Music News

TORONTO — Landing on the Polaris Music Prize short list was an honour for Toronto band the Beaches, but lead singer Jordan Miller also saw it as a chance to do something different.

EDMONTON — Josh Ross and his whisky-soaked ballad of heartbreak and hope took home top honours Saturday as k.d. lang got the band back together at the 2024 Canadian Country Music Association Awards. Ross, from Burlington, Ont.

TORONTO — Nelly Furtado will give Sarah McLachlan her laurels at the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame ceremony later this month.

EDMONTON — Jade Eagleson didn't think he could be any more passionate about music, but he says he's found another gear. The country singer-songwriter from Bailieboro, Ont.

VANCOUVER — British Columbia-based singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan's achievements are being honoured with a Canada Post commemorative stamp.

TORONTO — Changes to several categories at the 2025 Juno Awards are raising concerns among musicians that Canada's top music celebration is backtracking on inclusivity.

TORONTO — A justice with Ontario's Appeal Court has reserved her decision on whether Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard should get bail as he tries to appeal his sexual assault conviction at the country's top court.

Hockey star Hilary Knight wouldn’t expect anything less. More than a year after the circuit was founded, the Professional Women’s Hockey League unveiled much-anticipated names and logos for all six franchises on Monday.

TORONTO — The Juno Awards are pulling four categories from next year's ceremony as part of a wider review of Canada's biggest music awards show.

Paul Anka's sights are set on Broadway. After well over a decade of planning to adapt his life story into a stage musical, the 83-year-old Ottawa-born musician says the concept is finally getting traction.