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Alexisonfire and City and Colour (pictured) head a major new summer festival, D.O.A. celebrate the 40th anniversary of Hardcore 81 with a tour, and Geneviève Nadeau is the recipient of the CFMA’s Slaight Music Unsung Hero Award. Others in the news include Simon Ward, Ronley Teper and the Lipliners, Suzie Ungerleider and Caroline Marie Brooks, Ken Yates, Connie Rouble, Chuck Jackson, and farewell Jimbeau Hinson, Gavin Martin, Bobbie Lee Nelson, and Timmy Thomas.