Tag Archives: Arts

'It's Alive': McKitrick students now published authors
The platypus had the students confused. In Kat Hillacre's Grade 4 classroom at McKitrick Community School, her pupils learn about different habitats around the world and the animals who live in them. ...
Jun 10, 2024

Grade 12 La Loche student hosts fashion show as special credit
An upcoming graduate from La Loche's Dene High School showed his love for fashion with a special show last week. Grade 12 student Marken Laprise organized a fashion show as part of a special credit cl...
May 31, 2024

New album focuses on life under a ‘Great Big Sky’
Solving the paradox of vast open spaces of land and 'Prairie skyscrapers' in Saskatchewan is one item that will soon be checked off on Jeffery Straker's to-do list. A new 10-track album is about to dr...
May 21, 2024

'You fill our young people with hopes and dreams': homecoming celebration for Canada's Got Talent winner
Six days after winning Canada's Got Talent (CGT), Prince Albert's Rebecca Strong received a massive homecoming celebration that moved her to tears.Over 700 people filled the Prince Albert Exhibition C...
May 20, 2024

Pattison Media presents fan favourite Johnny Reid at Sask Jazz Festival
It's an experience you don't want to miss. The SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival's July 11 lineup presented by Pattison Media features headliner and beloved country artist Johnny Reid."We are so exci...
May 20, 2024

Local summer music jams nominated for SCMAs
Marc Butler is "pretty excited." His Dog Patch Music Festival has been nominated in the Best Music Festival Category in the 2024 Saskatchewan Country Music Association (SCMAs). He said the journey to ...
May 15, 2024

'I just can't believe it': Rebecca Strong overwhelmed with joy after winning Canada's Got Talent
In the final moments before her name was called, Prince Albert's Rebecca Strong held her breath and crossed her fingers, with millions of Canadians watching. In a split second, her life changed as she...
May 15, 2024

Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92
Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant among the world's most esteemed contemporary authors and short story writers, has died at age 92.A spokesperson for publisher Penguin Random Hou...
May 14, 2024

'What I was born to do': P.A.'s Strong gearing up for grand finale
Prince Albert's Rebecca Strong will try to take another step towards winning this year's Canada's Got Talent on Tuesday Night as she performs in the grand finale of the popular Canadian show.The local...
May 14, 2024

Northern authors winners at Saskatchewan Book Awards
Two northerners have been declared winners at the Saskatchewan Book Awards. Miriam Krner won in the Children's Literature category for Fox and Bear (Red Deer Press/Fitzhenry & Whiteside), while So...
May 09, 2024