Jim Bawden of the Toronto Star talks to David “Sudz” Sutherland about his upcoming CBC miniseries:

• Gun drama shoots from the hip
  “All we want to do is tell the truth. Why is that so unsettling for some people?” Sutherland later asks as he has a hasty dinner in the lunch room. “It is fiction, yes, but based on true stories. I did my research with the police to find where thousands of guns are coming from.

From NewsOK.com:

• ‘Slings & Arrows’ creator aims to showcase theatrical talent
  “Writer and star Mark McKinney (“Kids in the Hall”) said “The Sopranos” opened his mind to the possibilities of episodic television.”

Canada’s best online digital creators make their television debut with new series Exposure premiering Sunday, July 29 at 11 p.m. on CBC Television

CBC Television is giving emerging digital filmmakers the opportunity to showcase their talent on mainstream television and have a chance to win a $25,000 online entertainment development deal when the new, six-part one-hour series EXPOSURE hits the airwaves Sunday, July 29 at 11 p.m. The series is looking for Canada’s best digital storytellers to submit their short films to www.cbc.ca/exposure and compete for a spot in the show. Canadians will help determine which digital videos will be featured on the television broadcast by rating and voting for their favourite films on the EXPOSURE website.

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Ilona Beiks of Playback reports on Sanctuary, the online series coming to the Vancouver International Digital Festival, and, possibly, soon to TV:

• Digital series set for big screen
  “We’re laying the multi-platform pipeline for all possibilities: DVDs, TV, gaming, film — we want to push eyeballs back and forth,” says Kindler. “But we’re not big. We want to create a revenue stream for Canadians, by Canadians. And we could only have done it in Vancouver. The gaming, digital, visual effects talent pool was vital.”

From a media release:

• Production underway with story of three way partnership between
  Bigstone Cree Nation, Bronco Energy and Bronco Drilling

OLN together with Edmonton based Anaid Productions announced today that principal photography has started on season 2 of the original OLN series “The Rig: Oil Sands.” In the new season, travel to the Athabasca oil sands belt on Bigstone Cree Nation land in the Wabasca/Desmarais area of Alberta where hundreds of young people struggle to hit pay dirt in the greatest blue-collar cash haul since the gold rush. This season, the series goes in a new direction, following the unprecedented partnership between Alberta’s Bigstone Cree Nation, Bronco Energy and Bronco Drilling. “The Rig: Oil Sands” will also feature Rig Manager Donny Macphee, the fiery leader of the rig crew featured in season one.

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