17….

Vancouver: The flagging fortunes of Vancouver public companies are finally having a respite. Earlier this month, Lions Gate Entertainment reported a quarterly profit and now Mainframe Entertainment is in the black with its second quarter of fiscal 2000 (ended Sept. 30)….

Vancouver: A couple of productions in Victoria are squeezing in before the millennium gong strikes. And they cap off a best-ever year of production in the provincial capital….