FIRST NATIONS FESTIVAL ON NORTH SHORE

The 7th Annual Tsleil-Waututh Cultural Arts Festival is coming to Cates Park in North Vancouver on Aug. 18. It will bring 2,000 festival-goers together to celebrate Aboriginal cultures, community and the First Nation\’s link to its territory. The festival will be filled with music and dance performances, demonstrations of ancient technologies, guided trips in traditional-style canoes by Takaya Tours and traditional foods. The festival will run from noon to 6 p.m. on that day.