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CTV Invites
Canada to Say Goodbye to CORNER GAS:
“Pump Out a Poster Contest” Marks Series
Finale, April 13

– Grand Prize winner has
their artwork immortalized in a commemorative poster
and receives $3,500 in
prizes –

– Creator and star Brent Butt
leads poster jury – 

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The count down continues with only five episodes left
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Toronto, ON (March 12, 2009) – As the series finale of
CORNER GAS approaches on April 13, CTV gives fans the opportunity to say
goodbye to Canada’s #1 original comedy
series in their own unique
way. The “Corner Gas
Pump Out a Poster Contest” allows viewers to express their feelings visually
about the end of the Corner Gas era and say goodbye at the same time. Starting
right now, fans, pop-culture fanatics, design students and artists across the
country are invited to start working on their artistic rendering
celebrating CORNER GAS. Entries can
be submitted from
Monday, March 23 through
Thursday, April 2 at CTV.ca.
Details about the top-secret CORNER GAS series finale
will be announced soon.

The Grand Prize
winner of the “Pump Out a Poster Contest” receives the honour of having their
artwork live on forever as the official, limited edition,
CORNER GAS commemorative poster, chosen by series creator Brent Butt among
others, along with $3,500 worth of prizes. Four secondary prizes will be
awarded.

The
Official CORNER GAS Poster will
then be sold at the Corner Gas store at CornerGas.com. All proceeds go to the
Canadian charity, Free The Children, an
organization dedicated to helping children around the globe through education
and development programs

Viewers can count down to the
bitter-sweet conclusion of CORNER GAS, Mondays at
9:30 p.m.
ET,
on CTV
and Saturdays at
8:00 p.m. ET/PT, on
The Comedy Network, on demand on the CTV Video Player at CTV.ca, and on the go at
iTunes.ca. The series finale airs on
Monday, April 13 on CTV and Saturday, April 18 on The Comedy
Network.

** Media Note ** Download all-new photos from CORNER GAS
at www.ctvmedia.ca.

Throughout the tenure
of CORNER GAS, memorabilia at Corner
Gas.com has generated millions of dollars worth of sales, as fans seek to own a
piece of this beloved series. Now, with the “Corner Gas Pump Out a Poster Contest,” there’s
an opportunity for anyone who’s willing, to actually
contribute to the legacy CORNER GAS
leaves behind – and help children around the globe as well. Fans are being given
the opportunity to provide the world with a unique, visual representation of
what this immensely successful Canadian series means to
them.

Beginning March 23, artistic hopefuls
of 13 years of age or older can log on to CTV.ca to enter and upload a
high-resolution digital representation of their artwork for a shot at winning
the ultimate Grand Prize. Artwork can take any shape or form including
sculpture, tapestry, macramé, painting, digital and manual illustrations, silly
putty – the options are endless. The winning creation will be shipped to CTV for
reproduction as an 18 x 24 inch poster.

In the next episode
of CORNER GAS, “R2 Bee Too,” (Monday, March 16 at 9:30
p.m. ET on CTV), jealous of Hank's new
toy robot, Davis places an order online for the same one, but gets a surprise
when his arrives. Down at The Ruby, despite Emma’s warnings, Lacey embarks on a
quest to expand Brent's culinary horizons, turning him into a food critic from
hell.  Back at the Leroys’, Wanda suits up to help Oscar combat a beehive.
For a double shot of this episode, tune into The Comedy
Network, Saturday, March 21
at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.

About Free The Children

Free The Children is the world's
largest network of children helping children through education, with more than
one million youth involved in innovative education and development programs in
45 countries. Founded in 1995 by international child rights activist
Craig Kielburger, Free The Children has a proven track
record of success. Through the energy and passion of youth, Free The Children
has built more than 500 schools around the world and it provides education for
50,000 children everyday. The organization has received the World’s Children’s
Prize for the Rights of the Child (also known as the Children’s Nobel Prize),
the Human Rights Award from the World Association of Non-Governmental
Organizations, and has formed successful partnerships with leading school boards
and Oprah’s Angel Network. For more information please
visit www.freethechildren.com.

About
CTV Original Programming

CTV’s success and commitment to original production
has cemented the network as the industry-leader dedicated to telling fresh
Canadian stories and building home-grown talent. The network's ongoing
commitment to develop, produce and promote industry-leading television that
engages viewers is evident across a wide range of programming genres. Seen
around the world, the network’s robust slate of critically acclaimed,
award-winning original productions includes: Canada’s #1 comedy series, CORNER
GAS; the most-watched Canadian drama series, FLASHPOINT; Canada’s #1 new
program, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE CANADA; the award-winning and
internationally acclaimed series DEGRASSI: THE NEXT GENERATION; the upcoming
drama series THE LISTENER and THE BRIDGE; Elvis Costello’s new variety/talk
series SPECTACLE; and promoting it all, Canada’s #1 source for everything
entertainment, ETALK. CTV is also responsible for Canada’s most-watched awards
broadcasts, including THE JUNO AWARDS and THE GILLER PRIZE. CTV is a proud
supporter of its original movie slate including Gemini Award winners for Best TV
Movie for the past four years in a row – MAYERTHORPE (2008), DOOMSTOWN (2007),
HUNT FOR JUSTICE: THE LOUISE ARBOUR STORY (2006), and TRIPPING THE WIRE: A
STEPHEN TREE MYSTERY (2005) – along with ratings champions EIGHT DAYS TO LIVE
and IN GOD’S COUNTRY.

About CTV

CTV,
Canada's largest private broadcaster, offers a wide range of quality news,
sports, information, and entertainment programming. It has the number-one
national newscast, CTV NATIONAL NEWS WITH LLOYD ROBERTSON, and is the number-one
choice for prime-time viewing. CTVglobemedia Inc. is Canada's premier
multi-media company which owns CTV Inc. and
The Globe and Mail. CTV Inc. also owns radio stations across the country, and leading
national specialty channels. Other CTVglobemedia investments include an interest
in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, and in Dome Productions, a North
American leader in the provision of mobile high definition production
facilities. More information about CTV may be found on the company website
at www.ctv.ca.

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For more information please
contact:

Mary Costa, The Comedy Network, CTV
Inc., 416.384.7702 or mary.costa@ctv.ca

Orality 2.0 (March 2009 Podcaster/Vidcaster Meetup)

Wednesday March 18, 2009
at
6:00pm

La Fontana Café

101-3701 E. Hastings St.
Burnaby, British Columbia
Get Directions

People tell stories. Where our ancestors told stories around the fire,
contemporary storytellers are using iTunes and YouTube to continue our
storytelling tradition. Join us at the next Podcasters Meetup where
digital story teller James Chutter, fresh on the heals of his Northern Voice appearance, talks about stories, culture and technology.

Are you producing digital content? Come and hear about the long and
honourable storytelling tradition you're a part of and perhaps get a
few new ideas for attaining the next level! Do you want to produce
digital content? Come and discover the rich and diverse options you
have for realizing your creative vision!

James' presentation at Northern Voice was very well received and we're
pleased he'll be speaking at our next meeting at La Fontana Cafe.

Agenda:
6:00pm Meet & Greet/Introductions
6:30pm Main Presentation: Orality 2.0 by James Chutter

Orality 2.0:
Social integration into the Internet and the growth of online social
networks are changing the way we sit around the fire and share our
stories. James will provide insights into the evolution of the tool and
platform of online social media by, placing it into a historical
context, surveying its recent past and forecasting on its future
impact. This will be viewed in the context of how different
technologies affects the stories we tell from an oral culture, to a
print culture, to a technology culture and back to a Web 2.0 networked
culture.

James Chutter:
James’ activities and work includes working as a professional photographer, actor, film maker (Dean’s Honors grad of the venerable NYU Film School,) blogger, digital cultivator and most importantly the original Corporate Hipster. Amidst all this James has completed his masters of applied arts. His thesis
on the evolution of the oral storytelling tradition in a digital world
is a fascinating study of past and present modes of storytelling used
by society. He combines inspiration from fine art sculptors, and remix
DJs which he contextualizes within contemporary media theory and
current blogger buzz.

The Venue:
La Fontana Cafe is on the Vancouver/Burnaby border at Boundary and
Hastings, near the PNE. With easy bus access, it's 2 blocks east of the
Kootenay Transit Loop.

CrimePays features a Poetry Brothel ($5 gets a sexy stunner to read you a love poem) and an auction of dates with Vancouver's hottest Guys and Dolls, including Fearless Supporter Kris Krug and our own Fearless Leader, Irwin Oostindie!

Please join the Shebeen Club and the Federation of BC Writers at the Vancouver Police Museum for the party of the year. 

Details:

Who: The Shebeen Club and the Federation of BC Writers

What: a wicked good fundraiser for the Fed

When: Monday, March 16th, 6-9pm

Where: The Vancouver Police Museum, 240 East Cordova Street, Vancouver

Why: it would be criminal to miss this party!

Wanted: YOU!

Come help the Fed celebrate 32 years of getting away with murder. Whether infiltrating schools, divvying up swag, or distributing subversive publications, the Federation of BC Writers has been operating unchecked in our province for decades.

Do you enjoy the vicarious thrill of
rubbing shoulder pads with the Lost Literati of the Wild West
surrounded by all manner of murder and mayhem in the cosy confines of
the police museum? Do you have what it takes to make your bones as a Fed member? There’s only one way to find out! Come out to the party and make us an offer we can’t refuse.

Admission: $20 donation includes a drink and appetizers. Click here to register. If you won’t be attending, but would like to support the Fed with a donation, click here to donate via the raincoaster media Paypal.

Bring cash for the Poetry Brothel, and
bring your chequebook to bid on some of the most attractive Guys and
Dolls around in our date auction!

Dress code: Trenchcoat and fedora,
deerstalker and cape, jailhouse stripes, uniforms, Bond Villain suits
or femme fatale slinkwear all optional but encouraged. Attitude
absolutely mandatory.

Raffle prize donations, bribes, and
sponsorship applications very welcome: please email lorraine.murphy at
Gmail dot com. Anything related to crime or the theme of noir is
particularly welcome, eg detective books, Martini glasses, etc, or
anything black or white.

The Crime Pays fundraiser will be our
Shebeen Club meeting for the month of March, so I hope to see everyone
there, dressed fabulously and behaving infamously!

SUPPORT THE POWER TO WOMEN BLACK MARKET - STAND FOR THE DTES!

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Sunday March 15th
from 1-3 pm
Vancouver Police Station
Main Street (between Hastings and Cordova)
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All (including men) welcome!

Significant
street sweeps have been occurring in the DTES from increased and
aggressive ticketing for things like jaywalking to "illegal" vending.
As verified by the VPD itself, a year-end performance report shows that
officers issued 467 tickets for violations of the Safe Streets Act in
2008, compared to 202 tickets in 2007. Police officers also handed out
133 tickets for violations of the Trespass Act, up from 95 in 2007.
Tickets for city-bylaw infractions, including tickets for vending,
panhandling, and loitering, shot up to 439 tickets in 2008 compared to
247 tickets in 2007.

Leading upto the 2010 Olympics, such
measures are meant to 'cleanse' the neighbourhood and to intimidate
DTES residents through the use of no-go orders for "chronic offenders"
(i.e vendors/binners) and street checks by VPD Beat Enforcement Team
officers.

In response to this, the Power to Women group is
organizing an afternoon of "illegal vending" in front of the Vancouver
Police Station on Sunday March 15th, International Day Against Police
Brutality. We strongly encourage supporters and allies of the group and
of DTES residents who are facing this increased onslaught to please
come out and make your presence visible. We are standing together and
we ask you to come out and support the Power to Women "black market"
which will also help fund the groups ongoing activities! If you have
any items (crafts, artwork, clothing, books, appliances) to donate to
our "illegal vending" efforts, please bring them with you!

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Organized
by the DTES Women Centre Power of Women Group: We are a group of women
from all walks of life ho are either on social assistance, working
poor, or homeless; but we are all living in extreme poverty and are
dedicated to raising our voices and raising awareness about social
issues in our communities. Many us of are single mothers or have had
our children apprehended due to poverty; most of us have chronic
physical or mental health issues for example HIV and Hepatitis C; many
have drug or alcohol addictions; and a majority have experienced and
survived sexual violence and mental, physical, spiritual , and
emotional abuse. For indigenous women, we are affected by a legacy of
the effects of residential schools and a history of colonization and
racism.

For more information, contact project@dewc.ca or call 604 681 8480 x 234.

EXPERIENCE

Starting at 9PM PST on the night of March 6, 2009, the Great Northern Way Campus in Vancouver will be connected live to SAT in Montreal via fibre optic cable and mobile camera operators streaming live footage to in-house projection screens at both locations. With VJs mixing new and archival footage, the two cities will trace their common theme to a stunning soundtrack from Akufen and Deepchild.

Produced and presented in-part by W2 Community Media Arts Society, the technology will involve the audience by allowing them to contribute live user-generated content to the visuals. The opportunity for live interaction between two cities across the country sets TechForms apart from the other three nights of the Midforms Festival, and from any other club night found in either city. This groundbreaking event will find VJs, DJs and their audiences intermixing and collaborating for one night.

Your ticket will also gain you access to 11,000 sq. Ft. of Transdisciplinary New Media Art Installations and interactive exhibits including the Canadian splinter of the Graffiti Research Lab.

MUSIC

AKUFEN (Can) - Musique Risquée – Montreal’s Marc Leclair has been a front-runner in the global electronica community since 1999. With productions ranging from experimental techno to microhouse, Akufen continues to push boundaries and explore his own versatility. For his last studio release, Akufen received critical acclaim as the master behind the 17th Fabric Mix. Never one to shy from experimentation, Akufen throws down unexpected tracks and keeps the audience moving with his upbeat sound.
DEEPCHILD (Aus) - Freerange, OM – Deephouse/minimal-tech DJ/Producer Rick Bull has toured with legends like Richie Hawtin, Green Velvet, M.A.N.D.Y., and has remixed tracks for Booka Shade and more. Deepchild has established himself as a major contender internationally, touring Sydney, London, Cologne, and Berlin just late last year. Vancouver will witness Deepchild’s expertise first-hand when he brings his bouncy minimal beats to TechForms ’09.
SCOTT W. (Can) - Open Studios
SVEN TORPEDO (Can) - Open Studios
Montreal DJs: Minimanimal, Jan Pienkowski, Pheek & Stefny

VISUALS

VJ ELECTRABELLE - (http://www.electrabelle.com)
Suez Holland, owner of Electrabelle, has been providing visuals for concerts, performances, and live events for over 12 years. With a background in animation and visual effects, Electrabelle serves up live custom imagery to create an experience unlike any other.

furiousgreencloud – (blog.furiousgreencloud.com) Brady Marks is a collaborative artist who manipulates light and sound, most often employing software and electronics. The results are light and sound emitting objects or installations that reverse the lines of flow. Her VJing started in the Intermission Artist Society and recently has been refined performing with the Lighta! Crew.

VIP Pre-Show Reception.

8-9pm
To catch all the live-feed with Montreal, come early, and enjoy a VIP reception and special guests from San Francisco Favianna Rodriguez and Reed Rickert. Favianna is one of Utne Reader magazine’s ‘Top 50 Visionaries’ of the year.

Sponsored by Tides Canada – Endswell Fund.
http://www.creativetechnology.org/events/w2-reception-with-favianna

Advance Tickets are $25 + S/C & $30 at the door.

Tickets at:
Highlife, Zulu, Beat Street, and clubzone.com
http://bit.ly/1s1Nh

MORE INFO:
http://tinyurl.com/afcspz

Great Northern Way Campus
577 Great Northern Way
Vancouver, BC

9pm - late
Produced and presented in-part by W2 Community Media Arts Society and New Forms Media Society.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=51099692206

http://www.midforms09.com