Canadian women who played their part in the Second World War are to get some recognition courtesy of Lori Kuffner’s Canadian Women of Courage….

No stranger to Gemini Award nominations, TVA International’s (formerly Motion International) science and technology, action-adventure series Popular Mechanics for Kids is in the running again, for best children’s or youth program or series and best direction in an information program or…

The film and television industry seems to spawn globe-roving craftspeople whose careers take them across continents and through genres without any discernible past pattern or predictable future plan….

The Worst Witch is the top-rated children’s drama series on Britain’s itv, and its increasing popularity in Canada is marked by its Gemini nomination this year for best children’s or youth program or series….

Vancouver: Lions Gate Entertainment of Vancouver says it is extending its vertical reach with a new 50/50 joint venture with Toronto-based financing company MediaVentures….

In response to the financing needs of small-time producers generally shut out from accessing interim film financing from Canadian banks, Blackwatch Communications has announced the creation of a new $50-million financing fund for Canadian film and tv producers….

Rogers Communications is $241 million the richer since it lost its seven-month battle to take control of Groupe Videotron in mid-September. It is also all the more poised to sweep up its outstanding interest in Cogeco Cable, Ontario’s second largest cabler….

After two years of planning, producer Sheldon Wiseman and actor Leslie Nielsen have inked a deal with PricewaterhouseCoopers to buy back much of the assets of Wiseman’s former Lacewood library for an undisclosed seven-figure amount….

Rogers Communications is $241 million the richer since it lost its seven-month battle to take control of Groupe Videotron in mid-September. It is also all the more poised to sweep up its outstanding interest in Cogeco Cable, Ontario’s second largest cabler….

CanWest Global will form a new joint venture with u.k.-based producer/broadcaster Granada Media and a consortium of international players to hold their combined stake in Ireland’s national broadcaster TV3….

at the Canadian Film Centre’s annual bbq on Sept. 10, Gerry Noble, president and ceo of Global Communications, and Loren Mawhinney, Global Television’s vp of Canadian production, announced the donation of $1.5 million to the school’s Fast Forward Campaign….

There’ll be no more sneaking around for actors working under the table on low-budget productions or for small-scale producers trying to access unionized talent, now that actra has launched the Canadian Low-budget Incentive for Performers and Producers….