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Doug Anderson Trio plays for jazz fans in Courtenay

Doug Anderson Trio plays for jazz fans in Courtenay

The weekly Georgia Straight Jazz Society show at the Avalanche Bar and Grill (275 8th St, Courtenay) re-introduces an old friend – one who hasn’t performed on the GSJS stage for over five years.
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B.C.-based painter, educator, art champion Gordon Smith dead at 100

B.C.-based painter, educator, art champion Gordon Smith dead at 100

Gordon Smith received the Order of Canada and many other prestigious awards
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Robbie Burns family fiddle dance at Merville Hall Saturday

Robbie Burns family fiddle dance at Merville Hall Saturday

On Saturday, Jan. 25, in praise of the ever-hovering spirit of Robbie Burns, the contra dance Fiddlejam Funtime Fiddlers will play for the dancing, prancing, bare-legged, kilted Scotsmen (full of haggis and wee drams of liquid barley), who will be will be hooting it up about the Big Yellow Merville Hall hardwood floor.
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Hayashi Studio film looks at Cumberland’s hidden history

Hayashi Studio film looks at Cumberland’s hidden history

Film screens at festival Feb. 1, pre-screening is held on Jan. 23
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Jazz trio returns to the stage after more than five years

Jazz trio returns to the stage after more than five years

Thursday Night Jazz at The Avalanche Bar reintroduces the Doug Anderson Trio
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Costumers for ‘Riverdale,’ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ net award nominations

Costumers for ‘Riverdale,’ ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ net award nominations

Canadian Alliance of Film and Television Costume Arts and Design awards set to air March 1
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Painter Kim Dorland to speak at North Island College

Painter Kim Dorland to speak at North Island College

Next instalment of NIC’s Artist Talk Series takes place Jan. 23
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Canadian polar bears’ ‘ingenious’ survival seen in BBC Earth series

Canadian polar bears’ ‘ingenious’ survival seen in BBC Earth series

Film crews also go to Tofino to watch black bears snap up crabs under massive boulders
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VIDEO: Ken Jennings wins Jeopardy! ‘Greatest of all Time’ title

VIDEO: Ken Jennings wins Jeopardy! ‘Greatest of all Time’ title

Champ bested professional gambler James Holzhauer and TV host/actor Brad Rutter
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Nanaimo actress cast in first lead role in TV series ‘Nurses’

Nanaimo actress cast in first lead role in TV series ‘Nurses’

Sandy Sidhu wanted to work in medicine before her interest in acting took over
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