Kyle Muzyka

The loss of Indigenous languages is widespread across Turtle Island — but in urban centres, learning and maintaining a language not native to that area is even more challenging.

Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction — but Waubgeshig Rice was not prepared for a fictitious storyline he wrote to become reality. When news broke that a Quebec couple travelled thousands of kilometres to the fly-in community of Old Crow, Yukon, in an apparent attempt to avoid COVID-19, many people on Twitter linked it to a major storyline in Rice’s post-apocalyptic novel, Moon of the Crusted Snow.

The person who makes the child laugh for the first time has been chosen as the one who welcomes them with a feast for the whole family.

From singer-songwriters blending country and folk to pop artists crafting anthemic tracks, keep an eye out for these emerging musicians.