TOBERMORY Over the past 20 years quadrillions of invasive mussels have been sucking the life out of the Great Lakes. They’re trapping nutrients, the basic building blocks of life, on the lake bottom. Without nutrients, organisms of all kinds - from the tiniest plankton to the largest fish - are vanishing. In Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Ontario, vast offshore areas have become “biological deserts,” heralding one of the biggest changes to the Earth’s freshwaters in 10,000 years.
The ninth annual Canadian Screen Awards held their final night’s gala on Thursday, awarding the big prizes in film and television. Tracey Deer’s Oka-inspired
Beans won both the John Dunning best first feature film award and best motion picture. This comes after her TIFF emerging talent award last year.
Indigenous zombie feature
Blood Quantum, which was leading with 10 nominations, won seven awards, including for Montreal-based Mi’kmaq writer-director Jeff Barnaby and best lead actor for Michael Greyeyes. Click here to watch our interview with the cast of
Blood Quantum.
Deepa Mehta won best director for her film
Funny Boy. Her movie was initially submitted to the Oscars for best international film but was pulled out because it didn’t meet the foreign language requirements. The movie also won best adapted screenplay, which was earned by Mehta and author Shyam Selvadurai, and music for composer Howard Shore.
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