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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 5, 2024 10:34 am Updated March 5, 2024 10:46 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Montreal company that operates the Just for Laughs comedy festival has cancelled this year’s edition as it seeks to avoid bankruptcy. Groupe Juste pour rire …
Read More »‘Sway’ among Toronto Black Film Festival movies telling untold Canadian stories – Toronto
Although it was filmed in Toronto’s downtown Regent Park neighbourhood and features a soundtrack fuelled by underground local rappers, Emmanuel Kabongo says his new film “Sway” doesn’t feel like a Canadian production. “Everybody was excited to make something that we, as Canadians, don’t always see on screen: raw, gritty, unapologetic,” …
Read More »Okanagan documentary puts mural project in the spotlight, gets festival nod – Okanagan
A group of controversial murals that were proposed for Vernon, B.C., last year are getting a second life, in a documentary called Behind the Mask. In 2022 the ‘Behind the Mask’ mural project was announced; there were plans to hang large photographs of marginalized people wearing masks on buildings across …
Read More »Regina feasts at Snackatchewan YQR food festival – Regina
Poutine, schnitzel, tacos and desserts were among the various food choices at Regina’s first ever Snackatchewan YQR food festival. By Moosa Imran Global News Posted September 24, 2023 8:23 pm Updated September 24, 2023 8:32 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Hundreds were in attendance at Snackatchewan …
Read More »3 people stabbed at Light Up Chinatown festival: VPD – BC
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Vancouver Police are investigating a triple stabbing that occured just before 6 p.m. Sunday at the Light Up Chinatown festival. Three people attending the festival were attacked by a stranger near the festival stage at Columbia and Keefer Steets, according to Constable …
Read More »Toronto Film Festival 2023: 11 movies to add to your watchlist this year
With most of Hollywood’s writers and actors on strike, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) looks a little different this year — but attendees can still catch some of the most buzzed-about movies of 2023. Though festivalgoers might have to do without the glitz and glam of seeing some of …
Read More »Montreal football festival GOAL Initiative aims to raise funds for youth sports – Montreal
Playing more than 60 soccer matches among 24 teams at McGill University’s Molson Stadium Sunday wasn’t so much about scoring points on the field. Still, the spirit of competition among these players was hard to suppress, given the energy of the play and the passion of fans. It was the …
Read More »Countdown is on to 34th annual Peterborough Folk Festival – Peterborough
The lineup has been released for the 34th annual Peterborough Folk Festival, starting with two kickoff concerts Aug. 17 and Aug. 18. “We have four full days this year starting at Market Hall on the Thursday night with The East Pointers and the Friday night at the Gordon Best Theatre …
Read More »‘It’s beautiful art:’ Halifax Mural Festival wraps with big reveal of new paintings – Halifax
Artists from across Canada and beyond have descended on Halifax, Nova Scotia to brighten up the city. Over the last week, buildings that once stood bare have served as a canvas for their art as part of the second annual Halifax Mural Festival. Saturday marked the big reveal, which was …
Read More »‘More than a festival’: 2023 TD Sunfest to be ‘sunnier’ than ever in London, Ont. – London
From international performers to musicians from across Canada, TD’s Sunfest in London, Ont., will be one of the largest this summer. In making a grand return for 2023, the annual four-day free festival will take over Victoria Park this July and will feature more than 40 musical acts from around …
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