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• Tar wars: as Canada scrambles to dig up some of the world's dirtiest oil, a Bush doctor tracks mysterious diseases, poisoned rivers, and shattered lives

  - 2008-05-01

  At a small airport in the northern Alberta town of Fort McMurray, a rickety, single-engine Cessna hurtles off the ground with a roar. Dr. John O'Connor ignores the shuddering fuselage, the tail wiggle, the steep climb above the spruce trees at the end of the runway. For O'Connor, a bush...

  Tags: Alberta, Benefits, Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Government, HEALTHCARE, Prostitution, river, sister, SOFTWARE, Suncor Energy

• Cultural Authority and Canadian Public Broadcasting in the 1930s: Hector Charlesworth and the CRBC

  - 2008-01-01

  The Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission CRBC, created as Canada's first public broadcaster in 1932, struggled throughout its short existence to establish its legitimacy and authority as a cultural and social force in a North American environment dominated by entertainment-oriented commercial broadcasting. This study focusses on the views of Hector W....

  Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., broadcaster, broadcasting, Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., commission, MARKETING, programming, radio, Toronto

• A Prairie Giant Comes to VisionTV; Multi-faith network to air award-winning Tommy Douglas miniseries Sept. 25 and 27.

  - 2007-09-06

  TORONTO, ONTARIO, Sep 6, 2007 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- VisionTV, Canada's multi-faith and multicultural television network, will broadcast the provocative two-part miniseries Prairie Giant: The Tommy Douglas Story. The four-hour film, produced by Regina, Sask.-based Minds Eye Entertainment, will air as a special...

  Tags: Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., MARKETING, network, NETWORKING, TVs

• Breakthrough Television Series "The Tudors" Earns Four Emmy(R) Nominations for Showtime, Peace Arch(R) Entertainment and TM Productions

  - 2007-07-25

  Peace Arch® Entertainment Group Inc. (AMEX: PAE) (TSX: PAE), an innovative film and television entertainment company, announced today that the Company's co-produced television series, "The Tudors," received four Emmy® Award nominations from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, including "Outstanding Cast for a Drama Series," "Outstanding Costumes for a...

  Tags: Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., entertainment, TVs

• CBC Records and IODA Partner for Digital Distribution

  - 2007-03-07

  TORONTO & SAN FRANCISCO -- IODA, the global leader in digital distribution, marketing, and technology solutions for the independent music industry, and CBC Records, the record label of Canada's national public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, today announced that they will partner for digital distribution in all territories outside of...

  Tags: Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., MARKETING, music, radio

• Adventures in Rainbow Country and the Narration of Nationhood

  - 2006-10-01

  The Canadian family-adventure series Adventures in Rainbow Country followed in the wake of the deeply optimistic 1967 Centennial celebrations and reflects the country's long tradition of nation building. Given the rise of the Separatist and Red Power movements in Canada, the program's depiction of the harmonious co-existence of anglophone, francophone,...

  Tags: broadcasting, Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., North, Toronto, TVs

• Broadcast research in the Americas: revisiting the past and looking to the future

  - 2006-09-01

  Canada, Latin America, and the United States have assumed great international significance in the past few decades as borders wither, goods and people move more freely around the globe, and finance takes on a more integrated and powerful role in global marketplaces. Trade agreements like the North American Free Trade...

  Tags: Brazil, broadcasting, cable, Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., G., M., Media, media, Mexico, NAFTA, programming, Rogers Communications Inc., satellite, Toronto, TVs, U.S.

• Canadian hardware, foreign software: the political economy of pay-per-view

  - 2006-09-01

  On February 1, 1983, the introduction of First Choice, currently known as The Movie Network, marked a significant step in the evolution of Canada's video industry. For a nominal fee, cable subscribers were able to watch uninterrupted and unedited versions of top box office releases that had completed their theatrical...

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• Northern exposure: the 'war on terror' comes to Canada

  - 2006-07-14

  Many Americans, preoccupied with the politics of their southern border, are accustomed to paying scant attention to events beyond their northern boundary. Yet in the past month, dramatic developments in the war on terror have plunged Canada into denunciation, exasperation, and doubt. On the evening of Friday, June 2, hundreds...

  Tags: arrest, Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Leadership, SECURITY, terror

• Canada bombing suspect considered plane attack: report

  - 2006-06-07

  MONTREAL AFP — A suspect in an alleged plot to bomb Canadian buildings had applied to a flying school and considered using a plane for an attack, according to court documents revealed by Canadian radio. But the suspect, Amin Mohamed Durani, 19, did not attend the flying lessons, fearing...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corp., SECURITY