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By Ashleigh Patterson TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadians who may have become tired of being passed over as porn stars will have a new, home-grown outlet to showcase their erotic talents. Federal regulators have granted Alberta-based Real Productions approval to launch a new digital pornography channel, which promises to serve up at least 50 percent domestic content. The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved the Category 2 pay-television service on Wednesday, allowing Northern Peaks to become "Canada's first adult video channel offering significant Canadian adult content." "I think as Canadians there is a bit of a tiredness in seeing all American stuff," Shaun Donnelly, president of Real Productions, said during an interview on Friday. "There is always that thrill for something that is local and you get the sense that these are people you can meet at the supermarket." The CRTC only required 15 percent Canadian content, but Northern Peaks agreed to provide "not less than 50 percent of the broadcast day and not less than 50 percent of the evening broadcast period to Canadian programming," according to the license. "We want to be Canada's adult channel and I think to do that, 15 percent wouldn't cut it," Donnelly said. Real Productions boasts the largest collection of Canadian adult-themed content in the country with more than 200 film titles and 75 television episodes in its library. The regulator stipulated the license will only be issued once Real Productions enters into an agreement with at least one licensed distributor. Donnelly, who has also produced television programs for Playboy TV in the U..S. and Granada Television in Britain, said all five major Canadian cable and satellite carriers have expressed interest in hosting the channel and are reviewing the proposal. "I've been in touch with the cable companies throughout the process and went ahead with it based on the interest we had," he said Northern Peaks will be restricted to certain types of programming including long-form documentaries, dramatic series, feature films, game shows, mini-series, sitcoms and made-for-TV movies. The CRTC received no interventions in connection with the application, which was initially launched in October 2007. (Reporting by Ashleigh Patterson; editing by Rob Wilson)

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Canadians are tired of seeing American nudity?

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We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.

Yes, they want to see the maple leaf instead of the map of Texas.

Sorry, old pubic joke.

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Calm, quiet, smooth, devastating

You mean they want a little "maple sugar?"

I'm hear that instead of the peacock, their logo is going to be the beaver.

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I'm eager to see that.

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Though I am different from you,
We were born involved in one another.

For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul.

Complete surrender should not just come at moments in which one faces overwhelming odds, but in the calm when it seems one is personally in complete control of one's life.