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Contract to Turizm Inc.





At the Destination Southwest Nova Association AGM & Conference in May, it was announced that the Association would be undertaking the development of a Strategic Plan over the current year. Following the release of the Terms of Reference for the Strategic Plan and issuing the Request for Proposals, DSWNA is pleased to announce that the contract to complete the Strategic Plan has been awarded to Turizm Inc. in association with Tourism Synergy and Broad Reach Strategies Limited.

With a completion date of December 30, 2010, work will begin immediately and includes an extensive consultative process with industry partners, stakeholders and supporters. The project is being overseen by a Steering Committee made up of DSWNA Board members. The steering committee will ensure that partners are kept informed of the project's progress and will invite industry to participate in the opportunities to offer their input in helping chart our course for the next five years and beyond.

DSWNA would like to thank the funding partners who have invested in this Strategic Plan including the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism, Culture & Heritage. Should you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact Jeanette Joudrey at (902) 634-8844, jjoudrey@dswna.com.

Film Industry in Nova Scotia

Filming/Filmed Here
Currently Shooting in Nova Scotia

Legend
Prod = Producer
Exec Prod – Executive Producer
Dir – Director
PM – Production Manager
LM – Locations Manager
LP – Line Producer
PC – Production Coordinator


Pre-Production:
Jumping the Broom
Feature Film
Blue Rock Pictures
Prod: Michael Mahoney
Dir: Salim Akil
PM: Valerie Halman
LM: Jason Van Houten
Pre-Production: June 7 – June 12
Shoot: July 12 – Aug 13
5285 Sackville Street
Halifax NS B3J 1K9
T: (902) 491-1010
F: (902) 491-9411
A November Christmas
Hallmark Television Movie
Ventura Place Productions Inc.
Prod: David Rosemont, Brent Shields
Dir – Robert Harmon
PM: Gilles Belanger
LM – Shaun Clarke
PC - Shauna Hatt
Pre-Production – June 14 – July 19
Shoot: July 19 – Aug 20
Suite 205
3600 Kempt Road
Halifax, NS B3K 4X8
T: (902) 455-8116
F: (902) 455-7996




In Production:
Haven
TV Series
Haven Productions (NS) Inc./ Haven Television Inc.
Exec Prod: John Morayniss, Noreen Halpern, Laszlo Barna, Michael Rosenberg, Shawn Piller, Lloyd Segan, Scott Shepherd, David MacLeod
Dir: Adam Kane
LP: Ginny Duzak
Shoot: April 20 - Aug. 31
14 Parkwood Drive, RR#2
Hubbards NS B0T 1T0
T: (902) 857-1210
F: (902) 857-1218
Drunk & On Drugs Happy Funtime Hour
TV Series
Happy Funtime Productions 2007 Inc.
Prod: Paul Pope, Louis Thomas, Mike Smith,
John Paul Tremblay, Robb Wells
Dir: Ron Murphy
PM: Margaret Harrison
Shoot: May 10 – June 30
170 Thornhill Drive
Dartmouth NS B3B 1S3
T: (902) 468-1225
F: (902) 468-5117
TV With TV’s Jonathan Torrens Cycle II
TV Series
TV Torrens 2 Productions Inc.
Prod: John Wesley Chisholm, Jonathan Torrens, Jessica Brown
Dir: Jonathan Torrens
PM: Sean Doyle
Shoot: March 15 – June 30
301 – 6454 Quinpool Road
Halifax NS B3L 1A9
T: (902) 446-3414
F: (902) 446-3416

That’s So Weird Season II
TV Series
Wisecracker Productions Inc.
Dir: Stephen Reynolds
PM: Elizabeth Guildford
Shoot: June 16 – Aug. 13
1478 Queen Street
Halifax NS B3J 2H7
T: (902) 420-4760
F: (902) 422-0752
Maritime Vignettes
TV Series
Tell Tale Productions Inc.
Prod: Edward Peill
Dir: Edward Peill
Shoot: June – Sept.
531 – 1657 Barrington Street
Halifax NS B3J 2A1
T: (902) 482-6506
F: (902) 444-9919
Hope for Wildlife Season II
TV Series
Hope for Wildlife 2 Productions Inc.
Prod: Shannon MacDougall
Dir: Craig Ferguson
Shoot: May 24 – Nov. 3
301 – 6454 Quinpool Road
Halifax NS B3L 1A9
T: (902) 446-3414
F: (902) 446-3416

Canada: Over the Edge
TV Series
Arcadia Entertainment Inc.
Prod: John Wesley Chisholm
Dir: Craig Ferguson
Shoot: May 31 – Aug. 27
301 – 6454 Quinpool Road
Halifax NS B3L 1A9
T: (902) 446-3414
F: (902) 446-3416
Island Life (Magdelan Islands and Moonshine)
TV Series
Fearless Island Films Inc.
Prod: Donna Davies, Maria MacNeil
PM: Maria MacNeil
Shoot: March 4 – June 30
6189 Lawrence Street
Halifax NS B3L 1J7
T: (902) 455-3288
Cloudburst
Feature Film
Prod: Thom Fitzgerald

Information To Follow


Just Wrapped:
Hobo With a Shotgun
Feature Film
3243988 Nova Scotia Limited
Prod: Niv Fichman, Frank Siracusa, Robert Cotterill
Dir: Jason Eisner
PM: Gilles Belanger
Wrapped: May 21
11 Morris Drive, Unit 117
Dartmouth NS B3B 1M2
T: (902) 481-7330
F: (902) 481-8109
The Candy Show
TV Series
Fancy Shoes TV Inc.
Prod: Johanna Eliot
Dir: Trevor Grant
PM: Jennifer Comeau
Wrapped: May 3
404 – 1657 Barrington Street
Halifax NS B3J 2A1
T: (902) 423-9056
F: (902) 423-9058
The Spice Goddess
TV Series
Spice Goddess TV Inc.
Prod: Johanna Eliot
Dir: Jameel Bharmal and Jake Harris
PM: Kim Stewart
Wrapped: April 19
404 – 1657 Barrington Street
Halifax NS B3J 2A1
T: (902) 423-9056
F: (902) 423-9058




Please note that Film Nova Scotia obtains details on each project in the early stages of production. We endeavour to ensure the information is as accurate and up-to-date as possible, however we reccommend contacting each production office for the most up to date information.

Previous Productions (select titles):
Features:

Amelia

Outlander

Snow Angels

A Hole in One

My Little Eye

The Shipping News

K-19: The Widowmaker

Weight of Water

Scotland, PA

Simon Birch

Titanic

Two If By Sea

Dolores Claiborne

The Scarlet Letter

La Veuve de Saint-Pierre
MOWs and Series:

Call Me Fitz

Sea Wolf

G-Spot

The Tenth Circle

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

Jesse Stone Series

Wedding Wars

Sybil

A Christmas Wedding

Blessings

Footsteps

Martha, Inc.

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Hunger Point

Heart of a Stranger

The Christmas Shoes

A Town Without Christmas

A Glimpse of Hell

Soul

The Mighty Jungle

Aquateam
Canadian Productions:

Poor Boy's Game

Just Buried

A Stone's Throw

Shake Hands with the Devil

This Hour Has 22 Minutes

Trailer Park Boys: The Movie

Chef at Home

Sleep Murder

Trudeau II: Maverick in the Making

Lunar Jim

October 1970

Margaret's Museum

One Heart Broken Into Song

Love and Death on Long Island

New Waterford Girl

The Event

Membertou Big Event

Membertou 400 celebrating peace and harmony
Ceremony celebrates 1610 alliance of Mi’kmaq with Catholic Church
By GORDON DELANEY Valley Bureau
Fri. Jun 25 - 4:54 AM


A rack of smoked mackerel and trout was on display during the baptism re-enactment.




Grand Chief Henri Membertou, played by Rob McEwan, plays The Honour Song on ceremonial drums with members of the Bear River First Nation.




Members of Bear River First Nation play The Honour Song on ceremonial drums.




A re-enactment of the 1610 baptism of Mi’kmaq Grand Chief Henri Membertou by French secular priest Jesse Fleche took place at the Habitation in Port Royal, Annapolis County on Thursday. (All photos by BILL ROBERTS)





IT WAS A CEREMONY Grand Chief Henri Membertou himself might have enjoyed. There were songs and dance and drums, a Catholic mass that included three languages — Mi’kmaq, French and English — and a re-enactment of the former Mi’kmaq grand chief’s historic baptism by the shores of the Annapolis Basin 400 years ago.

And it was a building of bridges of sorts, not only between peoples, but between the Mi’kmaq and the Catholic Church, into which Chief Henri Membertou was baptized on June 24, 1610.

He and his family members were the first aboriginals to be baptized in what would later become Canada, signalling a desire to live in peace with the European settlers and setting the stage for Canada to become a multicultural country.

Membertou and his family took French Christian names after the baptism.

The ceremony took place Thursday in almost the exact location of the baptism next to the Habitation in Port Royal, home to the first French settlers on these shores. The ceremony kicked off five days of celebrations marking the great chief’s life.

About 500 people representing the Mi’kmaq, French and English attended the event.

During the ceremony, there were messages of peace and harmony between peoples, a philosophy Membertou was famous for espousing.

But the ghost of years of abuse at the hands of the Catholic Church and attempts at assimilation also hung over the ceremony.

"You forgive, but you don’t forget," Ben Sylliboy, the current Mi’kmaq grand chief, said after the mass, which started out with the threat of rain but ended in clear blue skies.

"This event is significant because we’re celebrating 400 years of Mi’kmaqs joining the Catholic religion," said Sylliboy, 69.

Membertou’s alliance with the French and eventual baptism set the course of history for the next 400 years.

"It’s really an honour to see all my Mi’kmaq friends and members of other reserves get together for this special occasion," said Sylliboy.

Referring to the acrimony with the church, he said "there are things that you want to forget."

"We want to forgive, but we can’t forget . . . some memories still linger."

As his grandchildren shuffled and played at his feet, he said "there is quite a bit of healing now going on, even with the residential schools."

Hal Theriault, a cultural historian and playwright, wrote the 45-minute re-enactment. Theriault said in an interview that the ceremony is not so much a religious event as a historic and cultural one.

"It’s simply a commemoration of the decision Grand Chief Membertou made and the partnership that was started with the French."

Membertou welcomed the French and, in many cases, helped them to survive the harsh winters.

"He realized that he wasn’t going to stem the influx of people coming for the fish and the furs and knew that he needed to have good, strong partners."

Rob McEwan, 40, the grandson of Richard McEwan, a long-serving chief at the Bear River First Nation, played Membertou.

McEwan said he was honoured to play the part of the great chief.

"I can only hope to follow in his footsteps."

Prime Minister Stephen Harper sent a greeting to the event that was read out before the re-enactment.

"The baptism of Grand Chief Membertou on June 24, 1610, was a pivotal moment in Canadian history," Harper said in his message. "It heralded the beginning of peaceful relations between the Mi’kmaq nation and European settlers."

The prime minister said that four centuries later, Membertou remains a symbol of faith and goodwill that has shaped Canadian values.

The Catholic mass, held in a large tent, was presided over by Archbishop Martin Currie, with the Pope’s representative, Apostolic Nuncio Pedro Quintana, Bishop Brian Dunn of the Diocese of Antigonish and other Catholic bishops.

"This is a wonderful opportunity for teachers, students and anyone who loves history to experience a rare and beautiful event," said Deborah Ginnish, executive director of the Mi’kmaq Association for Cultural Studies.

"We invite people of all ages, races and denominations to celebrate an important historic event that shaped the fate of our nation."

The Port Royal event officially opened a five-day celebration that moves to the Halifax Commons today and continues through Monday. It will be one of the largest Mi’kmaq powwows ever held.

The Halifax event will feature a traditional Mi’kmaq village, cultural demonstrations, native dance and drum competitions, a musical tribute to the Mi’kmaq Nation and free concerts by Buffy Sainte-Marie, Shane Yellowtail and the Relatives.

( gdelaney@herald.ca)

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Irving Pulls Out of Tidal Project

The Canadian Press - ONLINE EDITION

Irving Oil halts involvement in tidal power research in Bay of Fundy
By: Kevin Bissett, The Canadian Press

24/06/2010 3:24 PM | Comments: 0

FREDERICTON - Irving Oil has decided to stop its involvement in tidal power research in the Bay of Fundy over concerns about the viability of the technology.

Irving Oil officials weren't willing to be interviewed on Thursday but in an email company spokeswoman Lesley MacLeod said: "I can confirm that due to policy concerns and uncertainty around the true viability of tidal technologies, we have decided to conclude our work on our tidal project."

New Brunswick Energy Minister Jack Keir said he was informed by the company last week but Irving officials didn't give specifics about why they weren't going forward.

"I suspect part of the problem is there isn't a technology yet — certainly commercialized technology for tidal power — that's going to allow for commercialization of generation of electricity," Keir said.

Two years ago, Irving signed a lease with the province for sites along the bay where research could be conducted in partnership with the Huntsman Marine Science Centre in St. Andrews, N.B.

Keir said until there is technology that will allow for commercialized production of power from the tides, it will be difficult to get large companies involved.

Meanwhile, Nova Scotia's energy minister said the Irving decision would have no impact on the province's commitment to develop test projects in the bay's Minas Passage.

Bill Estabrooks said the province remained committed to harnessing tidal power as an alternate source of energy.

"We have an obligation, a duty and a responsibility to respond because Nova Scotians have said tidal power is something they are interested in pursuing and we are going to continue to do that," said Estabrooks.

The government has contributed money toward a test project run by Nova Scotia Power and Irish-based OpenHydro. The project hit a major snag earlier this month after currents broke off two blades from a massive 400-tonne turbine.

Estabrooks said all involved are determined to learn what it takes to develop the massive currents.

"We certainly are not interested in walking away," he said. "We are interested in making this work and that's our plan."

Keir said the best part about the research done by Irving and Huntsman Marine was that it only involved private-sector money.The province will likely issue another call for proposals, he said, to see if anyone else is interested in doing such research in New Brunswick.

"I believe that when the time comes, and there's a technology that's going to be commercialized that will make it viable to generate electricity using the tides, New Brunswick is going to be there," Keir said.

In the meantime, he said, the government remains committed to the development of renewable energy and will focus on expanding the 300 megawatts of wind power now generated in the province.

— With files from Keith Doucette in Halifax