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b. The forgery ring has been referred to as the “biggest art fraud in world history” owing to the sheer number of counterfeited pieces involved. The scheme netted millions of dollars between 1995 and the mid-2010s.
a. Consider Me. The story is about Carter Beckett, a one-night stand specialist, owner of rock-hard abs and star of the fictional Vancouver Vipers of the NHL, who falls hard for a hot, petite phys-ed teacher named Olivia Parker. She and other writers in the genre are imagining a less toxic sports culture with their books.
b. Self-Portrait in the Zone of Silence. McWhirter, who formerly headed up the creative writing department at the University of British Columbia, has been translating Aridjis’s work since 1987. The Griffin gives 60 per cent of the prize winnings to the translator and 40 per cent to the original poet, in recognition of the art of poetry in translation.
c. Ring Ring. The quartet, who triumphed at the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest with the peppy love song Waterloo, released Ring Ring in 1973.
a. Bill C-11. The Online Streaming Act was passed into law a year ago. The money will contribute to a variety of funds, including those supporting the creation of Indigenous content, French-language productions, and work by Black filmmakers and other Canadians from diverse backgrounds.