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It's not really like that though, it's more as if you were required to watch a game of cricket every day with the game being played in Glasgow. The Canadian content rules are met by filming in Canada but making the sets look like America. Or, in the case of music, by acts such as Shania Twain, whose records are a variation of an American genre invented by an Australian.

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He was prime minister of Canada before Trudeau. Apparently he was noted for his diplomatic prowess. I think his main claim to fame was mediating the Suez Crisis in 1956.

It's a weekly television news commentary show that is very well known in North America.

A movie I remember was "Prince of Tides," in which she portrayed the protagonist's mother. I also remember her taking the lead role in "Thérèse Raquin," a 1980 television drama based on Émile Zola's novel. I enjoyed "How to make an American quilt," but I think it's fair to call it a chick flick, so it would not be to everyone's taste. I also enjoyed "Captive Heart," a TV drama some time in the 1990s. Kate Nelligan portrayed the wife of a Black 1880s millionaire in Toronto. The couple's daughter married a white American and accompanied her new husband to New York. As soon as the newly weds crossed the border, the groom sold his mixed-race bride into slavery in the South. The parents eventually found out what had happened to their daughter, and they travelled to the US to rescue her. In order to get safely through the Southern States, the Black husband posed as the slave of his white wife (the Kate Nelligan character). Edited to add that I didn't "enjoy" the TV drama in the sense of finding it fun. In fact I found the story line upsetting. What I meant by "enjoy" was that it was thought provoking, and the actors portrayed their parts well.

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How about ...?

k d lang

Donald Sutherland

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Joni Mitchell.

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Now she is really a legend in her time.....I love her.

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John McCrae
Douglas Coupland
Anne of Green Gables ;)
Naomi Klein
Conrad Black :rolleyes:
David Cronenberg :cool:
James Cameron - don't know whether to laugh or cry cos I loved the Terminator flics but...

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Hey ro - hear about the sinking of the ferry?

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Not any more, gave it up in 2001...

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Glenn Gould
Diana Krall - imagine Elvis Costello being dragged shopping around Namaimo
Oscar Peterson
Cheech or Chong - can't remember which

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Nelly Furtado - I think she is from Vancouver Island?

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Yeah - did they find 'the couple' or what? - I read conflicting stories.

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No BC ferries is now officiallly declaring them missing or dead.....what a tragedy - I really hope the people bring forward a class action lawsuit against the govt and BC ferries - would serve them right for being so negligent with peoples lives!

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I remember somthing about that! Yeah. ... <goes to Wikipedia to jog memory> Check this out!

"It was reported in the National Post on 18 November 2005, that Black had recently applied for permanent residency status in Canada. If convicted of the serious crimes of which he is accused in the United States, Black might be unable to permanently return to his native Canada, since Canada rarely allows entry to non-citizen felons."

lol! I wonder if he reads and posts here on BE!? :D

Hi Conrad if you're reading! I think you're a nasty piece of work but if you need a ticket into Canada, let's meet for a beer... bring your chequebook! :D

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Yeah, she's from Victoria.

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OMG, Ro, until this point in the discussion, I'd managed to forget the odious Barbara Amiel, but your mentioning Conrad reminds me of her.

Since we're scraping the barrel, I'm also reminded of David Frum who, as Bush's speech writer, coined the term "Axis of Evil" to refer to Iraq, Iran and North Korea.