Tag Archives: Arts

Acclaimed Sask. author passes away
The province's literacy and law communities are mourning the loss of Harold Johnson.Johnson, who had been diagnosed with stage four lung cancer, passed away Wednesday.According to a statement by famil...
Feb 09, 2022

Snow artist readies Prince Albert for winter festival
One of two artists responsible for the various snow sculptures taking shape around Prince Albert admits he is in a competition this week with mother nature.On Wednesday, Gary Natomagan, 55, was expect...
Feb 09, 2022

Senate celebrates Black artists; minister says 'do more' to promote black history
OTTAWA - The first art historian to be appointed to the Senate says the work of Canada's Black artists is not sufficiently recognized or celebrated. But now Sen. Patricia Bovey, former director of the...
Feb 08, 2022

Expanded Holocaust museum coming to Montreal in 2025 to include hologram testimonials
MONTREAL - A bigger, more interactive and more modern Holocaust museum will be opening its doors in Montreal's Plateau Mont-Royal neighbourhood in 2025. If everything goes as planned, the opening of t...
Feb 07, 2022

'I'm an Albertan': Jazz legend Big Miller left swinging legacy in his adopted home
EDMONTON - "They call me Big," he said. And in almost every way, he was. There was the outsized physique, large enough to fill a telephone booth. There was the powerful, blues-shouting voice honed in ...
Feb 06, 2022

Local businesses optimistic for turning the corner on COVID-19
Battlefords businesses are feeling positive with the potential of more COVID-19 restrictions being lifted in the province soon.Capitol Theatre North Battleford general manager Aleksi Anseth said it ha...
Feb 04, 2022

Quebec cuts funding to English college in favour of French schools ahead of election
MONTREAL - Squeezed for space, Montreal's Dawson College has for years been planning an expansion of its medical technology department that would include a clinic to serve the community and train its ...
Feb 04, 2022

City planning Wintertainment fun in February
Families will have plenty to do later this month when the City of North Battleford holds its Wintertainment event, running February 19 to 24.Leah Garven, one of the city's Parks and Recreation team me...
Feb 02, 2022

Online streaming bill covers streaming giants, promotes Canadian content
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has revived a bill subjecting streaming companies, such as Netflix, to the same rules as traditional Canadian broadcasters. The Online Streaming Act, introduced Wednesd...
Feb 02, 2022

Quebec comedian Mike Ward facing new legal action for joke about disabled singer
MONTREAL - A Quebec comedian who won a high-profile Supreme Court of Canada human rights case last year is once again being taken to court by his accusers. Mike Ward is being sued in separate actions ...
Feb 01, 2022