If you’ve been following the various tech-related legislation winding its way through the Canadian federal government, you’ll know about Bill C-11, also known as the online streaming act. While it is now law,
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This family company has been making sausages for 500 years. Music news for July 15, 2023 is much fresher than that. More music news? Look here. BONUS: Stop it. No.
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I had kinda predicted this: Research into the coronavirus could give us a cure for the common cold. Maybe. Good news, right? And here’s some music news for February 8, 2021. How the
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You may remember a brouhaha from earlier in the month when a Montreal blog opined on a $90,000 FACTOR grant given to Crystal Math Music. At issue is the fact that the label
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Those who had “asteroid collision” as part of their how-could-2020-get-any-worse almost had it pay out this past weekend. Coronavirus update 1: YouTube’s annual “Rewind” show has been canceled for 2020. Coronavirus update 2:
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Twitter has a problem with Grimes today. The Polaris-prize nominated electro-indie artist originally from Montreal is signed to an indie label called Crystal Math Music, which is based in Quebec. Back in March,
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Normally, the last long weekend of the summer can be a melancholy thing. But the sooner we get rid of 2020, the better, right? Here’s what I have for music news for September
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With a federal election scheduled for October 21, the Liberals needed to table a budget that offered something for everyone. That included the music industry. The budget that dropped yesterday includes $60 million
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Is it October 23, 2018, already? Time to start thinking about when to switch to snow tires, I guess. And in music news… Canadian music sales and streams vs. this time last week:
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Whenever I encounter American bands who come across the northern border, they’re amazing at how much Canada supports our music industry. Cancon. FACTOR. VideoFACT. Starmaker. And so on. The number of ways the
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Okay, people. Time to take down the Halloween decorations. Those carved pumpkins look pretty disgusting. You’ve been warned. And now, the music news for November 21. One of the reasons the Canadian music
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