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Idris Elba goes back to the '80s, while the makers of Frontline and The Castle have another Aussie observational comedy that's worth checking out.

CORONER (TVNZ ONDEMAND) Serinda Swan stars in this adaptation of M.R. Halls novels about recently widowed Toronto coroner Jenny Cooper, who probes suspicious deaths. This latest third season sees her dealing with new struggles and new cases – including Covid-related demises. “Swan is appealing as Jenny, and were always happy when a procedural focuses as much on characters as it does on the case-of-the-week,” wrote CREAMERIE (TVNZ ONDEMAND) Despite the premise, initial aesthetics and t...

CORONER (TVNZ ONDEMAND) Serinda Swan stars in this adaptation of M.R. Halls novels about recently widowed Toronto coroner Jenny Cooper, who probes suspicious deaths. This latest third season sees her dealing with new struggles and new cases – including Covid-related demises. “Swan is appealing as Jenny, and were always happy when a procedural focuses as much on characters as it does on the case-of-the-week,” wrote CREAMERIE (TVNZ ONDEMAND) Despite the premise, initial aesthetics and t...

REVIEW: Part Buffy the Vampire Slayer, part Supernatural, part Justified, this mixes visceral thrills with gunslinging action and acerbic one-liners.

Crescent City Councilors Explore Habitat Restoration of Elk Creek Watershed as Economic Development, Tourism Strategy Map of the Elk Creek watershed and area roads. Courtesy of the Smith River Alliance. Wanting to give visitors a reason to stay awhile in Crescent City, Councilors and staff are looking at habitat restoration in the Elk Creek Watershed. City staff partnered with the Smith River Alliance to conduct an urban stream feasibility study on the 8.26 square mile watershed starting in 201...

Premium Content Subscriber only A $10,000 meth deal gone wrong was allegedly behind the killing of an Oakey man in the car park of the Porter Plainlands Hotel, an Ipswich court has heard. A pathologist told a committal hearing on Wednesday that the likely cause of death for 53-year-old Paul Rock was multiple stab wounds. Seated in the dock of Ipswich Magistrates Court, Mr Rocks accused killers Beau Andrew John Smith, 28, and Kye Enright, 22, sat silently during the two-hour hearing as their ...

As the nights get longer and colder, so the need increases for something entertaining to fill them. Naturally, free-to-air television’s solution is more reality competitions. TVNZ has dusted off The Apprentice for a new generation (TVNZ1, May 10), while a day earlier, Three introduces a Kiwi version of international hot property The Masked Singer. A new quiz show, 9 Lives, hosted by Matai Smith is also expected to debut this month. Meanwhile, for fans of the outdoors, TVNZ1 has a new se...

The Crescent City Council is considering requiring gas stations, vape shops and other tobacco retailers to get a tobacco retail license with the city. Amber Wier, project director for NorCal 4 Health — a California Health Collaborative project focused on reducing tobacco influences — spoke to the council about ways to limit youth tobacco use at a Monday meeting. Weir suggested imposing tobacco retail licenses. Much like a liquor license, a tobacco retail license would set a cap on the...

Crescent City Mulls Tobacco Retail License, Calls For More Research Photo: Commons.wikimedia.org Though skeptical, Jason Greenough and Beau Smith will lead a committee exploring the development of a tobacco retail license for Crescent City. Crescent City’s mayor and his colleague on the City Council said they were unwilling to dictate how businesses should run. But they were willing to give Amber Wier, program director for NorCal 4 Health, who brought the proposed tobacco retail license to th...

The spring of 2016 might have been remembered solely as a dark time for queer women on television. An overwhelming number were being killed off in scripted TV, often simply