From the Associated Press:

• ‘South Park’ duo buys ‘Kenny’
  “Comedy Central has acquired rights to a Canadian series, “Kenny vs. Spenny,” and fans Parker and Stone agreed to help produce new episodes.” Read more.

From CBC:

• CBC, Mirvish to launch search for Canadian Maria
  “Winner of TV talent show will star in The Sound of Music.” Read more.

From a media release:

It’s a wrap: Production on “Chris & John to the Rescue: Provincetown” is complete

On September 1st, production on the all-new season of “Chris & John to the Rescue: Provincetown” came to an end. Five hilarious and heart-felt rescue missions later, Chris & John departed the beautiful Cape Cod.

Tune in this November to OUTtv for the ALL-NEW ‘Chris & John to the Rescue: Provincetown’, airing Monday nights on OUTtv at 10:00pm EST / 7:00pm PST

‘Chris & John to the Rescue!’ is a fun, adventurous lifestyle series chronicling the latest journeys of best friends Chris & John. In each episode, these pals and self-proclaimed culture aficionados go on a demanding mission to save the world.one gay at a time. This season, to continue that mission, they’re heading to the gayest town on earth:
Provincetown, Massachusetts!

From a Spacce media release:

Cold as Ice! Earth falls into an Ice Age in the new Canadian series GRAND STAR

• Airs Saturdays at 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT, beginning September 22 on SPACE

Based on a collection of novels from French novelist Georges J. Arnaud, comes the futuristic, action adventure Grand Star, premiering on SPACE Saturdays at 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT, beginning September 22. A series about human conflict, adventure and mystery, Grand Star investigates the psychological behaviour of mankind, the demand for justice and the social class gap.

Continue reading Upcoming series: Grand Star, Space, Sept. 22 →

Todd Babiak of The Edmonton Journal uses St. Urbain’s Horseman to illustrate an attempt to move away from the weaknesses “screenwriting guru” Robert McKee sees in Canadian storytelling:

• Lifting storytelling to new levels
  “Basically, McKee said English-Canadian film and television is currently a wasteland. Literature and theatre aren’t doing so well either. Thanks to a combination of dark forces like the grant system, poetic prose, our fealty to all things French, cultural inferiority and a reflexive anti-Hollywoodism, we’re making ‘art’ instead of story.” Read more.