BON COP BAD COP becomes the highest-grossing home grown film in…
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- BON COP BAD COP becomes the highest-grossing home grown film in…
- City of Toronto honours ‘face the arts’ recipients
- Groups want federal protection against foreign child care takeover
- Canadians conservative on planning summer trips early compared to…
- Entertainment Tonight Canada Celebrates Its First Anniversary
BON COP BAD COP becomes the highest-grossing home grown film in…
Canada NewsWire – Canada NewsWire (press release) – Mar 26, 2008
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Erik Canuel’s film surpasses PORKY’S record held since 1982
MONTREAL, Oct. Today, Erik Canuel’s comedy
claimed this title by knocking PORKY’S out of the position that it has held
since 1982. With $9 013 345 of receipts in French and $2 342 142 with its
English version, BON COP BAD COP currently has a cumulative box office record
of $11 355 487 officially breaking PORKY’S previous box office record of
$11 200 000(xx).
City of Toronto honours ‘face the arts’ recipients
Canada NewsWire – Canada NewsWire (press release) – Mar 26, 2008
Jonny Dovercourt, musician: Jonathan Bunce has
stood at the forefront of Toronto’s ‘indie music scene’ and played an
instrumental role in taking home-grown culture and showing it to the world. Bunce co-founded Wavelength, a weekly music series and ‘zine credited with
revitalizing independent music in Toronto. He is also the co-artistic director
of The Music Gallery, an internationally-recognized centre for the creation
and performance of new music. Julia Grieve and Peter Friesen, fashion entrepreneur and designer:
Preloved founder Julia Grieve and designer Peter Friesen have breathed new
life into old clothes since 1995 with their discovery of a stylish and
environmentally-friendly way to spin tired clothing into a fashionista’s
dream. Launched on Queen St.
Groups want federal protection against foreign child care takeover
Canada NewsWire – Canada NewsWire (press release) – Mar 26, 2008
This Act, which discourages expansion of
for-profit child care, returns to the House of Commons for a decisive vote on
November 20. 123 Busy Beavers Learning Centres has only been in the country a few
months but it is reported that at least 30 centres have already been acquired. “Despite the home-grown name,” says Code Blue spokesperson, Morna Ballantyne,
“123 Busy Beavers is closely linked to the world’s largest child care
corporation, ABC Learning Centres of Australia and the 123 group of companies. The conglomerate operates 2,300 programs worldwide in Australia, the United
States, Britain, New Zealand, China and other countries. “Foreign ownership of Canadian child care will kill the dream of a
pan-Canadian child care system,” said Jody Dallaire, Chairperson of the Child
Care Advocacy Association of Canada. “Our children and families deserve
quality, accessible, community-based child care not some gigantic off-shore
warehouse operation. ”
“In Australia, it is well documented that ABC’s financial success and
phenomenal growth has been based upon damaging competition, compromised
quality, spiraling fees for parents and sucking up public funding,” said
Ballantyne.
Canadians conservative on planning summer trips early compared to…
Canada NewsWire – Canada NewsWire (press release) – Mar 26, 2008
1 Vacation Destination Despite Stronger Dollar
Among Canadians planning on taking a trip this coming summer – excluding
visits to the cottage or to family members – Canada is the preferred
destination. Thirty-seven per cent of respondents will be taking a pleasure
trip to another province while another 33 per cent will travel within their
own province. This preference for home-grown travel destinations is notable
considering the recent increase in value of the Canadian dollar. The summer travel survey also revealed that:
– Sixteen per cent of intended travellers will be travelling to the
United States
– Canadians are varied international travellers – one in five
(20 per cent) will be going to other destinations, with Europe being
the most popular of these at 6 per cent
– Caught the travel bug? Three quarters (77 per cent) of anticipated
summer travellers plan to travel the same or more than last summer
– Summer travellers plan to take an average of 1. 9 trips; 44 per cent
plan to take two or more trips while 16 per cent plan to take three or
more trips
American Travellers Booking Summer Vacations Sooner
According to a Harris Interactive survey conducted in April 2006, the
vast majority of American adults planning to travel this summer have already
booked or will book their travel plans at least one month in advance. Meanwhile, the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA) said one in every
three U.
Entertainment Tonight Canada Celebrates Its First Anniversary
Canada NewsWire – Canada NewsWire (press release) – Mar 26, 2008
With more than 1800 interviews, 224 episodes, 80 exclusive reports, and
202,000 km traveled around the world, ET Canada has quickly earned a solid
reputation as the most trusted source amongst celebrities, the industry and
viewers alike for high-quality and reliable coverage. “We’re extremely proud of the work that ET Canada has done in truly
breaking the genre of entertainment reporting in this country,” said Barbara
Williams, Senior VP Programming and Production, CanWest MediaWorks. “The
entire team has worked tirelessly to earn the loyalty of audiences nationwide
and to showcase our home-grown talent and industry. Now, with a solid
foundation in place, year two on ET Canada promises even more breaking news,
more exclusives and more in-depth, behind-the-scenes coverage. We’re committed
to delivering the very best entertainment news package to Canadians every
single night. ”
On the ratings front, ET Canada delivers another knockout exclusive. Year
over year, the show has improved its time period by 111% in total viewers and
has captured the top spot as the No.