Two of my final TIFF films were Les Ordres, a 1974 Quebec film about the FLQ crisis, and the eponymous Joy Division, about the great post-punk band from Manchester.

The original McPaper has evolved into a purveyor of solid journalism in between the splashy graphics about America's favourite breads.

Immunity!!

From the BBC:

A Russian businessman wanted in Britain on suspicion of murdering Alexander Litvinenko says he will stand for election to the Russian parliament.

Andrei Lugovoi denies any involvement in former Russian agent Mr Litvinenko's death from poisoning in London in November 2006.

He has said he will run for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDPR) of the Russian nationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky.

If elected in December, Mr Lugovoi would get immunity from prosecution.

From the BBC:

Mr Gongadze had been campaigning against government corruption

Hundreds of Ukrainians are expected to form a candlelit chain on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the murder of a prominent opposition journalist.

Georgiy Gongadze was abducted in Kiev seven years ago. His headless body was later found buried in a forest.

The death triggered a major political scandal and became Ukraine's most high-profile murder case.

President Viktor Yushchenko said finding the killers was a top priority - but no-one has been convicted.

In a related development, another arrest has been made in the murder case of Moscow journalist Anna Politkovskaya.