Tag Archives: Arts
Dekker Centre projecting slight surplus for new budget; vaccination protocols in effect
The Dekker Centre is planning for its 2022 budget for the performing arts centre, after navigating a challenging past year and a half during the pandemic.General manager Kali Weber gave a report to No...
Oct 14, 2021
Rawlinson Centre to host Canadian songwriter, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald
Songwriter, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald will be coming to town and will be playing at the EA Rawlinson Centre for the Arts on Thursday night.Michael is a Canadian artist who has collected an audience o...
Oct 12, 2021
Public library debuts play about mental health and addictions
Local playwright, Adreanna Boucher has spent the last 10 years writing a play that explores the cycle of mental illness and addiction through her own eyes. The play, called 'Sting' is a story about he...
Oct 07, 2021
Year-long music residency begins in Beauval and Canoe Lake
Eliza Doyle has launched a new year-long musician-in-residency program in the communities of Beauval and Canoe Lake Cree First Nation. The residency is made possible through a $45,000 grant through SK...
Oct 06, 2021
New book showcases nearly 50 years of stories along the Churchill River
Stories from the Churchill is a new book written by Ric Driediger, highlighting his close to 50 years of guiding canoe trips along the mighty river. "It starts out with the first canoe trip I was on a...
Oct 04, 2021
Quebec to invest more than $500,000 to promote the French language among immigrants
MONTREAL - Quebec is budgeting over $500,000 to promote and support the French language among new immigrants, especially in the Montreal region. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette issued a statemen...
Oct 03, 2021
Melfort Culture Days events cancelled due to rising COVID-19 cases
Melfort's Culture Days events will not go ahead as planned.There were several events planned over the course of a month including a Nigerian culture event scheduled for this Sunday, and a Filipino and...
Oct 01, 2021
Peter Nygard agrees to U.S. extradition; Toronto police announce sex assault charges
WINNIPEG - On the same day former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard agreed to be extradited to the United States to face a charge of sex trafficking, police in Toronto announced their own charges. P...
Oct 01, 2021
Quebec's overhaul of its strict French-language law under microscope at hearings
MONTREAL - Quebec's proposed overhaul of its French-language charter is under the microscope at legislative hearings, with participants this week raising concerns about the bill's effect on English sp...
Oct 01, 2021
Residential school survivor proposes Indigenous museum as part of reconciliation
OTTAWA - Residential school survivor Doug George-Kanentiio appealed to the federal government Thursday to help create a permanent museum in Canada to preserve the collective memories of Indigenous Peo...
Sep 30, 2021