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$1,500

• The amount in fines received by ‘No Christmas as Usual’ marchers Saturday from Ottawa ByLaw over the noise from loudspeakers and megaphones. Three tickets were issued to the protestors, who were calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and an end to Canadian arms sales to Israel. (Ted Raymond at CTV)

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Sophie Buddle

• In the New York Times’s 2023 roundup of comedy, Buddle was deemed the Best Canadian Newcomer. (Jason Zinoman in the New York Times)

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Sooner or later, content is going to have to be king again

• Rick Morrison, president of Big Jump animation, who has noticed that the industry has cut back productions after the highs of the Pandemic. (Matthew Kupfer ·at CBC) 

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