Local Arts

There was dancing, music and a history lesson for Grade 6 students attending the Métis celebration presentation Nov. 18.

Gord Bamford has had a busy year. He did the Certified Country Tour with Joe Nichols earlier this year, then he did a big tour of Australia, and now he’s doing a small town tour across Canada.

Visions of sugar plums—along with dolls, mice and other magical beings—will dance across the stage when The Nutcracker returns to Fort St. John.

Put on a cowboy hat and pour yourself a breakfast beer, Gord Bamford is coming back to Fort St. John.

Dancers from the Watt School of Irish Dance are in Calgary this weekend to dance in the Western Canadian Championships, where they will compete for spots in the 2017 World Championships and the North American Championships.

Sometimes you have to get a little creative to help others in need. Fifteen-year-old Kaden Hagen wanted to raise money for people in need, so he headed out to his mother’s pottery studio and got to work.

Country music fans in Fort St. John knew Terri Clark the singer, the songwriter, the only Canadian woman inducted into the Grand Ole Opry. But on Saturday night, they got to know Terri Clark the storyteller.

Doused in hues of greens and blues, and staring out at a sea of costumes, Tristan Horncastle joked that it was hard for him to keep focus on his songs at the Pomeroy Fear Fest last weekend.

Fort St. John artist Kristen Auger awarded in national student art competition

Kara-lee MacDonald writes brutally honest poetry about her struggles with bulimia