{"id":2908,"date":"2016-11-21T13:44:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T13:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/11\/21\/canadian-tv-stars-coming-to-ottawa-including-kims-convenience-highway-thru-hell\/"},"modified":"2016-11-21T13:44:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T13:44:34","slug":"canadian-tv-stars-coming-to-ottawa-including-kims-convenience-highway-thru-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/11\/21\/canadian-tv-stars-coming-to-ottawa-including-kims-convenience-highway-thru-hell\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian TV stars coming to Ottawa, including Kim&#8217;s Convenience &#038; Highway Thru Hell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>TV, Eh?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">OTTAWA<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 21, 2016<\/span> \/CNW\/ &#8211;\u00a0The Canada Media Fund (CMF) will host on <span class=\"xn-chron\">November 22, 2016<\/span> a showcase event on Parliament Hill, bringing together the Minister of Canadian Heritage, the Honourable <b>M\u00e9lanie <span class=\"xn-location\">Joly<\/span><\/b>; her parliamentary colleagues; the on- and off-screen talent behind several Canadian productions; as well as audiovisual industry leaders and members of the public service. <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Rick Mercer<\/span><\/b> (<i>Rick Mercer Report<\/i>) and <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Charles Lafortune<\/span><\/b> (<i>La Voix<\/i>) will entertain guests at this event celebrating the success of Canadian TV and digital media.<\/p>\n<p>Guests will be invited to interact with the talented Canadians who tell our stories to the world, including <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Allan Hawco<\/span><\/b> (<i>Frontier<\/i>); <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Graham Wardle<\/span><\/b>(<i>Heartland<\/i>); <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Kevin Hanchard<\/span> <\/b>and<b> <span class=\"xn-person\">Ari Millen<\/span><\/b> (<i>Orphan Black<\/i>); <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Barry Flatman<\/span><\/b> and <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Samantha Wan<\/span><\/b> (<i>Private Eyes<\/i>); <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Brittany LeBorgne<\/span><\/b>, <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Heather White<\/span><\/b>, and <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Maika Harper<\/span><\/b> (<i>Mohawk Girls<\/i>); <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Fanny Malette<\/span><\/b> (<i>Mensonges<\/i>); <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Jean Yoon<\/span><\/b> and <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Paul Sun-Hyung Lee<\/span><\/b> (<i>Kim&#8217;s Convenience<\/i>); and <b><span class=\"xn-person\">Jamie Davis<\/span><\/b> (<i>Highway Thru Hell<\/i>), as well as the teams behind <i>La Voix<\/i>, <i>The Next Step, Odd Squad, Vikings <\/i>and<i> Yukon Gold.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Interactive stations featuring digital media productions <i>ioTheatre<\/i>, <i>Fated<\/i> and <i>The Unknown Photographer<\/i> will also give guests the opportunity to experience high-quality virtual and augmented reality developed by Canadian creators.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This event presents an opportunity for the elected representatives from across our great country to meet the stellar talent in front of and behind the cameras of some of <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada&#8217;s<\/span> most successful television, digital and interactive productions,&#8221; stated <span class=\"xn-person\">Valerie Creighton<\/span>, President and CEO of the Canada Media Fund. &#8220;As we look to continue supporting Canadian storytellers in new and inspiring ways, we&#8217;re encouraged by the Government of <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada&#8217;s<\/span> renewed commitment to our country&#8217;s dynamic arts and culture sector,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p><b>About the Canada Media Fund<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Canada Media Fund (CMF) fosters, develops, finances and promotes the production of Canadian content for all audiovisual media platforms. The CMF guides Canadian content towards a competitive global environment by fostering industry innovation, rewarding success, enabling a diversity of voice and promoting access to content through public and private sector partnerships. The CMF receives financial contributions from the Government of <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Canada&#8217;s<\/span> cable, satellite and IPTV distributors. Please visit cmf-fmc.ca.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TV, Eh? OTTAWA, Nov. 21, 2016 \/CNW\/ &#8211;\u00a0The Canada Media Fund (CMF) will host on November 22, 2016 a showcase event on Parliament Hill, bringing together the Minister of Canadian Heritage, the Honourable M\u00e9lanie Joly; her parliamentary colleagues; the on- and off-screen talent behind several Canadian productions; as well as audiovisual industry leaders and members &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/11\/21\/canadian-tv-stars-coming-to-ottawa-including-kims-convenience-highway-thru-hell\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Canadian TV stars coming to Ottawa, including Kim&#039;s Convenience &amp; Highway Thru Hell - Thunderbird Entertainment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/11\/21\/canadian-tv-stars-coming-to-ottawa-including-kims-convenience-highway-thru-hell\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Canadian TV stars coming to Ottawa, including Kim&#039;s Convenience &amp; Highway Thru Hell - Thunderbird Entertainment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TV, Eh? 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