Giller Prize, CBC
Canada’s most distinguished literary prize awards $100,000 to the author of the best Canadian novel or short story collection published in English. Rick Mercer will host the gala. Presenters include Kim Coates, Jessica Pare and Naomi Klein.
From Jim Slotek:
June, 2014. The place: a studio in Toronto’s CBC headquarters. It doesn’t take long before the new Super Channel panel series Too Much Information lives up to its name.
The question host Norm Sousa throws to the panel: “What’s the worst thing you ever had to do while sick?†Continue reading.
W5, CTV
W5 investigates the case of Ivan Henry, a Vancouver man who was declared a dangerous offender and spent 27 years in jail for crimes he likely did not commit.
Marketplace, CBC – “Faking It”
Just about everyone checks online reviews before buying anything. But how much can you trust those reviews? We reveal how cheaters pull it off… and fake you out.
The Fifth Estate, CBC – “Finding Emma”
A 26-year-old woman disappears from the streets of Victoria in 2012 and has never been seen since. Was it murder, suicide — or did she want to hide? In “Finding Emma†host Mark Kelley follows a mother’s determined journey to look for her daughter – and looks at how hard it is to find many of 60,000 people who are reported missing every year in Canada.
From Tony Wong of the Toronto Star:
When Ryerson University professor Sean Wise researched the availability of video materials to teach a class on entrepreneurship, he was dismayed to find a lack of Canadian content.
“There was lots of stuff on American business people. You could get the founders of companies like eBay and McDonalds. But where were the Canadians?†Continue reading.
