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97th Academy Awards nominations delayed until January 23

You might have expected to be greeted this morning with the Oscars nominations for the 97th Academy Awards. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made some adjustments in light of the Los Angeles area wildfires, so we won't... Continue reading

Posted 2 days ago at Canadian Crossing

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NHL notebook: Hockey Day in Canada comes to Canmore, Alberta on Saturday

Canmore, Alberta will host Hockey Day in Canada on January 18. This will be the first time Alberta has been involved in the Canadian celebration since Lloydminster (Alberta and Saskatchewan) hosted in 2014. Canmore is about 90 kilometres west of... Continue reading

Posted 4 days ago at Canadian Crossing

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Canadian film review: Down River

Down River eentres on the relationship between a proverbial mother hen Pearl (Helen Shaver) and three younger women in her apartment building: actor Fawn (Gabrielle Miller, Corner Gas), visual artist Aki (Jennifer Spence), and musician Harper (Colleen Rennison). The film... Continue reading

Posted 5 days ago at Canadian Crossing

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Canadian film review: Drinkwater

On the surface, Drinkwater is a contender to be a quintessential Canadian film. Penticton, BC is the place where the film is set and the film is shot there. A Tim Hortons drive-thru. Bathroom vs. washroom. A Wayne Gretzky rookie... Continue reading

Posted Jan 10, 2025 at Canadian Crossing

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Where to visit Canada in 2025

Hi. I love traveling from the United States to Canada. I have been to all 10 provinces; no territories yet. Despite the potential turmoil between the 2 countries in 2025, we always encourage travel between the 2 countries. Canadians and... Continue reading

Posted Jan 9, 2025 at Canadian Crossing

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TIFF selects Top 10 Canadian films of 2024

Celebrating the very best of Canadian cinema 🇨🇦 Announcing TIFF’s annual Canada’s Top Ten list of features and shorts for 2024, presented by @mubicanada. https://t.co/jP5NP89pn8 #SeeTheNorth #TIFF50 pic.twitter.com/E2NhkgPUDU — TIFF (@TIFF_NET) January 8, 2025 The wait for the TIFF Top... Continue reading

Posted Jan 8, 2025 at Canadian Crossing

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Golden Antlers should be an option for the Canadian Screen Awards

whoever decided to pair Seth Rogen and Catherine O’Hara together is a genius #GoldenGlobes pic.twitter.com/aqecJ22rm3 — Natalie ❁ (@livelyackles) January 6, 2025 The Canadian Screen Awards are sufficiently invisible that the idea of Golden Antlers and Beavers sound better than... Continue reading

Posted Jan 7, 2025 at Canadian Crossing

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2025 Canadian politics preview

Editor's note: We didn't expect things to move this quickly. The Justin Trudeau resignation opens up a Liberal Party leadership race. The Foreign Interference report comes out January 31. Parliament is prorogued until March 24. We imagine how well the... Continue reading

Posted Jan 6, 2025 at Canadian Crossing

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Canadian TV notebook: What is coming to the private networks in the winter of 2025

We had some love for the upcoming Canadian TV on CBC before the new year. Let's look at the few Canadian television titles on the private networks this winter. CTV has the other 8 episodes of Season 4 of Children... Continue reading

Posted Jan 3, 2025 at Canadian Crossing

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Happy New Year 2025

CANADA IS... pic.twitter.com/biazACVHgB — Brittlestar (@brittlestar) June 2, 2023 Welcome to 2025. As you may imagine on the surface, this is a volatile year in Canada. That should require extra diligence from a blog that covers Canada. Unfortunately, real life... Continue reading

Posted Jan 1, 2025 at Canadian Crossing

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2025 CBC television winter preview

The Canadian TV presents are here, too late to be under a tree or near a menorah. We noted in the fall update that the good stuff was coming this winter. Let's find out more. Let's start with our 3... Continue reading

Posted Dec 27, 2024 at Canadian Crossing

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Happy Holidays 2024 comes at a less optimistic time for Canada

To our Phriends and Phamily in the 🇺🇸, season three of @runtheburbs is streaming now on @hulu! #runtheburbs pic.twitter.com/G3qSg1HTXY — Andrew Phung (@andrewphung) December 12, 2024 This is about as good as a holiday present gets on the U.S. side,... Continue reading

Posted Dec 20, 2024 at Canadian Crossing

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Canadian film review: Sugarcane

We have seen a few documentaries and feature films that have covered the impact of residential schools: Birth of a Family and Rhymes for Young Ghouls leap to mind. Sugarcane feels like the documentary with a laser type focus on... Continue reading

Posted Dec 18, 2024 at Canadian Crossing

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Universal Language is first Canadian film in 8 years to make the Oscars shortlist

Universal Language | Une langue universelle is the first Canadian film in what is now the Best International Feature Film to reach the Academy Awards shortlist since Juste la fin du monde | It's Only the End of the World... Continue reading

Posted Dec 17, 2024 at Canadian Crossing

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One-dish recipes from TikTok videos: Do these qualify as cooking?

Your humble narrator has a few quirks in the world of food. I have had a fear of funerals for more than just death. Casseroles. "Here, honey. Here are 10 casseroles to get you by so you don't have to... Continue reading

Posted Dec 17, 2024 at Balance of Food

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TFCA presents the top 6 nominated Canadian films of 2024

The nominees for Rogers Best Canadian Film are: Rumours, Shepherds, Universal Language #TFCAawards pic.twitter.com/7x8W4IkPGO — Toronto Film Critics 🍿 (@TFCA) December 15, 2024 Then there was 3, as in 3 finalists for the Rogers Best Canadian Film for 2024 by... Continue reading

Posted Dec 16, 2024 at Canadian Crossing

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TIFF postpones the announcement of the 2024 Top Ten Canadian films until 2025

Better late than never definitely applies to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) announcement of Canada's Top Ten. Based on previous patterns, the announcement would have already happened. We finally got an update that the announcement has been pushed back... Continue reading

Posted Dec 14, 2024 at Canadian Crossing

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Canadian film review: The Queen of My Dreams

The Queen of My Dreams is definitely a story about family, imagining the struggles of a parent's life just as the child loses the other parent. Azra (Amrit Kaur) is in the outs with her parents after coming out as... Continue reading

Posted Dec 13, 2024 at Canadian Crossing

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The Sticky shows the value of maple syrup in Quebec

There is a perception in the United States that Vermont is the only place to get maple syrup. Those from Quebec aka La Belle Province would challenge that assumption. On the surface, you might think a 6-part series on maple... Continue reading

Posted Dec 12, 2024 at Canadian Crossing

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Canadian film notebook: 2025 Independent Spirit Awards and Golden Globes nominations

My Old Ass got some love from the Independent Spirit Awards. Megan Park (writer/director) has a Best Screenplay nomination and Maisy Stella has a nomination for Best Breakthrough Performance. We will have a review at some point. Julian Brave NoiseCat,... Continue reading

Posted Dec 9, 2024 at Canadian Crossing

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Canadian film review: Love, Sex and Eating the Bones

I first encountered the work of Sudz Sutherland and Jennifer Holness through Shoot the Messenger on CBC from 2016. The show featured Elyse Levesque and Lyriq Bent that combined journalism and crime solving. I have seen Holness' documentary Subjects of... Continue reading

Posted Dec 3, 2024 at Canadian Crossing

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Canadian film notebook: Upcoming TIFF Top 10 and TFCA finalists

Save the date! Grab some bubbly and your bestie and join us here on Sunday, Dec. 15 @ noon EST as we announce the winners and runners-up of the #TFCAawards, plus the nominees for the @Rogers Best Canadian Film and... Continue reading

Posted Dec 2, 2024 at Canadian Crossing

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Progressive Conservatives get a supermajority in Nova Scotia

Tim Houston and the Progressive Conservatives couldn't have dreamed of a better scenario in calling a snap election in Nova Scotia. The party won re-election last night with 42 ridings (at press time) of the 55-seat legislature in Halifax. That... Continue reading

Posted Nov 27, 2024 at Canadian Crossing

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How filmmakers are covering the impact of toxic masculinity

Years ago, I wrote a marketing column for Marketing News on companies targeting angry white males. There was a Bud Light commercial where there is a Ladies Night special on the basic brew. That commercial could likely run today, especially... Continue reading

Posted Nov 26, 2024 at Canadian Crossing

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Canadian TV notebook: Children Ruin Everything Season 4 comes to The CW this week

When we said the fall didn't have a lot of Canadian TV on the horizon, we did not factor in that Season 4 of Children Ruin Everything would start on The CW in the 2024 calendar year. The U.S. network... Continue reading

Posted Nov 25, 2024 at Canadian Crossing

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