This five-day artist development intensive is open to Indigenous artists across Canada. Each year, six participants will converge at Calgary's Studio Bell, home of the National Music Centre, to learn new skills and connect with national music industry experts. This...
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The Whistler Film Festival (WFF) is not the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), nor is it the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF). And it doesn't pretend to be either. But the five-day event, held every December at B.C.’s premier ski resort, has found its niche in Western Canada’s cold hills as an ironically warm and uniquely Canadian affair.
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