Deal to save Vancouver’s iconic Hollywood Theatre heads to public hearing
By Simon Little Online Journalist
The deal would see the iconic Art Deco building saved in exchange for allowing a six-storey condo complex next door. Continue reading
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Saudi Arabia to open first new movie theatre since 1980s ban
Movie theaters will not be segregated by gender like most other public places in the deeply conservative Muslim kingdom Continue reading
Efforts being made to restart projectors at only movie house in Weyburn, Sask.
The marquee on Weyburn’s Soo Theatre, owned by Landmark Cinemas, has read ‘temporarily closed” since the end of November. Continue reading
London’s Landmark 8 Cinema changing hands
Canada’s second-largest chain of movie theatres is being bought by a Belgian firm for about $123 million. Continue reading
Halifax’s 80-year-old Oxford Theatre set to close September 13
Nahas said it “made sense” for his family to purchase the building. They won’t keep it as a theatre they will be looking at turning it into a commercial mixed-use space. Continue reading
Magic Lantern Theatres to open new cinema in Saskatoon’s Brighton neighbourhood
Magic Lantern Theatres to open new seven screen first-run cinema in Saskatoon’s Brighton neighbourhood. Continue reading
Historic Kelowna theatre set to say goodbye
By Kimberly Davidson Anchor/Reporter
After almost 70 years of showing films, Paramount Theatres is about to roll its final credits. Continue reading
Cineplex posts record sales as moviegoers spend up on popcorn, tickets
Chain says attendance at its theatres up 7.6 per cent from last year and the company set a record for total ticket and concession sales. Continue reading
Adults only? Companies bank on desire to leave the kids at home
By Sean O’Shea Consumer Reporter
It’s not a nightclub, but a place you would normally find children. Continue reading