From Kate Taylor of The Globe and Mail:
Link: Melanie Joly’s fight for Canadian culture is neither easy nor popular
Minister of Canadian Heritage Melanie Joly was in Paris this week doing exactly that, taking meetings with French and European culturecrats who can be counted on to understand Canada’s dilemma: How does a mid-sized power maintain any notion of cultural sovereignty in the face of the aptly acronymed FANG? (That’s Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google.) Continue reading.
From Jim Bawden:
Link: Welcome Back RCAF!
Best news of the festive season is the return of Royal Canadian Air Farce for the annual New Year’s hour long special. But since New Year’s Eve falls on a Saturday this year you can catch the special a day earlier on Friday December 30 at 8 p.m. Continue reading.Â
From Reuters:
Link: Canadian actor Alan Thicke dead at 69
Canadian actor Alan Thicke, best known for his leading role in the 1980s sitcom “Growing Pains†as well as being the father of singer Robin Thicke, died on Tuesday, his spokeswoman said. He was 69. Continue reading.
From Brioux.tv:
Link: “Best cast ever†aces annual Air Farce NYE taping
For the first time, women outnumber men four to three. Ferguson says it is the best cast ever, high praise considering the 40+ year history of the troupe. They were certainly embraced by the Thursday night audience. The cast performed with more bounce and vigor than any previous NYE taping that I can remember. Continue reading.Â
From Denis McGrath for Cartt.ca:
Link: Reflections from the Writers’ Room: “He Rode a Blais-sing Saddle!â€
Did you hear the one where a six-figure-earning chair of the CRTC hijacked his own hearing to go after some guy who hurt his feelings on “The Twitter?â€
In the world of content creation it wasn’t the most important twist to come out of the group license renewal hearing last week, but it sure was the most surprising. Continue reading.
