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Events January February | Date | Event | | 7 | Niagara News TV, a Category B regional news channel serving the Niagara Region, begins broadcasting in Niagara Falls on Cogeco Cable digital channel 556. The channel would later indefinitely suspend operations on April 18, 2011, because of "technical difficulties" cited by owner Peninsula Broadcasting Corporation's president Frank Thibault, with plans to resume operations by fall 2011.[2] | March April | Date | Event | | 12 | A combined 3.2 million people watch the 2011 federal leaders debate on the three main networks.[3] | | 18 | Category B channel Sun News Network debuts, with Toronto independent station CKXT-DT and its Hamilton, Ottawa and London translators being effectively turned into a full-power broadcast relay of the network in Southern Ontario. | May | Date | Event | | 2 | Mlle, a French-language Category B service aimed at women owned by Groupe TVA, launches. | June August | Date | Event | | 27 | The state funeral for opposition leader Jack Layton airs live on all the main television networks.[5] | | 29 | The A television system, as well as Alberta-based educational/entertainment service Access rebrand as CTV Two. At the same time, CJAL-TV (channel 9) in Edmonton and CIAN-TV (channel 13) in Calgary, which both relayed Access' programming over-the-air sign off the air as Access is licensed as a satellite-to-cable undertaking. | September October November | Date | Event | | 1 | Toronto station CKXT-DT (channel 52) and its Hamilton and London, Ontario transmitters shut down. CKXT's Ottawa transmitter shut down more than two months earlier on August 31. The move by owner Quebecor Media was due to a CRTC inquiry in early July on the company's usage of the CKXT signal to simulcast Sun News. | Debuts Series currently listed here have been announced by their respective networks as scheduled to premiere in 2011. Note that shows may be delayed or cancelled by the network between now and their scheduled air dates. Ending this year Returning Television shows 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s TV movies & miniseries Deaths | Date | Name | Age | Notability | Source | | January 8 | Peter Donaldson | 57 | Known best for his stage work, he had recurring guest spots on Road to Avonlea, Street Legal, and Emily of New Moon, starring as John Adams in Liberty! The American Revolution. | [6] | | March 26 | Roger Abbott | 64 | British-born Canadian sketch comedian, best known for his years on radio and television program Royal Canadian Air Farce (1975-2010). Also co-executive produced XPM (2003). | [7] | | April 4 | Wayne Robson | 64 | Canadian television, film and stage actor best known for playing the part of Mike Hamar, an ex-con on The Red Green Show. He won Gemini Awards for And Then You Die (1987) and The Diviners (1993). | [8] | | April 17 | Michael Sarrazin | 70 | Canadian film and television. Recurring role on The City. Guest spots on The Virginian, Wojeck, Street Legal, Murder, She Wrote, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. | [9] | | June 9 | Claude L veill e | 78 | Singer appearing on French television as an actor. | [10] | | July 5 | Gordon Tootoosis CM | 69 | Canadian film, television, and theatre actor of Cree and Stoney descent, Order of Canada winner. In 2011, he co-starred in Blackstone, a series for APTN and Showcase. Television roles include Albert Golo on North of 60, for which he was twice nominated for a Gemini Award, and the voice of Mushom in Wapos Bay: The Series, for which he shared a Gemini Award. Guest spots include MacGyver, Northern Exposure, Lonesome Dove: The Series, and Smallville. | [11] | | September 15 | Frances Bay | 92 | Canadian-born American actress (Seinfeld, Happy Days, The Middle) | [12] | References - ↑
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- ↑ "Frances Bay dies: Remembering comedian, classic 'Seinfeld' scene" From Los Angeles Times (September 19, 2011)
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