The coronavirus pandemic can’t stop Christa Couture. Aside from her gig as 106.5 ELMNT FM’s midday host, she is an award-winning performer and recording artist, non-fiction writer, and an advocate for Native Women in the Arts. She is also proudly Indigenous (mixed Cree and Scandinavian), queer, disabled, and a mom. In March she was getting […]
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COVID-19: Singer/Songwriter Amanda Rheaume’s Positive Takeaways
JUNO-nominated Métis artist Amanda Rheaume’s latest single, “The Best,” is sitting at the top of the Indigenous Music Countdown this week. It’s a successful follow-up to her earlier single, “The Skin I’m In,” which hit No. 1 on the Indigenous Music Countdown in May, 2019. She has long tried to employ her music as a […]
Coping With the COVID-19 Pandemic: Singer/Songwriter Shawnee
“Warrior Heart.” “This is Me.” These are just two of Indigenous singer-songwriter Shawnee’s powerful songs. Her heritage is Mohawk, from the Six Nations of the Grand River in Southwestern Ontario. We caught up with Shawnee in Edmonton where she’s hunkered down during the coronavirus pandemic. How are you dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic? Some days […]
Indigenous Businesses Feeling the Pinch During COVID-19
As COVID-19 poses rapidly evolving challenges to Canadian businesses, Indigenous communities and business owners are feeling particularly at risk. Tabatha Bull is the new President & CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. Bull is Anishinaabe and a member of Nipissing First Nation near North Bay, Ontario. Prior to joining the CCAB, she worked […]
Should I book a trip for 2021?
A lot of vacation plans have been cancelled or put on hold because of the COVID-19 epidemic, which begs the question; Is now a good time to book a flight or a vacation for 2021?
Virus results in seismic shift for movie buffs
If you love going to the movies and you’re cooped up at home because of the coronavirus, Hollywood is offering an alternative.