Tag Archives: Arts
Northern Lights Woodcarvers create snow carving to represent 'Play Melfort'
The Northern Lights Woodcarvers have taken their skills to the snow.The group has been working this week on a snow carving in front of the Kerry Vickar Centre in Melfort.Carver Al Jardine had the idea...
Nov 27, 2020
Olympic champions Virtue, Moir and Tewksbury among 114 Order of Canada inductees
OTTAWA - Champion ice-dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir and Olympic champion swimmer Mark Tewksbury were among 114 athletes, artists, scholars and community leaders named to the Order of Canada. Gov...
Nov 27, 2020
EA Rawlinson December shows impacted by COVID restrictions
On Friday, Nov. 27 new regulations will be in place limiting gathering at performance venues like the EA Rawlinson Centre for the Arts to 30 people. Due to the new gathering restrictions changes are b...
Nov 26, 2020
Quebec government says it will table expanded language law during next session
MONTREAL - Quebec's minister responsible for the French language said he will introduce a bill strengthening the province's language law when the legislature returns from its winter break. Simon Jolin...
Nov 24, 2020
La Ronge teacher set to release Christmas song written during coronavirus quarantine
Dara Schindelka, a singer/songwriter in La Ronge, has announced the release of a new song which was written during quarantine after she tested positive for the coronavirus last month. "There's a lot o...
Nov 23, 2020
Dekker Centre offering live-stream ticket sales for Jeffery Straker's Christmas show
Anyone who was not able to purchase tickets for the sold-out Jeffery Straker Very Prairie Christmas show at the Dekker Centre still has an opportunity to see the event live online.General Manager Kali...
Nov 23, 2020
Angst around French language boils over in Quebec, as politicians warn of 'decline'
MONTREAL - Perennial anxieties around the state of the French language in Quebec have boiled over in the past week, with politicians seizing on a Liberal legislator's initial brush-off of the issue as...
Nov 21, 2020
Doyle returns to Stanley Mission to further develop music program
Musician Eliza Doyle plans to spend more time than she expected in Stanley Mission due to the rising number of coronavirus cases in Saskatchewan. Doyle, who in the past completed a year-long musician-...
Nov 19, 2020
Lights of Hope holiday display in Battleford starts Saturday night
If you are in Battleford on the weekend don't forget to take a drive by the Historic Lions Park to see all the trees illuminated, marking the start of the holiday season. The Battleford Community Spir...
Nov 19, 2020
Bloc to promote bill on French-language proficiency for new citizens
OTTAWA - The Bloc Qubcois will get to debate a bill Thursday that would require anyone applying for Canadian citizenship in Quebec to demonstrate functional proficiency in French. Bloc Leader Yves-Fra...
Nov 18, 2020