The Shipyards Christmas Market is going strong and hopes to inspire more BC Christmas markets across the Lower Mainland. A seasonal question for you: Is it green to get lit? What’s the environmental impact of lighting up large Christmas trees? The Region of Kitchener-Waterloo wonders … The Astor Theatre Society in Liverpool will have a new chairman. Eric Goulden will take on the job. To New Brunswick, where the Vogue Cinema may live again as a theatre. A local group meets up with the new owners. And the Altered Minds Computers for Life, program funding challenges threaten the organization’s work.
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