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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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Canadian Government Introduces Canada Creative Credit to Support 'Artistic Production'
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Canadian Government Introduces Canada Creative Credit to Support 'Artistic Production'

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The Carney government's 2026 federal budget was tabled Thursday afternoon (Nov. 5), and it includes a new and forthcoming Canada Creative Credit, described as a tax relief "for Canadian artists to foster creativity, artistic production and cultural entrepreneurship." In a subsequent message posted to X, prime minister Mark Carney revealed that Canadian artists can benefit from an exception of up to $45,000.

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