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Arts Features

With Kamloopa, Kim Senklip Harvey shifts theatre's view of Indigenous women

Her first experience of the professional stage nearly left her broken—but now theatre’s making her whole.

Word Vancouver

The Book That Changed Your Life: Darrel McLeod

The Straight asked a group of Word Vancouver writers to describe their most memorable and momentous reading experiences.

Straight Talk

Vancouver park board chair Stuart Mackinnon's motion seeks to advance decolonization efforts

He's hoping fellow commissioners will vote to learn the names used by the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people for areas under the board's jurisdiction.

Movie Notes

Indigenous feature Kayak to Klemtu to screen with B.C. pipeline discussion in Vancouver

A local organization is continuing to raise awareness about pipeline issues in B.C.

Television

Six Canadians confront their own prejudices against First Nations in new APTN TV series

What comes to mind when you hear the words Indigenous, Aboriginal, or First Nations?

Cannabis

Is that weed or sage? Smudging smokes tenant out of B.C. rental home

A tenant says she was discriminated against by her landlord because she and her children regularly smudge.

VIFF

SGaawaay K’uuna: world's first Haida-language feature film to be at Vancouver International Film Festival

The first feature-length film to be shot with dialogue completely in the Haida language will have its world premiere.

Fringe Festival

Vancouver Fringe Festival review: Rocko and Nakota: Tales From the Land

Josh Languedoc has crafted his tales well, and he brings a low-key charm to his performance.

Cannabis

Large Ontario First Nation plans to introduce cannabis law

The stakes are high for provincial governments, which are counting on their federally legislated monopolies to bring in massive revenues.

News Features

Federal Court of Appeal rules in favour of First Nations' challenge against Kinder Morgan pipeline approval

The decision was released on the same day that shareholders are voting on an offer by the Trudeau government to buy the corporation's Canadian assets.

Music Features

SKOOKUM: Iconic artist Buffy Saint-Marie keeps looking forward

“The word unceded is lawyer talk,” she explains. “I consider it lawyerese, and it trips up the listener or the reader. It stops you for a second, for a crucial second. Unceded. That means you don’t have a chair?"

Travel Features

Reclaiming Haida-ness through food, song, stories, and art in the remote wilderness of Haida Gwaii

Haida culture is a living culture.