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heavenboy09 · 1 year

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Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 To You The Most Breathtaking & Sexy Black Canadian Actress On The Planet

Born On June 6, 1983

She is a Canadian actress best known for her recurring role of Sonya on The CW's Nikita and being a series regular cast member of FOX's Sleepy Hollow, playing the role of Jenny Mills in 2013. In 2019, she joined the cast of the Amazon Prime Video series The Expanse in the recurring role of Dr. Elvi Okoye.

Born and raised in Toronto, She studied dance in school and is also well-versed in martial arts. She attended several voice and musical theater schools in Canada. She began acting training at multiple schools including the Professional Actors Lab, Jason Fraser Studios, Etobicoke School of the Arts and also at University Settlement Drama Group. She attained a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto in 2006. Her first role onscreen was in a low-budget Canadian movie Pinkville. She made her television debut on an episode of The Listener. She made many guest appearances on television such as Rookie Blue, Flashpoint, Being Erica, Covert Affairs, Lost Girl and Saving Hope. She has also appeared in minor roles in short-form movies such as Little Phoenix and the Fists of Fury and as Jenn in The Exit, which she claims was her favourite role. She was also cast in This Movie Is Broken. Her career took off in 2011 when she was cast in a recurring role as Sonya on The CW's popular Nikita series. After the success of season 2 of Nikita, she was retained for seasons 3 and 4.

In August 2013, she was cast in a recurring role on FOX's Sleepy Hollow. In January 2014, she was promoted to series regular for season 2. In 2019, she was cast in a recurring role as Dr. Elvi Okoye, a biologist working for the Royal Charter Energy (RCE), on the science fiction Amazon Prime Video series The Expanse.

She stars in the new 2023 workplace comedy series Shelved on CTV.

Please Wish This Dazzling Black Actress From Canada 🇨🇦 A Very Happy Birthday 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊

If you don't know her. Learn to Love her 💕

MS. LYNDIE GREENWOOD 🧡🤎💚

HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY 🎂 🥳 🎉 🎈 🎁 🎊 TO YOU MS. GREENWOOD AKA MS. JENNIFER MILLS OF SLEEPY HOLLOW 💀

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#Lyndie Greenwood #Jennifer Mills #sleepyhollow #Spotify

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atlanticcanada · 1 year

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Nova Scotia's modern 'gold rush' poses huge risk to climate, expert warns

Nova Scotia is embarking on what many are calling its fourth gold rush -- but instead of panhandling for chunks of gold, mining operations in the province today consist of massive tailings ponds, enormous open pits extracting small traces of gold and a climate toll that one expert says we’re not properly tracking.

Alana Westwood, assistant professor at the School for Resource and Environmental Studies at Dalhousie University, says Nova Scotia’s regulations are woefully behind the times and nowhere near able to keep up with the explosion of new mining claims.

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“This is happening across Canada, but Nova Scotia is starting to shape up as a bit of a flashpoint for a national conversation,” she told CTV’s Your Morning on Thursday.

And some experts say the little-understood long-term impacts of contamination from gold mining in Nova Scotia coupled with a new gold rush may be creating a problem of an unknown scale.

There have been three gold rushes in Nova Scotia’s history: one in the early 1800s, another in the early 1900s, and the most recent in 1942.

Those early miners would never be able to comprehend the scale of mining operations today, Westwood said.

“(They) were using pickaxes, working underground, (in) quite small mines overall,” she said adding when it comes to modern mines, “We’re looking at what’s now really low quality ore. So about one gram per ton of rock, so that’s like a paper clip of gold for every Volkswagen Beetle of rock that you’re mining out of the ground today.”

In 2013, there were 158 mining exploration licenses active in Nova Scotia, covering just 1.5 per cent of Nova Scotia’s total surface, according to Westwood’s research.

A map of the province in 2013 shows only two mines either completed or in progress: the Touquoy Gold Mine and the Donkin Coking Coal Mine.

Just 10 years later, the same map looks vastly different.

There are more than 2,000 licenses, covering nearly a fifth of the province’s total land mass. In some regions of Nova Scotia, up to 50 per cent of the land mass is covered by mining exploration licenses. There are four completed mines, two of which are gold mines, with two other gold mines in progress. In 2022, the Touquoy gold mine received approval to increase the capacity of its massive tailings pond by raising the height of its wall by 2.5 metres and extending gold production at the mine site until December 2024.

UNDER REGULATED, OVER EXPANDING

One of the big issues with the explosion in gold mining within Nova Scotia is that regulations haven’t kept pace, Westwood says.

While the federal government introduced new environmental assessment regulations in 2019, broadening the scope of impact assessments for new projects to ensure that companies took climate change into account, among other changes, most mining projects in Nova Scotia go through provincial assessments, Westwood said.

“There are new federal impact assessment laws — these are meant to allow us to look at the predicted impacts of a project on human health, on the environment, on communities, and then make a decision on whether or not to proceed with that project,” she explained. “Nova Scotia’s laws are outdated at this point. There is a promise from the government to update them much more fulsomely, but we haven’t seen that materialize yet.”

The province’s environmental regulations were last updated in 1995, and don’t legally require companies to consider climate change or impacts on Indigenous peoples and nearby communities, Westwood said.

Nova Scotia’s Environment Act does specify that when an application for a project is being assessed for approval, the Minister will consider “concerns expressed by the public and aboriginal people about the adverse effects or the environmental effects of the proposed undertaking,” as well as “steps taken by the proponent” to address these concerns, but doesn’t include any reference to climate change.

“Meanwhile … there’s this huge increase in the number of claims being staked, and that is going to lead to more mines being proposed,” Westwood said. “There’s already more mines going through the impact assessment process than have been in years.”

Creating regulations for resource extraction in Canada is a difficult process, as lawmakers seek to balance economic concerns with environmental ones.

Over the last 25 years, all of Canada’s mineral reserves have been declining in production except for gold, according to a 2023 report from the Mining Association of Canada, with gold production worth more than 13 million in 2021, compared to 5.7 million in 2012.

The federal regulations have been under scrutiny since the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) was put in place in 2019. In March, the Supreme Court held a hearing on the constitutionality of the IAA, following an Alberta Court of Appeal decision in May 2022 that found the IAA was a federal overreach. Those who oppose the new regulations view them as an unnecessary limitation on resource development that will slow the economy.

According to Nova Scotia’s department of Environment and Climate Change, after a company has registered a project proposal for environmental assessment, the government will open Crown consultation with the Mi’kmaq of Nova Scotia and seek public input to aid with the Minister’s decision. Some decisions end in a request for more specific info from the company, or for environmental reports to be completed to address larger missing gaps of information.

But Westwood said the current setup of Nova Scotia’s regulations don’t provide the ability to look properly at cumulative impacts of mining projects.

“Not just looking at one project, but looking at what happens if you have one mine and then you open another mine, and then you add other kinds of development in and around that,” she said.

“We’re already dealing with the legacy of pollution from the much smaller footprint gold mines we did have.”

AN UNKNOWN TOLL

The scale of environmental contamination that occurred in Nova Scotia’s first three gold rushes — and how much is still affecting the environment and communities today — is little understood.

A 2019 review found the topic is woefully under-researched, but that even the scant data we do have indicates that mercury and arsenic from abandoned gold mining sites can still be found in high levels in plants, fungi, fish and mammals.

“We have arsenic and mercury pollution still leaching from 100 (year) old gold mines, into our waterways, into our fish, we have methyl mercury above toxic levels from this pollution,” Westwood said.

“So I’m a little nervous that we’re going to end up with not just more of the same, but a lot more of the same if we don’t have better oversight and better engagement for communities to say, ‘okay, this is the development I want in my community, but there need to be safeguards,’ or, to say no to that development if they don’t want it in their community.”

Between the mid-1800s and 1950, there were more than 350 gold mines operating in Nova Scotia. A 2021 study looking at sediments in an urban lake, Lake Charles, which is located near a historical gold mining operation in Nova Scotia, found arsenic levels were 300 times above levels known to be toxic to living creatures.

One of the arguments responding to climate-based critiques of gold mining is that the precious metal is used extensively in circuitry and electronics, potentially aiding in shifts towards more electricity-based technology.

But that represents a fraction of the business, Westwood said.

“Only a small proportion goes into technology uses — about half is jewelry,” she said. “And then the remaining proportion mostly goes into investment. Corporations, governments, holding gold as a security, as currency. So very little of it is actually going towards these technological uses, or sort of the green transition.”

Pollutants and tailings waste from gold mines leaching into the ground or water isn’t an issue relegated purely to these historical mines.

In 2014, a tailings dam collapsed at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine in British Columbia, releasing more than 20 million cubic metres of mining wastewater.

A report by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation released in early May found that mining produces more pollutants than any other industry in North America, with an Ontario gold mine topping the list for Canada for most pollutants likely to impact human health.

Atlantic Mining NS Inc., an Australian gold mining company that operates the Touquoy gold mine, was fined $250,000 in February 2022 after pleading guilty to violating federal and provincial laws by depositing damaging substances into water near the gold mine. Atlantic Mining NS Inc. is a subsidiary of St Barbara Limited and is known also as Atlantic Gold Corp.

The government’s impact assessment registry, which lists information on potential and current projects within Canada, lists two upcoming Nova Scotia projects from Atlantic Mining NS Inc. as “in progress,” while a third, Cochrane Hill Gold Project, was terminated in August 2022 due to the company failing to provide required information for environmental assessment within the time limit.

All three projects, including a proposed open pit gold mine in Marinette, Nova Scotia called the Beaver Dam Mine Project, and an open pit gold mine 95 kilometres northeast of Halifax called the Fifteen Mile Stream Gold Project, have sparked controversy.

Environmentalists called for the halting of the Cochrane Hill project in 2020 after a video showed wild Atlantic salmon preparing to spawn in a river near the proposed project.

The company has previously stated that the environment is an important consideration in its projects.

“Part of St Barbara's corporate commitments is to safety always, and respecting the environment,” the parent company said in a 2022 email statement to CTV News Atlantic in response to concerns about the Touquoy tailings pond being expanded. “Our company will continue to work with all parties to ensure we are living up to these commitments in the communities where we operate, now and into the future."

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gwenpondtheviddingsisters · 2 years

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Are there any Flashpoint fans out there? I have new Sam and Jules content for you <3 <3 <3

If this is blocked, you can watch it on vimeo :-) https://vimeo.com/702668597

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fuckyeahcanadiantelevision · 5 years

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TFW you're trying to find Flashpoint content and you have to sift through thirty thousand posts about some dude who's I guess really fast?

#flashpoint #flashpoint ctv #canadian shows #canadian television #canadian tv #hugh dillon #enrico colantoni

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life-what-life · 4 years

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Ahem.

Flashpoint was the shit.

That is all.

Goodnight.

#flashpoint #tv show #spike was my favorite #love that show #so glad its on hulu #to be clear the swat(ish) show not anything else #but feel free to reblog for any other flashpoint you adore idgaf #ctv/cbs/ion

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webseriesrating · 4 years

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Flashpoint: The show focuses on a fictional elite tactical unit, the Strategic Response Unit (SRU), within a Canadian metropolitan police force (styled on the Toronto Police Emergency Task Force). The SRU are tasked to resolve extreme situations that regular officers are not trained to handle, including hostage-taking, bomb threats, and heavily armed criminals.

Recommendation: Must Watch Season Strength: Very Good IMDB Score: 7.7 Rotten Tomatoes: 86% Season 1 Start: 2008 Network: CTV, CBS, Amazon Prime, Hulu Originating Country: Canada

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takeeachdayonebookatatime · 2 years

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Top 6 cop/detective shows to watch.

Are you ever looking for the right show but not sure what it is? Here are some cop/detective shows you might actually enjoy. From the US to Canada all of these shows are amazing.

Flashpoint

A Canadian cop show set in Toronto that first appeared on CTV and CBS on July 11th 2008 at 10pm on Friday known as the death slot it later switched to Thursday at 9pm on CBS. The show ran 5 seasons and went out with a bang. Team One goes on high risk hostage calls where people are having their worst moment. Because one moment changes Everything. The show stars Amy Jo Johnson the original pink ranger on MMPR as Julianna "Jules" Callaghan a profiler/sniper, former RCMP officer and only woman on the team until Donna in season 2 she is also the wife of Sam and mother of sadie. Hugh Dillion from the headstones as Edward "Ed" Lane sniper and team leader he is also a husband to Sophie, dad of 2 Clark and Izzy. Enrico Colintoni from just shoot me and Veronica Mars as Gregory "Greg" Parker negotiator/profiler he has one son Dean. David Paetkau as Samuel "Sam" Braddock sniper and former JTF2 member and husband Jules and father of sadie. Michael Cram as Kevin "Wordy" Wordsworth, CQB expert, husband of Shelly and Dad of 3 girls . Sergio Di-Zio as Michaelangelo "Spike" Scarlatti tech/bomb expert. And Mark Taylor as Lewis "Lou" Young, a less lethal expert.

Castle

An American show that first premiered as a midseason replacement on ABC March 9th 2009 at 10pm after Monday night's Dancing with the Stars. The show ran for 8 seasons The show is about Detective's for the 12th precinct who solve the weirdest murders and bring justice to their familes. It stars Nathan Fillion from Firefly as Richard ``Rick" Edger Castle, Famous Mystery Writer who is suffering from writer's block, and kills off Derrick Storm, the main character from his most successful book series. He is brought in by the NYPD for questioning regarding a copycat murder based on one of his Derek Storm novels. He then shadows and assists Kate. Born Richard Alexander Rodgers. Stana Katic as Katherine ``Kate" Houghton Beckett, NYPD homicide Detective from the 12th precinct and muse for Castle and Nikk Heat. Seamus Dever as Detective Kevin Ryan, a former narcotics detective who is a member of Beckett's team. Jon Huertas as Detective Javier ``Javi" Esposito, a former Army Special Forces soldier who is also a member of Beckett's team. He is best friends with his partner, Detective Ryan. Tamala Jones as Dr. Lanie Parish, a medical examiner and on-again-off-again love interest for Esposito, and is also a best friend of Beckett. Ruben Santiago-Hudson played Captain Roy Montgomery from (seasons 1–3; with a guest star in season 6), he is Beckett's former boss and former captain of the 12th Precinct. Penny Johnson Jerald as Captain Victoria Gates sometimes called Iron gates she appears in (seasons 4–7), she was Captain Montgomery's replacement, and former Internal Affairs officer. Molly Quinn as Alexis Castle, Castle's daughter by his first wife, Meredith Lee Harper. Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers, Castle's mother, and Alexis's grandmother she is an actress on and off Broadway.

The rookie

The show premiered on October 16th 2018. The series follows John Nolan, a forty year old newly divorced man from Pennsylvania. He is the oldest rookie on the force The man whose story inspired the premise of the show Bill Norcross, he continues to serve in the LAPD and is executive producer on The Rookie. Currently in season 4 heading for season 5. Nathan Fillion from Castle and Firefly as John Nolan: The oldest rookie (Police Officer II) at the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), he is assigned to the Wilshire Division. Melissa O'Neil as Lucy Chen: An ambitious rookie (Police Officer II) who struggles to prove herself to Tim Bradford, her training officer. Mekia Cox as Nyla Harper (season 2–present): Nolan's new training officer (Police Detective I), an experienced detective who has four years of undercover work under her belt. Eric Winter as Tim Bradford: A by the books, no-nonsense training officer (Police Officer III/Sergeant I) who trained Lucy. Alyssa Diaz as Angela Lopez: An LAPD detective (Detective I). She is assigned to train Jackson West. Richard T. Jones as Wade Grey: A sergeant (Sergeant II) and watch commander at the Wilshire Station. Shawn Ashmore as Wesley Evers (season 3–present; recurring seasons 1–2): A defense lawyer and Angela's husband they have a son together named Jackson. Jenna Dewan as Bailey Nune she appears in (season 4; and as a guest in season 3): A firefighter who becomes Nolan's girlfriend.

Law and orders svu

An American show that first premiered on September 20th 1999 on NBC 23 years ago and currently in season 23 renewed for season 24 about Svu detective's that solve rape, domestic violence and abuse cases. The series follows Mariska Hargitay as Olivia Benson the longest running female in a drama series who solves sex crimes she starts out as a Jr. Detective in (seasons 1–12) becomes a Sr. Detective (seasons 13–15) gets promoted to Sergeant in (seasons 15–17) makes the rank of Lieutenant in (seasons 17–21) and finally Captain in (season 21–) her adopted son is Noah porter Benson played by Ryan Buggle in her 23 years as an SVU detective she has seen the worst she is empathetic and compassionate to victims. In real life Mariska own the joyful heart foundation a non profit helping the victims of rape and abuse. Ice-T who is a raper as Odafin Tutuola who is Jr. Detective in (seasons 2–8) And Sr. Detective in (seasons 9–19) he then gets promoted to Sergeant in (season 19–). Kelli Giddish as Amanda Rollins Jr. Detective (seasons 13–21) Sr. Detective (season 21–). She has 2 kids Jessie and Billie. Peter Scanavino as Dominick Carisi Jr. A Jr. Detective jn (seasons 16–20) And Assistant DA (season 21–).

Rizzoli and isles

An American show that first premiered on July 12th 2010 about Homicide Detective's and ran for 7 seasons The series' backstory is inspired by a series of novels by Tess Gerritsen Featuring Maura Isles/Jane Rizzoli. Jane Rizzoli appears in the series' first novel, The Surgeon, and Maura Isles is introduced in the second, The Apprentice, which serves as the basis for the television series. The series starts off with Jane Rizzoli who has been investigating a serial killer named Charles Hoyt. It stars Angie Harmon who plays Jane Clementine Rizzoli: a Boston detective in the Homicide Unit and Maura's best friend. Sasha Alexander plays Dr. Maura Dorothea Isles: Chief Medical Examiner of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts' and Jane's best friend. She is also a forensic expert working at the BPD. Bruce McGill plays Vincent "Vince" Walter Korsak: Rizzoli's former partner. The late Lee Thompson Young played Barold "Barry" Frost ( from seasons 1–4): he was Rizzoli's second partner and a wiz with computers. Jordan Bridges as Francesco "Frankie" Rizzoli, Jr.: a police officer and Jane's little brother. Brian Goodman plays Sean Cavanaugh in (seasons 3–4; recurring role in seasons 1–2, 5): the lieutenant of the Boston PD's Homicide Unit. Lorraine Bracco plays Angela Rizzoli: Jane, Frankie and Tommy's overbearing mother. Adam Sinclair plays Dr. Kent Drake ( in season 7; he has a recurring role in, season 6): he is a lab technician and Maura's new assistant.

Rookie blue

A Canadian cop show that first appeared On June 24th, 2010, it aired in Canada on Global and in the USA on ABC. Set in Toronto, the series follows the lives of five rookie cops from fictional 15 Division who have just graduated from the police academy. "to serve, protect, and don't screw up". Missy Peregrym as Andrea "Andy" McNally married Sam, Andy was a former rookie turned Training Officer. Travis Milne as Christian "Chris" Diaz, former rookie turned Training Officer. Charlotte Sullivan as Gail Peck sister of Steve she was a former rookie turned Training Officer. Priscilla Faia as Chloe Price, former rookie turned Training Officer. Peter Mooney as Nick Collins Officer. Enuka Okuma as Traci Nash, former rookie turned Detective Sergeant. Gregory Smith as Dov Epstein, former rookie turned Detective. Ben Bass as Sam Swarek, Detective father to Marlo's son and Husband to Andy. Adam MacDonald as Stephen "Steve" Peck Detective brother of Gail peck. Rachael Ancheril as Marlo Cruz Detective has one Child with Sam. Eric Johnson as Lucas "Luke" Callaghan Detective. Noam Jenkins as Jerry Barber Detective. Melanie Nicholls-King as Noelle Williams, a Detective and wife of Frank; she has a daughter. Lyriq Bent as Frank Best Staff Sergeant, husband of Noelle and father of one. Matt Gordon as Oliver Shaw Staff Sergeant.

#tvshows #flashpoint #rookieblue #therookie #Rizzoliandisles #castle #lawandordersvu #articles #list

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steelcityreviews · 5 years

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An Interview with Mark Ellis

I recently had the pleasure of conducting my first theatre interview with actor Mark Ellis who will be performing in Nortesur Productions David Mamet powerhouse Glengarry Glen Ross opening in December at The Pearl Company in Hamilton, Ontario.

Glengarry Glen Ross is a play by David Mamet that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984. The play shows parts of two days in the lives of four desperate Chicago real estate agents who are prepared to engage in any number of unethical, illegal acts—from lies and flattery to bribery, threats, intimidation and burglary—to sell undesirable real estate to unwitting prospective buyers.

How is this production bringing something new to this story?

Mark: Mamet wrote Glengarry for an all-male cast, but in our production the role of office manager Williamson is played by Kayla Gambrill. The play pivots around the power Williamson wields over the four real-estate salesman. Only she can dole out the ‘hot leads’ that they’re all so desperate to get. They resent her for that, and because they see her as a ‘company man’ who doesn’t understand what it is to work the streets and sell. The story is set in 1983 and putting a woman in that role adds a rich layer to the play. What’s it like for a woman to occupy a position of prominence in that kind of ruthless workspace? Mamet’s words take on a whole new meaning when the salesmen tell Williamson ‘You don’t belong in this business,’ ‘You’re a secretary.’ ‘You have no idea of your f^%ing job.’ The level of verbal abuse she faces makes us see the play in an entirely new light.

What’s challenging about bringing this script to life?

Mark: This is a play that needs a lot of rehearsal. There are so many unfinished thoughts, interruptions and overlaps in Mamet’s beautifully naturalistic dialogue. In a way, it’s like rehearsing a symphony. Each instrument has to come in precisely on cue or the music falls apart.

Why is this story one that is still being told today? What makes it relevant to today’s audiences?

Mark: Glengarry’s themes are more relevant than ever. What happens when people act purely out of self-interest? How far will they go to manipulate and steam-roll over others to get what they want? That’s a practice that still exists in business today. And particularly dominates our politics. I’d love to see Mamet update this play, swapping the ‘Misters’ for ‘Senators’

What’s the biggest challenge about taking on your role as an actor in this production?

Mark: Mamet’s lines are famously difficult to memorize, because they are so precise. It’s been essential for me to decode Shelly Levene’s internal thoughts as I learn the words he actually says. Mamet once famously said that actors should just “stand and read the lines.” I don’t agree. A composer needs a skilled musician to unlock the code of his score. Bach needs his Yo Yo Ma. Mamet’s brilliant writing also requires unlocking, and it’s no easy task.

How do you identify with your character and/or how do you disassociate from your character after rehearsal or performances?

Mark: I’m a terrible salesman. And I don’t think Levene is very good either. He’s not as articulate as Ricky Roma, not as assured. He speaks longer than he should. Crimes I’m all guilty of. Many of us artists live in fear that we’re not as good as we think we are. That one day we’ll be exposed for for being some kind of fraud. Shelley faces that day of reckoning and playing that fall is heart-breaking and disturbing.

What will local audiences be thinking about after leaving the production?

Mark: I think our audience will leave slightly out of breath. The play rockets along. It’s dark, it’s caustic, it’s funny, it’s heartbreaking. They don’t give out Pulitzer's lightly and this is one of the best plays there ever was.

MARK ELLIS’ BIOGRAPHY

Mark was the co-creator and executive producer of Flashpoint (CTV/CBS). He and his partner Stephanie Morgenstern were designated 2013 Showrunners of the Year by the Writers Guild of Canada. Their writing received multiple awards as well as the Academy Board of Directors Tribute for Outstanding and Enduring Contribution to Canadian Television, the 2013 Canadian Screen Award and 2009 Gemini for Best Dramatic Series, and earned them the Sea to Sky Innovative Producers Award at the Banff World Media Festival.

Flashpoint is licensed in more than 100 territories and translated into 22 languages.

Their second series, X Company (CBC), also aired around the world. A World War II spy drama, X Company is set in Europe and Canada and filmed in Budapest. The show has also been recognized with WGC and Canadian Screen award nominations including a best series nod.

As an actor, Mark has performed at theatres across the country. Favourite productions include: Gross Indecency: The Three Trails of Oscar Wilde (Canadian Stage), Anton Piatagorsky’s The Offering (Artword Toronto),Two Pianos Four Hands (Sudbury Theatre Centre), The Sicilian (Persephone Theatre) and Modern Times’ production of Macbeth in Iran.

Mark is represented by Harrison Artists Management in Toronto and CAA in Los Angeles.

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oliverdant · 7 years

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Bethany Snow is the real thing!

Keri Adams the actress that portraits the DC Comics’ character Bethany Snow is an Award-winning news anchor at CTV and Host of CTV Morning Live in Vancouver, BC.

In the comics, Bethany Snow is a reporter in the DC Universe. Despite her career in public television, she is secretly a follower of Brother Blood and the Church of Blood. This has made her an enemy to the Teen Titans. Following the New 52 reboot seen in Flashpoint, she is the lead news anchor for Channel 52.

#Arrow #Bethany Snow #easter eggs #DC comics #keri adams

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atlanticcanada · 2 years

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Possibility of city buses transporting N.B. students prompts language, safety concerns

The New Brunswick government is mulling the possibility of city buses taking students to and from school.

The idea is prompting calls from New Brunswick’s opposition parties, that such a move would violate constitutionally protected language rights – specifically, the obligation of separate provincial school systems for Anglophone and Francophone students.

“I think talking to the busing authorities in the cities is just a conversation we can have about how to get our children to school,” says Bill Hogan, New Brunswick’s Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development.

Fredericton Transit, Saint John Transit, and Codiac Transpo (in Moncton, Dieppe, and Riverview) are part of the discussions.

Hogan says the province’s use of public transit for students might help address a shortage of school bus drivers, and avoid the sudden cancellation of school bus routes.

“We’re looking at the shortage of supply bus drivers, which is a real issue,” says Hogan.

Liberal MLA Isabelle Thériault says the use of city busses for school transportation would threaten student safety and language rights.

“When you put in the same group a few Anglophone students and few Francophone students, almost automatically it will switch to English,” says Liberal MLA Isabelle Thériault. “We need to preserve those spaces.”

A discussion about New Brunswick’s education duality and school buses became a flashpoint issue in 2015. Then-NDP leader Dominic Cardy suggested costs could be saved if Francophone and Anglophone students rode the same bus.

The provincial government under then-Liberal Premier Brian Gallant issued a reference question to New Brunswick’s Court of Appeal for clarification. The Gallant government withdrew the question in 2016, saying individual school districts should be equipped to make individual decisions.

Green Party MLA Kevin Arseneau says school buses are an extension of the school building.

“What I’ve been hearing today and in the last few weeks is a complete misunderstanding of why language rights are there,” says Arseneau.

Hogan says the use of city buses for student transportation is unique from any discussion about language rights.

“I’ve been involved in no discussions, nor do I plan on being involved in any discussions about having bilingual school busses,” says Hogan. “Trying to call upon the cities to help us where we have challenges? That’s an entirely different thing.”

During Question Period on Friday, Premier Blaine Higgs said the idea of municipal transit authorities bussing students to and from school had come about due to wage increase demands from CUPE, averaging an increase of 25 per cent.

CUPE denies the statement made by Higgs in the Legislature.

“Honestly I have no idea what he’s talking about,” says Iris Llyod, CUPE 1253 president. “I’m quite concerned with the premier because CUPE 1253’s contact isn’t set to expire until March 31, 2024. In fact, we haven’t even started creating anything at this point and we haven’t even given notice to bargain.”

Premier Higgs wasn’t made available to answer questions from reporters after Friday’s Question Period.

Hogan says there’s no timeline for when, or if, the changes will take effect.

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The Lord of the Rings MCU (Infinity Saga) Avatar: TLA Fullmetal Alchemist; Brotherhood Netflix’s Daredevil BBC Merlin Stargate SG1 Star Wars (−ST)

▶ My “B List” Shows Pandora Hearts Noragami Haikyuu! Psych Leverage Flashpoint (CTV) Doctor Who (S1-7 "The Last Timelord" Era) White Collar 💖 >> My Ships << 💖

*This list is subject to change.

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takeeachdayonebookatatime · 2 years

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Characters who got shot on TV

Castle and Flashpoint edition

(Kate Beckett) ( Javier Esposito) ( Rick Castle) (Roy Montgomery)

Castle is an American show that first premiered as a midseason replacement on ABC March 9th 2009 at 10pm after Monday night's Dancing with the Stars. The show ran for 8 seasons The show is about Detective's for the 12th precinct who solve the weirdest murders and bring justice to their familes. It stars Nathan Fillion from Firefly as Richard ``Rick" Edger Castle, Famous Mystery Writer who is suffering from writer's block, and kills off Derrick Storm, the main character from his most successful book series. He is brought in by the NYPD for questioning regarding a copycat murder based on one of his Derek Storm novels. He then shadows and assists Kate. Born Richard Alexander Rodgers. Stand Katic as Katherine ``Kate" Houghton Beckett, NYPD homicide Detective from the 12th precinct and muse for Castle and Nikk Heat. Seamus Dever as Detective Kevin Ryan, a former narcotics detective who is a member of Beckett's team. Jon Huertas as Detective Javier ``Javi" Esposito, a former Army Special Forces soldier who is also a member of Beckett's team. He is best friends with his partner, Detective Ryan. Tamala Jones as Dr. Lanie Parish, a medical examiner and on-again-off-again love interest for Esposito, and is also a best friend of Beckett.

During season 3 episode 24 knockout Captain Roy Montgomery got shot in an airport hanger and died of his injuries. Later in the episode. Beckett is shot on the left side of her chest during captain Montgomery's funeral. Causing her to flat line. It nicked a left inferior pulmonary vein causing Tension pneumothorax on the left side requiring a chest tube. Causing her pericardium to distend compressing her heart. The Bullet then grazed the ventricle causing her to bleed into her heart causing it to not work right resulting in vfib/flat line causing her to go into cardiac arrest during her thoracotomy, which is emergency surgery to gain access to the pleural space of the chest. I googled it. After 3 months she was back on the job

During season 6 episode 4 number one fan Castle is shot in the vest by a fan of his. He even mentions how she dotted his I, his vest says writer and she bullet hit the top of the I essentially dotting it.

During season 8 episode 5 the nose Ryan accidentally shoots Esposito in the butt.

(Jules Callaghan) (Ed lane) (Greg Parker) (Kevin Wordsworth)

Flashpoint Canadian cop show set in Toronto that first appeared on CTV and CBS on July 11th 2008 at 10pm on Friday known as the death slot it later switched to Thursday at 9pm on CBS. The show ran 5 seasons and went out with a bang. Team One goes on high risk hostage calls where people are having their worst moment. Because one moment changes Everything. The show stars Amy Jo Johnson the original pink ranger on MMPR as Julianna "Jules" Callaghan a profiler/sniper, former RCMP officer and only woman on the team until Donna in season 2 she is also the wife of Sam and mother of sadie. Hugh Dillion from the headstones as Edward "Ed" Lane sniper and team leader he is also a husband to Sophie, dad of 2 Clark and Izzy. Enrico Colintoni from just shoot me and Veronica Mars as Gregory "Greg" Parker negotiator/profiler he has one son Dean. David Paetkau as Samuel "Sam" Braddock sniper and former JTF2 member and husband Jules and father of sadie. Michael Cram as Kevin "Wordy" Wordsworth, CQB expert, husband of Shelly and Dad of 3 girls . Sergio Di-Zio as Michaelangelo "Spike" Scarlatti tech/bomb expert. And Mark Taylor as Lewis "Lou" Young, a less lethal expert.

During season 1 episode 13 between heartbeats Jules Callaghan is shot by the son of a man Ed shot in Scorpio season 1 episode 1. The reason Jules was shot and missing from 6 episodes of the season. Was Amy jo Johnson was pregnant during the first season and had to be written out. The 6 episodes were. Business as usual, the fortress, clean hands, aisle 13, perfect family, perfect storm and remote control. She does have a scene in the beginning of Business as usual and 2 scenes in aisle 13.

During season 3 episode 13 fault lines Ed Lane is shot during a road rage incident. He was on the way to the hospital to watch the birth of his second child Izzy. They caught the guy in the next episode while Ed recovered Sam filled in as team leader.

During season 5 episode 13 keep the peace part 2 Greg Parker was shot multiple times while defusing a bomb. Multiple had been placed all over the city during the first part which caused the death of some team 3 members including Donna. After Greg retired and became an instructor at the police academy.

During season 1 and 2 Kevin Wordsworth was shot in the vest during season 1 episode 2 first in line and season 2 episode 3 clean hands.

#flashpoint #castle #gregparker #edlane #julescallaghan #wordywordsworth #katebeckett #richardcastle #javierespisito #kevinRyan #roymontgomery

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atlanticcanada · 5 years

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PM Trudeau says 'erosion of trust' behind SNC-Lavalin scandal

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that an “erosion of trust” between himself and Jody Wilson-Raybould lies behind the SNC-Lavalin scandal, while acknowledging that he could have acted differently as it continued to unfold.

“I now understand that she saw it differently,” Trudeau said.

WATCH LIVE: PM Justin Trudeau speaks on the SNC-Lavalin scandal

Trudeau is speaking to reporters in the National Press Theatre, offering his take on the affair and how it was handled.

He said that he knows that people wanted to hear from him directly, and that he was prepared to do that now after taking time to review the testimony given on the scandal.

This comes a month to the day after The Globe and Mail first reported that senior members of his government tried to pressure Wilson-Raybould into dropping a criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin. At the time Trudeau said the story was untrue, and has since maintained that he and his staff acted properly, and in the interest of thousands of jobs.

Despite his limited but consistent denials, the scandal grew. Wilson-Raybould resigned from cabinet and called on him to allow her to “speak my truth.” She was given that opportunity and took it, a week later before the House Justice Committee. There, she alleged that she faced high-level "veiled threats" and "sustained" political interference from nearly a dozen senior officials for months, to seek a deferred prosecution agreement for SNC-Lavalin, which is facing bribery and corruption charges over business dealings in Libya.

That too, Trudeau rebuffed, saying he disagreed with her characterization of events. Within days he was down his second minister, when Jane Philpott tendered her resignation from cabinet.

The scandal cost Trudeau his top adviser, Gerald Butts, who resigned two weeks after the story broke. Butts appeared before the same committee on Wednesday to offer his side of the story. There he explained the series of events as normal government business, denied being a part of, or aware of any interactions with Wilson-Raybould that could constitute pressure. He said that she never raised with him that she felt any of the conduct on the file was improper.

Butts also cited a breakdown in trust between Trudeau and Wilson-Raybould, which he took responsibility for. He cited her being shuffled out of the justice minister role as the flashpoint for this ongoing affair.

Both Wilson-Raybould and Philpott have vowed to remain in the Liberal caucus as MPs, despite saying they don’t have confidence in the government under Trudeau.

The House Justice Committee has put its study into the SNC-Lavalin affair and the related legal principles on pause until March 19, federal budget day, where potentially behind closed doors the Liberal-dominated committee will decide next steps.

By day’s end Wednesday the opposition parties remained adamant that further probing is needed into the matter. Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has requested an RCMP investigation and called for Trudeau to resign on account of him having “lost the moral authority to govern.”

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wants an independent public inquiry into the matter.

Federal Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion has undertaken his own study of the matter, saying just days into the controversy that he has "reason to believe” federal ethics laws may have been violated. Key actors have had any relevant privileges or cabinet confidences waived in regards to the SNC-Lavalin case to permit them to assist Dion in making his findings, the announcement of which could still be months away.

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