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From 1991 to 1995, 50 episodes aired. In 2012, new Minutes were produced in the lead-up to Canada's sesquicentennial (150th anniversary of Canadian Confederation) in 2017. The Minutes have featured appearances by some of Canada's best-known personalities, including Jared Keeso, Michael Shanks, Calum Worthy, Colm Feore, Dan Aykroyd, and Kate ...
Breaking Point (French: Point de rupture) is a Canadian documentary film, released in 2005.Aired on CBC Television in English and on Radio-Canada in French and released to mark the tenth anniversary of the 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum, the film explored the dynamics of the referendum campaign through interviews with and news clips of several of the major players on both sides of the debate.
October 24 – The James Bay Cree vote 96.3% in favour of their territory remaining part of Canada in the event of Quebec sovereignty. October 27 – A massive rally is held in Montreal by the No side in the referendum. October 30 – The 1995 Quebec referendum is held on sovereignty. The No side narrowly wins.
The Société Radio-Canada's Réseau de l'information launches, being the first French language all-news channel. January 22: 1995 Gemini Awards. A number of new television channels launch, including Life Network, Bravo!, Discovery Channel, WTN, CMT. February 1: Front Page Challenge, the long running quiz show, ends after 38 years and almost ...
Screened at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival: Screamers: Christian Duguay: Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin: Sci-fi / Horror: Philip K. Dick adaptation; Canada-Japan co-production made with U.S. financing Skin Deep: Midi Onodera: Melanie Nicholls-King, Keram Malicki-Sánchez: Drama co-produced with the National Film Board: Direct to DVD ...
Winter – One of the coldest winters on record affects much of Canada. January 1 – North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect. January 11 – Daniel Johnson, Jr., becomes premier of Quebec, replacing Robert Bourassa. February – The first Liberal budget slashes spending in an effort to cut the deficit.
Marilyn Waring on Sex, Lies and Global Economics is a 1995 documentary film on Marilyn Waring, directed by Terre Nash, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, and largely based on Waring's book If Women Counted (1988). [1] Sequences from the film were shot in Canada, New Zealand, New York City, the Persian Gulf, and the Philippines.
Water Child (French: L'Enfant d'eau) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Robert Ménard and released in 1995. [1] The film stars David La Haye as Émile, a mentally handicapped young adult who survives a plane crash, finding himself on an otherwise deserted island with Cendrine (Marie-France Monette), a teenage girl.