Tag Archives: Arts
Northeast barn gets makeover promoting beauty of region
A barn in the northeast got a facelift at the Haywire Farm Festival in Codette thanks to a rural artist.The event brought together people from across Saskatchewan for a weekend filled with music, loca...
Jul 28, 2023
Politicians weigh in on funding Calgary Stampede after settlement in abuse case
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province won't pull funding from the Calgary Stampede after the partial settlement of a class-action lawsuit over the sexual abuse of young boys in it...
Jul 28, 2023
MP wants federal funding to Calgary Stampede pulled after abuse settlement reached
CALGARY - A member of Parliament says he's calling on the federal government to halt funding to the Calgary Stampede. Liberal member George Chahal, who represents Calgary Skyview, says the Stampede ha...
Jul 27, 2023
Voting open for new P.A. merchandise design
People in Prince Albert are being asked to vote for what design they want to see on future shirts and merchandise for the city.Twenty-five potential designs were submitted by artists with a selection ...
Jul 27, 2023
Métis festival hears possibly last public performance from Canadian fiddling legend
Those attending the last day of this year's Back to Batoche Days may have witnessed the last performance ever by an Indigenous legend.The annual event which celebrates Mtis culture and heritage was he...
Jul 25, 2023
Music camp at SMVS this week inspiring local youth
The La Ronge Youth Music Camp is taking place this week at Senator Myles Venne School.This marks the second year the music camp is occurring in the tri-communities. Various instructors, including musi...
Jul 24, 2023
Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96
NEW YORK (AP) - Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" graced a decades...
Jul 21, 2023
North Battleford BID's Live at Lunch brings downtown to life
The music was flowing with the aroma of fresh burgers on the grill at the North Battleford Downtown BID's second Live at Lunch concert of the summer at Library Park on Wednesday.The event featured a s...
Jul 20, 2023
'Bones of Crows,' a story of generational resilience, coming to Meadow Lake
"A testimony to multi-generation resilience," and "a look at our history from an Indigenous point of view."That is how award-winning Mtis/Dene filmmaker Marie Clements, describes her latest film, Bone...
Jul 19, 2023
Filmmaker James Cameron calls Titan submersible implosion 'extreme outlier'
Canadian filmmaker and deepsea explorer James Cameron said Tuesday that the implosion of the Titan submersible that killed five people last month was an extreme outlier in decades of safe exploration....
Jul 18, 2023