B.C.’s first Indigenous golf tournament teed off this week

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Golfers of all ages from across the province began teeing off Monday in B.C.’s first Indigenous golf tournament.  Competitors and organizers say it’s a step forward for a sport that has not historically been inclusive.  “Golf traditionally has been a fairly elitist sport and the doors have been closed to many,” said competitor and event chair Christina … Read more

Movie review: Intense ‘Spider-Man’ sequel deepens ‘Spider-Verse’

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1/5 Miles Morales swings through the air in “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’. Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Animation LOS ANGELES, May 31 (UPI) — Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, in theaters Friday, furthers both the multiverse concept of 2018’s Into the Spider-Verse and the characters it introduced. The sequel also explores vivid animation style and has … Read more

A Tale of Two Metlakatlas: Rematriating my Ts’msyen family history

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Ideas53:58A Tale of Two Metlakatlas: My Matriarchs, the Missionaries and Me As a longtime journalist, I have spent years covering Indigenous issues. I knew about the erasure of Indigenous women from my reporting on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two Spirit and Transgender people’s epidemic and from the many Indigenous women who had … Read more

Robert Englund proposes ‘Nightmare 3’ remake, rules out reprising Freddy

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1/5 Robert Englund speaks in “Hollywood Dreams &amp Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story.” Photo courtesy of Cinedigm LOS ANGELES, May 30 (UPI) — Robert Englund, who played Freddy Krueger in eight movies and the TV series Freddy’s Nightmares, has an idea for a remake of Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors. Englund, 75, shared … Read more

‘I feel like I’m not behind’: Indigenous students in Manitoba embrace Jordan’s Principle supports

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Illeanna Knott is preparing to graduate from high school next month. The 17-year-old loves to draw and hopes to pursue a career in the arts after she finishes at her school in Brandon. For the first half of the school year, the teen juggled extracurricular activities and the challenges of classwork in the digital era. While … Read more