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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...London. Conversely, the muzzles that are slapped on reporters covering trials in Commonwealth countries can't be placed so easily on writers living abroad, as Canadian officials learned to their dismay last year when foreign press reports of a particularly sensitive homicide case in Ontario began drifting back into Canada through the Internet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CULTURE: Censoring Cyberspace | 11/21/1994 | See Source »

...Harvard men's rugby team captured the Peter Covo Memorial Cup this weekend in its annual battle with McGill College from Montreal, Canada...

Author: By W. STEPHEN Venable, | Title: M. Rugger's Nab Peter Covo Cup | 11/15/1994 | See Source »

...Canada to Limit Immigration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Week October 30 - November 5 | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

Like Benton Fraser, the Canadian Mountie on CBS's new show Due South, Canada's TV industry has always been something of a fish out of water in the U.S. To be sure, American shows and movies are frequently shot north of the border, and TV stars from Michael J. Fox to Dan Aykroyd and Martin Short have came from Canada. But the xenophobic networks have always resisted Canadian programs; the few that travel south have mostly been consigned to cable, syndication and the late-night crime-time-after-prime-time ghetto...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: The Unfrozen North | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

This fall, however, Due South has broken the prime-time barrier. Produced by Toronto-based Alliance Communications, the series has done surprisingly well for CBS in the ratings (and even better on Canada's CTV, where it is the highest-rated Canadian show ever). The culture clash between a Dudley Do-Right Mountie (Paul Gross) and his streetwise partner (David Marciano) is so genially caricatured that it has charmed audiences on both sides of the border. "I think Canadians like the fact we're offending Americans, and Americans think we're offending Canadians," says creator Paul Haggis. "That's part...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: The Unfrozen North | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

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