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Due to too few entries, the Rainy River Arts Collective has changed its “Winter Sculpture Garden” from being a contest to a demonstration instead.
The RRAC needed to continue on with the project, despite only drawing a couple of entries, because so many people have worked so hard to make this happen so far, RRAC spokesperson Lindsay Hamilton said yesterday afternoon.

Alison Rose, who originally hails from Emo, is one of 27 individuals who recently were awarded the Order of Ontario.
The Toronto-based, award-winning independent documentary filmmaker and reporter, whose parents, Dan and Ruth Rose, currently live in Markdale, was invested by Lt.-Gov. David C. Onley at a ceremony Jan. 26 at Queen’s Park.

LONDON—He wrote about life in the modern city, with its lawyers and criminals, bankers and urchins, dreamers and clerks.
He created characters still known to millions: Ebeneezer Scrooge and Tiny Tim, Pip and Miss Havisham, Fagin and Oliver Twist.
And it made him a star, mobbed by fans on both sides of the Atlantic.

Quebec filmmaker Philippe Falardeau says he screamed and leapt into his producer’s arms when he learned his tender dramedy “Monsieur Lazhar” nabbed an Oscar nomination for best foreign-language film today.

Singer/songwriter Maverick Judson launched his first budgeted music video, “My Girl” ft. Joey Burnz, on Thursday.
The Emo native wrote the single and hired a director from Thunder Bay to shoot the video last month.
“I remember one of my teachers from college always telling us that some songs absolutely need a video,” Judson said.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—The black-and-white silent film “The Artist” led the Golden Globes with three wins yesterday at a show that spread Hollywood’s love around among a broad range of films, including best drama recipient “The Descendants” and its star, George Clooney.

GATINEAU, Que.—A delicate watercolour showing a group of British sailors rowing over the reflection of a cathedral-like Arctic iceberg has returned to Canada nearly 200 years after it was painted.

Calling all jumpers! Are you ready for the “Polar Plunge”?
Voyageur Lions are reminding jumpers to get their pledges counted and their costumes ready for the big jump on Sunday.
This year, individuals who raise more than $300 will be eligible for special prizes.
The top fundraiser will win a 3D Blu Ray Home Theatre System from Leon’s, provided by Samsung ($500 value).

HALIFAX—Ken Pinto was just a young boy in north-end Halifax when he first heard the dramatic account of a story that would captivate him for decades.
It was the early 1960s and his father, a TV repairmen, had about five sets in the house that often were tuned to old movies.
But one stood out for Pinto.

The newly-formed Rainy River Arts Collective is proposing a snow sculpture project here this winter—and is looking for town council’s help with the initiative.