[This is worth a re-post. I’m one of the judges tonight! – AC] The lights will be shining down from the Velvet Underground stage when Canada’s best air guitarists take the stage on
Read MoreThe past few weeks have brought the heartbreaking but, sadly, not unsurprising news that hundreds upon hundreds of children have been found buried on grounds of former residential schools. Children were taken from
Read MoreHard to believe that we’re in mid-October already, but Secret Path Week is just around the corner. Started in 2017, Secret Path Week honours the lives of Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack, a
Read MoreIt was on a five-hour drive from the Quebec-Ontario border that Twin Flames really listened, deeply, to The Tragically Hip’s “Grace Too.” It’s a song that had been “in the background” in their
Read MoreGord Downie would’ve celebrated his 56th birthday on February 6. As has become tradition, Buffalo’s Strictly Hip is throwing a party to benefit the Gord Downie & Wenjack Fund, inviting along some friends
Read MoreBy now, most of us are familiar with the story of Chanie Wenjack, the 12-year-old boy who tried to walk the 600 kilometers home, from the Cecelia Jeffrey Indian Residential School to Ogoki
Read MoreIt’s October, which means Secret Path Week is almost upon us again. Between October 17 and 22, Canadians are called to “Do Something,” as urged by Gord Downie during the final Tragically Hip
Read MoreIn 2016, two months after the final Tragically Hip show, Gord Downie returned to the stage for a very limited run of shows, during which he presented Secret Path. A series of 10
Read MoreNow that Canada Day is over, it’s time to look forward to the another big blockbuster summer event: Country Day. Not familiar? You’re gonna want to be. Country Day: An Indigenous and Tragically
Read MoreHe may have been a stranger to everyone when he died, alone and afraid on those cold railway tracks, but Chanie Wenjack is a stranger no longer. When Gord Downie pointed a finger
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