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An Evening With Pam Grier

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by Heidy on January 26, 2012

In celebration of Black History Month, CFC (Canadian Film Centre) and Clement Virgo are pleased to host a special evening in conversation with iconic actress Pam Grier. For more than 40 years, starting out as cinema’s ‘first female action star’, Grier has been a trailblazer for strong women on-screen. From her early starring roles in hit blaxploitation films Foxy Brown and Coffy, to Quentin [...]

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Oscars 2012 Nominations: Full List

The Academy has just announced the nominations for the 84th annual Academy Awards. In a formal ceremony nominees were announced by Jennifer Lawrence and Tom Sherak,  who is also president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Martin Scorcese’s groundbreaking  movie, Hugo, looks to lead the pack with 11 nominations followed by silent B&W film The Artist with 10. Of note Canada’s own [...]

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BlackBerry: New President/CEO At Research In Motion

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Blackberry/RIM (Research In Motion) announced that their two former CEO and founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie has stepped down and have been replaced by COO (Chief Operating Officer) Thorsten Heins. Heins has 27 years in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining RIM in 2007, Thorsten held several positions in the wireless arena including the [...]

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Rigoberta Menchu to Investigate Murders of Women in Honduras

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Nobel Prize winners Rigoberta Menchu (1992) and Jody Williams (1997) will arrive in Honduras to boost the investigation into the murders of several women in Honduras, said the executive director of the Women Rights Center, Gilda Rivera. “They arrive in Honduras on January 25, on National Women´s Day, the day in which Honduran women won, [...]

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City Budget 2012: Councillor Adam Vaughan Comments on the Recent City Budget

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Dear Residents, The 2012 City Budgets have been approved and the work to build a better city continues! Before providing details of what services have been protected, what cuts have passed and what it all means for Ward 20, let me say thank you. Thank you to all of you who showed up to budget [...]

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