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Written by Staff
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In January, James Richardson and Sons Ltd. announced a $1 million gift to the city’s four largest arts groups: the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Manitoba Opera, Manitoba Theatre Centre and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. The donation is to be directed towards new artistic creations and audience-building initiatives. The WSO has said that they will use a portion of the funds to fund a new program: Up Close and Orchestral. Aimed at gaining a new, younger audience, the program brings the orchestra to select junior high and high schools across the city. MTC announced that the gift will be directed to a production of Our Town, which will open the theatre’s 50th anniversary season this fall.
| In related news, a new study out of Duke University Medical Centre, reports that there is a connection between heightened brain activity in the posterior superior temporal cortex (pSTC) and altruism.
ECONOMY GOOD OUT OF THE GATE
A new Stats Can survey reports that thanks in part to the creation on 3,100 new jobs in January, the Manitoba economy is off to a good start. According to the survey, MB construction work is up 24.1 per cent, manufacturing capital investment is up 60.8 per cent, capital investment is up 14.6 per cent, and total exports have increased 17 per cent.
CRAIG LEAVES MAYOR’S FOLD
Ryan Craig, Katz’s Chief of Staff, left political life in February to continue his post graduate studies. Craig was part of the Mayor’s camp for three years and was heavily involved in the creation of last year’s successful City Summit.
UNIQUELY MANITOBA SHOP
From A (Aboriginal Cards) to P (Pet Accessories), every kind of Manitoba-made product can be found at the online trade show at www.uniquely manitoba.ca. The site is getting a boost thanks to $25,000 grant from Rural economic Development Initiative (REDI) for development of an online training course and website template.
CONVENTION CENTRE WINS VOTES
In an annual survey, the readers of Meetings & Incentive Travel, one of the country’s leading industry mags voted the Winnipeg Convention Centre a Western Canadian Favourite for the second time in three years. | | | A new report from the Airport Council International projects that in less than 20 years, nine billion people will be travelling through the worlds airports. Now word on how many of them will be crying children |
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