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By THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Oscar nominee Sarah Polley says a bill that would allow the Conservative government to refuse tax credits to film or television productions considered offensive will send a chill through the country's entertainment industry.

By Ian Keteku, THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Oscar nominee Sarah Polley appears before a Senate committee Thursday to fight a rule change she says "attacks the very heart of Canadian programming." Bill C-10 would allow Heritage Minister Josee Verner or a government committee to refuse tax credits to film or television productions considered offensive and "contrary to public policy.""It is against freedom of speech and everything we stand for," said Polley, an actor and director representing the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA).

Away From Her won seven prizes, including one for best picture, at the 28th annual Genie Awards at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The movie also earned Sarah Polley awards for director and adapted screenplay during ceremonies Monday night.

By Soren Andersen, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. May 25--"I never wanted to be away from her," the husband says of his wife after 44 years of marriage. But now she's going away from him. "I think," the wife says, "maybe I'm beginning to disappear." She is. Bit by bit.