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Conservative MPs beat Liberals, NDP on online engagement, study finds

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Conservative MPs beat Liberals, NDP on online engagement, study finds

Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press 3 minute read Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025

OTTAWA - A new study from McGill University says Conservative MPs far outpace their Liberal and NDP counterparts in online engagement, partly due to the their voices being amplified on X.

The report from McGill’s Media Ecosystem Observatory found in 2024, online posts from federal Conservative MPs garnered 61 per cent more engagement — likes, shares and comments — than those from Liberal and NDP MPs combined.

It found that engagement with Conservative politicians on X has increased 52 per cent since Elon Musk, a key ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, took over the platform previously known as Twitter in 2022.

The report looked at online posts from all members of Parliament on Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube and TikTok between January 2022 and November 2024.

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Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025

The opening page of X is displayed on a computer and phone in Sydney, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Rick Rycroft

The opening page of X is displayed on a computer and phone in Sydney, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Rick Rycroft

YouTube election fraud conspiracy theories fuel impeached South Korean president and his supporters

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YouTube election fraud conspiracy theories fuel impeached South Korean president and his supporters

Kim Tong-hyung, The Associated Press 7 minute read Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Thousands have braved the frigid January weather in Seoul protests, waving South Korean and American flags and shouting vows to protect their embattled conservative hero, the impeached South Korean president facing imprisonment over potential rebellion charges.

The swelling crowds in South Korea’s capital are inspired by President Yoon Suk Yeol's defiance, but also by the growing power of right-wing YouTubers who portray Yoon as a victim of a leftist, North Korea-sympathizing opposition that has rigged elections to gain a legislative majority and is now plotting to remove a patriotic leader.

“Out with fraudulent elections and a fake National Assembly!” read one sign, brandished by an angry man in a fur hat during a recent protest near Yoon’s presidential residence, the site of a massive law enforcement operation Wednesday that made Yoon the country’s first sitting president to be detained in a criminal investigation.

Many at the pro-Yoon rallies, which are separated by police from anti-Yoon counter-protests, are significantly influenced by fictional narratives about election fraud that dominate conservative YouTube channels — claims that Yoon has repeatedly referenced in his attacks on election officials.

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Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025

FILE - Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attend a rally to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

FILE - Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol attend a rally to oppose his impeachment near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Manitoba to consider support for news outlets

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Manitoba to consider support for news outlets

Carol Sanders 6 minute read Friday, Nov. 15, 2024

The Manitoba government says it is dedicated to protecting democracy, journalism and freedom of the press and plans to strike an all-party committee to determine how best to do that.

“If there’s a business landscape that makes it much more difficult for journalists to keep doing that important work, I think there is a need to have a conversation about some form of public support or at least a fair hearing of those issues,” Premier Wab Kinew said Friday.

The promise will be unveiled in Tuesday’s throne speech, which kicks off the new legislative session.

The committee would “look at the future of journalism in the province, including whether there’s public supports that might be needed, or to discuss whether a specific percentage of government and Crown corporation advertising should be dedicated to supporting local media,” Kinew said.

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Friday, Nov. 15, 2024

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The Manitoba government will conduct its throne speech on Tuesday which kicks off the new legislative session.

MIKE DEAL / FREE PRESS FILES
                                The Manitoba government will conduct its throne speech on Tuesday which kicks off the new legislative session.

Cellphones have messages about learning

Ken Clark 4 minute read Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024

Distractions. I recall, decades ago, two high school lads riveted by the random outcomes of a surreptitious, they thought, game of cards, rather than attuned to my teaching of the Canada Food Guide. Message received — think about how I teach the Canada Food Guide.

Classrooms don’t have to be smartphone-free zones, tech-fluent educators tell province

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Classrooms don’t have to be smartphone-free zones, tech-fluent educators tell province

Maggie Macintosh 5 minute read Friday, Feb. 9, 2024

A group of tech-savvy teachers is calling on the province to create guidelines on cellphone use in schools and offering to help get it done.

The Manitoba Association of Education Technology Leaders has taken a firm stance against introducing a sweeping ban of personal wireless devices in kindergarten-to-Grade 12 buildings.

Manitoba Education has no policy in place. School divisions create their own appropriate use policies, while most buildings allow teachers to make rules for their own classrooms.

Tuxedo’s Laidlaw School, Collège Béliveau in Windsor Park and West Kildonan Collegiate are among Winnipeg facilities that have imposed stricter measures this year.

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Friday, Feb. 9, 2024

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Grade 12 student Amy Klos puts her cell phone in a cell phone storage pouch fastened to the wall while in her pre-calculus classroom at West Kildonan Collegiate in Winnipeg, Man., Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. West Kildonan Collegiate is one example among a number of schools across school divisions in Winnipeg that are implementing strict cell phone guidelines for the second semester.

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                                Grade 12 student Amy Klos puts her cell phone in a cell phone storage pouch fastened to the wall while in her pre-calculus classroom at West Kildonan Collegiate in Winnipeg, Man., Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. West Kildonan Collegiate is one example among a number of schools across school divisions in Winnipeg that are implementing strict cell phone guidelines for the second semester.
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Crave introduces ad tiers, including $9.99 plan

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Crave introduces ad tiers, including $9.99 plan

The Canadian Press 2 minute read Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025

TORONTO - Crave is introducing two ad-supported tiers that each shave $5 or $10 off the monthly subscription fee.

Bell Media says its new Crave Basic with Ads costs $9.99/month, while Crave Standard with Ads costs $14.99/month. An unchanged ad-free option remains at $19.99/month, and is renamed Crave Premium Ad-Free.

Viewers can watch most shows and movies, including HBO and Max originals, on the ad-supported plans. About one per cent of titles won't be available due to licensing restrictions.

Ads will be 15 or 30 seconds long, totalling about five minutes per hour, and appear before and during some episodes and films.

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Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025

The Crave app is seen on a phone in Toronto on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. Crave is introducing two ad-supported tiers that each shave $5 or $10 off the monthly subscription fee. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

The Crave app is seen on a phone in Toronto on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019. Crave is introducing two ad-supported tiers that each shave $5 or $10 off the monthly subscription fee. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

Low-cost Temu goes head-to-head with Amazon

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Low-cost Temu goes head-to-head with Amazon

Brett Bundale, The Canadian Press 6 minute read Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025

It started with a video of a postal worker sorting a mountain of orange packages from Temu.

Rachael D'Amore hadn't heard of the online shopping site, but after watching the video she found good reviews, affordable products and free shipping on most orders — what she called "a unicorn in Canada these days."

"I had to double check the URL to make sure that I wasn't on the U.S. site," she said.

Temu also offered a $5 credit if an order took longer than 12 days to arrive — a quasi-insurance policy that gave D'Amore the confidence to place a $30 order for seven items, including an 89-cent necklace, earrings for $1.78 and hair clips for $3.59.

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Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025

A person navigates the Temu website on a smartphone in Toronto, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Temu launched in Canada in early February, the same month it aired a Super Bowl ad with the tagline "shop like a billionaire," and offers consumers an alternative to online juggernaut Amazon. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini

A person navigates the Temu website on a smartphone in Toronto, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Temu launched in Canada in early February, the same month it aired a Super Bowl ad with the tagline

Neo-Nazi group members plotted to kill Free Press reporter

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Neo-Nazi group members plotted to kill Free Press reporter

5 minute read Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022

Disturbing details of a plan to kill a Free Press reporter who had infiltrated a white nationalist hate group were revealed for the first time Wednesday.

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Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022

U.S Attorney Detention Motion United States District Court for the District of Maryland

A then-18-year-old from New Jersey told the FBI that he and other members of neo-Nazi organization the Base planned to kill reporter Ryan Thorpe.

U.S Attorney Detention Motion United States District Court for the District of Maryland
                                A then-18-year-old from New Jersey told the FBI that he and other members of neo-Nazi organization the Base planned to kill reporter Ryan Thorpe.

Even if games go on, MLB lockout could alienate Gen Z

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Even if games go on, MLB lockout could alienate Gen Z

Jake Seiner, The Associated Press 7 minute read Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — Max Scherzer stars in the last video posted to Major League Baseball’s TikTok account before the league locked out the players Thursday morning.

The clip, viewed over 400,000 times, shows the final out from Scherzer's first no-hitter in 2015 with Washington, followed by teammates dousing the three-time Cy Young Award winner with chocolate syrup. Hip-hop duo Rae Sremmurd's “Swang” plays in the background.

“Max Scherzer is ... officially a New York Met!!!” the caption reads, celebrating Scherzer's $130 million deal to pitch in Queens.

It could be the last post featuring a big league player sent to the account’s 4.8 million followers for months, a curveball with real consequences for a sport already concerned about courting young fans.

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Saturday, Sep. 20, 2025

FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers' Max Scherzer pitches against the San Francisco Giants during the ninth inning of Game 5 of a baseball National League Division Series Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, in San Francisco. Eight-time All-Star Max Scherzer is nearing a $130 million, three-year contract with the New York Mets, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday, Nov. 29, because the agreement was still being worked on and would be subject to a successful physical.(AP Photo/John Hefti, File)

FILE - Los Angeles Dodgers' Max Scherzer pitches against the San Francisco Giants during the ninth inning of Game 5 of a baseball National League Division Series Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, in San Francisco. Eight-time All-Star Max Scherzer is nearing a $130 million, three-year contract with the New York Mets, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday, Nov. 29, because the agreement was still being worked on and would be subject to a successful physical.(AP Photo/John Hefti, File)

‘Mistake’ leads to Canadian Forces ad on far-right website

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‘Mistake’ leads to Canadian Forces ad on far-right website

Dylan Robertson  5 minute read Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2018

OTTAWA — The Canadian Forces have been running a recruitment ad on the American website Breitbart — a digital force in far-right politics that’s among U.S. President Donald Trump’s staunchest allies and one of Canada’s biggest critics.

The military indirectly paid Breitbart, in violation of Ottawa’s advertising rules, but has since pulled its ad off the site.

The ad popped up several times across Breitbart. In one case, it appeared in an article about a Italian mosque, weighing into that country’s Sunday election, which was accompanied by an October 2016 photo showing scores of Muslims praying next to the Colosseum in Rome.

The military took down the ad after the Free Press asked how it was spending taxpayer’s money. But the fact it appeared on a far-right website speaks to the unpredictable nature of online advertising, with Ottawa using a system that provides no idea of exactly where its ads will appear.

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Tuesday, Mar. 6, 2018

Screen capture of a Canadian military recruitment ad on Breitbart.com. The military has taken the recruitment ad that appeared on Breitbart, in violation of Ottawa's advertising rules.

Screen capture of a Canadian military recruitment ad on Breitbart.com. The military has taken the recruitment ad that appeared on Breitbart, in violation of Ottawa's advertising rules.
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Un festival qui fait confiance aux enfants

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Un festival qui fait confiance aux enfants

Ruby Irene Pratka 4 minute read Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016

Depuis 20 ans, le Festival international de films pour enfants de tous âges Freeze Frame valorise la perspective des plus jeunes et les incite à penser. Le cofondateur du festival, Pascal Boutroy, est un cinéphile de longue date.

“J’ai découvert le cinéma pour enfants dans les années 1990, quand j’ai travaillé comme critique de cinéma à Montréal. Surtout, j’ai découvert quelque chose d’extraordinaire: des films intelligents et sensibles. Et j’ai vu l’effet que cela pouvait avoir sur les enfants. Quand ils sortent de la salle, ils ont appris des choses à propos d’eux-mêmes.”

En 1996, nouvellement arrivés à Winnipeg, Boutroy et sa conjointe, Nicole Matiation, cofondent le festival Freeze Frame. En 20 ans le festival, qui met à l’affiche des films en plusieurs langues, y compris le français, est devenu le festival de cinéma le plus fréquenté au Manitoba, avec entre 6,000 et 8,000 participants chaque année.

Boutroy attribue le succès du festival à la diversité de la programmation.

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Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016

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Pascal Boutroy, le cofondateur du Festival international de films pour enfants de tous âges Freeze Frame, invite enfants et adultes à élargir leurs horizons cinématiques.

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Pascal Boutroy, le cofondateur du Festival international de films pour enfants de tous âges Freeze Frame, invite enfants et adultes à élargir leurs horizons cinématiques.
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Saint-Laurent la télé en 2017

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Saint-Laurent la télé en 2017

Par Daniel Bahuaud 5 minute read Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016

Les pêcheurs, chasseurs et trappeurs métis de Saint-Laurent seront bient¥t connus au Québec gr¢ce une série documentaire produite pour le Canal D. De plus, la caméra se posera sur la culture métisse. Bienvenue Au pays des Michifs.

Ce qui étonne Jules Desjarlais n'est pas que Manito Média, l'entreprise de production bonifacienne fondée par Charles et Patrick Clément, ait réussi convaincre le Canal D commander une série documentaire portant sur les Métis de Saint-Laurent. C'est que les Métis se soient laissés photographier par les caméras télé!

Jules Desjarlais en est persuadé: "Nous, les Métis, on est pas mal gêné. Notre vie privée, on y tient. Mais tranquillement, dans les dernières décennies, le public respecte pas mal plus notre culture. Chez nous, c'est l'exposition sur les Métis présentée entre 2004 et juillet 2015 (au National Museum of the American Indian, un des musées du Smithsonian Institution de Washington), qui a fait une différence énorme. On est plus portés dire "oui" quand on nous propose des projets comme la série Au pays des Michifs. On s'intéresse faire connaître notre culture, la faire respecter, pour que les gens nous connaissent plus."

Résultat: Gerry Bruce et Roland Bruce, Norbert Langellier et son fils, Charles et Langellier, ainsi que Laurent Dumont, figureront parmi les chasseurs, pêcheurs et trappeurs présentés dans l'émission, en tournage depuis l'automne 2015. Le natif de Saint-Laurent, vétéran de plusieurs productions hollywoodiennes, notamment la série Docteur Quinn, femme médecin et le film Terrain miné (On Deadly Ground) sera le narrateur et présentateur de la série.

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Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016

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Jules Desjarlais: ‘Au pays des Michifs, ce sera bien plus qu’un aperçu sur nos chasseurs, pêcheurs et trappeurs. C’est la présentation d’un mode de vie.’

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Jules Desjarlais: ‘Au pays des Michifs, ce sera bien plus qu’un aperçu sur nos chasseurs, pêcheurs et trappeurs. C’est la présentation d’un mode de vie.’
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Ad another thing: sounding the alarm about advertising’s ill effects on society

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Ad another thing: sounding the alarm about advertising’s ill effects on society

By Jen Zoratti 6 minute read Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013

Jean Kilbourne was an adbuster long before there was anything close to resembling Adbusters.

When the acclaimed feminist scholar, author, filmmaker and media literacy pioneer, who speaks Thursday at 7:30 p.m., at the University of Winnipeg's Convocation Hall, began tearing advertisements out of magazines and posting them on her refrigerator back in 1968, she didn't know she would start a movement, let alone a respected field of study.

At the time, she just wanted to open people's eyes. She assembled the ads she collected into a slideshow presentation that she took to college campuses in the 1970s. She had one goal: tell anyone who would listen about the damaging effect ads were having on women.

"I was the first person to start talking about the image of women in advertising," Kilbourne, 70, recalls. "(The ads) were outrageous and no one was paying attention to them."

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Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2013

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Kate Moss in an advertisement. Jean Kilbourne has dissected the ways in which ads create impossible ideals that women must spend an incredible amount of time, energy and money chasing.

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Kate Moss in an advertisement. Jean Kilbourne has dissected the ways in which ads create impossible ideals that women must spend an incredible amount of time, energy and money chasing.
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Francophone paper turns 100, digitizes all editions

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Francophone paper turns 100, digitizes all editions

By Kevin Rollason 3 minute read Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

The weekly newspaper La Liberté is celebrating its 100th anniversary by going digital.

The French-language publication, which was founded in 1913, is announcing today it has digitized the more than 5,000 newspapers it has published during its first century and is opening them up to the public.

Sophie Gaulin, the paper's editor-in-chief and director general, said on Tuesday the paper has also been publishing online for a few years, but now the paper's entire archives will be fully searchable using keywords. And, Gaulin said, searches will be free.

"This is the Google of the francophone community," Gaulin said. "It is as powerful to us as that.

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Wednesday, May. 22, 2013

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La Liberté s Sophie Gaulin and the Sociiété historique de Saint-Boniface's Gilles Lesage show the archive.

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La Liberté s Sophie Gaulin and the Sociiété historique de Saint-Boniface's Gilles Lesage show the archive.
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Le Fil des francophiles – Monique LaCoste

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Le Fil des francophiles – Monique LaCoste

Camille Harper-Séguy de La Liberté pour le Winnipeg Free Press 4 minute read Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013

LA voix de la Franco-Manitobaine Monique LaCoste est l’une des plus connues au Manitoba, et même en Amérique du Nord, sans pour autant que les gens le réalisent. Depuis 25 ans en effet, en plus de son emploi, Monique LaCoste travaille comme voix-off sur de nombreux projets corporatifs et communautaires.

“Ma voix est dans des musées partout au Canada, en anglais et en français,” racontet- elle. “C’est aussi moi qui ai enregistré la narration des films au Planétarium du Manitoba, en anglais. De plus, j’enregistre beaucoup de systèmes téléphoniques pour des entreprises et des organismes partout en Amérique du Nord, notamment en français aux États-Unis pour leurs clients québécois.”

Quand elle était annonceure à Radio-Canada, de 1988 à 2006, Monique LaCoste a commencé à recevoir et accepter des contrats d’enregistrement de voix-off pour des textes en français.

“Je prends plaisir à bien lire des textes dès la première prise,” confie Monique LaCoste. “J’ai toujours eu de la facilité avec la lecture à haute voix et j’ai toujours adoré ça. J’aime le défi d’explorer divers registres de voix selon le produit. On ne lit pas une annonce commerciale comme un documentaire ou comme un texte pour enfants.

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Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013

Monique LaCoste

Monique LaCoste
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Une Franco-Manitobaine à l’affiche

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Une Franco-Manitobaine à l’affiche

Camille Séguy de La Liberté pour le Winnipeg Free Press 4 minute read Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012

LA Franco-Manitobaine de 12 ans, Kally Berard, se souviendra longtemps de l’été de ses 11 ans. En juillet 2011, elle a en effet joué dans un film américain de Vince Marcello, McKenna Shoots for the Stars, qui était tourné à Winnipeg. Le film est sorti en DVD le 3 juillet dernier aux États-Unis et il a été diffusé sur la chaîne de télévision NBC le 14 juillet.

C’était ma première expérience de cinéma,» raconte Kally Berard. «Je n’avais même jamais fait de théâtre.

Ils cherchaient une gymnaste pour jouer dans le film, et comme il était entièrement tourné à Winnipeg, ils ont demandé à mon club de gymnastique et j’ai répondu. J’étais nerveuse avant la première journée de tournage, mais après je me suis vite habituée et c’était excitant! » La jeune Franco-Manitobaine avait pourtant de quoi être sous pression.

Pour son premier tournage, elle a incarné l’un des rôles principaux, celui de Sierra, l’une des trois amies de l’héroïne de l’histoire, McKenna Brooks.

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Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012

CAMILLE SÉGUY DE LA LIBERTÉ
Kally Berard

CAMILLE SÉGUY DE LA LIBERTÉ
Kally Berard
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Silence, ça tourne!

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Silence, ça tourne!

William Sineux de La Liberté pour le Winnipeg Free Press 4 minute read Saturday, May. 12, 2012

C’EST l’heure des grandes premières pour Gabriel Tougas.

À 21 ans, il signe la réalisation de son premier long métrage, Héliosols, qui n’est autre que le premier long métrage de fiction francophone réalisé au sein d’une communauté minoritaire de l’Ouest.

“Avec mon premier film je veux raconter une histoire fictive en français sans parler du français,” explique le scénariste et réalisateur du film, Gabriel Tougas. “Tous les films ou documentaires qui ont été faits jusqu’à présent par des Franco-Manitobains traitent de la francophonie, de notre communauté, de notre langue, culture ou histoire. Je pense que plutôt que d’expliquer qui sont les Franco-Manitobains, il est temps de prendre la francophonie comme naturelle, d’en être fier et de faire un film qui inscrit une histoire fictive dans notre contexte francophone mais sans en parler,” déclare-t-il.

Dès l’âge de 18 ans, Tougas a fait ses premiers pas dans la réalisation audio-visuelle, en signant de nombreuses réalisations avec Les Productions Rivard, notamment des documentaires. Mais pour la première fois, il va réaliser son rêve de mettre sur pied une fiction.

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Saturday, May. 12, 2012

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Gabriel réalise son premier long métrage professionnel, Héliosols.

WILLIAM SINEUX DE LA LIBERTÉ
Gabriel réalise son premier long métrage professionnel, Héliosols.
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Ä la mode winnipégoise

By Jocelyne Nicolas de La Liberté pour le Winnipeg Free Press 4 minute read Preview
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Ä la mode winnipégoise

By Jocelyne Nicolas de La Liberté pour le Winnipeg Free Press 4 minute read Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012

‘J'AI toujours adoré les blogues de mode,” lance la Franco-Manitobaine Janelle Wookey. “Mais je ne trouvais que des sites qui discutaient des tendances à New York, à Paris ou bien à Milan. Toujours les mêmes villes, jamais du contenu canadien. Pourtant, je sais qu’on a du goût et que la mode est bien vivante ici. Je n’en revenais pas qu’il n’y avait aucun site à notre sujet.”L'idée de montrer les Canadiens sous toutes leurs coutures et dans toute leur beauté, dans la rue et dans la vie de tous les jours, l'a suivie un bon moment avant qu'elle n'agisse.

"Je cherchais sur Google Canada street style," continue Janelle Wookey. "Je voulais voir des images de gens de chez nous. Il n'y avait rien du tout au Canada, et même le nom de domaine canadastreetstyle.com était disponible. Je l'ai vite acheté, mais sans savoir ce que j'allais faire avec un site Web."

Suite un séjour inspirant Montréal, Janelle Wookey a conßu le site comme il est aujourd'hui. Des photographes bénévoles Winnipeg, Montréal, Vancouver, Toronto et Victoria parcourent leur ville respective, cherchant des citoyens avec une mode intéressante ou unique. Le site les montre en photos avec une brève description de l'origine de leurs vêtements et leurs accessoires.

Sur le site, on trouve Janessa, une artiste winnipégoise qui s'est créé un look la fois unique, mais pratique pour l'hiver canadien. Dans un manteau en jeans et une jupe achetée dans une boutique d'occasion de style vintage Oh So Lovely, Janessa porte des bottes jaunes. Ses lunettes roses d'occasion ont été achetées la boutique Vintage Glory et pour accessoriser le tout, elle a volé son sac Tintin son copain. Page après page, le site montre en détails les trésors de mode dénichés par ces Canadiens ordinaires.

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Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012

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Janelle Wookey, fondatrice du blogue Canada Street Style.

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Janelle Wookey, fondatrice du blogue Canada Street Style.