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Gord Downie To Receive Posthumous Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award
Gord Downie To Receive Posthumous Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award Gord Downie — photo by David BastedoThe late Gord Downie will receive the 2019 Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award at the Canadian Music & Broadcast Industry Awards Gala Dinner on May 9. The event is held at Toronto’s Rebel Entertainment Complex during Canadian Music Week.…
Ten Examples Of Young Activists Changing The World For The Better
Ten Examples Of Young Activists Changing The World For The Better A young protestor at March For Our Lives NYC on March 24, 2018 — photo credit Mathias Wasik, wasikphoto.com, Creative CommonsOn March 15 of this year an estimated 1.4 million students from 112 countries skipped school to take part in the Global Climate Strike for the Future, a worldwide…
WATCH: Ellen Page's Appearance on Stephen Colbert Capable of Bringing Viewers to Tears
WATCH: Ellen Page's Appearance on Stephen Colbert Capable of Bringing Viewers to Tears Ellen Page on Stephen Colbert — photo credit: screenshot.Canadian-born Hollywood actress Ellen Page used her segment on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to discuss many important issues from environmental racism towards First Nations in Canada to equating U.S.…
Arcade Fire, Arkells, Dan Mangan, Peaches Among Many Canadian Musicians Supporting Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders
Arcade Fire, Arkells, Dan Mangan, Peaches Among Many Canadian Musicians Supporting Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders Canadian musicians supporting Wet’suwet’en land defenders — graphic providedArcade Fire, Arkells, Dan Mangan, Peaches, Tagaq and Torquil Campbell (Stars) are among the more than 160 high-profile Canadian musicians who've signed a statement of…
Global Citizen EP1 Featuring Pharrell Williams, Stormzy, David Guetta, More Being Used To Fight Poverty
Global Citizen EP1 Featuring Pharrell Williams, Stormzy, David Guetta, More Being Used To Fight Poverty Global Citizen EP1 cover — image via Warner Music CanadaA new four-song EP featuring Pharrell Williams, Stormzy, David Guetta, Los Unidades, Stargate and more has been released to support the Global Citizen organization and its goal to end extreme…
Midnight Shine's New Video Tackles Suicide, Depression Crisis In Far North
Midnight Shine's New Video Tackles Suicide, Depression Crisis In Far North Midnight Shine lead singer Adrian Sutherland inNorthern Ontario rock band Midnight Shine's new video "I Need Angels" is shining a light on the high rate of depression and suicide in Canada's Far North. Hailing from Attawapiskat, a remote Indigenous community on the western…
Blue Rodeo, Sheepdogs, Deep Dark Woods Members Team Up For Cold Manitoba Project Inspired By Gord Downie
Blue Rodeo, Sheepdogs, Deep Dark Woods Members Team Up For Cold Manitoba Project Inspired By Gord Downie Cold Manitoba contributors, clockwise from top left, Jim Bowskill, Michael Boguski, Dustin Bentall, Lucas Goetz, Chris Mason and Chris Sleightholm. — Image via Cold Manitoba Facebook pageSpurred on by a challenge from late Tragically Hip singer Gord…
Canadian Senate Committee Travels North to Hear from Indigenous Communities
Canadian Senate Committee Travels North to Hear from Indigenous Communities Members of the Senate Committee on Aboriginal Peoples join Northwest Territories Premier Bob McLeod in the chamber of the Legislative Assembly in Yellowknife. The premier expressed his appreciation of the committee's work on their fact-finding mission — photo credit: Senate of…
Gord Downie Tribute Concerts To Raise Funds For His Charity One Year After His Death
Gord Downie Tribute Concerts To Raise Funds For His Charity One Year After His Death graphic providedA number of high-profile Canadian musicians will take part in a pair of Gord Downie tribute concerts in Southern Ontario on and around the first anniversary of The Tragically Hip singer's death this week. Funds generated from these shows will go towards…
Q&A: A Tribe Called Red's Bear Witness Furthers Halluci Nation Concept Through X Avant Festival
Q&A: A Tribe Called Red's Bear Witness Furthers Halluci Nation Concept Through X Avant Festival Bear Witness of A Tribe Called Red — photo credit: X AvantWhen Ottawa electronic act A Tribe Called Red (ATCR) opened the 2017 Juno Awards broadcast, it wasn't just an important moment of mainstream recognition for the band, it was also a sign, a…
Video for Rise Up Anthem Promotes New Country Version for Charity
Video for Rise Up Anthem Promotes New Country Version for Charity Meghan Patrick sings her line for Lorraine Segato has directed a video for the country cover of her empowering hit single by the Parachute Club, “Rise Up” from 1983. Proceeds from the sale of the song, sung by 17 Canadian country acts, go to four charities of her choosing, and there are…
Country Artists Unite for Charity Version of Parachute Club's 35th Anniversary of Rise Up
Country Artists Unite for Charity Version of Parachute Club's 35th Anniversary of Rise Up Thirty-five years ago, the iconic Canadian pop song “Rise Up,” by Toronto’s The Parachute Club, has represented a sense of positivity, of inclusivity and perseverance. An updated version of the song has been recorded by 17 Canadian country music artists with…
Reuben and The Dark Cover The Hip’s Bobcaygeon to Raise Money for Downie-Wenjack Fund
Reuben and The Dark Cover The Hip’s Bobcaygeon to Raise Money for Downie-Wenjack Fund Reuben Bullock of Alberta’s Reuben and the Dark — photo credit: Scott Ramsay.Moved by the response of the audience when his band covered The Tragically Hip’s “Bobcaygeon" live, frontman Reuben Bullock of Alberta’s Reuben and the Dark have recorded the song with all…
Gord Downie Tribute Concert in Hometown to Raise Money for Four Charities
Gord Downie Tribute Concert in Hometown to Raise Money for Four Charities Bill Welychka hosted the outdoor viewing event for The Tragically Hip's final concert in Kingston, Springer Square — photo courtesy of B.W. A group of Kingston, Ontario musicians are coming together to share their music and the message of hope and reconciliation as part of a Gord…
Xavier Rudd and Emmanuel Jal Release Song to Spread Love
Xavier Rudd and Emmanuel Jal Release Song to Spread Love Emmanuel Jal and Xavier Russ — image via Emmanuel Jal YouTube channelEmmanuel Jal and Xavier Rudd want their new musical team-up to spread love and kindness. Jal, a South Sudanese-Canadian hip hop artist, activist and former child soldier, and Rudd, a socially conscious Australian musician, have…