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A number of Ontario high school students from disadvantaged communities will get the rare opportunity to attend former U.S. president Barack Obama's special speaking event taking place Sept. 29...
One of the most important justice, cultural and human rights issues in Canada right now revolves around cases of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls (MMIWG). Winnipeg indigenous pop band...
If we all sat down and had a beer together we might better understand our differences. That's the premise behind beermakers Heineken U.K.'s newest promotional campaign and social experiment...
Heavy metal band All That Remains are trying to help U.S. military veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The band, who just released their eighth album, Madness, on April...
Humour is an antidote to almost anything, so surely humour served with a side of charity is an unstoppable force. Or at least a powerful ploy to gain traction in a crowded marketplace. That may...
Legendary Australian rock band Midnight Oil has reformed for its first global tour in more than 20 years after frontman Peter Garrett left his music career for politics and a good decade in the...
Civil disobedience may potentially earn someone $250,000 USD ($336,023 CAD). That is the recently announced cash reward that will go to the winner of the first ever Disobedience Award being presented...
At a time when U.S. President Donald Trump continues push forward with his "Muslim ban," the South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival will host some pointed counter-programming with the...
Alluding to the combative refrain from Donald Trump discrediting the media, musician Sting said Jim Foley, the 40-year-old American photojournalist who was abducted in 2012 in Syria and beheaded in...
If nothing else good comes out of the next four years, at least it will have a great musical soundtrack. A pair of interconnected musical projects have been unveiled that will provide music for the...

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