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16 G O I N G P L A C E S | S P R I N G 2 0 1 4 (DOGSLEDDING) TONY LOEWEN, (HEAVEN IS FOR REAL) SONY PICTURES base Gentlemen, Start Your CANINES One of Canada's most challenging races, the annual Hudson Bay Quest will set off March 13, 2014. During the next several days, mushers from across North America will compete against each other and the elements in this 320-kilometre dogsled race from Churchill to Gillam. Last year's winner, Peter McClelland, is one of the contenders to watch for, though anything can happen on this gruelling sub-arctic journey over snow-covered roads, trails, rivers and lakes. hbqrace.com Name That LOCATION SPOT LOCAL LANDMARKS and familiar faces in two locally shot lms hitting theatres this spring: Heaven Is for Real stars Greg Kinnear (left) as a father dealing with his son's life-changing experience (April); Josh Duhamel plays a counsellor treating a drug-addicted DJ in Strings (May). CAA members can save by purchasing movie tickets in advance at a CAA Manitoba Service Centre. I F YOU'RE A LOVER OF SONG, don't make travel plans for the week of March 24, 2014. e biggest and brightest in Canadian music will be hitting the streets when the JUNO Awards come to Winnipeg. e country will be watching as we celebrate local and national performers, enjoy original made-in-Canada songs and rub elbows with celebrities at the We Speak Music-themed event. Join in the harmony at one of the key happenings around the city, including JUNOfest (a two-day music festival), the JUNO Cup (celebrity hockey game) and JUNO Songwriter's Circle. junoawards.ca Don't Stop the MUSIC Why Would You Leave Here? As a prelude to JUNO Week, the local lm If I Could Only Leave Here debuts at the Park Theatre on March 22, 2014. The documentary captures Winnipeg's current music scene while pointing to the fact that although the city represents only 2.25 per cent of Canada's population, it is home to 12 per cent of our nation's musicians. Made possible by a crowdfunding campaign, If I Could Only Leave Here has as much heart as the music it spotlights. p16_17HomeBase.indd 16 14-01-24 10:51 AM