At the Anvil Centre, Vancouver-based powwow dancer Nyla Bedard will make her festival debut. “This year is a time of great celebration for the Coastal Dance Festival,” says Margaret Grenier ...

The 46-year-old MP for Sydney-Victoria — also a champion powwow dancer and award-winning musician — grew up in Eskasoni First Nation. Battiste said he’ll help ensure First Nations policing services ...

Battiste, who is also a champion powwow dancer and musician, said he can speak and understand French, but he said his debating and conversation skills need work. When he announced his plan to seek ...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste officially joined the Liberal leadership race Thursday, saying he knows he is facing steep odds in his bid to become Canada’s first Indigenous prime ...