Tag Archives: Arts
Buffy Sainte-Marie retires from live performances, cites health concerns
Buffy Sainte-Marie has announced that she's retiring from live performances.A statement announcing her decision cited factors including travel-induced health concerns and performance-inhibiting physic...
Aug 04, 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
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
'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
Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leaders of a Hollywood actors union voted Thursday to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades, shutting down production across the entertainment indust...
Jul 13, 2023
Beaded medallion given to King Charles III made by La Ronge woman
A member of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band recently got the surprise of a lifetime.A few months back, Kathleen Lavallee was asked by her cousin Russ Mirasty, the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, to ...
Jun 21, 2023
Muskoday teacher hopes arts will connect communities as music festival approaches
The organizer of an upcoming music festival at Muskoday First Nation is saying the event is more than just music, it's about changing the narrative.Kevin Joseph lived most of his life in Prince Albert...
Jun 13, 2023
Melfort's CJVR radio brings home hardware from SCMA's
The 34th annual Saskatchewan Country Music Awards (SCMA) show took place this past weekend in Assiniboia and a radio station in the northeast took home a big honour.FM Country 105.1 CJVR in Melfort wo...
Jun 12, 2023
Meadow Lake Pride Month offering plenty to enjoy
Meadow Lake Pride is excited about all the activities happening in the community this June to celebrate LGBTQ2S+ Pride Month in the area. Volunteers have been busy getting all the events ready for the...
Jun 08, 2023
Reindeer Lake location of The HISTORY Channel survivalist reality show
Season 10 of The HISTORY Channel's popular non-fiction survival series Alone will take place in Northern Saskatchewan. Alone is produced by Wavelength Entertainment and the show features 10 survivalis...
Jun 07, 2023