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Tina Keeper
Tina Keeper, OM (born March 20, 1962) is a Cree actress, film producer and former politician from Canada."Tina Keeper" '''', May 14, 2008. First known for her role as RCMP officer Michelle Kenidi in the series '''',"TV's maverick Mountie". '' |
Churchill—Keewatinook Aski
Churchill—Keewatinook Aski (formerly Churchill) is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. It covers the northern four-fifths of Manitoba, a vast wilderness area dotted with small municipalities and First Nations in Canada, First Nations Indian reserve, reserves. It was named after the town of Churchill, Manitoba, which resides on Churchill River (Hudson Bay), Churchill River. It is the fifth-largest riding in all of Canada. The riding has the highest percentage of First Nations in Canada, First Nations people (61.1%) in Canada, as well as the highest percentage of Cree language, Cree speakers - both those whose mother tongue (21.6%) is Cree language, Cree and those that use it as a home language (16.6%). History The Riding (country subdivision)#Canada, riding was created in 1933 when Nelson (electoral district), Nelson riding was abolished. The entire area of Nelson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Keeper
Joseph Benjamin Keeper (January 17, 1886 – September 29, 1971) was a Canadian long-distance runner, and a member of the 1912 Canadian Olympic team. Early and personal life Joseph Benjamin Keeper, a member of the Norway House Cree Nation, was born at Walker Lake, Manitoba. He was sent to Brandon for schooling at the Brandon Indian Residential School, and it was while there that he showed an enthusiasm for long-distance running. During his upbringing he was raised to practice the Methodist religion. In 1916, Keeper joined the Army, and served for two years in France. He received The Military Medal for his actions at Cambrai during WWI. In 1917, Keeper joined with Tom Longboat to win an inter-Allied cross country championship near Vimy Ridge. Longboat, Keeper, and other First Nation long-distance runners A. Jamieson and John Nackaway served as dispatch carriers for the 107th Pioneer Battalion. In addition to the Military Medal, Keeper received the British War Medal and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Corner (film)
''On the Corner'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Nathaniel Geary released in 2003. Set in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, the film stars Alex Rice and Simon Baker as Angel and Randy Henry, a brother and sister struggling with poverty and drug addiction. The film premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival. Production The film's cast also includes JR Bourne, Robert Harper, Katharine Isabelle, Brent Stait, Gordon Tootoosis, Margo Kane and Tina Keeper. Geary based the film's screenplay in part on his own experiences as a social worker helping sex workers and people who use drugs in the neighbourhood. Baker's agent sent a clip of Baker's performance in the film to director Ron Howard, leading to Baker being cast as Honesco in the film '' The Missing'' without having to audition. Awards At the 2003 Vancouver International Film Festival, ''On the Corner'' won the award for Best Western Canadian Film. It was named Best Canadi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skins (2002 Film)
''Skins'' is a 2002 American feature film by Chris Eyre and based upon the novel of the same name by Adrian C. Louis. It was filmed on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (renamed the fictional Beaver Creek Indian Reservation in the film), which served as the setting in the novel. Lakota Sioux tribal police officer Rudy Yellow Lodge (Eric Schweig) struggles to rescue his older, alcoholic brother, Mogie (Graham Greene), a former football star who was wounded in combat three times in Vietnam. Winona LaDuke makes a cameo appearance as Rose Two Buffalo. Plot Rudy and Mogie Yellow Lodge are Lakota Sioux brothers on the Beaver Creek Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Mogie is unemployed and has a teenage son. Rudy, a police officer, struggles to care for his brother, nephew and the rest of the town through the hands of the law. Mogie resists Rudy's helpful attempts, preferring to drink and joke about the depressed state of their people and town. As a child, Rudy had been bit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Star
The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country's largest daily newspaper by circulation. It is owned by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation and part of Torstar's Daily News Brands (Torstar), Daily News Brands division. The newspaper's offices are located at One Yonge Street in the Harbourfront, Toronto, Harbourfront neighbourhood of Toronto. The newspaper was established in 1892 as the ''Evening Star'' and was later renamed the ''Toronto Daily Star'' in 1900, under Joseph E. Atkinson. Atkinson was a major influence in shaping the editorial stance of the paper, with the paper having reflected his values until his death in 1948. The paper was renamed the ''Toronto Star'' in 1971. The newspaper introduced a Sunday edition in 1973. History The ''Star'' was created in 1892 by striking ''Toronto News'' printers and writers, led by future mayor of Toronto and social reformer Horatio Clarenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9th Gemini Awards
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 9th Gemini Awards were held on March 5, 1995 to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Paul Gross and Tina Keeper, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television. Winners and nominees The following are the winners and nominees of the 9th annual Gemini Awards. Winners appear first and highlighted in bold. Best Dramatic Series *''Due South'' - Alliance Communications. Producers: Jeff King, Paul Haggis, Kathy Slevin *''Road to Avonlea'' - Sullivan Entertainment. Producers: Trudy Grant, Kevin Sullivan *'' Street Legal''- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producers: Nadia Harcourt, Duncan Lamb, Helen Kafka, Chris Paton *''Neon Rider'' - Virtue/Rekert Productions, Atlantis Films. Producers: Winston Rekert, Danny Virtue, Michael MacMillan *''E.N.G.'' - Atlantis Communications. Producers: Jennifer Black, David Barlow *''Destiny Ridge'' - Great North Produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal Gazette
The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of the 20th century. It is one of the French-speaking province's last two English-language dailies; the other is the ''Sherbrooke Record'', which serves the anglophone community in Sherbrooke and the Eastern Townships southeast of Montreal. Founded in 1778 by Fleury Mesplet, ''The Gazette'' is Quebec's oldest daily newspaper and Canada's oldest daily newspaper still in publication. The oldest newspaper overall is the English-language ''Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph'', which was established in 1764 and is published weekly. History Fleury Mesplet founded a French-language weekly newspaper called ''La Gazette du commerce et littéraire, pour la ville et district de Montréal'' on June 3, 1778. It was the first entirely French-language newspaper i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
11th Gemini Awards
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television's 11th Gemini Awards was held on June 6, 1997, to honour achievements in Canadian television. The awards show, which was hosted by Albert Schultz, took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre and was broadcast on CBC Television. Awards Best Dramatic Series * ''Due South'' - Alliance Communications. Producers: George Bloomfield, Jeff King, Robert Wertheimer * ''Forever Knight'' - Paragon Entertainment. Producers: Richard Borchiver, James D. Parriott, Jon Slan * ''North of 60'' - Seven24 Films. Producers: Tom Cox, Peter David Lauterman, Doug MacLeod * ''Road to Avonlea: The Final Season'' - Sullivan Entertainment. Producers: Trudy Grant, John Ryan, Kevin Sullivan * '' Traders'' - Atlantis Films. Producers: Alyson Feltes, Mary Kahn, Seaton McLean, David Shore Best Short Dramatic Program * '' The Outer Limits - A Stitch in Time'' - Atlantis Films, Trilogy Entertainment. Producers: Pen Densham, Brent Karl Jackson, James Nadler, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Screen Award For Best Actress In A Continuing Leading Dramatic Role
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Actress in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role is an annual Canadian television award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television to the best leading performance by an actress in a Canadian television series. Previously presented as part of the Gemini Awards, since 2013 it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards. Prior to the creation of the Gemini Awards in 1986, the predecessor ACTRA Awards presented only a single award for Best Performance in a Continuing Role, differentiating neither by gender nor for the distinction between comedy and drama. In August 2022, the Academy announced that beginning with the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, a gender-neutral award for Best Lead Performance in a Drama Series will be presented.Joseph Pugh"Canadian Screen Awards switching to gender-neutral performance categories" CBC News, August 25, 2022. 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References External links Official we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in the United States and the BAFTA Television Awards in the United Kingdom. First held in 1986 to replace the ACTRA Award, the ceremony celebrated Canadian television productions with awards in 87 categories, along with other special awards such as lifetime achievement awards. The Academy had previously presented the one-off Bijou Awards in 1981, inclusive of some television productions. In April 2012, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced that the Gemini Awards and the Genie Awards would be discontinued and replaced by a new award ceremony dedicated to all forms of Canadian media, including television, film, and digital media, dubbed the "Canadian Screen Awards". The first annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on 4 March 2013. The Gemini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmonton Journal
The ''Edmonton Journal'' is a daily newspaper in Edmonton, Alberta. It is part of the Postmedia Network. History The ''Journal'' was founded in 1903 by three local businessmen — John Macpherson, Arthur Moore and J.W. Cunningham — as a rival to Alberta's first newspaper, the 23-year-old ''Edmonton Bulletin''. Within a week, the ''Journal'' took over another newspaper, ''The Edmonton Post'', and established an editorial policy supporting the Conservative Party of Canada (historical), Conservative Party against the ''Bulletins stance for the Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party. In 1912, the ''Journal'' was sold to the William Southam, Southam family. It remained under Southam ownership until 1996, when it was acquired by Hollinger International. The ''Journal'' was subsequently sold to Canwest in 2000, and finally came under its current ownership, Postmedia Network Inc., in 2010. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
For Angela
''For Angela'' is a 1993 short docudrama co-directed by Daniel Prouty and Nancy Trites Botkin, dramatizing the experiences of two Indigenous women, Rhonda Gordon and her daughter Angela, who were the victims of racist harassment on a Winnipeg city bus. The two were verbally assaulted by three teenage boys at a bus stop, with the boys then continuing their racist insults aboard the bus. The following day Gordon went to the boys' school, met the principal, and confronted the offenders. The confrontation was meant to educate the boys - to challenge their stereotypes of natives and to sensitize them to the dehumanizing effects of their behavior. ''For Angela'' stars Tina Keeper as Rhonda Gordon. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, the film received several awards including the Canada Award at the 1995 Gemini Awards,"Short film about racism wins Gemini". ''Montreal Gazette The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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