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PHOTO BY ASHLEIGH VIVEIROS /VOICE New venture for Gateway news > sports > opinion > community > people > entertainment > events > classifi eds > careers > everything you need to know 2 The Winkler Morden Voice Thursday, March 14, 2019 Amazon TV show to shoot in Morden this summer By Lorne Stelmach The sci-fi series Tales from the Loop is slated to shoot scenes in downtown Morden sometime this spring or summer. Some fi lming for a major television production will be done in Morden this summer. The city will be part of the Manitoba locations for Tales From The Loop, a co-production between Fox 21 TV Stu- dios and Amazon Studios. Details of the shooting schedule and locations have not been revealed yet, but industry representatives say it will be another big boost for fi lm and television production in the province. “We do understand that it will be shooting in Morden multiple times,” said Nicole Matiation, executive director of On Screen Manitoba. “We know that it is a very large production. It’s in pre- production in Manitoba right now ... there are four sets in total, four different locations under construction.” Morden Mayor Brandon Burley is excited to welcome the fi lm crew to town. AMAZON STUDIOS “Especially with how we’ve kind of built the brand around our downtown,” he said. “For it to be recognized is special, and it really validates what we’re doing in terms of protecting and promot- ing that as a core value to the city and a core feature of our city. “It will be interesting to see ... I think they’ll be “I THINK THEY’LL looking for some extras BE LOOKING FOR and for people to walk up and down the street and SOME EXTRAS things like that,” Burley AND FOR PEOPLE added “I understand Mani- toba and Morden look very TO WALK UP much similar to Scandina- via [where the story is set] AND DOWN THE ... there must be some simi- STREET ...” larities in features.” Tales From The Loop is inspired by Simon Stålen- hag’s paintings and stories, which take place in an alter- nate version of Sweden in the 1980s and ’90s, primarily in the countryside of Mälaröarna, a string of islands just west of Stockholm. This reality came about through the development of the Loop, a large particle accelerator, and the side effects of the massive project. The show takes viewers on a sci-fi journey through vari- ous landscapes where children explore and engage with abandoned robots, vehicles, and machinery large and small while dinosaurs and other creatures wander roads and fi elds. Tales from the Loop went into pre-production in Janu- ary and is scheduled to shoot in Manitoba from March 20 through to the end of July. Matiation estimated about 100 people are already em- ployed as part of the pre-production work, and they an- ticipate it will eventually involve between 300 and 400 cast and crew overall. It comes at a time when the fi lm industry continues to expand in the province, with numerous fi lm, documen- taries, and TV shoots happening right now or green lit to get underway soon. This includes programs in both English and French and at least two international co-productions, noted Matia- tion, as well as season three of the CBC series Burden of Truth. “There’s some great stories around Burden of Truth Continued on page 6 The Winkler Morden Voice Thursday, March 14, 2019 3 Clay Owl Studio under Gateway management April 1 By Ashleigh Viveiros tual disabilities out into the commu- nity benefi ts both the individual and Gateway Resources is expanding its the community as a whole, Nelson services with a new business venture said. this spring. “The people we support are so ded- The agency, which works with icated and are very hard workers. adults living with intellectual disabil- Having them in whatever capacity ities, announced last week it has pur- or in whatever role they can just en- chased Clay Owl Studio & Boutique hances any business that you have,” in Winkler. she said. “There isn’t a day that I’m The studio, which allows customers not grateful and thankful for the work to create personalized pieces of pot- that the participants do. In the cold, tery, will be run by Gateway as a so- in the warm, they’re out doing their cial enterprise. jobs. That means it will be operated by “Being able to expand and offer a Gateway day program participants different variety of jobs is great.” and that any money it makes will go For Clay Owl founder Corrie Kehler, to pay those workers and toward the the sale is bittersweet. It’s the end general operation of the business it- of an era for her family, who started self, not to Gateway. Clay Owl over six years ago, but she’s PHOTO BY ASHLEIGH VIVEIROS/VOICE “We have a number of our par- pleased to know the business will be Clay Owl Studio and Boutique, located at 1027 Mountain Ave. in Win- ticipants who have volunteer place- doing some good in the community kler, will be run by Gateway Resources staff and day program partici- ments in our community, and a few under new ownership. pants starting April 1. job placements,” said Gateway CEO “We’ve had great memories here. It Kim Nelson. “They would like more was a tough decision to sell because The sale becomes fi nal on April 1. hours and have the same feel, so it opportunities to work ... and so this it’s kind of a piece of us,” she said. Nelson said they don’t plan on mak- shouldn’t change a lot.” is an opportunity where we can have “My biggest fear, though, was that we ing any big changes to the business. Existing Clay Owl gift cards will be staff coach and work right alongside would just sell and I’d have to close, “We’re hoping to just carry on as honoured through the end of June, them and continue to develop and so I’m super excited that someone’s usual,” she said, adding Kehler will though customers are encouraged enrich their job skills.” going to be taking it on and keep it be helping to train the new staff. to come make use of them as soon as Getting people living with intellec- running.” “Our intention is to run the same possible. 4 The Winkler Morden Voice Thursday, March 14, 2019 PHOTOS BY ASHLEIGH VIVEIROS/VOICE Left: Clothing and design students Emma Giesbrecht and Priscilla Knelsen hard at work upcycling old sweaters for the GVC Skillz Com- Zodiacs with ‘skillz’ petition. Above: Flora Penner, Charise Wall, and Abbey Peters with their plans for a pop-up store for the business challenge. By Ashleigh Viveiros about,” said business teacher Rhonda Kezema. Garden Valley Collegiate in Winkler “It makes for lots of good communi- the possibility of opening it up to oth- tempted to hack into their Windows hosted its second annual GVC Skillz ty building, friendships, engagement. er areas of the school next year.” 10 operating systems. Competition last week. And it gives them the freedom to do A quick tour of the school found the “I’m part of the GVC cyber defense Fifty-fi ve Gr. 10-12 students took something different, something they teens hard at work on their challenges club, so this ties directly into that and part, spending the morning of March want to do,” she added of the business and enjoying the break from regular it just seemed like a fun thing to do,” 5 getting hands-on with challenges in students, who were tasked with cre- classes (not to mention the free muf- said student Josh Funk of what got business, clothing and design, cyber ating a plan for a new pop up store. fi ns). him involved. “It’s been fun.” security, digital fi lmmaking, digital “They get to come up with their own In the clothing and design class- Gr. 11 business student Abbey Pe- photography, and foods and nutrition. idea and we just let them run with it.” room, teammates Emma Giesbrecht ters and teammates Flora Penner and Each course gave students a task to The event was very much back by and Priscilla Knelsen, both Gr. 10 stu- Charise Wall opted to draft a plan for complete—cook an entire meal from popular demand, noted fellow busi- dents, were transforming old sweat- a new pop-up plant store for their scratch, shoot a commercial for a local ness teacher Susana Hawryshko. ers into something new. challenge. business, prevent a hacker from ac- “It was really successful last year. “We have to take a sweater and re- “We’re all friends, so we get to cessing a computer, and so on—that And last year we really starting gain- cycle it, trying to not waste any of it, so spend the whole day together work- would let them put the skills they’ve ing momentum afterwards where we’re making mittens and toques and ing together on a project and it’s lots learned in class to work.