Russian TV program to close June despite feds’ $30-million ad buy to promote public-health awareness

Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault announced on March 25 that the feds would be spending $30-million on ad buys to help media outlets amid declining ad revenues due to the pandemic.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

April 17, 2020

With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing the closure of businesses and some ethnic media outlets in Canada, one independent television producer says his program will likely be the next casualty, despite Ottawa’s $30-million push to ...

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