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Producers take ACTRA to court

Following the latest breakdown in talks, producers seek to end ACTRA’s strike by challenging its status as a union and its controversial continuation letters in an Ontario court

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Global unveils details, sponsors for Deal

Global Television has unveiled details for its homegrown version of Deal or No Deal, revealing ample integration for sponsors Pontiac, Rogers and Sunquest

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Barna-Alper readies Céline

The life story of Quebec’s gift to Vegas is in the works for CBC, reworked by Donald Martin from the bio Céline Dion: A New Day Dawns

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Duffy returns to Newsnet

Veteran political reporter is back in the pink and back on air following heart surgery

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Stillwell leaves Planet

Daily Planet says goodbye to cohost Natasha Stillwell, who is dropping the Discovery show to find work in the U.K.

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TQS program did not discriminate, says watchdog

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council has cleared L’Avocat et le diable of religious discrimination following a squabble over on-air talk about the rights of ethnic groups

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Hunter joins National Geographic

The former Cineflix VP starts Monday in Washington, DC

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Water headed to Oscars

Deepa Mehta’s feel-bad smash will face off against foreign-language contenders including After the Wedding and The Lives of Others at next month’s Academy Awards

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ACTRA, producers back at the table

Looking to avoid going to court, both sides in the ‘business-as-usual’ strike met for talks in Montreal, coming closer on wages but remaining far apart on new media issues

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Cinespace closing Marine studio

The studio that housed X-Men and Chicago is closing amid bitter complaints from operator Cinespace Film Studios

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Boos for BloodRayne

The horror-action picture comes in second place among nominees for the worst-of-the-year Razzie Awards, narrowly trailing Basic Instinct 2 and Little Man

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Nick picks Planet

Decode Entertainment has sold its Canada/U.K. copro Planet Sketch to Nicktoons