AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoAlberta’s Vote: Voters are weighing 10 referendum questions, including whether to begin a process toward separation. Chinese community leaders have organized to explain the complex ballot and encourage participation. Arts and Elections: Sudbury arts groups say culture has been sidelined in the municipal campaign. Their 43 organizations received nearly $570,000 in city support this year — just 0.12 per cent of the budget. Indigenous Stories: Sault Ste. Marie’s community theatre will screen Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising, about a 1974 Indigenous occupation in Kenora, alongside locally filmed feature Warrior Strong on Nov. 8. On Screen: London’s Forest City Film Festival opened with a sold-out screening of The Stunt Driver, starring Jay Baruchel as Canadian stuntman Ken Carter. Its program also featured Code of Misconduct, a documentary examining hockey culture and institutional accountability. Culture and Community: A new podcast episode examines migrant workers’ precarious rights and their vital role in Canada’s food workforce; another explores how racial stereotypes endure in language.
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