From the Canadian Press:

• Cdn TV show that uses celebrity to get youth to care discussed at conference
  The show, 4REAL, takes celebrities around the world to introduce them to youth activists who are working on different social issues. Guy sees it as a way to get hard-hitting issues out to young people when “so much on television is fluff.”

From a Global media release:

Canada’s most popular design personality chooses Dvira Ovadia to launch Debbie Travis Condos and Homes

After weeks of tears, tantrums and tremendous talent, the winning protégé is revealed and rewarded with the coveted position as Debbie Travis’ Chief Designer.

Thursday night on Global Television’s ‘FROM THE GROUND UP’, Debbie Travis, Canada’s most popular design star, selected Toronto’s Dvira Ovadia to be her Chief Designer.

Ovadia, a 26-year-old interior architect with an Architectural degree from the University of Toronto and a Masters of Interior Design from the renowned Pratt Institute in New York, combined her top-notch designs, abounding enthusiasm and continual professionalism to outshine the competition on a weekly basis.

“Dvira began her journey on ‘FROM THE GROUND UP’ as a quiet designer, a wallflower, but bit by bit she opened up to show her savvy design talent. As each task challenged her to be her very best, the person that I would love to work with emerged. Dvira will make a superb Chief Designer for the Debbie Travis brand,” said Travis.

In season two of ‘FROM THE GROUND UP WITH DEBBIE TRAVIS,’ Travis brought together 14 talented protégés from across Canada, each trying to land the job of a lifetime. Pushed to their limit, this time it was all about talent and working – from the ground up.

From Jim Bawden of the Toronto Star:

• Hot Box: TV to Talk About
  Don’t let it get out, but production has just started on the third season of Paradise Falls, the wacky sendup of TV soaps begun in 2001. But who of the cast will be back? Deb McGrath already has another steady gig on Little Mosque on the Prairie. Filming starts at the Sullivan Films backlot off Eglinton Ave. E., and then cast and crew are off to cottage country for exterior shots.

From the Vancouver Sun:

• Gibsons launches Beachcomber’s celebrations
  “In the early 1970s, The Beachcombers outdrew Hockey Night in Canada with an audience of 3.4 million. It sold to over 50 countries. Lasting 19 years and 374 episodes, the series was the longest running drama in Canadian TV history and came within one year of the U.S. leader, Gunsmoke. Finally wrapping up in 1990, it outlasted shows like M*A*S*H and Laugh-In.”

From the Globe and Mail:

• New CBC show, website seek Internet auteurs
  “Exposure, set to air every Sunday until Labour Day, aims to discover the country’s best Internet-based filmmakers. Think of it as an edgier version of Canadian Idol, for YouTube geeks.”