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Music History 

Gord Downie’s legacy, five years after his death

October 17, 2022October 20, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Cancer Research, Chanie Wenjack, Downie Wenjack Fund, Glioblastoma, Gord Downie, Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack Fund, Lake Ontario Waterkeeper, Secret Path Week, Sunnybrook, The Secret Path, The Tragically Hip, Tragically Hip

Take a moment and remember where you were when the news came out on October 18, 2017.  We knew it

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Music History 

One year ago today, Neil Peart died of brain cancer. Rolling Stone has a special tribute including the heartbreaking details of his last years.

January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Glioblastoma, Neil Peart, Rush

It was around 9am on January 7, 2020, when I got the call. Neil Peart had died of glioblastoma, the

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Events 

I’m helping out with next week’s Virtual Brain Tumour Walk. Take a look.

June 20, 2020June 19, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada, Glioblastoma, Gord Downie, Neil Peart, Rush, Tragically Hip

Every day across Canada, 27 people receive news that they have a brain tumour. Brain Tumour Foundation of Canada holds

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Music News 

Hey, Gord, thanks: Sunnybrook Foundation details efforts support by the Gord Downie Fund

May 23, 2020May 22, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments Brain Cancer, Glioblastoma, Gord Downie, Gord Downie Fund, Gord Downie Fund for Brain Cancer Research, Indigenou, Sunnybrook Foundation, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Tragically Hip

It was just about four years ago that Tragically Hip fans woke up to the news that Gord Downie was

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Music News 

Going green and Gord: medical marijuana, brain cancer and the Hip

October 17, 2018October 14, 2018 Amber Healy 0 Comments Brain Cancer, Glioblastoma, Gord Downie, Medical Marijuana, Newstrike, Pot, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, The Tragically Hip

The Tragically Hip announced their partnership with Newstrike, a Brantford-based marijuana producer, in May 2017. It’s a partnership that makes

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Music News 

Tragically Hip Fan with Brain Cancer Sees Band One Last Time and Then Dies

August 31, 2016 Alan Cross 2 Comments Glioblastoma, Tragically Hip

Joanne Schiewe was always a Tragically Hip fan, but when she found out that Gord Downie had glioblastoma, the same

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