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![‘Les Vieux Péteux [The Old Farts]’, 2008](/media/thumbs/472/285x0-TDJ_VieuxPeteux.jpg)
By Forsyth, Louise H.
La Troupe du Jour, Saskatoon’s Professional French-Speaking Theatre Company
As its first French-speaking communities began to be established, Saskatchewan's first French-Speaking theatre company emerged at the beginning of the 20th century. But it has only been since 1985 that the province has had its very own professional French-speaking theatre company. La Troupe du Jour has taken upon itself to become a centre of artistic creativity in Western Canada. As a result, the group played a major role in the creation of a community of Fransaskois artists. Over the course of its existence, the company has staged a number of original works, as well as classics taken from the...
The English version of the Encyclopedia of French Cultural Heritage in North America is online since December 15th, 2009. It features an ever growing number of articles, documents and resources on the heritage of French-speaking North America.
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