Toronto’s Shaftesbury Films has snapped up the rights to the Giller Prize-winning Late Nights on Air, with plans to turn Elizabeth Hay’s acclaimed novel into a series.

Heritage minister names Mary-Lynn Charlton to board of trustees, while sending former SaskTel staffer Candice J. Molnar to work at the CRTC

Canadians are stampeding towards cable companies for phone services, according to new numbers that show rising profits among cable and satellite operators

Alliance Vivafilm is pulling out all the stops for the Quebec release of L’Âge des ténèbres, Denys Arcand’s follow-up to Oscar-winner Les invasions barbares, while Clement Virgo’s Poor Boy’s Game receives a modest three-screen release through Seville

Asia’s HBO, ABC in Australia and others nab oddball toon from Toronto’s 9 Story Entertainment

A year after Part Two fees were struck down as an illegal tax, the Crown takes its appeal to an Ottawa court — with millions upon millions of dollars on the line

Toronto company picks up second Giller winner in a row, with plans to turn Elizabeth Hay’s Late Nights on Air into a series

Turns out broadcasters were uncomfortable with a tween toon set in the underworld, so Breakthrough had to relocate its Jimmy Two Shoes, explains Kevin Gillis

Ratings for the medical spin-off are beating the high-flying performance put on last year by Global’s Heroes. Canadian 5th Grader wraps with 1.2 million average

Out-of-competition lineup for next month’s festival picks up Meg Ryan-starring rom-com The Deal from Montreal shop. Infinity takes retitled Charlize Theron picture, LaBruce to show gay zombie flick

NFB copros Up the Yangtze! and Triage set to play at indie festival, joined by Montreal-made feature about factory workers coming together in Argentina