9:20 AM -- CBC News reports that Darwin's survival continues to be threatened down here, south of the border:

Creation, which opened the Toronto International Film Festival last week, might be winning favourable early reviews, but its still-controversial protagonist — naturalist Charles Darwin — has prevented the film from snagging U.S. distribution, according to one of its producers...

Though Creation has scored deals to screen in movie theatres around the globe, U.S. distributors have been reluctant...

"It is unbelievable to us that this is still a really hot potato in America."

Someone hasn't been paying attention.

But, to be fair, the movie may simply suck. Judging from the trailer, I'd say that's a real possibility.

— Larry, Ancestral Form, Light Reading