When Peter Overduin heard Ituna’s historic movie theatre was going on the auction block, he saw an opportunity to return the movie magic and more to the small town.

“I don’t want to see this go,” he said. “We were caught by surprise.”

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Overduin is leading a campaign collecting investments from people in town and the surrounding rural municipalities to purchase the theatre and renovate it into a community-owned arts co-operative.

The Ituna town councillor said the auction will take place on Friday.

“This has been a very enlightening, revealing e

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