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The Lost Submission for the Public Consultation in Montreal (Bridge-Bonaventure Sector)

Friday, November 1st, 2019

* Please note that the OCPM refused to accept this submission because it was a few days late. As such, I have decided to blog the ideas in hopes of influencing stakeholders at the City of Montreal to consider these important proposals. Please SHARE with anyone who might be interested! TO: OCPM RE: Submission regarding […]

Public Consultation Submission to Protect Montreal’s most Haunted Street Corner

Wednesday, September 25th, 2019

Submission for Public Consultation regarding Pavillion F (Dossier no : 1196347005) September 25, 2019 TO: OCPM and South-West Borough RE: Dossier no : 1196347005 (Public Consultation) FROM: Donovan King, Griffin Tours Dear OCPM and South-West Borough, As a Director and historian with the Irish Monument Park Foundation, my goal is to work with stakeholders and the […]

A Call to Action to Help Update the Education and Tourism Systems in Tiotà:ke / Montreal!

Saturday, August 17th, 2019

This is a Call to Action to help update the Education and Tourism systems in Tiotà:ke / Montreal! As a licensed tour guide and History teacher, I have recently been working on updating Montreal’s Tourism Industry and Education System because they are unbearably colonial, Euro-centric and mis-representative of First Nations, women and Other marginalized communities. […]

CKUT Radio – Sarah Deshaies Interviews Donovan King about Griffin Tours (August 15, 2019)

Friday, August 16th, 2019

CJAD Radio 800 – Anne Lagacé Dowson interviews Donovan King about Haunted Montreal and Griffin Tours.

Wednesday, July 10th, 2019

CJAD Radio 800 – The Natasha Hall Show. Anne Lagacé Dowson Interviews Donovan King About Haunted Montreal and Griffin Tours. July 9, 2019. Click HERE to listen to the interview.

CBC Radio One – Daybreak with Ainslie MacLellan. Interview with Donovan King of Haunted Montreal. June 27, 2019.

Thursday, June 27th, 2019

CBC Radio One – Daybreak with Ainslie MacLellan. Interview with Donovan King of Haunted Montreal. June 27, 2019.

The Rigged “Election” or Why the Queens of Fringe Censorship must step down (A salty, Irish-Montreal theatre “rant”!)

Friday, November 23rd, 2018

  [TRIGGER WARNING! Sharp Irish-Montreal humour may offend corporate “Fringe” Managers!] As an Irish-Montrealer and Fringe theatre artist with both critical thinking skills and a serious trans-generational mental disability (Major Depressive Disorder, a.k.a. “the common cold of mental illness”), I have the proud honuor of being the most censored and excluded Fringe practitioner on the planet! This […]

CityNews TV interview with tour guide Donovan King, November 3, 2018.

Sunday, November 4th, 2018

CityNews Montreal TV interview with tour guide Donovan King, November 3, 2018.

CBC Radio One – Daybreak with Mike Finnerty. Interview with Donovan King of Haunted Montreal. November 2, 2018.

Friday, November 2nd, 2018

CBC Radio One – Daybreak with Mike Finnerty. Interview with Donovan King of Haunted Montreal. November 2, 2018.   More Media: The Eastern Door. Guide Wants Full History Of City During Tours. Lachlan Madill. November 2, 2018: https://www.easterndoor.com/2018/11/02/guide-wants-full-history-of-city-during-tours/   CityNews Montreal. TV interview with tour guide Donovan King, November 2, 2018: https://optative.net/blog/citynews-tv-interview-with-tour-guide-donovan-king-november-4-2018/   Montreal Times. […]

World Fringe Day: Artists propose plan to call on UNESCO to protect festival

Monday, July 10th, 2017

On July 11, Fringe Festivals around the world are celebrating “World Fringe Day”, the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Fringe in Edinburgh in 1947. The festival was born when artists were told they couldn’t perform at the Edinburgh International Festival, so they protested by doing their shows on the “fringe” of the event. […]