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Canadians make their mark at the Academy Awards

More than a few Canucks left the Dolby Theater with an Oscar statuette

Canada produces very talented people.

If you watched the Academy Awards a week or so ago, you will have noticed we got mentioned several times. Most people don’t realize what a huge part we play in the music and film industries. We tend to think it’s all of those folks across the border but, in actual fact, they couldn’t do what they do without us.

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The people who won for production design for Frankenstein, which was mostly filmed in Toronto, were Canadians Tamara Deverell from Montreal and Shane Vieau from Dartmouth while Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey, both Canadians, won for best makeup and hairstyling on the movie. Frankenstein, a best picture nominee, had a strong connection to Canada.

The Girl Who Cried Pearls, which won for best animated short, was a Canadian-led film with Montreal animators. Alison McAlpine of Montreal was nominated for best documentary short for writing and directing Perfectly a Strangeness. Industrial Light & Magic’s Vancouver site did much of the work on Avatar: Fire and Ash. Best Animated Feature was won by Maggie Kang for KPop Demon Hunters. We have long been a significant influence in the acting, directing and producing areas of film, as well as behind the scenes in creative areas such as songwriting and set design to make highly acclaimed films.

We need to toot our own horns just a bit more often.

I awoke on St. Patrick’s Day to another overnight snow layer and blizzard conditions intermixed with an occasional bout of sunshine during the morning. Everyone I talked to asked the question, “Is it ever going to stop?” Well, let me assure you, it will stop eventually. It’s only March, and the likelihood of more snow is pretty much a possibility. We have experienced snow in May and severe frost into June so sunny, warm weather is never guaranteed until much later in the year.

There has been lots going on in my neighbourhood. I have enjoyed watching the building of a lovely home next door replacing the one that burned down last year. Across the street, a huge renovation has been taking place on a small two-bedroom bungalow over the same time period. It’s amazing to watch, but I am sure some folks complain about all the traffic and vehicles parked on the roadside causing congestion that’s magnified by everyone slowing down to see the progress. I would think when it’s all said and done, my Otterville neighbourhood will be upgraded and enhanced by all the work. I hope to get a tour of both buildings when completed. My poor old house will really look like the poor relation on the block, but I have history on my side and you can’t beat history.

In other worldly news, I wonder how the families of all those little girls and their teachers feel about the best military, best training, best intelligence, best technology and best equipment — the best in the history of the country — using outdated information? How reassuring is that?

Do you think “someone” will find a way to take credit for the thrilling Venezuelan win in the 2026 World Baseball Classic? Will it be because of the “liberation” of their country? Will they get invited to the White House? Or will the disrespect cause more boats to be blown up or people arrested?

Will Cuba be next? Or Greenland? Or Canada?

It all seems far, far away but we are all interconnected and dependent on each other. I’m just sayin’.

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