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Medipac Insurance Offers A Musical Salute To Celebrate Father's Day

Medipac Travel Insurance, with endorsements from the Canadia

Medipac Insurance Offers A Musical Salute To Celebrate Father's Day

By FYI Staff

Medipac Travel Insurance, with endorsements from the Canadian Snowbird Association and the Royal Canadian Legion, has sponsored an hour-long music-video celebrating Father’s Day that features a marquee of Canadian singer-songwriters.


The online special features George Canyon, Johnny Reid, Gowan, and Shari Ulrich performing songs dedicated to the spirit of fatherhood. The program also features Ottawa Valley step dancers The Pilatzke Brothers, button accordionist Méabh Ní Begley from the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland, and several favourites from John McDermott and his band.

No embed is available, but one can watch and enjoy by linking here.

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Music News Digest: National Music Centre Opens OHSOTO’KINO Recording Bursary for Indigenous Artists, Great Lake Swimmers Hit The Road

Also this week: Toronto's Our Music Festival returns for a third edition, Wavemakers: Music Futures Conference & Showcase launches in Halifax.

OHSOTO’KINO is an Indigenous programming initiative from the National Music Centre focusing on three elements: creation of new music in NMC’s recording studios, artist development through a music incubator program and exhibitions via the annually updated Speak Up! gallery. The OHSOTO’KINO Recording Bursary program is open to First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists. Two submissions — one for contemporary music, one for traditional genres — will be awarded a one-week recording session at Studio Bell to produce a commercial release. The deadline to apply here is March 1. Past recipients of the bursary include Juno winner Joel Wood, Twin Flames and PIQSIQ.

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