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The Phantoms “heartwarming without being superficial”

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From John Doyle of the Globe and Mail:

  • The Phantoms: A moving tale of healing after tragedy
    When the production was announced, there were concerns expressed that the TV movie was coming too soon after the 2008 tragedy that struck the small New Brunswick community. Some thought that even a reminder of the crash and its impact might be exploitative. It isn’t. The Phantoms (Andrew Wreggitt wrote the script and Sudz Sutherland directed) is a well-crafted family movie, one that’s emphatically about triumphing over adversity. It’s heartwarming without being superficial. Read more.
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Reality, Lifestyle & Documentary

New tonight: W5 – “Canine Comrades” and “The Prophet”

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W5, CTV – “Canine Comrades” and “The Prophet”
Canadian soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder are getting help from 37 psychiatric service dogs in a program developed in Manitoba by George Leonard, a certified dog trainer who is part of an aboriginal group that has trained more than 350 service dogs of all kinds. And Victor Malarek uncovers a polygamous sect in Ontario and reveals disturbing stories of life inside: abuse, psychological torture, church ‘wives’ — all to please “The Prophet.”

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Continuum, Featured

Continuum’s winning hybrid

From Diane Wild of Canadian Screenwriter:

  • Continuum Writers Create Winning Hybrid
    Survey the Canadian television landscape today and you’ll find successful police procedurals and sci-fi/fantasy as far as the eye can see. Is there something in the water? We do do it well. And if you take those two genre successes, splice them together, you get the hybrid Continuum, the Simon Barry-led cop show that has time travel at its conceptual centre. So it might be something of a surprise that the concept wasn’t geared specifically for the well-primed Canadian market. Read more.
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Republic of Doyle

Republic of Doyle brings St. John’s to the world

From Philip Moscovitch of Canadian Screenwriter:

  • Republic of Doyle: From St. John’s to the World
    Republic of Doyle is the first one-hour drama to be set in Newfoundland – and it unabashedly shows off its setting, playing to a hometown crowd as well as to viewers across Canada. The father-and-son PI show has been steadily drawing about a million viewers an episode on CBC. And they’re bringing Newfoundland to the world, airing in nearly one hundred countries. Read more.
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