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wasn’t a worry for the brothers. “Our biggest concern was I have fake legs,” said Jody, an Orléans resident. “We were confident we’d do well if we got on the show, but that was the biggest worry.” Jody, 36, is a retired military sniper who lost his feet in an
Business - The empty movie theatre in the Orléans Centrum will have a new tenant, Ciné-Starz, owned by Montreal’s Bruce Gurberg. The announcement was made at a press conference at the old city hall in Orléans on June 27. The theatre is expected to open mid-July, and will run movies that are several weeks old to keep costs down. It will be a discount-style theatre, with the slightly older movies meaning cheaper ticket prices. Adult tickets are expected to be $5 to $6. The former tenant, the Mayfair Theatre, closed this year after financial issues and unpaid rent forced them out. Ciné-Starz currently operates a theatre in Gatineau, and plans to expand the Ciné-Starz Orléans into a six-screen theatre. As there are currently three screens, it will open up with three, and expand to include more as renovations take place. One of the new screens will be 3D. Tax breaks
explosion while serving in Afghanistan in 2007. While he’d like to be more than the guy with the prosthetic feet, he recognizes it was probably a large part of why he got cast on the show. See FIRST, page 2
While there is a Community Improvement Plan for St. Joseph Boulevard in place – which allows tax relief following renovations and expansions – Coun. Bob Monette said that there are no tax breaks yet planned for the theatre. He said the renovations will go ahead whether or not a tax break is approved at a later
date. Gurberg will meet with city’s economic development staff to see what breaks he may qualify for. “He will bring more life to the town centre and it will benefit the new restaurants,” said Monette during a press conference organized to announce the new tenant. Gurberg said his focus is making sure the movie theatre is able to offer tickets and snack bar items at a lower cost than other cinemas. “I don’t want it to feel like you need to take out a second mortgage to go to the movies,” he said. Because the theatre in Gatineau shows feature films in French, he said a lot of Orléans residents travel to Gatineau to see those movies. The theatre in Orléans will have both French and English films, as well as some independent movies. “Today’s announcement is great news … for the 10 new employees who have already been hired,” said Mayor Jim Watson, who also attended the press conference. EMPIRE ORLÉANS
Orléans is home to one other movie theatre, Empire Cinemas, on Innes Road. The same day the new tenant for the Centrum theatre location was announced, Empire Cinemas announced they were selling their theatres throughout Canada. The Innes Road location was purchased by Landmark Cinemas of Canada, which operates Landmark Xtreme cinemas.
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