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Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund

Music News 

A Day to Listen: Tune in

June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments #DoSomething, #reconciliACTION, Bell Media, Chanie Wenjack, Corus Entertainment, Downie Wenjack Fund, First Nations, Gord Downie, Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, indigenous people, Residential Schools, Rogers Sports & Media, Secret Path, Stingray Radio

The past few weeks have brought the heartbreaking but, sadly, not unsurprising news that hundreds upon hundreds of children have

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Music News 

Secret Path Week goes virtual; #reconciliACTIONs still encouraged

October 10, 2020October 9, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments #DoSomething, #reconciliACTION, Chanie Wenjack, Gord Downie, Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, Secret Path, Secret Path Live, Secret Path Week

Hard to believe that we’re in mid-October already, but Secret Path Week is just around the corner.  Started in 2017,

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Music News 

Twin Flames honour Gord Downie with inspired Grace Too cover

July 24, 2020July 23, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments #DoSomething, #reconciliACTION, Downie Wenjack Fund, First Nations, Gord Downie, Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, Legacy, The Tragically Hip, Twin Flames

It was on a five-hour drive from the Quebec-Ontario border that Twin Flames really listened, deeply, to The Tragically Hip’s

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Music News 

Celebrating Gord Downie’s Birthday with Acoustic Hip from Starpainters

February 2, 2020February 2, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments Chanie Wenjack, Downie Wenjack Fund, Gord Downie, Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, Strictly Hip

Gord Downie would’ve celebrated his 56th birthday on February 6.  As has become tradition, Buffalo’s Strictly Hip is throwing a

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Music News 

Answer Gord Downie’s Call to #DoSomething This Secret Path Week

October 17, 2019October 16, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments #DoSomething, #reconciliACTION, Downie Wenjack Fund, Gord Downie, Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, Secret Path, Secret Path Week, Walk for Wenjack

By now, most of us are familiar with the story of Chanie Wenjack, the 12-year-old boy who tried to walk

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Music News 

First Listen: Understanding the Secret Path

October 5, 2019October 5, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Buffy Sainte-Marie, Chanie Wenjack, Gord Downie, Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, Kevin Drew, Kevin Hearn, Sam Roberts Band, Tanya Talaga

It’s October, which means Secret Path Week is almost upon us again.  Between October 17 and 22, Canadians are called

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Music News 

Attention, Tragically Hip fans: Secret Path Live set for October 19 at Roy Thomson Hall

July 17, 2019July 18, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Chanie Wenjack, Charles Spearin, Dave Hamelin, Gord Downie, Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, Josh Finlayson, Kevin Drew, Kevin Hearn, Secret Path

In 2016, two months after the final Tragically Hip show, Gord Downie returned to the stage for a very limited

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Music News 

Country Day: Honouring the Hip and Indigenous People

July 5, 2019July 4, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments #courageforgord, Downie Wenjack Fund, FamilyBand, Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, Reconciliation, Strictly Hip

Now that Canada Day is over, it’s time to look forward to the another big blockbuster summer event: Country Day.

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Music News 

From Gord to Chanie: #WalkForWenjack

November 9, 2016November 10, 2016 Amber Healy 8 Comments #courageforgord, #WalkforWenjack, Chanie Wenjack, Gord Downie, Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Sunnybrook

He may have been a stranger to everyone when he died, alone and afraid on those cold railway tracks, but

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

Music Tech MeetUp

Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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