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TORONTO — Neil Young has scrapped plans to play a free concert in Ukraine.

TORONTO — Elton John will receive the 15th Glenn Gould Prize, a $100,000 award for an artist whose work has "enriched the human condition.

TORONTO — Canadian pop duo Tegan and Sara, Arkells frontman Max Kerman and pop-punk singer Fefe Dobson are set to speak at Toronto’s Departure Festival and Conference.

Jeremy Dutcher says he's withdrawing his eight nominations from the East Coast Music Awards in solidarity with other musicians boycotting the event.

REGINA — Fifty-five years after it began, the Regina Folk Festival is officially history. Organizers say it's no longer possible to hold the event due to "financial constraints and reduced operational capacity.

TORONTO — Buffy Sainte-Marie lost her Juno awards, Polaris Music Prize and several Hall of Fame inductions in a matter of hours on Friday — a continued unwinding of her legacy as arts organizations react to the musician saying she is not a Canadian c

TORONTO — Charred cars, bullet-ridden bathroom stalls and abandoned tents, backpacks and toothbrushes from the site of the Nova Music Festival massacre will be put on display in Toronto as part of a touring exhibit meant to deepen awareness of the tr

TORONTO — Deadmau5 is taking the cheese. The Canadian electronic music producer, known for wearing a mouse head helmet on stage, has sold his song catalogue and that of his Mau5trap record label in a deal valued at US$55 million.

TORONTO — Buffy Sainte-Marie says she has returned her Order of Canada medals “with a good heart” and reasserts that she never lied about her identity, as more institutions deliberate what to do about the musician's many accolades in the absence of p

TORONTO — The Canadian Live Music Association says it's responding to the U.S. tariffs with a new campaign to promote homegrown musicians and venues.