Coronavirus

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  Here's How Canada's $500 Million for Arts and Culture Support Will Be Distributed

  PUBLISHED May 8, 2020

  Last month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $500 million in aid would be provided to support Canadians who work in the arts, cultur...

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  Northcote Plots New Material for 2020, Shares His Isolation Fixations

  PUBLISHED May 7, 2020

  Onetime hardcore noisemaker Northcote hasn't released a full-length since 2015's Hope Is Made of Steel, but now the Victoria-based folk-roc...

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  Madonna Clarifies She Tested Positive for COVID-19

  PUBLISHED May 7, 2020

  For better or worse, Madonna has emerged as one of the more vocal celebrities when it comes to COVID-19, and we're now getting a better ide...

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  Gollum Is Reading 'The Hobbit' Online for Charity

  PUBLISHED May 7, 2020

  Whether you've read the Lord of the Rings trilogy or seen the films, it's hard to imagine Gollum ever teaming with hobbits in good faith. H...

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  Mercury Prize-Nominated Rapper Ty Dies of COVID-19

  PUBLISHED May 7, 2020

  Ty — the U.K. rapper who received a Mercury Prize nomination his 2003 album Upwards — has died. The artist's team confirmed his passing tod...

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  No Frills Drops Physical Distancing Banger "A Cart Apart"

  PUBLISHED May 7, 2020

  Forever attempting to be the littest grocery chain, Galen Weston Jr.'s No Frills has released a COVID-19 hip-hop banger/PSA reminding shopp...

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  Toronto's Pantayo Offer a Glimpse Inside Their Isolational Spaces While Shining a Light on "Magical" Kulintang Music

  PUBLISHED May 6, 2020

  Pantayo's music sounds simultaneously ancient and modern, familiar and groundbreaking. Based in Toronto, the five-piece meld traditional ku...

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  'The Simpsons' Predicted Coronavirus — and the Murder Hornets

  PUBLISHED May 6, 2020

  Is it even a surprise anymore to discover that, no matter how absurd life gets, The Simpsons did it first? Weeks after Disney+ leaned into...