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The Battle of Alberta is one of the finest NHL rivalries. Yet before the final year of the existence of NBCSN as well as the previous history of the NHL Network, they had banned the Battle of Alberta from a live game telecast. Both outlets have been highly cautious about carrying any live game from Alberta soil. The NHL Network showed 5 of those games. ESPN+, which hasn't had a ban, had 3 games. NBCSN had a whole game and a 3rd period look-in. That accounted for the 10 games the teams played against each other. 2021 and COVID-19 changed all that. Too bad a pandemic had to come to change those minds. ESPN and TNT/Turner will have the games next year along with the NHL Network. Hopefully, the new outlets will be less afraid to carry teams and matchups from Canada. The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic did lead to changes in the NHL Network and ESPN+ schedules. The Vancouver Canucks had more games hosting Winnipeg (3) on the NHL Network in 2021 than combined appearances on U.S. television in 2019-2020 (NHLN 1 NBCSN 1). Read more
Michelle Latimer, director of Inconvenient Indian and showrunner for Trickster, has weighed in on allegations over her credentials on being Indigenous. Latimer published a rather extensive response on Medium.com. As a settler, I know I do not have the status for nuanced questions and what qualifies someone in that world. I do have a general curiosity as someone who has been intrigued by Indigenous works in Canadian television and Canadian film. These questions are intended to learn more and are not designed to offend anyone's sensibilities on the topic. In the autumn of 2020, the producers who had invited me to direct Inconvenient Indian asked me to be specific about my community affiliation for the launch of the film.¹³ I named Kitigan Zibi. It was what I had been told was the closest historic connection to a “legally established” or non-flooded and non-forcibly dispersed Algonquin nation that represented that side of my ancestry. It was never my intention to be perceived as a “registered/enrolled member” or “status- Indian” of Kitigan Zibi First Nation. The intention behind my recent naming of Kitigan Zibi was to geographically situate my identity, as I am verifiably connected to the complicated historical and cultural reality of the “Algonquin halfbreed” or Métis population of the Gatineau Valley. This complexity has been painted as though I was attempting to fabricate or appropriate a false identity for personal gain.¹⁴ This is simply not true. Assuming Latimer's explanation in the essay is precise, does her explanation satisfy people in the community? Does her response make sense as to how she felt about where and how she qualified? Are the producers for Inconvenient Indian and Trickster qualified enough to establish her status? Read more
We unveiled the collection of Canadian ads from various NHL telecasts a bit differently in 2021. Grouping ads into Canadian government promos and highlighting less expensive pizza made for stories of their own. There is also the oddity of a mid-April free preview but not one at the end of the season. 2021 changes a lot in our world. We did run a collection in early February from the beginning of the season, which was in mid-January and not because of a NHL lockout. Spoiler alert: the reason was due to COVID-19. Read more
