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Visual Arts Reviews

Cultural appropriation probed in Joseph Tisiga’s Tales of an Empty Cabin

At the Audain Art Museum, Archie and spiritual amnesia.

Movie Features

Inuit cast takes Grizzlies beyond the realm of sports

In order to deal with the subject matter authentically, the project took almost a decade to complete.

Movie Reviews

Lacrosse pulls the kids together in The Grizzlies

Where The Grizzlies really comes to life is in the space it gives a young, mostly nonprofessional cast to shine as winning individuals.

Food Notes

Red Chef Revival explores modern Indigenous cuisine

Approaching reconciliation through Indigenous cuisine.

Commentary

Chief Bob Chamberlin: Protecting wild salmon takes more than cherry picking and photo ops

The NDP candidate in Nanaimo-Ladysmith says that faced with evidence that PRV may be wild Pacific salmon’s smallpox, the minister is sitting on his hands

Arts Notes

Artist Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun to receive honorary doctorate from Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Terry Irwin and Marianne Nicholson will also be awarded in ceremony on May 4

Straight Talk

Missing 21-year-old woman last seen in Chilliwack in February

Tanisha Gauthier was last confirmed being seen on February 22 in Chilliwack.

Arts Features

Kali Spitzer and Alana Paterson reveal portraits of Indigenous resilience at the Capture Photography Festival

“Being alive today: that is resistance in itself,” Spitzer says. “That’s through the resistance and the strength of our ancestors, who fought for us to be able to be here today.”

Straight Talk

Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council questions why Trudeau won't rebuild trust with Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott

Judith Sayers isn't the only Indigenous leader speaking out on behalf of the two former cabinet ministers.

Commentary

Stuart Parker: The prince, the pea, and the mercury—Justin Trudeau's politics of poisoning and politeness

Liberal Canada is freaking out right now because Trudeau’s mask has been torn; our mask has been torn.

Home Theatre

The Lions on Vancouver's North Shore: Canadiana episode explores story of original Indigenous name

Do you know the original name of the North Shore mountains known as the Lions?

Arts Features

Burlesque queen Lauren Ashley Jiles performs to help Indigenous women reclaim their sexuality

Maybe the fastest way to get to know Jiles, otherwise known as Lou Lou la Duchesse de Rière, is to take a look at what’s written on her body.