Tag Archives: Arts
Aboriginal Storytelling Month an opportunity to share culture
February is Aboriginal Storytelling Month in Saskatchewan, and events are being planned in North Battleford and Meadow Lake to celebrate the annual tradition. A total of 72 Indigenous storytellers fro...
Feb 01, 2022
Local artists awarded SK Arts grants
An artist from Air Ronge, SK recently received an $8,500 Independent Artists grant from SK Arts to help create and illustrate a children's book - one of several grants across the north. For Miriam Krn...
Jan 31, 2022
Books donated to Sucker River students to celebrate Family Literacy Day
Family Literacy Day was celebrated Thursday at Sucker River's Chief Moses Ratt School.It began this morning at 10:30 a.m. with a live reading of When the Trees Crackle with Cold: A Cree Calendar by Mi...
Jan 27, 2022
Montreal's Chinatown, threatened by development, to be granted heritage status
MONTREAL - The shrinking heart of Montreal's Chinatown will be granted heritage status by the province to protect it from excessive development and gentrification, municipal and provincial officials a...
Jan 24, 2022
Bell teaching music in Stanley Mission, releases new single
Nigel Bell continues to make a name for himself in the music industry. The Lac La Ronge Indian Band member, who goes by the stage name Nige B, released a new single today called Come Unto Me featuring...
Jan 21, 2022
Local woman named inaugural winner of Indigenous Music Achievement Award
A Prince Albert woman said she's still in shock after receiving a big honour at the Saskatchewan Music Awards.Sheryl Kimbley works as an event coordinator with the Prince Albert Grand Council and has ...
Jan 21, 2022
Doyle honoured with Industry Achievement Award for work in northern Sask.
Eliza Doyle is the winner of a Saskatchewan Music Award for Industry Achievement. She was announced as the winner during an online award show on Thursday. Doyle was nominated alongside Songs for Natur...
Jan 21, 2022
Quebec singer-songwriter Karim Ouellet, 37, found dead in Quebec City
MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner's office is investigating the death of singer-songwriter Karim Ouellet, 37. Quebec City police said today officers found Ouellet's body in a building Monday night in the ...
Jan 18, 2022
Music lessons a hit at Alex Robertson Public Library
Music lessons are being offered by programmer Riley Burr at La Ronge's Alex Robertson Public Library. Ukulele and guitar lessons both started this week with ukulele lessons being offered Tuesday and g...
Jan 14, 2022
Third party to determine if new partnership possible on cancelled Flames arena deal
Calgary's city council has voted unanimously to see if it's possible to breathe new life into the lifeless deal to build a new arena for the Calgary Flames. The city and the Flames agreed on the arena...
Jan 13, 2022