This show will feature a satire of Canada’s political scene when Sir John A. Macdonald was the first prime minister and attracting visitors to the borderland.
First, a new Dean is now settled in and classes are in full session at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.
It’s a busy time as staff concentrate on day-to-day programming and future needs.
As Mike Ebbeling tells us there’s a lot of exciting ventures on the go at the regional facility and plenty of opportunity for local students and organizations to get involved.
A rarely performed opera is taking to the stage this week in Kenora as Tryptych Concert and Opera presents H-M-S Parliament.
The show, which started as a play written in the 1880’s and was set to Gilbert and Sullivan’s H-M-S Pinafore, is a political satire centred around Sir John A. MacDonald and what was going on at the time in Parliament.
Tryptych’s co-artistic directors, Edward Franko and Lenard Whiting, spoke to Stuart Walter earlier this week and said that the show’s themes are as relevant now as they were in the 1880’s.
There’s a new fund being created locally to help offset some of the extra travel costs associated with Gender Affirming Surgery.
Sheri Leviski-Kotyk sat down with one of the organizers of the campaign and has this report.
What hopes to be a major attraction for visitors to the borderland region is set to be up by the new year.
The developer of a 31 room hotel with cocktail room and distillery is excited about its opening in Minnesota right across from Fort Frances.
Randy Thoms reports.
