Thursday, 16 October 2014

Ninth month brings hot real estate sales to K-W

September numbers locally lower than 2013, but much better than 2011 and 2012
By Mark Schadenberg

In the K-W area, real estate sales for the ninth month of the year would have Realtors on Cloud Nine.
In Burlington, some Realtors are likely dancing in the street (See links to stories below).
Interest rates are low and homes continue to sell in every geographical jurisdiction of southern Ontario. The cost to borrow is very affordable currently.
In our Woodstock-Ingersoll area (WIDREB), no records were set and even though the final number was only 4 fewer sales than 2013, this year's total topped 2012, 2011 and 2010. September of 2014 featured 123 total sales with an average price of $248,445. September of 2013 included 127 sales, but a lower average of $239,931.
As the cost of new construction rises, sale prices have increased. As the number of new residents to Woodstock increase, prices increase as demand outreaches supply. The cost of land is rising too. Good news and more good news, especially if you are selling !
Year    Total September Sales       Year-To-Date Total (9 months)
2014                  123                      938
2013                  127                    1013
2012                    99                      857
2011                  118                      932
2010                  110                      981
2009                  102                      823
2008                  124                      959
2007                  105                    1079

Year Average    Sale Price For Sept.
2014         248,445
2013         239,931
2012         216,919
2011         212,908
2010         206,716
2009         207,706
2008         222,644
2007         199,253

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Wednesday, 15 October 2014

CO detectors now mandatory in Ontario

Oxford MP Ernie Hardeman recognized for his efforts
Hawkins family of Woodstock died from carbon monoxide poisoning in 2008

By Mark Schadenberg

Did you know: More than 50 people die each year from carbon monoxide poisoning in Canada, including 11 on average in Ontario.

"It's very, very important because it's the only way you can tell the silent killer is present. Carbon Monoxide is colourless, odourless and tasteless so the only way you will ever know is if you have a CO alarm in your home and to me, it's cheap protection for your family," says John Gignac.

Gignac, who was a firefighter in the Brantford area for 34 years, knows all about carbon monoxide as his niece Laurie Hawkins, plus her husband and two children died from CO poisoning in their Woodstock home back in December of 2008. See the website www.endthesilence.ca for background information, but it's the odourless nature of CO which makes it an extremely silent and dangerous killer.

Due to provincial elections, it took Oxford MPP Ernie Hardeman about three years to gain Queen's Park approval on his 'private member' bill to make CO detectors mandatory in all homes in Ontario. Bill 77 or the Hawkins-Gignac Act became law or took full effect this week.

A previous London Free Press story delved into Hardeman's frustration's and timeline in essentially making changes to the provincial building code:

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The private member’s bill passed second reading in the spring of 2009 and was sent to a committee for study, but died on the order paper when Premier Dalton McGuinty prorogued the legislature in March 2010.

Hardeman reintroduced the measure as Bill 69 two months later. It passed second reading and was referred to committee, but was spiked by another McGuinty prorogation in June 2011.

Hardeman tried a third time late that year. Bill 20 as it was labelled this time, was reintroduced in December and passed second reading in March 2012. It went for hearings before the legislature’s social policy committee, which then reported back to the house. But the bill died on the order paper when the McGuinty prorogued the legislature in October of that year.

Hardeman tried a fourth time. The Hawkins Gignac Act was reintroduced in February as Bill 18. In hope of quick passage, the Oxford MPP revised the bill as requested by the Liberal government and reintroduced it as Bill 77 in May.

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Your CO detector should be placed near sleeping areas and can be either hard-wired, battery operated or plugged in, but must be checked on a regular basis to make sure it's working.

In the case of the Hawkins family, it wasn't a CO leak from a faulty heat exchanger in their gas furnace, but rather a poorly vented gas fireplace in a basement recroom. Besides heating appliances (gas stoves included), a CO detector is also mandatory when your house has an attached garage with an inside entry door access.

The Hawkins-Gignac Foundation (www.endthesilence.ca) continues as a fundraising and awareness association to assist in delivering and making available CO detectors to families who may not be able to afford one, and also for fire departments to distribute through their educational visits and promotions.

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"My family’s tragedy could have been prevented.  They did not have
 
a carbon monoxide alarm. And, that’s why our mission at the foundation
 
continues every bit as passionately towards our goal of ensuring every
 
Canadian is protected with a Carbon Monoxide alarm, says John Gignac
 
on the foundation's information website.

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This is a memorable week in the political career of Ernie Hardeman (Pictured with John Gignac). The resume of the former Salford farmer (1966-95) will always be highlighted by his passion and determination to get this residential CO law passed. Hardeman was first elected in 1995 to represent Oxford County, and was Mayor of SouthWest Oxford township for 10 years previous to that.
A story in the Woodstock Sentinel-Review late 2013 summed up his thoughts:
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"It is a very sweet feeling after five years to actually be able to get the bill passed. (The Gignac and Hawkins families) too have been fighting this battle for five years and it, as I said in my presentation, was more of a celebration for their perseverance than mine."
"It is very important to recognize that the bill has been passed and it will be the law of the land," Hardeman said. "We should encourage everybody to get out and make sure they have operating carbon monoxide detectors in their homes."


LINKS:
www.endthesilence.ca
http://www.1047.ca/news/local-news/co-detector-mandatory/
http://m.torontosun.com/2014/10/14/ontarios-carbon-monoxide-detector-law-comes-into-effect
http://blackburnnews.com/london/2014/10/15/co-detectors-now-mandatory/
http://www.cjbk.com/local-news/2014/10/15/carbon-monoxide-detectors-become-mandatory
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ontario-poised-to-require-carbon-monoxide-dectors-in-all-homes/article15634393/
LINKS TO OLD STORY:
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/2013/11/27/co-detectors-to-be-mandatory-in-all-ontario-homes
http://www.lfpress.com/2013/10/17/cornies-ernie-hardeman-wont-rest-until-a-law-mandates-co-detectors-in-all-ontario-dwellings


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Interested in buying a former school in Woodstock ?

Huron Street one-level previous K-8 school closed in 2011
Asking price is $1.5 million; highlight is modern gymnasium

By Mark Schadenberg
It's hard to believe that when I was growing up (elementary school in the 1970's) there were five separate board schools in Woodstock and now there are only two – St. Michael's in the city's northeast on Devonshire Avenue and St. Patrick's in the southwest on Parkinson Road.
The former St. Mary's on Oxford is open as Holy Family French Immersion, so I guess it counts as active, but it is refocused.
The previous St. Rita's on Dundas is still planned to be a future furniture store, while the old St. Joseph's on Huron Street evolved into the French-only Marguerite Bourgeoys K-8 school and is now FOR SALE for a likely re-development of its 2.7 acres.


While the main school for Ecole Marguerite Bourgeoys (EMB) was likely built in the 1950's, the school's gymnasium was constructed likely around 1990 and is probably only approximately 20 years old. The gym includes a stage, plus a ramp to that stage for modern accessibility.  
If a renovation was part of the plans by the next owner, many uses are possible because in theory a group could buy it and change the zoning (currently Neighbourhood Institutional) to a youth centre, church or even a daycare centre. The current layout includes eight very large classrooms – learning spaces large enough for 40 students. On my visit, it was noted that only two of the classrooms still have their original asbestos-like floor tiling. The removal of the floors in those two rooms would not be a significant undertaking. Each room has its own heating / cooling system as the manager of the building noted that the Windsor-based school system (Providence: www.cscprovidence.ca) had a policy for air conditioning in all its classrooms.


The building additionally features two modest front offices, but it's the gymnasium addition which makes the thoughts of a future use intriguing. The gym floor measures 72' x 44' – not quite a NBA size basketball court, but certainly large enough for regulation-size volleyball, and there is also a very tall open steel-truss ceiling.

Could the current building be converted into apartments? Certainly.
At the end of the day, if the building structures were removed the space left would suit up to 12 houses.


MLS: 74416
Asking: $1,500,000
Listed By: Peter Vandersar (Royal LePage Triland)
Frontage: 113 feet along Huron Street, but the L-shaped lot (See map. Property no longer includes portables.) opens up to the back schoolyard.

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Wednesday, 8 October 2014

Who are all-time greatest 18 London Knights

Rogers TV wants fans to vote for their list
Knights franchise celebrates 50 years in 2014-15
By Mark Schadenberg

You can start by voting for all the players recognized already with banners hanging from the rafters of Budweiser Gardens.
You likely can then add players who had more than 200 points in the OHL.
You can attempt to cover all the decades with representation from the various eras since 1965.
Rogers TV is providing an opportunity for fans to vote for nine forwards, six defencemen, and three goaltenders.
RogersTV.com/knightsalltimeteam is asking for the assistance of all Knights fans, especially those who have followed the club for a long time.
 
 
The Knights began as the London Nationals when they were granted acceptance into a Junior A Ontario Hockey Association league which already featured the Kitchener Rangers, Oshawa Generals, Toronto Marlboros, Peterborough Petes, St Catharines Blackhawks, Niagara Falls Flyers, Hamilton Red Wings, and Montreal Jr Canadiens.
In 1965-66, the Nationals would finish last at 12-29-7, but a few players would eventually earn pro NHL careers from that season such as Walt McKechnie, Jim Dorey, Darryl Edestrand, Bob Cook and goalie Norm Farr.
 
 
The franchise became the Knights in 1968-69 and the league became the OHL officially in 1980-81.
From great years like 2004-05 (and back-to-back league playoff titles in 2012 and 2013) to sub-par seasons like 1995-96 with a poor 3-60-6 record, the Knights have developed many great players. Some of your favourites may have never earned a long-time NHL career, but they made their mark in the OHL. Sometimes it was the opposite – a long tenure in the NHL, but their Knights numbers were not too flashy.
As for an all-time Knights team, banners at The Bud include Brendan Shanahan, Darryl Sittler, Corey Perry (pictured), Rick Nash Brad Marsh, Rob Ramage, and on Oct 15 of this year Dave Bolland will be added.
 
 
The other nominess could include Dennis Maruk (145 points in 74-75 when second on team was future Leaf/Sabre Terry Martin with 99), Dennis Ververgaert, Dave Simpson (155 points in 81-82 to lead the OHL), Pat Riggin, Dino Ciccarelli, Rick Green (1976 first overall pick by Capitals), Reg Thomas, Billy Carroll, Vern Stenlund, Brian Bradley (273 points in 210 Knights games), Jason Allison (142 points in 93-94 on a squad with a losing record), John Erskine, Gene Chiarello, Chris Kelly, Frank Caprice, Dave Lowry, Chris Taylor, Dennis Wideman, Aaron Molnar, Jim Sandlak . . . and from the last decade Dylan Hunter, Rob Schremp, Danny Syvret, Patrick Kane, John Carlson, Nazem Kadri, Steve Mason, Michael Houser, Max Domi, Bo Horvat and Seth Griffith. Your list could include various others.
Sometimes one great season does not create a long enough resume to be honoured amongst the best ever? Or maybe Sam Gagner, Dan Girardi or Patrick Maroon deserve the recognition. A better example, is the terrific NHL career as a player and coach by Jim Schoenfeld, but he played just 16 games with the Knights before moving to the Hamilton Red Wings.

The top 18 will survive the cut. The fans will decide by online voting.
Maruk is an easy selection pour moi as he and Guy Charron are the main reason I have always followed the Washington Capitals (Story for another day).
Rogers TV has made life a little easier as a visit to www.rogerstv.com/knightsalltimeteam you can 'pull down and click' on the names you like. You can vote more than once. Rogers TV has also quietly received some votes from former players and in early March a panel will sift through all the vote tabulations and announce the 18 players on the 50-year all-time Knights roster.

 
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Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Enhancing trails along Grand River in Cambridge

Water Street in 'Galt' focus as city plans to buy building providing access to river
Many southern Ontario cities reviving shorelines on Thames & Grand waterways

By Mark Schadenberg

When communities like Woodstock, Paris, Cambridge, Guelph and most certainly London were beginning to flourish (give or take) around the 1830's, there was a desire to build industry and commerce along the waterways as the various mills needed H2O, but so did all manufacturing needs.
Now, a mere 180 years later, these many brownfields or retired commercial lots, which also include prominent architecture such as hospitals, are seeing a new purpose and in many cases it's greenspaces as the focus and a secondary residential / quiet commercial use.
The Forks Of The Thames in London and upstream easterly to the South Street hospital will be undergoing tremendous changes in future years. Not only is the SoHo hospital (Expansive buildings are currently getting demolished) lands under a complete transformation already with an apparent dominant focus on greenspace along the actual shore of the Thames, but there are plans to revitalize the 'environmentally damaged' hydro property along Horton, and a new look for land just west of the utility property. You can read all the links, but it's obvious that residentially focused shoreline could be the way of the future in all of these communities – interspersed with commercial (NOT manufacturing or industrial, but rather retail, offices or institutional uses such as a library) utilization as well.
That's great news !
Woodstock's city council is discussing Pittock Lake and expanding a trail loop akin to creating 'Central Park' as the city explodes on the north side of Pittock in AlderGrange and Havelock Corners subdivisions. (http://markroyallepage.blogspot.ca/2014/09/woodstock-trails-and-central-park-parks.html)
CAMBRIDGE / GALT
In Cambridge, or should I clarify by saying Galt, the Grand River waterway is evolving. Thoughts are meandering to more and more parks and trails along the water. More great news !
With the microscope of the aptly named Water Street in Cambridge, the city's council has officially announced it's in the process of buying a building next to the old historic post office, because mayor Doug Craig said to the Waterloo Region Record newspaper that the building is vital: “It's going to give us access to the river.”
Cambridge's plans include building a pedestrian bridge. Here's an edited excerpt from two stories published earlier this year:

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Cambridge has embarked on a plan to make the banks of the Grand River through the Galt area accessible by foot, planning to build walkways and other features to bring people in the Galt area in closer contact with the river.
The city has earmarked $1.95 million in its capital forecast to perform "core areas improvement" work such as river beautification between 2014 and 2018.
Architects unveiled the initial design of the City of Cambridge's $11 million transformation of the 130-year-old Galt Post Office to mixed reviews from residents.

Heritage advocates expressed concern that entire walls of the original stone structure will be covered by new rooms made entirely of glass.
Architects from Rounthwaite Dick & Hadley Architects Inc., unveiled a roughly 7,000 square foot glass addition to the existing building, wrapping along the south and west sides of the property and hanging over the side of the flood wall along the Grand. The plan calls for the existing structure to house a reading space, bar area, children's discovery lounge, a theatre space and top-floor "maker space" containing laser cutters and 3D printers. The glass addition will connect to the stone walls and house an eating area, a meeting room, an elevator and a large outdoor terrace area overlooking the Grand River.
With the existing structure, the design contains 14,800 square feet of usable space.
Cambridge chief administrative officer Gary Dyke interjected to say the renovated building goes with a worldwide trend of cities "transitioning from traditional uses for a library" to focus more on digital technology and creative space for young people.
"We have to recognize that two blocks away we have the main library which is primarily for book collection," Hayton added, referring to the Queen's Square Library. "What we're doing is identifying what the future of a library is going to look like."
Christine Rier of Heritage Cambridge expressed concern that the glass addition, which covers much of the original building facing the Grand River, is not "sympathetic" to the existing structure, which contradicts heritage preservation rules.
A Rounthwaite Dick & Hadley Architects Inc. representative replied there simply wasn't enough space inside the existing structure to contain all of the functions Idea Exchange officials and councillors wanted in the new building.

Bob Paul, the city's director of sustainable design and development, said the city plans to complete the bidding for the project by January 2015, with construction and renovation work to begin in March 2015.
Cambridge city council will vote on whether to endorse the design proposal at its July 14 (2014) council meeting.

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Back in Woodstock, the original fairgrounds and athletics (track and field) facility was along the Thames River approximately where the former Thomas Bus and Eureka Foundry lands are. The Queen's Plate was once raced in Woodstock there along with significant track and field events (Picture below was dated 1896 - 1910). The forefathers should have never permitted this 'zoning' change, but it happened. You can not turn back the clock on all changes as it would appear Tecumseh Street will continue its commercial focus for many more years.
Currently, the applause sign must stay on so that in future years our parks and nature areas remain as such. The caveat though is always this, and I've said it before: All parks must be maintained with trails groomed and pruned. We must nurture nature, but not triple the parks budget in the process.

 
CAMBRIDGE LINKS:
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4885150-city-of-cambridge-purchasing-building-next-to-historic-galt-post-office/
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4627114-mixed-reviews-to-11m-galt-post-office-project/
http://www.therecord.com/news-story/4894940-tenant-questions-need-for-cambridge-to-buy-building-next-to-galt-post-office/
http://www.cambridge.ca/relatedDocs/ABSALOMS%20WALK.pdf
http://www.cambridge.ca/community_services/trails_and_cycling/grand_trunk_trail
http://www.cambridge.ca/gallery-internal.php?gid=19
http://www.cambridge.ca/work/arts_culture/cambridge_sculpture_garden
http://galtonthegrand.ca/about-us/our-history


WOODSTOCK LINK:
Look back at two-part extensive blog I wrote in September
http://markroyallepage.blogspot.ca/2014/09/woodstock-trails-and-central-park-parks.html
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/2014/09/22/woodstock-looking-to-ink-agreement-with-upper-thames-river-conservation-authority-to-extend-trail-system


LONDON LINKS:
http://www.lfpress.com/2014/10/03/property-will-link-to-river-walking-path
http://www.lfpress.com/2013/02/01/the-south-street-hospital-in-london-once-in-a-lifetime
http://london.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=375946
http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2012/06/07/19851071.html

 
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Saturday, 4 October 2014

Theatre Woodstock tackling a play with sports theme

October production is not about football or rugby
'Shorthanded' is written by Michael Grant of Elmira

By Mark Schadenberg
If you want to attract a sports fan to live local theatre, plan on incorporating golf, football, baseball or hockey to the storyline.
Right?
Why not.
Theatre Woodstock is doing just that with it's current production, which in 2012 saw the author recognized with the Best New Comedy award by Playwrights Canada.
So, does the production feature baseball, golf or hockey?
Shorthanded is a play penned by the Elmira-based and Humber College grad Michael Grant, and features a hockey theme.
Grant has written other full-length plays, according to his bio, including Bare Bear Bones and Hamish. Again, I have not seen any specific details such as a script, but also intriguing (I'm sure) would be his short play The Highway -- a tribute to Canadian troops.
It's interesting that Grant calls Elmira home as the town's Sugar Kings junior hockey team won the all-Ontario Junior B title – the Sutherland Cup – in 2011.
In the plotline for Shorthanded, a group of aging athletes are attempting to re-live their former teenager prowess in Junior B many many years later by challenging to earn an oldtimers league championship.
I haven't seen the play, but it would appear to depict a fun premise for a stage production of dressing room chatter and camaraderie, good-natured ribbing, sarcasm, pursuit of a dream, redemption and soul searching.
The key here is that in the story for Shorthanded, it appears to be the last opportunity for glory for these skaters as years earlier they had lost their junior finals.
It's easy to discover summaries of scripts online so I wouldn't expect any secrets are being revealed here.
 
 
Shorthanded does sound like a smart combination of sports lending itself to acting – like Norm Foster's well-known witty look at golf, called The Foursome.
Also, since it's a hockey story, which is part of the Canadian fabric, everyone should relate to Shorthanded. The Woodstock show will run Oct. 17-25 and is directed by Joanna Sweete.
Since this is the October production of Theatre Woodstock it also marks the beginning of a new (hockey) season, which will also include the musical South Pacific (Nov 27 – Dec 6). Then - timely for Valentine's – will be Norm Foster's Old Love (Feb 6 – 14), and later a show by Ken Cameron called Harvest in April.
The Children's CAST company will spend the winter preparing its rendition of Aida, as created by Elton John and Time Rice.
 
 
Also, as Theatre Woodstock is a non-profit charity organization of amateur theatre, their website includes information on donating to the association or even volunteering. Originally called Woodstock Little Theatre, the group has been in existence for more than 60 years.
The Market Centre theatre in Woodstock is in a great location in Downtown Woodstock as its directly behind City Hall and across the street from the Oxford County admin building. Just a short walk away is both the museum and art gallery. The theatre's building itself dates back to the late 1890's when it was the city's central farm market.

Box Office:
The ticket office is open weekdays 3 – 7 pm And Saturdays 9:30 – 12:30
Call: 519 537-2582

 
LINKS:
www.theatrewoodstock.com
www.michaelgrantplaywright.com
http://easy101.com/theatre-watch/


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Friday, 3 October 2014

Gracepoint newest acting project for Kevin Zegers

Woodstock actor has impressive list of movie and TV roles
It's been twenty years since grade-school basketball Air Bud flick
By Mark Schadenberg

He certainly has grown up and is far beyond the past days of playing basketball on-screen with a Golden Lab.
Yesterday – before the debut of the new Kevin Zegers TV show Gracepoint on FOX and Global – I uttered a few spoilers on Facebook. These plotline revealing moments were not about the new intriguing who-done-it 60-minute series, but rather Kevin's 2013 movie The Colony.
In The Colony, Kevin plays one of the presumed last remaining citizens of Earth, which is a group of people living under ground and rationing any food (They have seeds to maintain a greenhouse) they have and sadly disposing of fellow colony members at they get sick as they don't want disease to spread. The premise also includes the fact the world has become absolutely frozen. There's a lot more to the movie and you can rent it for free at the Woodstock Public Library. As the storyline progresses we learn there is another group of living humans in a separate below-ground cavern a few miles away, and a journey over a bridge to visit this society is obviously integral to the story as Zegers, Bill Paxton (Twister, Titanic, Simple Plan and Spy Kids) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix, Hoodlum and TV's CSI) make the sojourn through blinding snow. I won't include the spoilers again.
The previous blog I wrote about Kevin Zegers was in April of 2013 (One can scroll back to find it easily) with the release of The Colony.
Why do I write about him? Simple. I promote everything Woodstock and in the day-and-age of reality TV shows flooding the airwaves, it's remarkable that the Woodstock actor continues to earn many good roles in both TV and movies.
Zegers is now 30 years old – having celebrated a birthday recently on Sept. 19.
Last night (Thursday, Oct 2), his new show Gracepoint debuted on Fox and it plans on being an intriguing week-to-week developing of a murder mystery as a 12-year-old boy is found dead on the beach – below a cliff – in a small California town somewhere between San Francisco and the Oregon border. Zegers plays a reporter at the local newspaper who (somewhat) inadvertently reveals the name of the deceased on his Twitter account after the boy's sister is seen on the beach dropping off a stuffed toy as a memorial. The show appears to have many layers, including an investigating female cop being overlooked for a promotion when the town hires a more-experienced law enforcer. The female cop has a son the same age as the dead boy – and the two were best friends. The cop's son certainly knows something about what happened, but others could hypothetically be involved.
The show – as you will see by reading the link below – is a re-make of a British program.
As for Zegers, his TV credits go way back to about 1993 and an episode of Street Legal.
 
Kevin's movie characters begin around that same time with a Michael J Fox picture called Life With Mikey (Also with the interesting ensemble of Nathan Lane, Victor Garber and Cyndi Lauper) so he's been busy memorizing lines and developing his acting craft for more than 20 years.
Everyone knows Zegers from the Air Bud movies and his character Josh Framm. It's truly hard to believe it's the same person as Kevin has grew up in the public's eyes. Kevin is no longer playing basketball, soccer or baseball with a Golden Lab, or the Steven Westover hockey player who skated with a monkey in Most Valuable Primate (MVP).
The long list of movies now include Virginia's Run, Treasure Island, Dawn Of The Dead, Wrong Turn, It's a Boy Girl Thing, The Jane Austen Book Club, Transamerica, and at least a dozen more. At the Cannes Film Festival, he won an acting award in the break-through category for the 2005 release Transamerica (He certainly was NOT an acting rookie, so that award is puzzling), while the other co-star Felicity Huffman won a Golden Globe for best actress.
A future release is a thriller called The Curse Of Downers Grove where he will star along with Tom Arnold and Helen Slater.
Gaining his countless small TV parts accounts for un-ending applications, casting calls, resumes, rehearsals, readings, and lots of hustling by both the actor and agent, but Kevin has had many network TV appearances.
I think many in Woodstock still recall the TV show The X-Files back in 1995 (Wow! 19 years ago) where Zegers played a 12-year-old boy with a strange bleeding palm or a stigmata. I wasn't a regular viewer of the series but Scully and Mulder were certainly perplexed by the possible religious connotations.
Zegers had a featured role on the short-lived Aaron Spelling NBC show Titans (Yasmine Bleeth and Jack Wagner; a poorly written night-time soap serial), Gossip Girl, Smallville and Titanic: Blood & Steel, plus anciently on Canadian fare Street Legal, Traders and Avonlea.
Here's my big congratulations to Kevin Zegers and my admiration for him and his continued determination to carve out a career as an actor. Kevin – you are making everyone in Woodstock very proud.
I do include some links below which delve more into Kevin's personal life, including his marriage to agent Jaime Feld, and an interview he does on the CBC show George. I could discuss excerpts from the interview, but you can discover (likely re-discover as it's been reported previously) them with a quick watch.


LINKS:



GRACEPIOINT:


TWITTER:
@kevinzegers


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