Joanna Padovano Tong

A fifth season of the hit culinary show MasterChef Canada is slated for broadcast on Bell Media's CTV, with food experts Michael Bonacini, Alvin Leung and Claudio Aprile returning as judges.

The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/Radio-Canada (CBC/SRC), the Canada Media Fund (CMF), Telefilm Canada, the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) and the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) have teamed up for the creation of an Indigenous Screen Office in Canada.

Principal photography has begun on the Incendo movie Sleeper, which is being shot on location in Montreal and stars Kara Killmer (Chicago Fire).

Judith Beauchemin has been appointed president of CMJ Productions II, where she has been a senior exec for the past 15 years, effective immediately.

Incendo has kicked off principal photography in Canada on Separated at Birth, a new movie starring Paige Turco (The 100, Person of Interest, Damages).

EDMONTON: Super Channel has snapped up the U.S. sports franchise Legends Football League (LFL) and its weekly TV hit LFL Football Night for the new programming sub-brand Super Channel SPORTS.

TORONTO/BERLIN: Black Fawn Films, which is led by horror movie producers and directors Chad Archibald and Cody Calahan, has renewed its partnership with Canada's Breakthrough Entertainment.

TORONTO: Commemorating the country's 150th anniversary, the Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Google Canada are collaborating on a YouTube channel that will feature iconic Canadian film and television content.

TEL AVIV: Canada's TVA Group has commissioned a 10-episode fourth season of the psychological drama The Killer Inside, which is part of Armoza Formats' scripted catalog.

TORONTO: Marlo Miazga, founder and former co-president of Newroad Media, has been appointed VP of content at Bristow Global Media (BGM), effective immediately.