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Suzuki, Hannah headed to Banff

Environmentalists David Suzuki, Daryl Hannah and Tim Flannery summoned to lead green panel at the TV festival

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Studio for Quebec City in the works

Local businessman Alain Gariépy is courting investors for a new studio aimed a midsized, local shoots in the provincial capital

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CEP opposes CHUM buy

Union boss expresses concern over media concentration as hearings into the $1.4-billion deal get underway in Ottawa

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Fracture, Fuzz pay off for Alliance and Odeon

The Anthony Hopkins thriller and the antics of small-town English cops played better here than in the U.S., placing first and third at the box office

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Bodybuilder, Losers among winners at Hot Docs

Family and political themes pay off as doc fest ends with bigger, flashier awards ceremony

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Nomadic wins big at Rosies

Annual film and TV awards in Alberta hands seven honors to the Calgary prodco for Broken Trail and I Dream of Murder

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Drive skids off the road

Fox has killed its underground car race series, carried here by CTV, after only four episodes

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Break up at Rhombus

All four principals of the noted production house go their separate ways — sort of — as Macdonald steps into new job at the CFC

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Cookie Jar seeking investors

The Toronto production house has set aside plans for an IPO, says CEO Michael Hirsh, but needs capital to back its ‘big growth plans’

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Green goes to Toronto

The Douglas Coupland comedy makes a cautious move east, following a ‘so-so’ debut in B.C., while Mongrel Media rolls out Paul Verhoeven’s multilingual war story Black Book

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Bell to head SaskFilm

The provincial agency has named Susanne Bell as its new CEO and film commissioner, ending a 16-month interim post

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Teletoon goes digital

Trio of deals for video-on-demand and mobile marks first venture beyond traditional broadcasting for the 24-hour toon channel, which has appointed two execs to work with new media