MANDRYK: Add film tax to province’s sad history , Leader Post, April 3, 2013‘No sense’ in two film tax credit reports: Sask. NDP , Leader Post, March 28, 2013Tax dollars went to film tax credit study , CTV News, March 28, 2013CBC Evening News coverage (at 4:30 mark), March 28, 2013NDP says film tax credit consulting contract’s purpose was to produce spin for Sask. gov’t , Leader Post, March 27, 2013Two reports commissioned after tax credit cut , Star Phoenix, March 27, 2013Contract was to produce spin, NDP says , Star Phoenix, March 26, 2013Sask. government questioned about contract justifying end of film employment tax credit , News Talk 650 CKOM, March 26, 2013Sask. government pays to study film tax credit after it was cut , CBC News, March 26, 2013Creative Sask. fund receives $6.5 million , Star Phoenix, March 21, 2013Industry needs bankable incentive , Star Phoenix, March 14, 2013What’s next for the Regina soundstage? , CBC News, March 12, 2013Sault talent works on Sudbury film , Sundbury Star, March 10, 2013BT Vancouver: Jody Talks With Kim Coates , Breakfast Television Vancouver, CityTV, March 7, 2013Sask. filmmakers look to national competition for funding , Metro News, March 7, 2013Film industry policy: more opinions (Terry Mialkowsky) , Leader Post, February 25, 2013Film industry policy: more opinions (George Grassick) , Leader Post, February 25, 2013What Really Fuels An Economy? And How To Kill It ( Blog), February 25, 2013Bittersweet Bouquets: CSAS HONOUR THE LAST GASP OF SK’S FILM INDUSTRY , Planet S Magazine, February 21, 2013Creative Confusion: OR HOW TO CREATE A CULTURE OF MISTRUST, IN TWO PARTS , Planet S Magazine, February 21, 2013Film industry on brink of leaving , Maple Ridge News, February, 19, 2013Saskatchewan to fund new creative industries agency, signalling an end to SaskFilm , Globe and Mail, February 14, 2013Sask. Party vision not very artful , Leader Post, February 12, 2013Arts marketing plan doubtful , Star Phoenix, February 11, 2013Artists say agency’s role unclear , Star Phoenix, February 9, 2013Industry reacts to new creative program , Leader Post, February 9, 2013Province announces new agency for creative arts industries , CBC, February 8, 2013Saskatchewan to establish Creative Industries agency after film tax cut outcry , 680 News Radio, February 8, 2013Saskatchewan government to establish creative industries agency , Global Saskatoon, February 8, 2013Creative industries agency announced for Saskatchewan. Leader Post, February 8, 2013Book on Bronco bus crash to be made into feature film , SW Booster, February 1, 2013Trilight turning Swift Current Broncos tragedy into movie . Playback, January 29, 2013Filmmakers say award nominations ‘bittersweet’ , Star Phoenix, January 21, 2013New study suggests Saskatchewan film industry ‘severely’ underfunded , Global Regina, January 15, 2013Broadcasters under-funding western producers: Nordicity study , Playback, January 14, 2013Keeping time with a busy musician , Star Phoenix, January 10, 2013Wall must use instincts wisely in 2013 , Leader Post, January 2, 2013Film tax credit cut causes outcry , The Star Phoenix, January 2, 2013Sask. film tax credit story of 2012 , Leader Post, December 31, 2012INTERVIEW with Steve Mclellan, CO, SK Chamber of Commerce , CTV News, December 26, 2012A year of beginnings and endings , Leader Post, December 22, 20122012 IN REVIEW: Film industry shocked when Saskatchewan’s tax credit cut , CKOM News, December 19, 2012Film debacle offers Wall lessons , Leader Post, December 14, 2012Producers reflect on end of credit , Leader Post, December 1, 2012A film about the declining film industry , Global TV News, November 29, 2012Saskatchewan Film Industry Takes to Social Media in Funding Fight , Mediacaster Magazine, November 29, 2012Aboriginal filmmakers ready to take over December , Leader Post, November 28, 2012Film tax credit facts , Leader Post, November 19, 2012Film tax credit debate (Jeannie Mah), Leader Post, November 13, 2012Film tax credit debate (Leslea Mair), Leader Post, November 13, 2012Sask industry social media blitz praised , Playback, November 9, 2012A point of order on this ‘protest ‘, Leader Post, November 8, 2012Sask Film Industry Enlists Social Media – UPDATED, Mediacaster, November 8, 2012Supporters going green for film , Star Phoenix, November 8, 2012One-day action highlights Sask. Film Tax Credit , Leader Post, November 7, 2012Update on the Sask film industry , Little Miss Mocha, November 7, 2012Sask industry launches one-day support campaign , Playback, November 7, 2012Sask Film Industry Enlists Social Media , Mediacaster Magazine, November 7, 2012Broaden Economy , Star Phoenix, November 5, 2012Bring film credit back (Bruce Steele), Leader Post, November 5, 2012Bring film credit back (Susan Swedberg-Kohli), Leader Post, November 5, 2012Axing Sask. film tax credit bad public policy , Leader Post, November 3, 2012Calm down, folks! It’s just politics , Leader Post, November 3, 2012Throne Alone: Art beats a used speech any day , Prairie Dog Magazine, November 2, 2012Speaker says Sask. Chamber CEO breached security at legislature , CTV News Regina, November 2, 2012Political Panel: Film Tax Credit, CBC Morning Edition , November 2, 2012Saskatchewan ex-pat feeling vindicated by film tax credit repor t, NewsTalk 980, November 2, 2012Ghosts Are Dead: Artists haunt politicians as funding nooses tighten , Prairie Dog Magazine, November 1, 2012Time to reverse film tax credit cut , Leader Post, November, 1, 2012Haunted by funding cuts, group depicts life without art , Leader Post, October 31, 2012Chamber chides government, Leader Pos t, October 31, 2012
Provincial government defends film tax credit cut after new criticism , Global Saskatoon, October 30, 2012Sask Chamber of Commerce supports Film Tax Credit , CBC Afternoon Edition, October 30, 2012Chamber says Saskatchewan film tax cut kicked industry out at the knees , Cape Breton Post, October 30, 2012Chamber says cutting film tax credit was a mistake , CBC News Saskatchewan, October 30, 2012Axed film tax credit cost taxpayers less than gov’t estimated: study , CTV Regina, October 30, 2012Chamber says Saskatchewan film tax cut kicked industry out at the knees , Winnipeg Free Press, October 30, 2012New study slams government’s decision to axe film tax credi t, Global Saskatoon, October 30, 2012Sask. chamber slams government research on film tax credi t, News Talk 980, October 30, 2012Impact study shows Saskatchewan gov’t too quick to axe film tax credit: chamber CEO , Star Phoenix, October 30, 2012Sask. gov’t hiding report on discontinued film tax credit: NDP , The Leader Post, October 30, 2012Silent ghosts to haunt Saskatoon, Regina , Playback, October 30, 2012Crystal Van Pelt named Picture Box mentorship winne r, Playback, October, 29, 2012Animated Guardians soldier on: Production hurt by lack of tax credit , Star Phoenix, October 24, 2012Stop-motion series filming in Saskatoon: Future seasons in jeopardy because of film tax credit loss , News Talk 650, October 24, 2012Lack of arts funding a scary situation, Star Phoenix , October 24, 2012Danis Goulet owes her career to the now-defunct SFETC , Planet S, October 18, 2012Film industry bears the brunt of tax credit loss , Global Regina, July 26, 2012Saskatchewan’s last big film? , Star Phoenix, July 26, 2012Fair questions on stadium , Star Phoenix, July 17, 201275% of screen professionals to sell homes, exit Sask: survey , Playback Daily, July 12, 2012Regina-born director’s new film opening this weekend , The Leader Post, July 12, 2012Inter-Provincial Co-Productions: Solution to Saskatchewan’s Talent Exodus? , The Hollywood Reporter, July 9, 2012Minister not surprised by results , Leader Post, July 5, 2012Sask. film industry exodus predicted , Star Phoenix, July 4, 2012Film workers set to leave province: survey , Global Saskatoon, July 4, 2012The end of the film tax credit has left a Regina worker in the lurch , CJME, June 30, 2012NDP Presses Gov’t as Film Tax Credit Due to Expire , Star Phoenix, June 29, 2012Politicians Snipe Over Sask. Film Industry’s Future , LeaderPost, June 28, 2012Canada’s Verite Films to Exit Saskatchewan as Refundable Tax Credit Vanishes , The Hollywood Reporter, June 27, 2012Producers Abandoning Saskatchewan as Tax Credit Ends , The Globe and Mail, June 27, 2012Verite Films Cites Film Tax Credit Cut for Move from Regina to Toronto , The Huffington Post, June 27, 2012TV Producer Flees Regina after Tax Credit Cut , CBC News, June 27, 2012Verite Films cites Film Tax Credit Cut for Move from Regina to Toronto , Global Saskatoon, June 27, 2012Supporters say End of Tax Credit is End of Film Industry , Metro Saskatoon, June 27, 2012Saskatchewan NDP slams Government for Cutting Film Tax Credit , Global Saskatoon, June 25, 2012Saskatchewan Loses Local Talent as Refundable Film Tax Credit Vanishes , The Hollywood Reporter, June 21, 2012Partners in Motion to Close Regina Head Office , CTV Regina, June 15, 2012Axed Tax Credit has Film production firm mulling move , Star Phoenix, June 15, 2012Award-winning Regina Production Firm Mulls Where New Home Will Be , Leader Post, June 15, 2012Partners in Motion to Close Regina Head Office , CTV Saskatoon, June 15, 2012Partners in Motion Closing Regina Head Office , NewsTalk 650, June 15, 2012Governments Misunderstand Value of Arts , The StarPhoenix, June 13, 2012Banff 2012: Sask Producers Ponder their Next Moves , Playback, June 12, 2012Dear Cultural Industries in Saskatchewan , KatrinaGerman.com, June 11, 2012Aboriginal Television Program Moving out of Sask , News Talk 650, June 8, 2012General Lewis MacKenzie Supports Sask Film Industry , NewsTalk 980 CJME, June 4, 2012Untold Stories , The StarPhoenix, May 29, 2012Saskatchewan Film Wins Big , Leader Post, May 28, 2012Filmmakers shared Saskatchewan with the World , SWBooster.com, May 28, 2012Members of Film Industry Excited About Cabinet Shuffle , Metro, May 27, 2012Alberta Film industry Hopes to Attract Saskatchewan Talent , Edmonton Journal, May 26, 2012Cheers Heard as Hutchinson Ousted from Cabinet , Star Phoenix, May 26, 2012No Tax Credit Reversal: Doherty , Leader Post, May 26, 2012The Real Truth , StarPhoenix, May 26, 2012Filmmakers in Sask. for Yorkton Film Festival discuss Province’s Tax Credit , Leader Post, May 25, 2012New Culture Minister Interests Saskatchewan Film Industry , News Talk 980, May 25, 2012SMPIA Looking to Work with New Minister on Film Tax Credit , Global Saskatoon, May 25, 2012IATSE Tells Saskatchewan to Reintroduce Refundable Tax Credit, Or Else , The Hollywood Reporter, May 24, 2012Film Industry Concerns , Yorkton This Week, May 23, 2012Sask. Party Killed Film Industry , The Battlefords News-Optimist, May 23, 2012Painful Decision , Star Phoenix, May 23, 2012Mike Gosselin , Star Phoenix, May 23, 2012Opposition to Saskatchewan’s New Non-Refundable Tax Credit Heats Up , Cartt.ca, May 23, 2012Focus on Five Issues from First Session , StarPhoenix, May 22, 2012Why The Tax Credit is Essential , LeaderPost, May 19, 2012Saskatchewan Needed to Foster Growth , StarPhoenix, May 18, 2012AUDIO: Political Panel – Session Review , CBC Saskatchewan, May 18, 2012
Gov’t far too Flippant this Session , The LeaderPost, May 18, 2012Film Controversy, Balanced Budget Highlights of Spring Session , CBC News, May 17, 2012Spring Session Ends at Saskatchewan Legislature with Talk of Major Changes Ahead , Global Regina, May 17, 2012Failed Negotiations, There’s a Hutch in Attempts to Save Sask’s Film Industry , Planet S Magazine, May 17, 2012Bjornerud Apologizes over Sask. Fim Industry Rally Remarks , Leader Post, May 17, 2012Saskatchewan Needs Refundable Tax Credit for Film Industry , CMPA, SWBooster, May 16, 2012Writer Angry About Sask Film Tax Credit Cut , Prairie Post, May 16, 2012Premier Brad Wall wrote letter boosting Film Industry Last Year , PA Now, May 16, 2012Sask. Premier Brad Wall says Little on Letter Boosting Film Industry , News Talk 980 CJME, May 16, 2012Beesley Reacts to Ag Minister , Discover Moose Jaw, May 16, 2012Five Tips for Success from the Film Biz , BMO Smartsteps for Business, May 16, 2012Onscreen Manitoba Applauds the Government of Manitoba’s All Spend Tax Credit , News Alert, May 16, 2012Ag Minister Takes a Shot at Film Supporters , Discover Moose Jaw, May 15, 2012Regina Student Makes it to Toronto International Film Festival , Leader Post, May 15, 2012Sons of Anarchy Star Joins Protest over Sask. Film Subsidy Cut , CBC News, May 15, 2012Sons of Anarchy star Kim Coates fears the Saskatchewan industry is Doomed , Playback, May 15, 2012Government Choices Make Sask. Smaller, Leader Post, May 15, 2012Pitfall of Small-Minded Politics , The Star Phoenix, May 15, 2012Sons of Anarchy’s’ Kim Coates Rides Harley to Protest Canadian Tax Credit Cut , Hollywood Reporter, May 14, 2012Bikers, Semis Come Out for Film Industry Rally , Metro News, May 14, 2012Film Lobby Takes Protest to Legislature , Leader Post, May 14, 2012Saskatchewan’s Kim Coates presents petition to Wall Government , Global Regina, May 14, 2012Dozens Ride from Saskatoon to Regina, rally against cut of Saskatchewan’s Film-Tax Credit , The Star Phoenix, May 14, 2012Actor Kim Coates leads ride to protest Sask. film-tax credit cut , Leader Post, May 14, 2012Film Industry Supporters Rally Outside Sask. Legislature , NewsTalk980 CJME, May 14, 2012Coates Rides to Regina in Support of Film Industry , Metro Regina, May 14, 2012Photos: Kim Coates Heads Film Industry Tax Credit Protest , The StarPhoenix, May 14, 2012Film Industry Supporters Rally at the Legislature , Prairie Dog Magazine, May 14, 2012Film Industry Caravan Headed to Legislature , CTV News, May 14, 2012Cross-Province Caravan will hit road for Sask. Film Industry , News Talk CJME, May 14, 2012Made in Saskatchewan Film Night in Saskatoon , NewsTalk CJME, May 14, 2012Supporters of Sask’s old film tax credit rally outside legislature , Global Saskatoon, May 14, 2012Supporters of Saskatchewan’s old film tax credit Rally outside Legislature , Brandon Sun, May 14, 2012Directors Guild of Canada Troubled by Non-Refundable Tax Credit Solution to Film Industry Issue , SWBooster, May 14, 2012Interview with Torin Stefanson and Anand Ramayya : CTV Saskatoon MorningshowIt’s not going to happen: Wall dismisses SMPIA’s call to remove Hutchinson , Metro, May 11,2012Call to Remove Minister , Leader Post, May 11, 2012Canadian Politician Told to Quit Over Film Tax Credit , The Hollywood Reporter, May 11, 2012AUDIO: Is Brad Wall a Man of the People? , CBC, May11, 2012Local Actor Weighs in on New Film Incentive , Swift Current Online, May 11, 2012Govt. Only Has Ears for its Supporters , The LeaderPost, May 11, 2012SMPIA calls for Hutchison to be replaced as culture Minster, Premier says no , Global Regina, May 10, 2012SMPIA calls on Wall to replace Minister , CTV Saskatoon, May 10, 2012Majority Oppose Credit Decision , LeaderPost, May 10, 2012Sask Film Workers say Culture Minister is killing the industry , Global Regina, May 9, 2012VIDEO: Film Community Response , Global Regina, May 9, 2012Saskatchewan Filmmakers Not Happy with Province’s New non-Refundable Tax Credit , Global Saskatoon, May 9, 2012Gov’t Defends New Tax Credit Program , Leader-Post, May 9, 2012Value of New Film Tax Credit Scrutinized , CBC News, May 9, 2012NDP, film industry critical of government plan , The StarPhoenix, May 8, 2012Film Industry Pans Canada’s Newest Film Tax Credit , Hollywood Reporter, May 7, 2012New Film Tax Plan will Fail, Industry Says , Metro News, May 6, 2012Government Unveils New Support Program for Film Industry – Or Does It? , Prairie Dog Magazine, May 5, 2012Government Presents Saskatchewan-Focused Creative Industries Plan , News Release, Government of Saskatchewan, May 4, 2012Saskatchewan Unveils New Film Industry Subsidy , CBC News, May 4, 2012Too Busy to Quit , Leader Post, May 2, 2012Highlighting Film Industry’s Impact , Leader Post, April 30, 2012VIDEO: Film Industry Gather Support in Swift Current , SWTV Channel, April 26, 2012Critical Time for Film and TV , The Nipawin Journal, April 27, 2012‘Money Card’ to show economic spin-off of film industry , Global Saskatoon, April 25, 2012Film Industry Hopes New Campaign Highlights Economic Value , Metro News Saskatoon, April 23, 2012Gov’t mum on Incentive Program , StarPhoenix, April 20, 2012VIDEO: Filmmakers Petition , Global Saskatoon, April 22, 2012Filmmakers collect names for Tax Credit Petition , CBC News, April 22, 2012Epic Fail: SFETC Cut Kills Local Film’s Ability to Tell Crucial Stories , Planet S. April 19, 2012Letters to the Editor , Planet S Magazine, April 19, 2012Film Industry Supporters going door to door with Petition: Petitioning Government to introduce new employment incentive progra m, News Talk 980 CJME, April 19, 2012Danish Filmmakers use Saskatoon as Backdrop for Short Film: Loss of Tax Credit Dampers Possibility of Future Filming, News Talk 980CJME, April 16, 2012Shannon Jardine on Acting, The Threat Facing the Saskatchewan Film Industry, and How to Break Into Film , Film Fairy, April 15, 2012Debates Carry on via Twitter , The StarPhoenix, April 14, 2012Show Your Support for Saskatchewan Filmmakers with #FilmFriday , Being Emme, April 12, 2012Tax Credit Myths: How did the SFETC work? Prairie Dog FeatureOntario’s Economy Plan Includes Support for Growing Film Industry , SooToday.com, April 11, 2012Film Tax Credit Cut: More of Your Views , Leader Post, April 9, 2012
Film Tax Credit Axed: More of Your Views , Leader Post, April 2, 2012Production Impact , Leader Post, March 27, 2012Hollywood Ending? Prairie Film Industry Fear for Its Survival , CBC, George Stroumboulopoulos March 26, 2012Poll: Do you approve of the budget cuts to the Film Employment Tax Credit? , Moose Jaw TimesBack to the Future , Leader Post, March 26, 2012Evening News – Film Tax Credit Traction , Global SaskatoonManitoba Film Industry will Benefit from Saskatchewan Tax Kill , Metro Winnipeg, March 23, 2012Directors Guild of Canada Denounces Decision by the Saskatchewan Government to Terminate the Saskatchewan Film Employment Tax Credit (SFTETC) Program , Canada Newswire, March 22, 2012Sask. Actors Come out Against Elimination of Film Tax Credit , Leader Post, March 23, 2012Brett Butt reacts to elimination of Tax Credit , CBC News, March 23, 2012Statement Regarding the Elimination of the Film Employment Tax Credit Program , SaskFilmDebate Continues Over Sask. Film Tax Credit , Leader Post, March 22, 2012Phasing Out Tax Credit Jeopardizes Saskatchewan’s Production Industry , Canadian Media Production Association, March 23, 2012New Brunswick Producers say they can Relate to Saskatchewan Over Tax Credit Cuts , Canadian Business, March 22, 2012Film Tax Good Investment , Star Phoenix, March 23, 2012Manitoba Filmmakers Abuzz After Sask. Kills Tax Credit , CBC News, March 22, 2012New Brunswick Film Industry Relates to Sask. Tax Cut , News Talk 650 CKOM, March 23, 2012Loss of Tax Credit ‘Death Blow’ to Saskatchewan Film Industry , Postmedia, March 22, 2012Filmmaker Laments Loss of Tax Credit in Sask , CJOB (Manitoba), March 22, 2012Loss of Film Tax Credit a “Death Blow” , Leader Post, March 22, 2012Budget 2012: Film Tax Credit Cut in Saskatchewan Budget , Leader Post, March 21, 2012Frugal Saskatchewan to Phase Out Film Tax Credit , Hollywood Reporter, March 21, 2012The Future of Saskatchewan’s Film Industry , CBC, Craig speaks with the Minister of Culture and hears reaction from Saskatchewan’s film community after today’s provincial budget cut a film tax credit.Misinformation Leads to Cut of Saskatchewan Film Employment Tax Credit , Village Gamer, March 21, 2012Sask. Eliminates Film Subsidy Program , CBC News, March 21, 2012
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