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Matthew Rankin: Universal Language and his surreal vision of an alternate Winnipeg
Matthew Rankin: Universal Language and his surreal vision of an alternate Winnipeg

Matthew Rankin is the Canadian director and star of the film “Universal Language.” It’s an absurdist comedy set in an alternate version of Winnipeg w…

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Quick Q: How an edible changed Charlie Houston’s entire life and career
Quick Q: How an edible changed Charlie Houston’s entire life and career

When the Canadian musician Charlie Houston was a student at NYU a few years ago, she took an edible that gave her a really bad trip. It was so bad th…

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Jann Arden: The ‘90s are back on her new album Mixtape
Jann Arden: The ‘90s are back on her new album Mixtape

The Canadian singer-songwriter Jann Arden joins Tom Power to talk about her new covers album “Mixtape,” the time she was called a one-hit wonder, and…

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Avan Jogia: The former Nickelodeon star on the dark reality of being a teen actor
Avan Jogia: The former Nickelodeon star on the dark reality of being a teen actor

Avan Jogia is a Canadian actor, author and director who spent his teen years in the spotlight as one of the stars of the hit Nickelodeon series “Vict…

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Jason Reynolds: Why he wrote a tender love story from a teen boy’s POV
Jason Reynolds: Why he wrote a tender love story from a teen boy’s POV

When the award-winning author Jason Reynolds was visiting a juvenile detention centre, he asked what kind of books young boys checked out the most. T…

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Tia Wood: Finding her own sound in her musical family
Tia Wood: Finding her own sound in her musical family

A few years ago, the musician Tia Wood moved to Los Angeles from her home of Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta. Though she comes from a musical fami…

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Alessia Cara: Being an introvert in an extrovert’s industry
Alessia Cara: Being an introvert in an extrovert’s industry

The Grammy-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Alessia Cara has a unique talent for capturing the inner life of someone growing up in the digital age …

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Quick Q: Brandi Carlile on collaborating with her hero, Elton John
Quick Q: Brandi Carlile on collaborating with her hero, Elton John

They say never meet your heroes, but don't tell that to Brandi Carlile. The 11-time Grammy winner has teamed up with Elton John on a new album, “Who …

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Neko Case: Why she says Canada’s music scene is “much healthier” than in the U.S.
Neko Case: Why she says Canada’s music scene is “much healthier” than in the U.S.

The Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Neko Case has written her first memoir, titled “The Harder I Fight The More I Love You.” It traces her upbring…

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Quick Q: How Aysanabee is giving back to local artists on his new tour
Quick Q: How Aysanabee is giving back to local artists on his new tour

For his first headline tour from Ontario to Atlantic Canada, the Juno-winning singer-songwriter Aysanabee is shining a light on local First Nations, …

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