Bathurst school officials wary of film
The head of the school district for Bathurst High School says he’s is gauging local support before participating in a film about the school’s basketball team.
Lucas loses lawsuit over stormtrooper helmets
Britain’s Supreme Court on Wednesday defeated a bid by George Lucas’ company to stop a prop designer making and selling replicas of the iconic stormtrooper helmets from the Star Wars films.
New rules allow less Cancon on prime time TV
Canadian content on prime time network television could be cut as a result of the CRTC’s latest licensing decisions.
Salsa singer Joe Arroyo dies
Colombian singer Joe Arroyo, composer of such salsa classics as La Rebelion, Echao pa’lante and Tania, died Tuesday after a month in hospital. He was 55.
Ottawa under fire for taking down Quebec art
A decision to replace paintings by a major Quebec artist with a portrait of the Queen at a federal government building is coming under fire in the artist’s home province.
Johnny Reid, George Canyon lead CCMA nominations
Dean Brody and Johnny Reid, who have dominated the country charts this year, are challenging veteran singer George Canyon in the race for 2011 Canadian Country Music Awards.
Lawyer to become Quebec’s ‘Judge Judy’
One of Quebec’s most colourful legal figures will be starring in her own television show this coming fall.
Life in Dadaab: Somali refugees face grim prospects in Kenyan camp
Many of the people fleeing the drought in southern Somalia have ended up in Dadaab, a decades-old, sprawling network of refugee camps in northeast Kenya. We talk to a documentary producer who has been inside Dadaab about what life is like there.
Seven Days in Utopia
Luke Chisolm is a talented young golfer set on making the pro tour. When his first big shot turns out to be a very public disaster, Luke escapes the pressures of the game and finds himself unexpectedly stranded in Utopia, Texas, home to eccentric ranch…
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