Presented by RBC Alicia Simms is the Founder and CEO of Truro Buzz Media and Promotions, Rolling Sea Tattooery and Secret Nova Scotia Tours. Originally from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Alicia moved to Truro, Nova Scotia in 2014 and fell in love with her local community. An award-winning tattooer of 13.5 years, Alicia opened her first business, Rolling Sea Tattooery. In… View Post
By Anne Brodie The Norwegian black and white Gunda, an Academy Award® Shortlisted documentary is a beautiful, joyous, difficult and emotional experience. Produced by animal rights activist Joaquin Phoenix and directed by Viktor Kossakovsky, it’s the story of a pig and her nineteen newborns, cattle who love to clown around and a one-legged chicken. Not a word is spoken in… View Post
By Anne Brodie Steven Soderberg’s noir period gang comedy No Sudden Move on Crave owes a huge debt to Noah Hawley’s Fargo Season 4. Set amidst Black and Italian gangsters in the fifties, it’s shot similarly with similar funky period music given a cool update, wardrobe, lighting and also refers to Kansas City although it’s set in the Motor City…. View Post
Presented by RBC Barbra-Joi’s expertise in hospitality and passion for bringing people’s special celebrations, dates and proposals to life, has made her business one of Toronto’s most trendy and Insta-worthy picnic services. Picnics in the Six was created when Barbra-Joi was inspired to transition her traditional catering business (ByJoi Events) due to the pandemic. She saw a unique opportunity to… View Post
Tracey Deer’s heartbreaking, fact-based film follows Beans, a young girl living on a reservation near Oka, Quebec, who had just been accepted into a prestigious school in Montreal. Her dream is interrupted when First Nations protesters battle developers who intend to destroy sacred native grounds for a golf course in a moment seen around the world. Beans’ innocence is lost… View Post
By Anne Brodie An inspirational, fable-esque but true story of a woman who stands her ground against ancient sexist traditions and social backlash will have you cheering! God Exists Her Name is Petrunya starring talented and intuitive first-timer Zorica Nusheva, is set in a Roman Catholic Macedonian village of Stip, where each year on 19th of January – Orthodox Epiphany… View Post