Tag Archives: Arts

All ages welcome to join songwriting workshops
Zoey Roy is bringing her Medicine Song Project to Air Ronge over five sessions in the next month. Roy, who is a member of Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation and who has roots in Black Lake and Green Lake, w...
May 30, 2024

New Melfort Museum curator settling in
The new curator at the Melfort Museum is hitting the ground running as the busy summer season approaches. Brenda Mellon took over the position May 13 after the retirement of long-time curator and cult...
May 28, 2024

CAMP hosts art, music workshops this week in LLRIB communities
The Community Arts Mentorship Program (CAMP) is offering workshops in six Lac La Ronge Indian Band communities this week. Sponsored by the Lac La Ronge Indian Child and Family Services (ICFS), the fir...
May 27, 2024

Indigenous CBC employee's discrimination claims to be heard by human-rights tribunal
OTTAWA - An Indigenous employee with the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. is taking up the fight against what he describes as systemic racism by his employer. Richard Agecoutay, 61, has been granted a huma...
May 22, 2024

New album focuses on life under a ‘Great Big Sky’
Solving the paradox of vast open spaces of land and 'Prairie skyscrapers' in Saskatchewan is one item that will soon be checked off on Jeffery Straker's to-do list. A new 10-track album is about to dr...
May 21, 2024

Local artists to be celebrated in SK Arts inaugural event May 27
Saskatchewan artists of all disciplines will be recognized as part of the inaugural Arts of Celebration event later this month. "I was a bit astonished," said fiber artist Cindy Hoppe upon hearing of ...
May 21, 2024

Meta's news ban in Canada: screenshots win, local news loses, study shows
OTTAWA - The time, money and effort Iain Burns put into growing an audience on Facebook for several local news outlets in British Columbia felt like it disappeared in a single day. Facebook pages for ...
May 21, 2024

'You fill our young people with hopes and dreams': homecoming celebration for Canada's Got Talent winner
Six days after winning Canada's Got Talent (CGT), Prince Albert's Rebecca Strong received a massive homecoming celebration that moved her to tears.Over 700 people filled the Prince Albert Exhibition C...
May 20, 2024

Pattison Media presents fan favourite Johnny Reid at Sask Jazz Festival
It's an experience you don't want to miss. The SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival's July 11 lineup presented by Pattison Media features headliner and beloved country artist Johnny Reid."We are so exci...
May 20, 2024

Inductees announced for 2024 Prince Albert Arts Hall of Fame
The latest inductees for the Prince Albert Arts Hall of Fame include a musician, a poet, a band and an educator.The 2024 class was announced on Thursday by the city's Arts Board.Brian Sklar - Performi...
May 18, 2024