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WHEN statues come down, it’s only natural to ask questions: who did they depict, what did they represent, who did they honour, who did they harm, which stories did they tell, which ones did they erase? Who decided to put them up in the first place?
WHEN statues come down, it’s only natural to ask questions: who did they depict, what did they represent, who did they honour, who did they harm, which stories did they tell, which ones did they erase? Who decided to put them up in the first place?
Those are good questions to ask, and they’ve been percolating in Manitoba since July 1, when a pair of idols depicting Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II, two British monarchs, were taken down by protesters who had split off from a peaceful Canada Day march in support of residential school survivors at the province’s legislative building.
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Playwright Tomson Highway focuses on the lighter side of death in his musical one-woman show about a supernatural postmistress By: Randall King | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Monday, Apr. 5, 2021
‘I’m probably the silliest man you’ve ever met in your life,” says Tomson Highway, kicking off a phone interview from his home in Gatineau, Que.
‘I’m probably the silliest man you’ve ever met in your life, says Tomson Highway, kicking off a phone interview from his home in Gatineau, Que.
The subject comes up immediately because the 69-year-old Cree playwright from Brochet about 350 kilometres north of Flin Flon wants it known he does like a good laugh. And these days, laughter is a valuable commodity.