What worked for Kevin Costner and baseball in Field of Dreams works equally well for a Canadian farmer and hockey in Labatt’s latest attempt at marrying two of Canada’s favorite pastimes….

Vancouver: Mercy Point – the upn series produced by Mandalay Television (and parent Lions Gate Pictures) in Vancouver – has been put on hiatus after only two aired episodes….

Montreal: In Misguided Angels, two screw-up angels are demoted to Earth until they can re-earn their wings by helping wayward, unsuspecting mortals. Fox Family Channel has ordered 26 half-hour episodes of the show, and a second sitcom, Big Wolf on Campus,…

Ted Kelterborn is a member of the KNOWlaw group of the Toronto law firm McMillan Binch. This article was prepared with the assistance of kathy johns and laurie sargent….

Grass, an examination of marijuana prohibition, is the latest feature-length documentary offering from veteran director/producer Ron Mann (Twist, Comic Book Confidential) and his production/distribution company Sphinx Productions….

For a recent spot for the nfl, Montreal’s Buzz Image Group used motion-capture technology to bring to life Zortrac – an emotionally turbulent video-game character – to assist the league in its efforts to raise football awareness among youngsters….

The coddled world of the Pillsbury Dough Boy is rocked in a recent spot out of Leo Burnett which features a giant, significantly less lovable dough-creature who gives DB more to worry about than a finger in the belly….

*Vanimators act up…

The L.A. operations of Alliance Atlantis Communications will be headquartered at a new site – the former home of production company All American in Santa Monica, says AAC Entertainment president Peter Sussman….

Astral Communications has announced a $10-million fund to aid the financing, development and production of both French- and English-Canadian documentaries….

Denise Filitreault’s feature debut C’t’a ton tour, Laura Cadieux topped all movies at the Quebec box office with an opening 52-screen, four-day Thanksgiving Day weekend take of $455,496….

vancouver: The Market Incentive Program offered by funding agency British Columbia Film will close for new applications Nov. 6. It is the first time since it was created in 1995 that the fund has had to preempt the flow of business….