ALASKA HIGHWAY NEWS

By Amber Wood Hello Fort St. John and surrounding area. We are now in the second month of our summer break, and with it comes one of the best times of year to celebrate the community! Last month at this year’s Canada Day celebrations in Centennial Park, the Northern Winds Community Band played on stage as the parade made its way into the park, finishing with everyone coming together to sing O Canada, which is a moment that truly captures what community music is all about an

Heartfelt vocals ring out from Festival Plaza in Centennial Park, sung by a talented youth whose generational home has become a war-torn country. Brightly coloured flags in various colours and patterns flap proudly in the southwest winds of the Peace Region. Smells to captivate the senses drift from the beautifully decorated tables inside Festival Plaza. The aroma of delicate spices and flavourful bites draw people inside. Visitors hold out their “passport,” determined to col

By Margaret Cavers May As spring inches its way into the North Peace, for young performing artists in the region, that means one thing; it’s festival time! After learning and polishing their performances for many months, it is time for hundreds of musicians, singers, dancers and speech artists to hit the stage at the North Peace Cultural Centre to show off the fruits of their hard work to audiences and adjudicators. The festival, in one form or another, has been a part of thi