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WEATHER STANDUP - Look! Spring is just around the corner? The John Hirsch statue in front of MTC on Market Ave. He was one of the founders of the Manitoba Theatre Centre, the first regional theatre in Canada. John Hirsch came to Winnipeg in 1947, at age 17 as a war orphan and was taken in by Alex and Pauline Shack. BORIS MINKEVICH / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FEB. 11/14