The horror series about a real estate agent that can speak with ghosts is produced by Toronto’s Blue Ice Pictures.
The Quebec comedian is writing the scripted series based on his father’s life, and will also star and produce.
Production on season three of the sci-fi series begins later this month.
The multi-year agreement establishes floor wages and includes health and welfare payments.
Five short films and four digital projects were selected under SODEC’s production assistance program.
The 9 Story Media Group-produced animated series has been licensed to the U.K.’s CBeebies.
The feature is co-directed by Alexandre Trudeau and James McLellan, and is now filming in Manitoba.
The studio says the still-unnamed project is its largest to date at an eight-figure budget.
The company’s affected U.S. employees will be notified by the end of the business day, with cuts outside of the U.S. happening over time.
Representatives from the unions also called for stronger creator protections in their testimony to the Standing Committee on Industry and Technology.
Blue Ant Studios’ global rights group is handling licensing opportunities for the U.K.-produced title.
The series is based on the factual format The Write Offs, where adults are taught essential literacy skills.
The annual Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards took place on Feb. 12 at the VIFF Centre.
The French-language family inheritance drama is produced by Montreal’s Passez-Go and Bell Media, in association with C3 Media.
Sesame Street saw a bump in demand to move to No. 2 on the overall TV chart.