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UPDATED: March 7, 2008
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The Observatory updates its NEWS page Monday through Friday with the most relevant cultural policy news, statistics and reports. Information is gathered from Canadian local and national news sources as well as major international publications.
News are listed by chronological date of publication, and articles are regularly removed from the site in order to insure the integrity of the links. Every month, the Observatory’s free bilingual newsletter profiles the most significant Canadian and international cultural-policy news
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« Le ministère de la Culture, des Communications et de la Condition féminine et le diocèse de Chicoutimi ont signé une entente sur l'utilisation des églises du diocèse dont le changement d'usage est envisagé. »
Creator(s): Fournisseur municipal | Date Published: 2008-03-27
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"The McGuinty government has provided a patchwork of assistance to what it likes to call 'the entertainment and creative cluster.'"
Creator(s): The Globe and Mail | Date Published: 2008-03-26
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« Il suffit d'avoir la foi. Le site Sellaband.com offre aux auteurs-compositeurs-interprètes une vitrine qui leur permet de cumuler des parts de 10 $ chacune auprès de leurs fans, appelés believers (croyants), en vue de la production d'un premier album. »
Creator(s): Le Devoir | Date Published: 2008-03-25
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« Le Centre local de développement économique (CLDÉ) de la MRC du Val-Saint-François est fier d’annoncer la création de son nouveau Fonds d’Initiatives Culturelles (FIC) Promutuel. »
Creator(s): Fournisseur municipal | Date Published: 2008-03-25
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"The takeover of XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. by Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. in the United States came a step closer to becoming a reality yesterday through a surprise ruling that could clear the way for a monopoly in the burgeoning industry."
Creator(s): The Globe and Mail | Date Published: 2008-03-24
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"Downtown Barrie may be in for an economic boost if a proposed performing arts centre is built at the Five Points."
Creator(s): The Barrie Examiner | Date Published: 2008-03-24
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"The Quebec singer's voice has blasted through Ontario, the grain-swept Prairies, the pounding surfs of Atlantic Canada and the forests of B.C."
Creator(s): CTV.ca | Date Published: 2008-03-24
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« Un nouveau programme d'aide gouvernemental s'adresse aux artistes professionnels de la métropole évoluant dans des formes d'art émergentes. »
Creator(s): Le Devoir | Date Published: 2008-03-22
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« En 2007, 71,5 % de la population adulte de la province a utilisé Internet sur une base régulière, contre 66 % dans le ROC. »
Creator(s): Le Devoir | Date Published: 2008-03-20
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"The CBC is borrowing a page out of the Internet pirate's playbook by distributing one of its prime-time TV shows using Bit Torrent technology, a first by a North American broadcaster."
Creator(s): National Post | Date Published: 2008-03-20
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« Le maire Gérald Tremblay revient à la charge dans le dossier de la fiscalité municipale. Cette fois, il enfourche le cheval de la culture et des arts pour demander à Québec de nouveaux leviers fiscaux pour la métropole. »
Creator(s): Cyberpresse.ca | Date Published: 2008-03-19
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« Une aide financière gouvernementale de 610 096 $ est accordée à la MRC d'Argenteuil, pour des travaux de réaménagement et de restauration de la gare historique de Lachute, dont les coûts estimés s'élèvent à plus de 1,2 M$. »
Creator(s): Fournisseur municipal | Date Published: 2008-03-19
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"Unfortunately for the thousands of Canadians who borrow music from the library, the days of flipping through a library's CD collection could be numbered."
Creator(s): Macleans.ca | Date Published: 2008-03-19
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« L'État québécois va-t-il déléguer ses responsabilités vers les municipalités dans sa future loi sur la protection du patrimoine? »
Creator(s): Le Devoir | Date Published: 2008-03-18
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"Ottawa has come through with more money for Burlington to build its performing arts centre."
Creator(s): The Hamilton Spectator | Date Published: 2008-03-18
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"Canada's sound recording and music publishing industries maintained profitability for the second consecutive year in 2006, but not without a struggle."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2008-03-18
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« Le gouvernement du Québec signe une entente de 1,11 M$ avec la communauté de La Romaine »
Creator(s): Fournisseur Municipal | Date Published: 2008-03-17
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"Thanks to the support of the Government of Canada, the Corporation du Centre culturel de la région de Rivière-du-Loup will be able to implement its project "A Strategic Plan: A Vision for the Future!" "
Creator(s): Canadian Heritage | Date Published: 2008-03-17
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Creator(s): Radio Canada | Date Published: 2008-03-14
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« Le gouvernement ontarien a alloué, mardi, plus de 1,2 million de dollars à onze festivals d'Ottawa. »
Creator(s): Radio Canada | Date Published: 2008-03-14
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"The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) has released the report 'From Economy to Ecology: A Policy Framework for Creative Labour'."
Creator(s): Canadian Conference of the Arts | Date Published: 2008-03-14
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"Creative Activity May Have Health Benefits"
Creator(s): The Washington Post | Date Published: 2008-03-11
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"La bibliothèque publique de Perth Ouest a entamé des travaux d'expansion qui rendront ses locaux plus accessibles pour les personnes handicapées."
Creator(s): Fournisseur Municipal | Date Published: 2008-03-07
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"The Province is investing $209 million to support arts and culture across British Columbia, Premier Gordon Campbell announced."
Creator(s): Fournisseur Municipal | Date Published: 2008-03-07
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"The Vancouver Art Gallery's director is hoping to accelerate fundraising for a new facility thanks to a $50-million provincial contribution, announced yesterday by Premier Gordon Campbell."
Creator(s): The Globe and Mail | Date Published: 2008-03-07
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"Projet de loi visant la protection du patrimoine culturel du Québec "
Creator(s): Fournisseur Municipal | Date Published: 2008-03-05
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"25 000 $ au Centre régional de services aux bibliothèques publiques de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue et du Nord-du-Québec"
Creator(s): Fournisseur Municipal | Date Published: 2008-03-04
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"The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic Games will announce details tomorrow of a nationwide search for aboriginal artists to create works to be licensed and sold by VANOC."
Creator(s): The Globe and Mail | Date Published: 2008-03-03
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"The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) today established a new framework for wholesale services that will promote competition in wholesale and retail telecommunications markets based on sound economic principles."
Creator(s): The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission | Date Published: 2008-03-03
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"Quelles sont les conséquences culturelles de l'expansion phénoménale de Google?"
Creator(s): La Presse | Date Published: 2008-03-03
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"Québec annonce 8,9 M$ pour le projet de création de la Maison du festival de jazz"
Creator(s): Fournisseur Municipal | Date Published: 2008-03-03
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"Le comité culturel de la MRC d’Argenteuil, avec l’appui du conseil des maires, dévoile une nouvelle façon de procéder pour l’octroi d’aides financières aux organismes, artistes et artisans d’Argenteuil."
Creator(s): Fournisseur Municipal | Date Published: 2008-03-03
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"La première stratégie provinciale du patrimoine a été publiée le 25 février"
Creator(s): Fournisseur Municipal | Date Published: 2008-02-29
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"At the end of a budget that was strong on climate change, the economy, health care, education and housing, Finance Minister Carole Taylor announced: "To honour our 150th birthday as a province, we are creating a new, $150-million BC150 Cultural Fund."
Creator(s): The Globe and Mail | Date Published: 2008-02-28
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"The profit position for Canada's film, television and video post-production industry improved slightly in 2006. Even though operating revenues edged down, the industry's operating expenses fell at a faster pace."
Creator(s): Statistics Canada | Date Published: 2008-02-27
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"February is one of the crueler months in Canada. Not only is the weather atrocious, so is the culture. The few new movies are lousy, there aren't many new or much-anticipated books in the stores. Magazines are thin in content and page count."
Creator(s): The Globe and Mail | Date Published: 2008-02-25
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"Britain will impose legislation on Internet service providers (ISPs) by April 2009 if they do not work with the music and film industries to curb illegal downloading, the government said on Friday."
Creator(s): The Globe and Mail | Date Published: 2008-02-22
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"Canadians strongly support the idea of requiring Internet service providers and wireless service providers to help fund the production of Canadian digital media content, according to the results of a recent poll released today."
Creator(s): Broadcaster Magazine | Date Published: 2008-02-22
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« On ne cesse de le prédire, notre lien à la production culturelle sera de plus en plus tributaire des réseaux au détriment des supports physiques. Que dire des arts de la scène? Bien sûr, on ne téléchargera pas un spectacle de sitôt, mais... »
Creator(s): Cyberpresse.ca | Date Published: 2008-02-22
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"Studios and theatres are focused on the advantages of going digital as they strive to rebuild their audiences."
Creator(s): The Globe and Mail | Date Published: 2008-02-21
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