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The Dears almost quit the band several times
Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak are a husband-and-wife duo who lead the acclaimed Montreal rock band The Dears. In the early 2000s, they put a h…
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Mark Critch wants Trump to know he isn’t sorry
After years playing U.S. President Donald Trump on the news parody show “This Hour Has 22 Minutes,” comedian Mark Critch has come up with a few ideas…
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Dav Pilkey came up with Captain Underpants in the 2nd grade
When author Dav Pilkey was in the second grade, he started drawing cartoons in his notebook. He ended up naming them “Captain Underpants” and “Dog Ma…
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Cœur de pirate’s most toxic relationship is with anxiety
On her seventh and latest album, “Cavale,” the award-winning Quebecois artist Cœur de pirate explores her longest and most toxic relationship — with …
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Easy Rawlins exists to testify about Black history in America
Walter Mosley has been writing Easy Rawlins detective novels for more than 40 years now. The National Book Award-winning author joins Tom Power to ta…
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How the 1992 cod moratorium led to the rise of Newfoundland music
This year, musician Con O’Brien is celebrating 35 years with his band the Irish Descendents. They’re local legends in Newfoundland and Labrador, but …
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Why we still need classical music
Earlier this year, violin virtuoso Joshua Bell gave a TED Talk asking the question, do we still need classical music? Joshua is performing in Canada …
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Heather Ogden on dancing the Sugar Plum Fairy
For more than 20 years, Canadian ballet dancer Heather Ogden has been performing the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in the enduring Christmas classic “…
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How getting sober led Jenn Harper to launch a groundbreaking beauty brand
One night, Jenn Harper had the most vivid dream of three smiling Indigenous girls covered in colourful lip glosses. That dream, along with her newfou…
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Rheostatics are wearing their Canadianness proudly
After 45 years together, the Canadian band Rheostatics decided they needed a new challenge. So they enlisted the help of Rush’s Alex Lifeson, who joi…
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