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Explorations of life on the Canadian Prairies.

The Mother And The Bear’s director Johny Ma on how shooting in Winnipeg changed his mindset

Johnny Ma never intended to shoot The Mother And The Bear in Winnipeg. When he initially began writing the script he set it in Cincinnati, as that’s where the Korean mother who inspired the film had actually traveled to. “For me, inspiration always comes from real life,” Ma tells Flatlander. “I’d met this woman in […]

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“When I found out we would be shooting in Winnipeg around the end of October I knew it would be cold as hell," said Indonesian director Timo Tjahjanto.

Gimli Glider story to be featured by National Geographic

The crew is scheduled to film at the Gimli Glider Exhibit and the original landing site over two days.

How the Battleford Trail shaped Saskatchewan’s growth

Wagons, stagecoaches and ox courts used to travel the Battleford Trail between Swift Current and Meadow Lake.

The 45th anniversary of the horrific CPR bus crash

Thirty members of the "Prairie Steel" gang, who had been laying tracks for the railroad, got on a bus planning to head home but ended up in an accident.

Saskatchewan author scores big with latest effort

"The Day I Went to My First Football Game"  is a heartwarming story that follows two brothers as they experience their first-ever football game, bringing families together and celebrating the spirit of childhood wonder, brotherhood, and provincial pride.

Did the Hudson Bay Company sow the seeds for Western alienation?

This fur-trading behemoth had more power than some actual governments— signing treaties, raising armies, making war.

Relationship Remix explores and celebrates mixed-race couples 

Relationship Remix is the latest project from Sharpe’s Black Film Space Manitoba — a film production company based in Winnipeg that he began after repeatedly being frustrated by other studios.

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