Arts & Life

Chainsaws roared and the smell of sweet cedar dust filled the air on the front lawn of Studio 2880 this week. One of Canada's rising star chainsaw carvers, Randy Gauthier, was passing through the city.

The forecast is for hot, sunny weather and mostly clear skies this weekend. That's the kind of atmospheric ground in which an airshow grows.

1969. It was a time of love and a time of war, a time of cultural upheaval and a time of hardline traditions, a time of free-flowing music of all kinds but the biggest doses were dispensed by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

This year's winner of the Limelight Quest vocalist competition is Vanessa Wittstruck. Second place went to Dan Johnson, third was Trisha McCreery and fourth was Lorna-Jane Simmons.

Theatre North West is looking for children.

When Fraser Lyric Opera Society makes its debut tonight, it will have the leadership of professional singers in the starring roles.

When your mother is an opera singer and your father is a gold miner, you're going to experience some differences in your upbringing.

Somewhere between silk and sky, you'll find Jamie Holmes. Her two most noticeable trade tools are glitter and gravity.

Summer nights just got a bit more exciting as Big Brothers Big Sisters offers free community nights at the Rotary Clubhouse at the Kinsmen Complex every Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m.

Shine up your truck, drop the tailgate, open your ears to a live backroad soundtrack, and crack open some sudsy PWB throat polish.