A Day to Listen: Tune in
The 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
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Secret Path
Blue Rodeo’s Michael Boguski and friends release song for Secret Path Week
Michael Boguski of Blue Rodeo is joining this year’s Secret Path Week efforts to help move Canadians toward healing and reconciliation. Along with Chris Mason and Lucas Goetz (formerly of Deep Dark Woods),
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Secret Path Week goes virtual; #reconciliACTIONs still encouraged
Hard 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
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Answer Gord Downie’s Call to #DoSomething This Secret Path Week
By 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
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Geeks and Beats podcast, episode 249: Gord Downie’s Secret Path revisited
The scared boy and the rock star. The story of Chanie Wenjack is one of trying to get home. We’ve all been there, exhausted from travel, maybe a little cold, a little hungry,
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Sam Roberts, Buffy Sainte-Marie among singers for Secret Path Live
It’s a roster that would make any label giddy, and it’s all in the name of the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) and reconciliation. The singers for this year’s Secret Path
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Attention, Tragically Hip fans: Secret Path Live set for October 19 at Roy Thomson Hall
In 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
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Residential school survivors heed Downie’s call to ‘Do Something’
In one of his last few public appearances, Gord Downie issued a call to the nation: “Do Something.” The last piece of work released by Gord Downie before his death was the heartbreaking
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Random Music News for Thursday, October 19, 2017
This is the 30th anniversary of Black Monday, a very scary stock market crash that freaked out everyone. Let’s see if any this music news for October 19 freaks you out. Gord Downie’s Secret
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Gord Downie is Up for a…Comic Book Award? Yep.
Canadian comic book nerds know all about the Joe Schuster Awards, which are given out to deserving Canadian creators. The awards, which were established in 2004, are named after the guy–a Canadian–who co-created
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Gord Downie Makes Rare Public Appearance for Canada 150/WE Day in Ottawa
It was nice to see Gord Downie in Ottawa on Sunday for the Canada 150/WE Day festivities. He had something to say on behalf of Canada’s indigenous people. He told the crowd that
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