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TVO seeks $114,075 refund from documentarian

Media | 05/22/2015 4:15 pm EDT

Ontario public broadcaster TVO said Friday it is terminating an agreement with White Pine Pictures Inc. for a documentary on Premier Kathleen Wynne and seeking to refund $114,075 that it says was paid to the company. TVO said in a press release that several of the conditions of its agreement with White Pine were not fulfilled, including having a director attached to the project. It said Roxana Spicer had resigned as the film's director, and the "lack of a director is a fundamental deficiency for a documentary production." On April 30, TVO issued a press release promoting the...