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‘SLAV’ to continue run across Quebec in 2019

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Published on July 15, 2018 with No Comments

The artistic director of a theatre in St-Jérôme, Quebec has said that he doesn’t want to cancel a play that sparked protests and accusations of racial insensitivity, and helped lead the Montreal jazz festival to cancel the show’s multi-night run in early July. David Laferrière  has said that the theatre will put on the show SLĀV by Quebec director Robert Lepage in early 2019. The play features a predominantly white cast picking cotton and singing songs composed by black slaves.  The Gilles-Vigneault theatre in St-Jérôme, about 60 kilometres north of Montreal, is one of several venues scheduled to host SLĀV, in early 2019. Tickets can still be purchased for dates in Sherbrooke, Drummondville and Saguenay, despite criticism from Montreal’s black community, which accused the show’s white creators of profiting off the pain of black people. One of the hottest tickets at this year’s Montreal’s jazz festival, the show was billed as a journey through “traditional Afro-American songs, from cotton fields to construction sites.”

On opening night in late June, protesters converged outside the downtown Montreal theatre hosting the play and screamed invective at people trying to enter the building, forcing police to form a protective cordon for ticket-holders walking in. Activists denounced the show and its mostly white cast, and U.S. musician Moses Sumney cancelled a gig at the festival in protest. Laferrière said he’s empathetic with those who have criticized the play.

Aggressive coyote killed after biting golfer

City of Calgary officials have confirmed that  a male coyote has been killed following a recent encounter with a golfer at a northwest course.

“That was, to be clear, our last resort and it’s something we would rather not do,” said Chris Manderson, urban conservation lead with Calgary Parks. “Killing coyotes as a means of controlling the population simply doesn’t work. There’s lots of good evidence all across North America that when you do that, you’ll actually get the opposite reaction. You’ll see an increase in population, you will break up packs, they fragment, they move into new areas and they increase their litter sizes.”

On Thursday, June 28, a member of the Country Hills Golf Club was bitten by a coyote on the course. The woman suffered minor puncture wounds and underwent tests to ensure she had not contracted rabies.Following the attack, a contractor, employed by the City of Calgary, located and fatally shot the animal. The remains of the coyote were sent to Alberta Fish and Wildlife to be tested for diseases. Coyote activity in the area has been prevalent in recent years and city workers at Calgary have been conducting hazing efforts in an attempt to reinstate fear of humans in brazen animals. The workers have shot clay pellets and paintballs at the coyotes and sounded air horns.

Golfers are being advised of the recent encounter and are encouraged to remain aware of their surroundings.

 

 

 

 

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