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Piché made film fast and on the cheap
DOP and editor worked for free on helmer Jean-Marc Piché’s WFF selection Nothing Really Matters
Murdoch Mysteries leads Gemini noms
Shaftesbury crime yarn series up for 14 awards, with nods all around for cast except lead Yannick Bisson. Durham County follows with 13. Englishman’s Boy leads MOWs
CTV orders more Flashpoint
Following boffo numbers for its rookie season on both sides of the border, Canadian broadcaster green-lights second season of Toronto action series
Maple dives into Pontypool
Distributor secures Canadian rights to McDonald’s horror flick bound for TIFF premiere
Beijing golden for CBC
Primetime coverage of the Olympic Games beats out Athens’ average viewership. Simon Whitfield’s triathlon silver most-watched event
ITV gets Proper
Proper TV programs including the Discovery series Canada’s Worst Driver headed to global market via U.K. distributor
Traffic cop joins CP24
Well-known OPP vet Cam Woolley to cover Toronto commuting and road safety for 24-hour newser
Ed’s Up star survives crash
Plane belonging to Barenaked Ladies’ Ed Robertson hits trees in southeastern Ontario. Not connected to TV series, says producer
IRA spy takes aim at TIFF
Martin McGartland, whose autobiography is the source of Kari Skogland’s feature Fifty Dead Men Walking, may try to block the film’s screening at the festival
CFTPA unveils feature film producer nominees
David Hamilton up for annual prize with Dean English, Jennifer Jonas, Barbara Shrier and Rob Merilees
Larouche going to Seville
First the Canadian distributor acquired key titles from the bankrupt Christal Films — now it’s also taking its main man
Sportscasters reveal fall hockey plans
New NHL contract comes into play, with TSN getting the most Canadian appearances in the regular season. Sportsnet Ontario boasts 28-game Maple Leafs package
Colleagues remember Claude Forget
Former Cinema Libre director recalled as a ‘man of heart who took on the cause of independent cinema’
Global fills foreign bureaus
Outposts in London, Beijing, New Dehli and Jerusalem staffed with net vets
Coalition asks for delay in new media funding changes
A group consisting of the CFTPA, ACTRA, DGC, WGC and DOC wants to know about the future of the CTF before the CRTC makes any funding amendments regarding new media
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