Charity hearts of Prince George were beating strongly through last winter in order to keep a Canadian icon’s history at Exploration Place.

When the museum was having a hard time keeping Terry Fox’s popular exhibit in its facility for as long as they could, the Prince George Recycle and Return-It Centre laced up its shoes and came to its financial aid.

The Return-It Centre boosted $3,500 to Exploration Place for the once-in-a-lifetime presentation, via its donation bin campaign.

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Science North will soon be able to take its Beyond Human Limits show on the road in Northern Ontario thanks to $350,000 from the federal government.

“Tourism is a major economic driver for Northern Ontario and I’m proud that the Government of Canada is investing in Science North to support this key sector of our economy,” Sudbury MP Paul Lefebvre said in a release Wednesday. “Today’s announcement helps to demonstrate how our Prosperity and Growth Strategy for Northern Ontario is enabling communities to respond to opportunities that create jobs and growth here at home in Sudbury and across the region.”

Lefebvre and Nickel Belt Marc Serré made the funding announcement on behalf of the Navdeep Bains, the minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and minister responsible for FedNor.

The FedNor funding will enable Science North to develop and tour a customized version of its Beyond Human Limits travelling exhibit to enhance tourism and create new economic opportunities across Northern Ontario.

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THEMUSEUM is working in partnership with local libraries Kitchener Public Library, Waterloo Public Library, and Idea Exchange to connect local residents to arts and culture and make regional culture hubs more accessible.

Lending Program passes to THEMUSEUM are now available at Kitchener Public Library, Waterloo Public Library, and Idea Exchange and can be borrowed from any of these public libraries in the same way a book is borrowed. The pass allows standard admission for a family of up to two adults and up to 4 children and can be borrowed for up to one week. Users will be permitted access to THEMUSEUM similar to a general admission but at no cost to the pass holder. Passes are not valid for THEMUSEUM ticketed events, camps, or workshops. 

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Legends of the Northern Sky, the first full-dome digital projection film to play at the Ziedler Dome in more than 30 years, is a local production featuring students from Ermineskin Elementary School in Maskwacis.

One of the film's storytellers is Wilfred Buck. He's an expert in Indigenous astronomy and known to kids as "the star guy."

"The film is based on research that I have done in the last 13 years," said Buck, who has studied First Nations astronomy and the connection Western Cree people have had to the sky.

"It was extensive research and a lot of it, we realized, was based on ceremony and based on the ceremonial songs and how they connect from the stars to us here on earth."

The film is part of the TELUS World of Science's efforts to tell local stories linked to science.

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Reich+Petch Architects has established a new award that will be presented to one student each year over the next five years from George Brown College’s Centre for Construction and Engineering Technologies’ School of Architectural Studies.

Tony Reich, principal architect of the firm, announced the Reich+Petch Award for Design Excellence and Innovation following a lecture at the college’s Casa Loma campus in Toronto recently. The first of these awards will be granted to a student in the 2019/20 academic year.

To be eligible for this award, registered full-time students must be in their second or third year of the Architectural Technology program at George Brown College, indicates a release, adding candidates must achieve a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher and have demonstrated tangible aspects of design excellence in innovation in their schoolwork and/or extra-curricular projects.

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The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre will be hosting an epic all-ages drag show, Splendor in Space: A Drag Odyssey, this month. 

Guests will learn how space exploration changed humanity under the spell-binding cosmic visuals of the Planetarium Star Theatre. What’s more, they will explore how the 1960’s space race changed drag and queer culture.

Local drag performers Shanda Leer, Dust and Rose Butch will be take guests on the immersive journey through time and space. Afterwards, the performers will be hanging around to mix and mingle with the guests.

Splendor in Space: A Drag Odyssey will take place in the Planetarium Thursday, April 25th. 

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Google brought its national Grow with Google tour to Science North in Sudbury on Friday for a one-day event focused on advancing economic opportunity through digital skills training for small business owners, entrepreneurs and individuals.

The event brought out more than 300 people from the Greater Sudbury region who are all committed to growing their businesses and careers.

“Sudbury is a city built on innovation – it’s in its DNA,” Aaron Brindle, a Grow with Google spokesperson, said in a release. “From mining research to the hundreds of small business owners who took the time to come out to Grow with Google today, this community is committed to learning new skills, building new businesses and leveraging the internet to reach far beyond Greater Sudbury.”

Also in attendance were Marc Serre, MP for Nickel Belt and parliamentary secretary to the minister of rural economic development, Jamie West, MPP for Sudbury, and Brian Bigger, mayor of the City of Greater Sudbury.

Throughout the day, attendees took part in workshops and one-on-one sessions designed to help grow their businesses, advance their careers and learn new digital skills. Workshop topics included how to get businesses online, reaching customers online with Google, and using data to drive business growth.

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Mahon, the chief executive officer of Canada Life, announced $750,000 in funding for the Manitoba Museum Wednesday, with about 40 students from Victoria Albert School in attendance. The gift qualifies for the province’s matching funds program, raising it to $1.125 million.

Mahon said Canada Life’s support is to show pride in the community. It hopes to bring that same thrill for the past and focus on the future to today’s youth who visit the museum.

"I have fond memories of going and playing in the science area, but even more significant to me was my brother’s summer job working on the project when they brought the Nonsuch over from the United Kingdom," Mahon said, referring to his older brother, Patrick, who was a University of Manitoba student when the regal replica vessel came to the museum in 1974.

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The CanCode program is accepting new applications for funding. The deadline to submit an application is 23:59:59 PST on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.

The CanCode program aims to provide coding and digital skills learning experiences to students from kindergarten to grade 12 (K-12) across Canada, including traditionally underrepresented groups, as well as their teachers.