Canadas

Drunken Birds selected as Canada’s submission for international film Oscar

George Shafe 2 weeks ago

Drunken Birds will symbolize Canada in the race for an Oscar nomination for most effective global attribute film.

Montreal’s Ivan Grbovic directed and co-wrote the drama, about a lovestruck Mexican drug cartel member who turns into a seasonal migrant employee in rural Quebec.

Sara Mishara co-wrote the movie, which has the French title Les oiseaux ivres, and stars Jorge Antonio Guerrero and Yoshira Escarrega.

Telefilm Canada claims a pan-Canadian committee of about 20 voting delegates chose the job — which involves dialogue in French, Spanish, English and Mandarin — out of a overall of 10 movies submitted for Academy

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Canada’s largest mobile electric-vehicle charger launched in B.C.

George Shafe 2 months ago

A portable electrical-vehicle (EV) charger that its manufacturer describes as “Canada’s major cleanse vitality cell EV charger” will be deployed in B.C.’s East Kootenay area this week.

The assignment—coordinated by two businesses, Teck Sources and Moveable Electrical (the charger’s maker), and a B.C. nonprofit, the Community Electrical power Association—will be, in accordance to a joint August 11 release, “a model for rural communities in North The usa to interact with residents on lower carbon transportation options and a carbon-free long term”.

The collaboration is absolutely funded by Teck, which purchased the equipment from Portable Elecftric and which is constructing on

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Environment Canada’s Lower Mainland heat alert upgraded to extreme by health authorities

George Shafe 2 months ago

It’s shaping up as a hoping weekend for Lower Mainlanders and many others as a rash of advisories have been issued for warmth and air quality in the course of the subsequent couple times.

Atmosphere Canada’s authentic heat warning for the Reduced Mainland and Fraser Valley this weekend—with temperatures in the minimal 30s thanks to a strengthening ridge of substantial pressure—has been upgraded to an excessive warmth notify as of currently (August 12), with daytime temperatures reaching as high as 35° C predicted until eventually Sunday.

Metro Vancouver also issued two air-quality advisories as of August 12: one particular for

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Canada’s Drag Race winner Priyanka launches Taste Test EP in Vancouver

George Shafe 3 months ago

A Canadian queen is ready to rule North The united states and the British Isles with her musical debut by letting audiences have her cake—and take in it way too.  

Crowned the winner of the inaugural time of Canada’s Drag Race, Toronto-dependent drag queen Priyanka, is now embarking on a tunes career. 

She currently launched her first solitary, “Cake”, on Might 28 and her 2nd, “Bitch, I’m Busy”, on July 14.

Online video of Priyanka – Cake (Official Video clip)

Priyanka has unveiled her debut visual EP Flavor Test on July 16, will is throwing an EP start social

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Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce offers free global market workshop for B.C. businesses

George Shafe 7 months ago

With several enterprise proprietors figuring out means to adapt to changes and disruptions brought on by the pandemic, 1 thought or possibility has been seeking into achieving new markets.

For LGBT+ organization proprietors in British Columbia who are seeking to extend outside of Canada, there’s an approaching totally free on line session that addresses this particular topic.

Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC) is supplying a collection of interactive online workshops for various areas throughout Canada that will help business owners re-examine running and expanding global actions, find out how to navigate the world wide marketplace all through the pandemic,

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Canada’s Drag Race queen Kiara on Snatch Game and that killer lip sync

George Shafe 1 year ago

In more than five episodes, Canada’s Drag Race queen Kiara proved she can sew, act, dance, and rap with the ideal of them. (Comedian impressions, however, could be an additional story.)

This week’s episode saw the very first-at any time Canadian version of two time-honoured Drag Race traditions: the Library Problem and Snatch Game. The latter saw Jimbo triumph with a suitably OTT Joan Rivers Lemon as Jojo Siwa, and Rita Baga’s Edith Piaf also received props from the judges. Meanwhile, Priyanka’s Miss out on Cleo and Kiara’s turn as as “All I Want For Xmas Is You”–brand Mariah Carey

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Canada’s Cineplex theatres to stick with optional face mask policy amid pandemic

George Shafe 1 year ago

Cineplex Inc. suggests it is sticking with COVID-19 protection insurance policies that leave it up to moviegoers to make your mind up if they dress in a experience mask inside of their theatres.

The country’s biggest motion picture exhibitor verified on Friday that inspite of a obligatory experience mask plan being released at a selection of main U.S. theatre chains, it supposed to stick with guidance from Canadian wellness authorities on masks.

The decision arrives soon after a sudden reversal south of the border the place the head of AMC Theatres verified that masks were being optional, indicating a obligatory

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