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Hillsburn (pictured) and The Town Heroes lead the ECMAs nominations list, Ram Ranch bugs the occupying truckers, and the CMAO Awards sets a date. Others in the news include Pink Mountaintops, Music NS, Creative Manitoba, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Ryland James, Allegories, Thus Owls, Roots North, Linda McRae and Doug Cox, and farewell Kerry Chater, Phil Murphy, Howard Grimes, and Sandy Nelson.