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Coupland film Gone to Equinoxe

Equinoxe Films has secured the Canadian distribution rights to Everything’s Gone Green, a film previously in limbo with ThinkFilm since the latter’s buyout by a U.S. investor

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Ma fille nears $2 million

Quebec films Ma fille, mon ange and the comedy Nos voisins Dhantsu top the homegrown box office

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Fine Living for the family on the go

Alliance Atlantis is bringing nine new series to its Fine Living specialty net this month, looking to guide the high earner towards becoming a smarter consumer

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Calgary takes Corner Gas over Barbara Walters

No doubt the Oscars shook up the country. Take a closer look, though, and you’ll see that Calgary likes Corner Gas more than Barbara Walters’ Oscar special. And, in Calgary, more people watched Hockey Night in Canada than American Idol.

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Feds okay CHUM buyout

The federal Competition Bureau says despite ‘concerns,’ it has no legal grounds to challenge the buyout of CHUM by CTVglobemedia, and has passed the matter to the CRTC

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IATSE wins Quebec coin toss

Luck of the draw hands five out of six big-budget movies to IATSE following its short-term cease-fire with cross-town rival, the AQTIS

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Moore takes top spot at CBC Sports

Former Rogers Sportsnet exec Scott Moore has taken over the sports wing at the Ceeb, replacing Nancy Lee

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Real to Reel spotlights Rape author

The Toronto shop is at work in China and across Asia recounting the grim work and short life of Iris Chang, author of the bestseller investigation The Rape of Nanking

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CTV preps Mayerthorpe MOW

Henry Czerny will star in the retelling of the standoff in a small Alberta town that left four RCMP officers dead

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Mongrel boosts Lives of Others

High on the Sunday night Oscar win for the German-made spy drama, distrib Mongrel Media is expanding the film in its current markets and charging into Alberta ahead of schedule

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Heritage chair defends Shaw, Videotron

Stopping payments to CTF was a last-ditch effort to be heard in Ottawa, says MP Gary Schellenberger, as Tories on the heritage committee prepare a minority report on the recent crisis

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To Beeb or not to Beeb?

The heritage committee opens its review of CBC with questions about new media and whether to follow the lead of its tech-heavy British cousin