Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed, the gruesome werewolf sequel with an oddly feminist edge, opened with a bloody splash in 53 Canadian theaters on Jan. 30. By the end of its first week on Feb. 5, it was the top Canadian film at the domestic box office, with a total take of $127,468 and a per-theater average of $2,405.

At recent licence renewal hearings in Ottawa, the CRTC slapped nine of 22 specialty services up for review with higher Canadian programming expenditure requirements.

The heirs of Lucy Maud Montgomery, the author of Anne of Green Gables, won a legal victory last month when a judge threw out a $55-million libel lawsuit against them.

There has been much media ado over Conan O’Brien’s impending visit to Hogtown.