1UP – feature film, Lionsgate – TORONTO
ALL MY PUNY SORROWS – feature, AMPS Productions Inc. – NORTH BAY
CHROMA – Netflix, episodic series – streaming – TORONTO
CORONER, Season 3 – episodic series, television – TORONTO
DEADLY DNA – television movie – TORONTO
FORGIVE US OUR TRESPASSES – Netflix – feature films, streaming – TORONTO
FRANKIE DRAKE, Season 4 – fully crewed – TORONTO
GOOD WITCH, Season 7 – episodic television series – Whizband/Hallmark – TORONTO
IN THE DARK, Season 3 – CBS Studio Inc. – TORONTO
KIM’S CONVENIENCE, Season 5 – Kim V Productions Inc. – TORONTO
LADY DICKS, Season 1 – Lady Dicks Season 1 Inc, – TORONTO
LANNGDON PILOT – CN Pilot Productions Inc. – TORONTO
LOCK & KEY, Season 2 – Matheson 2 Productions Inc. – TORONTO
MILL STREET – episodic television series, CBS – TORONTO
NIGHTBOOKS – feature films, streaming, Netflix – TORONTO
NIGHTMARE ALLEY – theatrical, Guillermo del Toro – TORONTO
ODD SQUAD MOBILE UNIT, Season 2 – Sinking Ship Entertainment Inc. – TORONTO
PHOENIX, Season 4 – television series – MGM/ Take 5 – TORONTO
PRIVATE EYES, Season 5 – television series, Shade Pl 55 Productions Inc. – TORONTO
RESIDENT EVIL – REBOOT – feature, Raccoon HG Film Productions Inc. – SUDBURY
SEE, Season 2 – episodic series, Apple TV – TORONTO
SEX/LIFE – episodic series, television, Netflix Studios LLC – TORONTO
SLEIGHBELLS IN THE SNOW – television movie – OTTAWA
SLUMBERLAND – feature films – streaming – Netflix, TORONTO
SNEAKERELLA – feature film, Maple Plus Productions Inc. – TORONTO
SORT OF – television series, Sienna Film/CBC – TORONTO
SPIN – television movies, Disney Plus – TORONTO
STATION 11 – episodic series, Paramount TV Studios – TORONTO
THE BOYS, Season 3 – episodic series, Idaho Productions Limited – TORONTO
THE LAST TRUST – theatrical feature, Trust Film Productions Inc. – NORTH BAY
THE MAN FROM TORONTO – theatrical feature, Singularity Productions Ltd. – TORONTO
THE PARKER ANDERSONS – television episodic series, Marble Media – TORONTO
THE PERFECT WEDDING – television movie, NB Productions Inc. – OTTAWA/GATINEAU
TITANS, Season 3 – episodic series, Warner Brothers Canada Ltd. – TORONTO
VICAP, Season 1 – episodic series, television, MGM – TORONTO
Y: THE LAST MAN, episodic series – Streaming Y Canada Productions Inc. – TORONTO
Monthly Archives: November 2020
BREXIT AND MAGA – CARTOON BY MICHAEL DE ADDER, HALIFAX HERALD, NOVA SCOTIA
CANADA’S PRIME MINISTER, JUSTIN TRUDEAU, ON A VERY GOOD DAY – REMEMBER THAT?
AGAIN VENICE FIGHTS ITS WORST FLOODING IN 53 YEARS, THANKS TO STRONG WINDS & HIGH TIDES
<NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC & GETTY IMAGES> VENICE is a city that’s been sinking almost from the time it was built. It’s been named aqua alta, or high water, with good reason especially in November and December when seasonal winds drive strong tides up canals, through drains, and into the streets. Second only to 1966 when high tides reached levels of 6 feet, and in 2019 three-quarters of this one-of-a-kind city was submerged by powerful storms.
<ABOVE – Wading through the flood waters – REUTERS>. Venetian leaders have been working on a plan since 2013 to save Venice. (MOSE MOdulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico), the project, is a system of mobile gates meant to protect the city and lagoon from extreme tides. The gates were supposed to be finished by 2011, but some officials are predicting they won’t be done for another three years. Unfortunately, Mother Nature won’t wait.
<ABOVE – St. Mark’s Basilica flooded for the sixth time in 1,200 years, REUTERS>
<ABOVE – November 2019, a tipped boat. This year, 2020, three water buses sank, but tourists kept up their sightseeing as best they could. – REUTERS>
ANNE MURRAY, MY FAVOURITE NOVA SCOTIAN, WILL NOT BE A FLORIDA ‘SNOWBIRD’ THIS WINTER
ANNE would normally be soaking up the Florida sunshine, but she’s giving it a miss this year. enjoying her new HALIFAX home instead. “If you have to be isolated, I’m in a great spot”, the ultimate Haligonian told CP24 News. “I’m right on the water … you really are in touch with nature. Lots of birds, changing of the trees and boats. I feel like I’ve won the lottery.” Having sold her place in Markham, Ontario, the 75-year-old decided to get back to her friends and family Down East. “I thought about it for a long time … and it felt like the right thing to do. Now that I’ve been here for a year and a half, I know it was.” 
Anne grew up in the mining town of Springhill, not far from Halifax. These were her roots, but her music career pulled in other directions – despite the urge to return back home. “There seems to be a huge magnet down here,” she said.
Achievements <PHOTO – from the Anne Murray Museum> – first Canadian female solo singer to top the U.S. charts; first to earn a gold record for her song “Snowbird.”; four Grammy Awards and 24 Junos (a record).
Her latest recording, “The Ultimate Christmas Collection,” released earlier this month, repackages 22 songs that made her part of the Christmas spirit and concerts. “They were such happy times,” she said. “People would sing at the top of their lungs and it was just fabulous, like a great big sing-along.” 
My only connections with Anne – we both grew up 16 miles from each other; the Cumberland Coal Mines in Springhill employed my father; and my mother thought visiting the Anne Murray Museum was the greatest idea. Which it was. Mom worked in an Amherst hardware store, and Anne’s mother would drop by occasionally. The two women chatted a bit, and my mother once remarked “You must be very proud of your daughter.”. . . . “Yes,” came a one-word reply.
PASSING SOME TIME IN LOCKDOWN – PHOTOS OF ‘OLD TORONTO’ FROM THE CITY ARCHIVES
< #1 – A wrecked automobile flipped over a fence and into a ditch, Dupont Street>
<#2 – Two skaters heading for University of Toronto’s Varsity Stadium, 1910>
<#3 A drum majorette in Varsity Stadium, ca1940-50>
<#4 – Construction of Western Hospital, Bathurst St. above Dundas, ca1920>
<#5 – Mrs. Joslyn Rogers and her Studebaker, December 5/1930>
<#6 – The Cayuga, in service from 1907-1960, leaving Toronto through the Eastern Gap, 1918>
THEY’RE PLANTING THE SEEDS FOR A POSSIBLE OUT DOOR ART GALLERY IN CABBAGETOWN
Inspired by this commissioned piece of art by Christian English-Pratt, residents backing on to Broadcast Lane came up with a plan. Why not establish an outdoor gallery to attract passersby and local residents? This could be an attraction within a well-known neighbourhood, and at the same time could provide access to more visual art in a laneway that already has some of it.
Many locals don’t even know the laneway exists. Next time you’re in the Carlton/Parliament neighbourhood take a stroll and see what you think. Will this have an impact on local businesses? During the pandemic will this project help replace visual art, now that the city’s museums and galleries are in lockdown?
It’s worth a try, and no doubt artists would respond. – from Parliament Street News (contributed by Gerald Michaud, Broker-Manager HomeLife Realty One Ltd.)
THE MANHATTAN APARTMENTS WILL SOON FRONT A 47-STOREY CONDO BLDG. AT 68 CHARLES ST. E.
A 47-storey high rise on northern Church Street could soon be in high demand. Its location has a Walk Score of 99 out of 100; a Transit Score of 96 out of 100; and it’s close to 5 major hospitals; shops, entertainment, parks, and the University of Toronto.The Manhattan will be retained in full and restored. When passing by, I’ve always admired its classy facade.
The heritage properties at 634 and 636 Church Street will be mostly retained, although the rear additions will be demolished.
The Manhattan will soon have another big brother on Church Street.
PHOTO #1 – NOV. 21/2020 – FIRST OF 25 UNIQUE IMAGES – MOST NEVER SEEN ON ‘TORONTO SAVVY’
It’s been great fun choosing the forthcoming twenty-five photos and cartoons, which for the most part have never been on ‘Toronto Savvy’. I enjoyed doing the research and assembling the images in no particular order. In fact it was so enjoyable I just might do this again.
For Photo #1 I’ve found this work of art by muralist MONICA WICKELER. You can find it too at 270 Danforth Avenue in the Broadview/Danforth neighbourhood, EAST END.
For information on East End Arts – https://ca.linkedin.com/company/eastendartstoronto . . . . . 
And for some of the best mural, street and graffiti arts (and artists) in the world check out StreetARToronto. Members have transformed streets, laneways and parks into a city-wide art gallery. Address – https://www.toronto.ca/services-payments/streets-parking-transportation/enhancing-our-streets-and-public-realm/streetartoronto/
PHOTO #2 – NOV. 20/2020 – A TINY OWL HAS BROUGHT SOME JOY TO NEW YORK CITY & CANADA
It’s like one of those Disney animations when a little owl travels to Rockefeller Center inside a giant Christmas tree. The workers, who’d be setting up the 75-foot-tall spruce discovered the traveler.
Birds sometimes find their way into the tree on its way to New York., so each branch is always inspected before the tree is decorated. The Ravensbeard Wildlife Centre said the little one is actually an adult. They fittingly named the Northern saw-whet owl “Rockefeller”, one of the smallest in North America. Ravensbeard workers estimated the little guy hadn’t eaten for about three days as the giant tree made its way from Oneonta, New York to Manhattan. 
They served him up all the mice he could eat, along with plenty of fluids. Some day soon he’ll be released. ‘Rockefeller’ made CBC’s National News last night, and he’s all over the media. It’s a feel-good story at a time when we really need one. Happy Holiday, Rockefeller Center! <PHOTOS – Ravensbeard Wildlife Center>
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