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OTTAWA — As Canada enters a year marked by national birthday celebrations and the beginnings of an inquiry into the country’s past, sordid treatment of its indigenous peoples, Nunavut-based throat singer Tanya Tagaq Gillis hopes her music will open minds...

Carleton University is awarding 10 honorary degrees at its spring Convocation to a group of accomplished recipients who have excelled the arts, journalism and science. In total, 3,359 undergraduate and 782 graduate students will walk across the stage...

Alysha Brilla, nominated for Contemporary Album of the Year, has one of the 37 Canadian independent releases in this year’s Juno Awards – photo Lisa MacIntosh The 2014 Juno Award Nominees have been announced, and this year’s list includes...

Mark Tetreault, Director of Symphonic Services for the Canadian Federation of Musicians, Principal Tuba in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and ex officio member of the Orchestras Canada board of directors, was asked to address the federal Standing Committee...

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