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Link: Which classic Canadian television show would you most like to see back on the air?

From the Edmonton Journal:

Poll: Which classic Canadian television show would you most like to see back on the air?
Canadian actor Ryan Reynolds escaped without injury after being hit by a car in the parking lot of Vancouver’s Shangri-La Hotel last weekend. Reynolds has not spoken publicly about the incident, but when a CBC producer asked him to get in touch, Reynolds responded with a tweet that said: “Put Beachcombers back on the air and I’ll call.” Which Canadian television show would you like to see back on the air? Continue reading.

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Link: Emergency Latest Canadian Reality Outing

From James Bawden:

Emergency Latest Canadian Reality Outing
Don’t get me wrong –there are some reality shows I wouldn’t miss: Dog The Bounty Hunter, Pawn Stars, Storage Wars. And a few even are Canadian or at least Love It Or List It (Hillary Clinton’s favorite show) was until it returned last week with episodes made south of the border. The latest Canadian entry is the finely made Emergency which premieres Thursday April 16 at 9. It has nothing to do with the old fictional series Emergency –I remember visiting the set of that one to interview Julie London. Continue reading.

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Link: Canadian filmmaker Paul Almond dies at age 83

From Marian Scott of the Montreal Gazette:

Canadian filmmaker Paul Almond dies at age 83
Canadian film legend Paul Almond, creator of the Seven Up! British documentary series and author of the Alford novels, has died in Malibu, Calif., at age 83. He died of heart disease Thursday, about 10 days after being admitted to hospital.

“After a graceful, thoughtful and tenacious fight, Paul made his transition, surrounded by his family,” his son Matthew Almond said.

News of his death spread quickly in the Gaspé region, where Almond had deep roots and lived part of the year in an ancestral home in Shigawake. Continue reading.

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Link: The 10 weirdest Toronto kid’s shows of all time

From Ed Conroy of BlogTO:

The 10 weirdest Toronto kid’s shows of all time
Every generation has a slate of local kids TV shows that seem to transcend the medium, and not always in a good way. Although Toronto has never produced anything as truly bananas as Teletubbies or Boohbah in modern times, we pretty much owned the genre in the 1980s after unleashing an avalanche of utterly loopy kids programs onto an unsuspecting public – the effects of which probably still keep a fair amount of Psychiatrists busy today. Continue reading.

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Tonight: Marketplace, Fifth Estate

Marketplace, CBC – “Mind Games”
In a powerful journey into the world of memory, MARKETPLACE co-host Tom Harrington explores the fears of many Canadians – and his own – when it comes to memory loss. Having lost his parents and father-in-law to Alzheimer’s, Tom puts himself – and an industry – to the test. From an MRI in London, Ont. to playing popular brain training games to new technology that claims to improve brain function, he examines the promises and pitfalls of a multi-billion-dollar business in his most personal investigation yet. Mind Games is the one hour season finale of Marketplace.

The Fifth Estate, CBC – “Too Young to Lose”
A daughter, a niece, a friend. Underage girls forced into prostitution. Sexually exploited by pimps, praying on their vulnerability. Who are these teens? Mark Kelley sits down with four young women from Edmonton and finds out how they were targeted, recruited, and groomed into the sex trade. the fifth estate also follows the police, community and street outreach workers as they race against time –trying to prevent the young girls becoming the next murdered and missing women. It’s the tale of one city’s efforts to curtail the growth of teen trafficking.

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