From a media release:

SIX CANADIAN FAMILIES EAT LOCALLY FOR 100 DAYS WITH ASTONISHING RESULTS IN THE NEW SERIES “THE 100-MILE CHALLENGE”

• Series Premieres Sun., Apr. 5 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Food Network

Can you imagine no coffee, tea, chocolate, olive oil, and even sugar in your diet for 100 days? Did you know that many of these items travel over 1,500 carbon-producing miles to get to Canadian consumers? Based on James MacKinnon and Alisa Smith’s best-selling book The 100-Mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating, the new Food Network series “The 100-Mile Challenge” documents the fast-growing trend of local eating – which is healthier and better for the environment – for the first time on television. The series follows the ups and downs of six Mission, BC families who make the difficult, but rewarding, commitment to consume only food and drink produced within a 100-mile radius for 100-days. James MacKinnon and Alisa Smith act as guides in the series. A Paperny Films production, “The 100-Mile Challenge” (6 x 60′) airs Sundays at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT beginning April 5 on Food Network.

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From Patricia Bailey of Walrus Magazine:

• Cashing In
  “Cashing In, a new television dramatic comedy about a native- run casino on a scrubby reserve in southern Manitoba, may be a North American first. Billed as a cross between the and nbc series Las Vegas and cbc’s The Rez, it will surprise viewers for two reasons: it’s about sexy and rich Aboriginal people, and it’s funny.” Read more.

From Gayle MacDonald of the Globe and Mail:

• ‘It’s wild how deals are getting put together’
  “In Tinseltown to pitch the sale of their new police drama, Copper, (Tassie) Cameron and (Ilana) Frank kept up that frenetic pace for the rest of the week – meeting top executives at a slew of other networks, including CW (part of the CBS family), Lifetime and Fox. ‘It was a bit wild and crazy – but exhilarating,’ says Frank, back at her desk in Toronto.” Read more.