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Weekend Planner: November 7–8, 2009
David Miller and David Cronenberg will be present today for the opening of Filmport, the new high-end film production facility that's ready to go just as Toronto's film industry collapses under the weight of a high-value loonie. On the bright side, if nobody wants to use Filmport, it can hold millions and millions of sport coats.
Sunrise Propane finally broke its silence by asking people not to rush to judgment over the North York propane explosion. Oops, there we go again, being all judgmental and calling it an "explosion." Why couldn't we call it an "experience," or perhaps an "excitement"?
Dalton McGuinty promises that in the next election campaign, he's going to be a total loudmouth. A politician talking about stuff during an election? Will wonders ever cease?!
Maple Leaf Foods recalled more of their packaged meats after finding more samples contaminated with listeria. Listeria is like Listerine, except one kills germs and one can kill you. So, actually, it's nothing like Listerine really.
Finally, environmentalists are worried about a fish caught downstream from the oil sands with two mouths. Oil companies quickly issued a press release saying, "They can say whatever they like about us, but don't take it out on poor little Chompy."
Photo of Filmport during construction by St-Even.
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didn't Sunrise Propane also decline to clean up the mess from the "experience" and so the city had to step in a do it? i find it weird that more of a fuss wasn't made over that blatant faux pas.
Paigesix: Municipalities issue orders against the property owner. Sunrise leases the parcel. Who will pay the cleanup bill depends on the wording in the lease agreement. I see more lawsuits in the future.
+1 for Simpsons reference ;)
Wouldn't it be cool if FilmPort went completely unused by big blockbuster American productions, thus becoming a big huge studio for use by Canadian filmmakers?
'cause I bet there are Canadians who don't want to be the next Atom Egoyan but rather the next Peter Jackson or Robert Rodriguez but don't have the facilities.
Sure, if anyone has enough money to make use of it. Be sure to look to the future for productions by Bell. We may see a feature film comming out with those damn beavers we thought we were rid of.
I hope that Dalton is more vocal during the next election. Perhaps this will be enough to dissuade people from voting Liberal.
PickleToes: since the other choices are the ghost of John Tory and an NDP player to be named later, McGuinty's probably not worried. Remember the religious schools issue from last time? The nonsense he talked on that topic didn't hurt him — he was supporting the status quo, and his reasoning was ignored.
On the other hand, Tory brought the question up, but not enough voters liked the solutions he proposed. So that was a leader being vocal and dissuading people from voting for his party. It was an easier choice, though: they could just pick the incumbent.