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ACTRA, producers return to table

Federal labor minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn appoints mediator in latest bid to end month-long actors strike

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TIFF breaks ground

After four years of planning and one archeological dig, construction on the new home of the Toronto film festival is underway

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Daughters still a winner

The China-set tragic romance stayed atop the box office among Canadian-mades, though its numbers are cooling

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More opera for Cineplex

Cineplex is expanding its Met at the Movies opera program due to high demand for the high-brow screenings.

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Cogeco Fund doled out $1.7M

Last year, the cable giant supported programs including Little Mosque on the Prairie, Dragon Boys and Would Be Kings

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ACTRA to rally first, talk later

The actors union has filed an appeal against an Ontario court ruling calling for arbitration in its three-week-old strike, and plans to rally outside CFTPA offices before scheduled talks on Friday

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Funding safe, says CTF

The embattled funder is borrowing against its revenues for next year to make up for the $25 million pulled by Shaw Communications and Videotron, keeping current projects in the black

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Mosque stands strong, Intelligence falters

Ceeb sitcom continues to hit one million, while Chris Haddock’s crime series ends its first season with a soft average of 304,000

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Big push for Partition

Seville Pictures hopes tragic romance and violent conflict will bring both women and men to Partition, which arrives in 33 theaters on Friday

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Oda to meet with CTF chief

Sit-down with Doug Barrett follows an ‘insightful’ meeting with rebellious Shaw and Videotron cable execs

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Robson and Jeff moved to Saturdays

Second seasons of CTV sitcoms will play back to back against Hockey Night in Canada

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Kwan, Lapointe share Genie prize

The directors of Eve & the Fire Horse and La vie secrète des gens heureux will split this year’s prize for first-time filmmakers