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p4 weekender september 27 1986 weekender hospital approval a relief the markham stouffville hos pital passed a symbolic but signi ficant milestone this week approval was received from the ministry of health for an actual start on construction in less than two weeks work will begin on ser vices to the hospital its easy to see why members of the board of trustees are elated at the latest development until the shovels are actually in the ground there is always the possi bility that provincial officials could cancel or delay the project after more than 20 years of hop ing and a twoyear fundraising campaign that raised 5 million those associated with the hospital must have been figuratively hold ing their collective breathes that the hospital would actually be built well exhale fellows its offi cial we can hardly wait until that day in late 1988 or 1989 when ontarios newest hospital opens for business 3foxifiim doez fluvjhenvou waich ihe afternoon soaps i unionville actor will not migrate there has always been a tendency for some to feel that as entertainment goes canada hasnt got a lot to offer especially when compared to our five star neighbor to the south talent or the appreciation of such is often in the eyes of the beholder put a canadian and an american performer of equal ability upon the same stage and it will be the yank who gets all the attention maybe its just part of our second- powernation in feriority complex but it is entire ly unfounded and if you want proof that there are canadian performers and writers who are every bit as talented as those in other coun tries you only have to look as far as unionville chris wiggins is among the most gifted and versatile perfor mers in the entertainment busi ness today he is one of the few exceptional canadian entertain ers who has chosen to hitch his wagon to the canadian scene re sisting the lure of the more appe tizing markets to the south born in blackpool england from where i live 3 iocs zbkahli chris has never lost that tough ness that so often characterizes people raised in a tough mining town a naturally competitive indi vidual chris has fought his way to the top of the heap in a career that has been marked by success after success his versatility is such that you just never know where you are going to see him pop up impossi ble to type cast he has a plastic face he has played the gentle young father in the old television series swiss family robin son he has portrayed a rugged coal miner an ancient grand father and a psychiatrist in a three piece suit linn he was the compassionate woodworking factory owner in the movie made for television the american christmas carol and hes the cane bashing old duffer you see trying to figure out how many different ways to win in su per loto as for his radio spots its great sport just trying to recognize him so vast is his collection of accents chris takes great professional pride in his ability to faithfully re produce dialects and subtle varia tions of the same brogue many have been the hours spent in his living room rolling with laughter at the miniperformers he will spontaneously perform a joke he once told us about a scots man named mccoy had me beg ging him to stop halfway through so i could catch my breath ever the devils advocate he once locked horns with the direc tor of a tv commercial who asked him for a scottish ac cent which one chris replied the director snapped back just give me a scottish accent how many scotlands are there for petes sake there may be only one scot land sir chris responded pa tiently however within the coun try there are five different di alects would you like me to go through them all so you can choose that one you are looking for by now chris was enjoying the directors ever increasing frus tration he finally settled for the highland scot chris had proven his point chris wiggins has an insatiable interest in the english language and in words ranking him as a skilled wordsmith he lakes great delight in unearthing 28 letter words and then trying to use them he could create his own version of balderdash his own writing has included childrens plays along with radio and tv pieces his professional awards in clude an actra nellie for his radio work a genie for his role in the best damn fiddler from calabogie to kaladar best actor recognition for his pori trayal of scrooge at the crest theatre in toronto in 1962 and a long list of nominations through out the years he has played along side of burt lancaster david niven ernest borgnine walter pidgeon stacey keach ben gazzara mar- got kidder henry winkler christopher plummer and others and he just keeps on getting bet ter last year saw him travel to australia to play the role of spear- field in the miniseries spear- fields daughter so the next time someone tries to tell you that canadian perfor mers cant cut it tell them about your neighbor chris wiggins one of the best in the business anywhere jconomistsun the tribune weekender bruce annan 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