From Alex Strachan of Canada.com:

B.C.-filmed Strange Empire a walk on the wild side for CBC
My father found me strange,” young Rebecca Blithely (Melissa Farman) tells her would-be surrogate mother figure, Kat Loving (Cara Gee), midway through the first hour of the strange, female-driven period western Strange Empire. Blithely was committed to a mental institution as a child before being rescued by a kindly, benevolent couple who raised her as their own. Now, living an uncertain life in a small mountain town that straddles the Alberta-Montana border in the late 1860s, she’s decided to become a surgeon. It’s a time and place where men rule the roost — good men and bad men alike — and girls are married off at a young age before they become women. Continue reading.

From Laura Kane of the Canadian Press:

‘Strange Empire’ a western with female heroes
The young female stars of CBC’s “Strange Empire” know they’re breaking new ground in the western genre. Set in 1869 on the Alberta-Montana border, the new series premiering Monday stars Cara Gee, Melissa Farman and Tattiawna Jones. After most of the men in their community vanish in mysterious circumstances, the trio of women must fight for their independence and survival. Continue reading.

Strange Empire is a dark, gritty drama set in the 1860s, but in this western the men have disappeared and the women are in charge and must survive in an Alberta-Montana frontier town. It premieres Monday, October 6 2014 at 9 p.m. ET on CBC Television.

Check out this extended look at Strange Empire.

Strange Empire is a dark, gritty drama set in the 1860s, but in this western the men have disappeared and the women are in charge and must survive in an Alberta-Montana frontier town. It premieres Monday, October 6 2014 on CBC. Here’s a sneak peek.

From Marsha Lederman of the Globe and Mail:

Actress Cara Gee: Making it big and keeping it real
At last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, actor Cara Gee was crowned one of the event’s rising stars and granted all the A-list accoutrements that came with the title, including a driver and temporary custody of many carats of diamonds. The chauffeur, alas, was hers for only the first few days of the festival; when a meet-and-greet with the Minister of Canadian Heritage came up later in the week, Gee was without her limo and out of cash and transit tokens. So she put on her $200,000 worth of jewellery, hopped on her bike and cycled downtown. Continue reading.