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Connie Thiessan

Canada

root beer-drinker, cowboy boot-wearer, record collector, editor @broadcastdialog, @carttca contributor. Tweets about film, TV, radio, music & the Winnipeg Jets.

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  • Law & Order Toronto sweeps Ensemble wins at 23rd ACTRA Awards

    6 days ago | broadcastdialogue.com | Connie Thiessan

    Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent swept the Ensemble categories at the 23rd ACTRA Awards on Thursday evening, handed out at an event at Toronto’s Koerner Hall.

  • Former 680 NewsRadio personality Geoff Rohoman passes away at age 41

    1 week ago | broadcastdialogue.com | Connie Thiessan

    Former colleagues and friends are mourning the loss of radio and television personality Geoff Rohoman, who passed this week at the age of 41. Rohoman, who had been battling colorectal cancer, had most recently been heard on Toronto’s 680 NewsRadio (CFTR-AM). After almost two decades with Rogers Sports & Media, he was released by the company in January upon his return from medical leave.

  • Tariffs on foreign production could put thousands of jobs at risk, says CMPA, ACTRA

    1 week ago | broadcastdialogue.com | Connie Thiessan

    Canadian arts and culture groups say the threat of new U.S. tariffs against foreign film productions would cause significant disruption on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border. U.S. President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social platform Sunday night that the American film industry was dying “a very fast death” as other countries offer incentives to draw productions outside the U.S.“Hollywood, and many other areas within the U.S.A., are being devastated,” wrote Trump.

  • Veteran meteorologist Peter Coade has died

    1 week ago | broadcastdialogue.com | Connie Thiessan

    Peter Coade, one of the country’s longest-serving meteorologists, has passed away at the age of 82. Coade died Saturday morning. He’d been hospitalized since November. Born and raised in North End Halifax, his interest in the weather started early, job shadowing Rube Hornstein at CBC – Nova Scotia’s first TV weatherman – while still in high school.

  • CJC-CCJ unveils initial round of Online News Act funding recipients

    1 week ago | broadcastdialogue.com | Connie Thiessan

    The Canadian Journalism Collective-Collectif Canadien de Journalisme (CJC-CCJ) has disclosed the initial round of news organizations receiving funding under the Online News Act.

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Connie Thiessen @conniethiessen
9 May 25

Roho & I were supposed to hang out tomorrow after I finished covering @RadiodaysNA. I'll remember Geoff - more than anything - as a fan, who was able to turn his passion for the Leafs, UFC and Wrestlemania, into a career. RIP to a sweet soul. https://t.co/3jrhpQ5R8y

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