Vancouver: The b.c. film industry is facing the loss of at least half of its Canadian-content production now that Ontario has a provincial tax credit harmonized with the federal rebate scheme, says a senior b.c. film bureaucrat….

Spring ’96 bbm books are in and CanWest Global’s Vancouver affiliate, u.tv, is inspired by its 6 p.m. newscast numbers as it works on new strategies to take eyeballs away from king of the B.C. News Airwaves, bctv….

On May 9, Gloucester, Ont.-based Telesat Canada and surprise dbs entrant Shaw Communications, Calgary, announced plans to launch satellites into two Canadian-owned orbital slots….

Montreal: Preproduction has halted on Dog of Flanders, a us$12 million feature film slated to begin principal photography in Montreal May 14….

slated for May 21-26, the 5th annual Dreamspeakers Festival in Edmonton is expecting its biggest numbers ever, thanks, in part, to a concerted effort to bring out youth. Two hundred and fifty attendees are expected to take part in the aboriginal…

Yes, that was Jason Priestley commanding all the attention at Roots whilst a small pod of commercial execs including Philippe Garneau and Michael Schwartz stood on the sidelines. It’s a face – Priestley’s that is – that advertising and music video…

So you want to vent….

Leroy Koetz, the jet-setting L.T.B. Productions director, is back from Milan where he shot two days for Volkswagen, resulting in a 30-second spot for international release. Christopher Gentile shot two days for Cheerios through fcb, with Barry Parrell the dop. topix…

Diana Cafazzo is a partner and Sandra Richmond is an associate of the Toronto law firm of McMillan Binch. Both are members of the firm’s KNOWlaw Group….

Montreal: Cinemaginaire producer Denise Robert has two features on the go this spring, a $10 million majority European coproduction called Le Jour et la nuit from French writer/philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, and Le Siege de l’ame, a fantasy thriller and the second…

Pebblehut Productions has a full slate of productions for this spring and summer….

Vancouver: The statuettes weren’t ready for the winners, but spirits were high nonetheless for the first annual Leo Awards, sponsored by the B.C. Motion Picture Association May 5….