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A missing heir, an identical roommate and an alarming number of chickens. YAGA — Starring @olreid, @clarkb, @hudsonwilliamsofficial and @bycarrieannemoss. Created by @ksandler24 for @cravecanada. www.scene49.ca/entertainment/yaga-episode-1-recap-burning-man

Playwright Frank Moher returns to Edmonton with *Boy Player*, sharing the personal history behind the production at @workshopwest, November 4–15. #YEGTheatre #CanadianTheatre www.scene49.ca/entertainment/frank-moher-boy-player-edmonton-interview

Wicked humour, clever staging and a mystery worth debating. We review @shadowtheatre’s Yaga at @Varscona, with standout performances from N Girgis and the cast. #Yaga #EdmontonTheatre www.scene49.ca/entertainmen...

Death steals the show in Alberta Ballet's *Peer Gynt*, a surreal, funny and beautifully eerie production perfectly suited to October. My Edmonton review features @albertaballet @_tresjolierose @francescoventri #PeerGynt #AlbertaBallet #Edmonton www.scene49.ca/entertainmen...

A creature beneath the floorboards. Two sisters carrying a painful family history. Tim Riedel's Ancestral Beasts is unsettling in more ways than one. www.scene49.ca/entertainmen... @nwfyeg @michifkoonteur @shmorgee @darlacontois @edmonfromedmonton @themetrocinema @cercamon_vorteks

Who were Canada's first filmmakers? From Manitoba's disputed 1897 harvest films to Montréal's earliest cinemas and the rise of Canadian features, the story is more complicated than one name. #CanadianFilm #FilmHistory www.scene49.ca/entertainment/canadas-first-filmmakers-copy

Toronto choreographer Alyssa Martin and Rock Bottom Movement close #FallForDanceNorth with SPRINGERS, a new work exploring parenthood, October 24–25. #CanadianDance www.scene49.ca/entertainment/fall-for-dance-north-2026-rock-bottom-movement

SCTV began on Global in 1976, found a new home in Edmonton and later reached NBC. How Canada's fictional station in Melonville became a Canadian comedy institution. #SCTV #CanadianTV www.scene49.ca/entertainment/sctv-50-canadian-comedy-history

From Nell Shipman and the NFB to Quebec’s filmmaking co-operatives, Isuma and modern production funding: the history of independent filmmaking in Canada. #CanadianFilm www.scene49.ca/entertainment/history-independent-filmmaking-canada

What makes a film or TV series an official Canadian international co-production? A guide to treaty requirements, financing, creative control and certification. #CanadianFilm www.scene49.ca/entertainment/canadian-international-film-coproduction-rules

Netflix’s Newfoundland-set Below has reached 38.2 million views. We look at the local response, mixed reviews and whether Season 2 could happen. #CanadianTV www.scene49.ca/entertainment/below-netflix-38-million-views-season-2

Canadian independent films can have public funding, international partners and major U.S. distributors. The deals behind Incendies, Room and Paying for It. #CanadianFilm www.scene49.ca/entertainment/what-is-independent-film-canada

The Below finale takes Calvin and Wade back to sea as the Crockers' scheme comes to light, Fonda stands her ground and Snooks Arm faces one last crisis. Our Episode 6 recap. #Below #CanadianTV www.scene49.ca/entertainment/below-episode-6-the-unfathering-deep-finale-recap

Crave’s YAGA premieres Oct. 23 with two episodes, then releases weekly until its two-episode finale Nov. 27. Here’s the full schedule and what’s confirmed about streaming times. #YAGA #Crave www.scene49.ca/entertainmen...

Saskatoon duo The North Sound reconsider work and fulfilment on “Young Soul,” a new single released through Edmonton’s Ram On Records. #CanadianMusic www.scene49.ca/entertainment/the-north-sound-young-soul

Seven Alberta horror shorts screened at #NorthwestFEARFest, from Sylvia Douglas’s Nemesis to Luke Cloarec’s Specular. Our review of Alberta Kills. #CanadianFilm www.scene49.ca/entertainment/alberta-kills-northwestfearfest-2026-review

Toronto artist Sami Tsang brings an ink mural, porcelain figures and silver wings to The Power Plant’s inaugural Smokestack Commission, opening October 24. #CanadianArt #Toronto www.scene49.ca/entertainment/sami-tsang-what-we-carry-forward-power-plant

Calvin discovers what happened to Little Pot Rock, Wade grows closer to Maggie, and Fonda makes a disturbing discovery in our *Below* Episode 5 recap. #below www.scene49.ca/entertainment/below-episode-5-little-pot-rock-recap-copy

Retired RCMP hostage negotiator Gordon Black discusses the experiences behind The Epsilon Protocol, writing fiction and his decision to publish independently. #CanLit www.scene49.ca/entertainment/gordon-black-epsilon-protocol-interview

Calvin joins a dangerous underwater expedition, Snooks Arm faces a growing emergency, and a missing engagement ring finally gets an explanation in our *Below* Episode 4 recap. #Below www.scene49.ca/entertainment/below-episode-4-the-ocean-will-have-us-all-recap-copy

Katie Rose Campbell of Little White Lies discusses “String Me Along,” the forthcoming She Has Teeth EP and the work of building a band independently. #CanadianMusic www.scene49.ca/entertainment/little-white-lies-string-me-along-she-has-teeth

After two wins at the Saskatchewan Indigenous Music Awards, Kainai hip-hop artist RaytheNihilist explains why his new single FLWRS//4DaCritics gives his critics their flowers. #IndigenousMusic #CanadianMusic www.scene49.ca/entertainment/raythenihilist-flwrs-4dacritics-interview

A research vessel arrives, Wade's behaviour grows more alarming, and Newfoundland folklore comes into focus in our recap of *Below* Episode 3, “Sir John Franklin.” #Below #CanadianTV www.scene49.ca/entertainment/below-episode-3-sir-john-franklin-recap-copy

Who is Baba Yaga? We examine the East Slavic stories behind Kat Sandler’s Crave series YAGA, premiering October 23. #YAGA #Crave www.scene49.ca/entertainmen...

Who owns a Canadian TV show—the creator, producer, broadcaster or streamer? A look at how copyright and licensing actually work. #CanadianTV #CanCon www.scene49.ca/entertainment/who-owns-canadian-tv-show

ANCHOR Fest is underway in Charlottetown with PEI films, music and comedy — and a push for steadier screen-industry work on the Island. #ANCHORFest #PEI www.scene49.ca/entertainment/anchor-fest-charlottetown-pei-film-industry

Canadian films earned just 1.7% of Canada's theatrical box office in 2025. New research from independent cinemas helps explain what happens between a film getting a release date and actually getting a screen. #CanadianFilm www.scene49.ca/entertainment/why-canadian-movies-hard-to-find-in-theatres

Crave's YAGA premieres October 23 with Carrie-Anne Moss, Noah Reid, Clark Backo and Hudson Williams. Our guide covers the cast, story, episode schedule and new NYCC clips. #YAGA www.scene49.ca/entertainment/yaga-crave-release-date-cast-episodes

Jay Whitehead traces 333 from an Alberta classroom to Atlantic stages and discusses his Oct. 16 Halifax reading of Die, Die, Lavinia. #CanadianTheatre www.scene49.ca/entertainment/jay-whitehead-333-toronto-bathhouse-raids

Shadow Theatre opens Kat Sandler’s Yaga in Edmonton October 14, ahead of the Crave adaptation’s October 23 premiere. #EdmontonTheatre #Yaga www.scene49.ca/entertainment/shadow-theatre-yaga-edmonton-2026

Why do Canadian TV shows disappear from streaming services? CBC's Netflix departures show how regional rights affect access. #CanadianTV www.scene49.ca/entertainment/canadian-tv-shows-disappear-streaming

Where was Crave’s #YAGA filmed? The mystery series uses Victoria and southern Vancouver Island for fictional Whittock. Here’s what the production has confirmed. #CanadianTV www.scene49.ca/entertainmen...

How do Canadian movies get funded? We look at Telefilm, tax credits, distributor advances and the financing behind Tracey Deer's Beans. #CanadianFilm www.scene49.ca/entertainment/how-canadian-movies-get-funded

Who plays whom in Crave’s #YAGA? Our spoiler-conscious guide covers Carrie-Anne Moss, Noah Reid, Clark Backo, Hudson Williams and the supporting cast ahead of October 23. www.scene49.ca/entertainmen...

What was the first movie made in Canada? Evangeline (1913) was the first feature-length drama, but Canadian filmmaking began earlier, and some of its earliest credits remain disputed. #CanadianFilm www.scene49.ca/entertainment/first-movie-ever-made-canada

After 15 years making music, Fort McKay's Bryce Fabian is pursuing new opportunities in Nashville. He spoke with SCENE 49 about hip-hop, country, family and traditional singing. #CanadianMusic #IndigenousMusic www.scene49.ca/entertainment/bryce-fabian-fort-mckay-nashville

Hollywood productions bring jobs and spending to Canada. Here's how it works—and why filming here doesn't automatically make a show Canadian. #canadianfilm www.scene49.ca/entertainment/american-movies-tv-shows-filmed-canada-copy

Boy Golden's Best of Our Possible Lives expands to 17 tracks on Oct. 16, with a Canadian tour to follow in November. #BoyGolden #CanadianMusic www.scene49.ca/entertainment/boy-golden-best-of-our-possible-lives-deluxe-tour

"Acting Good" returns October 19 for its fifth and final season. Here's who's back, what the premiere holds and where Canadians can watch. #ActingGood www.scene49.ca/entertainment/acting-good-season-5-final-season-2026-copy

Edmonton Chinese Writing Club’s We Are Water and Light anthology is featured at LitFest Alberta on October 16, with contributor presentations and music. #LitFest #Edmonton www.scene49.ca/entertainment/we-are-water-and-light-litfest-edmonton

Kevin Shawanda hosts Whose Land Is It Anyways? at Toronto’s Comedy Bar on Oct. 23, with six stand-up performers including Isabel Zaw-Tun and Harpreet Sehmbi. #CanadianComedy www.scene49.ca/entertainment/whose-land-is-it-anyways-comedy-bar-toronto

From Alma Duncan and Norman McLaren to The Raccoons and contemporary artists, Frame by Frame explores Ottawa’s animation history at Ottawa Art Gallery through March 14, 2027. #CanadianAnimation #Ottawa www.scene49.ca/entertainment/ottawa-art-gallery-frame-by-frame-animation-history

Trina Moyles opens Edmonton's LitFest on Oct. 14, discussing Black Bear with writer Conor Kerr. #LitFest #YEG www.scene49.ca/entertainment/litfest-trina-moyles-black-bear-edmonton

Edmonton poet Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon’s debut collection Duckweed 浮萍 is out from NeWest Press, with a LitFest double launch alongside Nisha Patel on Oct. 17 and more Canadian dates ahead. #CanLit #Poetry www.scene49.ca/entertainment/kathryn-gwun-yeen-lennon-duckweed-poetry

In Episode 2 of Netflix's Below, Wade's mysterious recovery brings Newfoundland's Old Hag folklore into the story as Calvin and Fonda investigate the growing danger along the coast. #Below #CanadianTV www.scene49.ca/entertainment/below-episode-2-crown-and-anchor-recap-copy

Hometown Harvest Festival returns to Sainte-Marie among the Hurons in Midland Oct. 10–12, with live music, more than 30 artisan booths, family activities and Thanksgiving dining. #MidlandON #Thanksgiving www.scene49.ca/entertainment/hometown-harvest-festival-midland-2026

Netflix's Below opens with a Newfoundland resettlement tragedy. Our Episode 1 recap follows the Penney family reunion and examines the real history behind the story. #Below #CanadianTV www.scene49.ca/entertainment/below-episode-1-come-home-year-recap

Pacific Opera Victoria opens Verdi’s Il trovatore October 16 at the Royal Theatre, with four performances through October 24 and an October 14 community preview. #VictoriaBC #Opera www.scene49.ca/entertainment/pacific-opera-victoria-il-trovatore-2026

Edmonton poet Nisha Patel’s For the Record ties the length of a book-length poem to Alberta’s COVID-19 death toll. The collection launches at LitFest Oct. 17, ahead of its Oct. 20 release. #CanLit www.scene49.ca/entertainment/nisha-patel-for-the-record-poetry

Toronto's Beverly Valley Productions is developing its first feature drama and two comedy series outside its established YouTube universe. #CanadianFilm #CanadianTV www.scene49.ca/entertainment/beverly-valley-productions-feature-film-comedy-series