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Category: Arts and Culture

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'Arts are not efficiencies': Publishing workers demand reversal of Ontario Arts Council cuts

‘Arts are not efficiencies’: Publishing workers demand reversal of Ontario Arts Council cuts

"Arts programming should not be the work of only those who are economically privileged and can work for free," Canthius magazine board member Puneet Dutt said. ...

Arts and Culture, News
01.10.2019 Jack Hauen 0 0
UN International Year of Indigenous Languages, Part 2: Language seen as the heart of Indigenous culture and tradition

UN International Year of Indigenous Languages, Part 2: Language seen as the heart of Indigenous culture and tradition

Aylan Couchie, 43, has committed to learning Anishinaabemowin, the language of her ancestors. ...

Arts and Culture, First Nations, News
11.01.2019 Sneh Duggal 0 0
Non-profit organization raises concern over economic impact of Trillium Foundation cut

Non-profit organization raises concern over economic impact of Trillium Foundation cut

A spokesperson for Ontario non-profits said the government has cut funding that would have boosted employment and economic development. ...

Arts and Culture, First Nations, Government, News, Travel and Recreation
11.01.2019 Jessica Smith Cross 0 0
Cabinet minister says she is open to offering apology to former NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo

Cabinet minister says she is open to offering apology to former NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo

DiNovo, known as the 'radical reverend' who has laid claim to performing the first legalized same-sex marriage in Canada in 2001, wants an apology for the fallout. ...

Arts and Culture, Law and Safety, News
09.04.2018 Christopher Reynolds 0 0
Ticketmaster 'at war' with bots, but sees friendly fire in a bill to combat them

Ticketmaster ‘at war’ with bots, but sees friendly fire in a bill to combat them

Ontario has pledged to get tough on digital scalpers with a new law that would ban ticket bots and cap the resale price of tickets at 50 per cent above their face value. ...

Arts and Culture, Business and Economy, Law and Safety, News
21.11.2017 Christopher Reynolds 0 0
Province  open to a new property tax class for arts and culture groups

Province open to a new property tax class for arts and culture groups

The government is inviting the Toronto to add more nuance to its property tax code. ...

Arts and Culture, News, Taxes and Benefits
26.09.2017 401 Richmond, MPAC, municipalities, property tax David Hains 0 0
Happening: Wynne pledges additional $50 million for the arts

Happening: Wynne pledges additional $50 million for the arts

Funding to the Ontario Arts Council will hit $80 million a year by 2020-21. ...

Arts and Culture, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
29.08.2017 Sabrina Nanji 0 1
Happening: More cash for Massey Hall makeover

Happening: More cash for Massey Hall makeover

Ontario is doling out an additional $4 million to revitalize the legendary music venue in Toronto. ...

Arts and Culture, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
08.08.2017 Sabrina Nanji 0 0
Province to crack down on ticket bots and resale gouging

Province to crack down on ticket bots and resale gouging

Experts question how smoothly the law can be enforced in a cloudy, globalized market. ...

Arts and Culture, Law and Safety, News
26.06.2017 Christopher Reynolds 0 0
Government not selling Ontario Place, despite proposing legislation that would enable it

Government not selling Ontario Place, despite proposing legislation that would enable it

If the land isn't for sale, why amend the law to allow for such a sale, NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo wondered Monday, to which Culture Minister Eleanor McMahon replied, "I don't know why it's there, it's there — (but) I can tell ...

Arts and Culture, News, Travel and Recreation
31.10.2016 Sabrina Nanji 0 0
'It wouldn’t have happened without Bill Davis': Steve Paikin talks about his new book

‘It wouldn’t have happened without Bill Davis’: Steve Paikin talks about his new book

TVO's Steve Paikin chats with QP Briefing about his new book on Ontario's 18th premier: "Bill Davis: Nation Builder, and Not So Bland After All" ...

Arts and Culture, Government, News
21.10.2016 Geoff Zochodne 0 0
Ontario's first culture strategy has  a star endorsement — but no new money

Ontario’s first culture strategy has a star endorsement — but no new money

The beloved Canadian writer of Alias Grace and Oryx and Crake supports the plan to get more Canadian literature into schools. ...

Arts and Culture, News
20.07.2016 Jessica Smith Cross 0 0

Seen: Mark Sakamoto new chair of Ontario Media Development Corp.

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09.02.2016 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: Stephen Jost appointed new CEO of Art Gallery of Ontario

Jost, who will begin his new role this spring, will be responsible for the AGO's artistic vision, strategic and financial direction and overall management. ...

Arts and Culture, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
28.01.2016 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Provincially-funded movie garners four Oscar nominations

The Ontario Media Development Corporation says it's in a "celebratory mood," calling it the best result ever for a project it helped fund. ...

Arts and Culture, News
14.01.2016 Marco Patrone 0 0

Heard: Junior miner Oban buys Northern Gold

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06.11.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Heard: Ontario to host 2021 Canada Summer Games

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23.10.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: $2.25 million fund in support of artists against sexual violence

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16.10.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Heard: American Express donates $1.25 million to Massey Hall project

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14.10.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Heard: Ontario Film Authority to begin operations Oct. 1

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30.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Seen: Portfolio Entertainment opens new animation studio in Toronto

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21.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: New arts school opens at Brock University

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Arts and Culture, Education and Training, modernization, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
21.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Ontario prepared to fight niqab ban at Supreme Court

Attorney General says Ontario government would intervene if Supreme Court of Canada hears appeal by federal government on ban against face coverings at citizenship ceremonies ...

Arts and Culture, Government, Law and Safety, News
17.09.2015 citizenship, citizenship ceremony, citizenship ceremony niqab, niqab ban Geoff Zochodne 0 0

CPP takes $290 million stake in Entertainment One

CPP Investment Board acquires 18 per cent stake, making it the biggest shareholder in the distributor of some notable movie and TV titles. ...

Arts and Culture, Business and Economy, News
16.09.2015 John Valorzi 0 0

Heard: Arts and cultural events see $6-million boost from province

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10.09.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: 9 Story Media buys Irish kids film company

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Arts and Culture, Business and Economy, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
18.08.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: Government ponying up $1.5 million for live theatre

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Arts and Culture, Business and Economy, Education and Training, Government, Home and Community, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening, Travel and Recreation
23.07.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Seen: Ottawa hands over $3 million for Stratford digitization project

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Arts and Culture, Business and Economy, Government, Home and Community, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening, Travel and Recreation
02.07.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Seen: Rita Davies nominated to chair Ontario Arts Council

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Arts and Culture, Government, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening, Travel and Recreation
30.06.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Seen: Grant money for seniors’ programs upped to $2 million

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Arts and Culture, Education and Training, Government, Health and Wellness, News, Seen, Heard, Happening, Travel and Recreation
25.06.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: Funding for Ontario music scene here to stay

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Arts and Culture, Business and Economy, Government, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening, Taxes and Benefits
18.06.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Heard: Janet Yale to chair Trillium Foundation board

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11.06.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Heard: Government puts $12 million into library programs

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11.06.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Seen: Ontario festivals and events receiving $1.9 million in marketing support

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Arts and Culture, Government, News, Seen, Heard, Happening, Travel and Recreation
15.05.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Cut to a film credit seen jeopardizing 31,000 jobs

The 2015 budget will trim the Ontario Production Services Tax Credit. And that could result in film companies 'burning a jurisdiction' - getting out of town and taking jobs with them, NDP culture critic Paul Miller warn ...

Arts and Culture, Business and Economy, News, Taxes and Benefits
06.05.2015 budget 2015, Charles Sousa, Ontario Film Production Tax Credit, Paul Miller David Weisz 0 0

Three private members bills pass third reading

The legislation includes the child actor's act, Ryan's law and the Hispanic Heritage Month Act ...

Arts and Culture, Education and Training, Jobs and Employment, News
30.04.2015 acts, bill readings, bills, laws, royal assent QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Heard: Province invests $1.7 million in Parry Sound film projects

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Arts and Culture, Jobs and Employment, News, Rural and North, Seen, Heard, Happening
13.04.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Heard: Province helps pay to distribute native treaties film

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Arts and Culture, First Nations, Government, News, Rural and North, Seen, Heard, Happening
10.04.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: Ontario festivals and events get $19 million

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Arts and Culture, Government, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
10.04.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Government helps businesses create more music with $14 million in funding

Ontario Music Fund gives out $14 million in grants to music-related businesses, which the government says generate more than $429 million every year. ...

Arts and Culture, Business and Economy, First Nations, Government, Jobs and Employment, News, Taxes and Benefits
25.03.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0

Seen: TVO partners with DHX to develop series based on Hawking books

The planned series tells the story of 11-year-olds George Greenby and Annie Bellis, who have a science tutor named Cosmos, an artificial intelligence app that can instantly transport them anywhere in the universe. ...

Arts and Culture, Education and Training, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
25.03.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Heard: Province spends $1.1 million on two northern film, TV projects

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Arts and Culture, Business and Economy, News, Rural and North, Seen, Heard, Happening
16.03.2015 Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Ontario’s film classification agency to broaden its mandate

OFRB Chair Bruce Davis told QP Briefing the process to create the Ontario Film Authority has been underway since 2013 ...

Arts and Culture, Government, modernization, News
26.02.2015 Bruce Davis, David Orazietti, OFRB, Ontario Film Authority, Ontario Film Review Board David Weisz 0 0
Heard: Construction begins on Ontario Place waterfront park and trail

Heard: Construction begins on Ontario Place waterfront park and trail

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Arts and Culture, Home and Community, modernization, Seen, Heard, Happening, Travel and Recreation
24.02.2015 Infrastructure Ontario, Ontario Place, Urban Park & Waterfront Trail Project David Weisz 0 0

Seen: Federal ministers mark launch of Massey Hall upgrade project

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Arts and Culture, Business and Economy, modernization, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
23.02.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Seen: City of Toronto gets record 14.3 million visitors in 2014

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Arts and Culture, Business and Economy, News, Seen, Heard, Happening, Travel and Recreation
12.02.2015 City of Toronto, tourism QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Happening: AMAPCEO ratifies new deal with Ontario Arts Council

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Arts and Culture, Jobs and Employment, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
05.02.2015 AMAPCEO, Ontario Arts Council QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Seen: Lt.-Gov presents Lincoln Alexander Awards to three youth leaders

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Arts and Culture, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
21.01.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Heard: Lincoln Alexander Day to be marked in Hamilton on Wednesday

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Arts and Culture, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
20.01.2015 QP Briefing Staff 0 0

Heard: Premier says she ‘wouldn’t attend’ Bill Cosby shows

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Arts and Culture, News, Seen, Heard, Happening
06.01.2015 Natalie Paddon 0 0
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