I was a teenager in the early 80s, and I remember when the AIDS crisis began. It was a mysterious disease killing people and no one seemed to know why. Being a teen, I was caught up in my own life, one of high school and part-time jobs so I wasn’t aware of the very … Continue reading Unspeakable: CBC miniseries revisits Canada’s tainted blood scandal
From Madison Medeiros of Refinery29: Link: Meet the Rizzuto Family, the subject of Netflix’s Bad Blood Crime lovers, rejoice. If you’ve caught up on Narcos: Mexico and are itching for more organized-crime stories, Netflix has the cure for you in its latest series, Bad Blood. The show, which originally aired on City TV in Canada, … Continue reading Link: Meet the Rizzuto Family, the subject of Netflix’s Bad Blood
From a media release: Global announced today that it has commissioned a new Canadian original six-part event series, Departure. Produced by Shaftesbury and Greenpoint Productions Ltd., the thrilling drama is directed by Canadian Screen Award Winner T.J. Scott (Orphan Black, Star Trek: Discovery), with Malcolm MacRury (Saving Hope) joining as showrunner, and created by Vincent Shiao (Ransom, Aftermath). With principal photography now underway in Toronto, the Canada/UK co-production will also shoot … Continue reading Archie Panjabi and Christopher Plummer lead Global’s new original event series Departure now in production
From a media release: In a ferocious and unforgiving world of greed, deception, and harsh climates, the transatlantic battle to control the North American fur trade rages on as Discovery Canada’s original dramatic adventure series FRONTIER catapults into an action-filled third season with back-to-back episodes airing Fridays at 10 p.m. ET and 11 p.m. ET … Continue reading Season 3 of Frontier, Discovery’s original dramatic adventure series, premiering Dec. 7
For a quartet of seasons on Still Standing, host Jonny Harris has been crisscrossing Canada visiting small communities of people eking out a living despite tough times. Some towns are reeling over the loss of a key industry that left town. Other burgs are finding their footing thanks to budding tourism. Many of the communities … Continue reading Jonny Harris takes flight in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory on Still Standing
