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"What Trump wants is over-centralized authority, and so he is systematically undermining the role and legitimacy of the press to carry out its long spelled-out role in American democracy."

Also a sketchy bio of Nikola Tesla, a poignant workplace drama, and some brutal revenge filmed in Canada.

Also another humanistic film from Iran, and genre fun from Vancouver.

Ontario and Montana have a serious wild pig problem. Can they take control of it before it’s too late?

Plus some Aussie family fun, two not so fun family tales, and celebrating a female scientist.

Extinct to the Government of Canada, this matriarch's culture and peoples have been attacked for over a century. This is her fight to resurrect the Sinixt way of life through tradition, occupation and family.

Also young girls maturing fast, a hit song’s impact, and some of the usual violence.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist says the removal of Trump isn't going to fix anything. In fact, it'll probably exacerbate the lust for racial violence and white nationalism in the country.

Truly, in this season filled with economic distress and border closures, masks and militias, snake oil salesmen and demagoguery, the news from America can seem like an assault.

And more: viral politics, a Greek chiller, a Winnipeg rom-com, low-level hockey, and a twist on the Bard.

While its downtown campus has laid dormant for almost six months now, climate protestors studying at the University of Toronto have been milling about in growing numbers online and joining Black Lives Matter protests in real life.

Also the Virgin Mary with a message, a family film in space, and an actor switching to be a wrestler.

Also documentaries about the Middle East, Africa, and the third-largest sports event on Earth.

When photographs of a younger Justin Trudeau wearing blackface and brownface emerged during the 2019 federal election campaign, it emboldened students at one school to replicate them, a student says. When the school did little in response, the racism flourished.

Students at the University of Toronto and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay are building resources to help their peers deal with the isolation of remote learning and reduce the stigma related to poor mental health.