Gord Downie, Tragically Hip singer, has terminal cancer
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I'd like to post this video of another Brain Cancer victim in honour of Gord.
I have to wipe the tears away myself to see what I am typing. I guess it's because the reality of Brain Cancer is really affecting the house today
Click on the Blue Banner that says Watch on YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxI_KfBdUa4
I have to wipe the tears away myself to see what I am typing. I guess it's because the reality of Brain Cancer is really affecting the house today
Click on the Blue Banner that says Watch on YouTube
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxI_KfBdUa4
Gord Downie Secondary School? Belleville, Ont. votes on new name for high school
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December 5, 2017
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December 5, 2017 2:41 PM EST
Governor General David Johnston shakes hands with Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie after investing him in the Order of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall, Monday, June 19, 2017 in Ottawa.Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS
BELLEVILLE, Ont. — A new consolidated high school in eastern Ontario could be named after the late lead singer of The Tragically Hip.
Quinte Secondary School in Belleville, Ont., will close next June, and 390 of its students will transfer to Moira Secondary School.
The Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board received input from the public this fall on a new name for the combined school at Moira and a committee chose five finalists from 314 proposals.
One of the suggestions is Gord Downie Secondary School, but the board says it still has to get permission from the singer’s family to use it.
The other names under consideration are Belleville East Secondary School, East Hill Secondary School, East Side High School and Myers Creek Secondary School.
A public vote on a name for the school is underway and ends on Dec. 12.
The school integration committee will meet the next day and present its final choice to a board meeting in early January.
Gord Downie Secondary School? Belleville, Ont. votes on new name for high school | Toronto Sun
Canadian Press
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Published:
December 5, 2017
Updated:
December 5, 2017 2:41 PM EST
Governor General David Johnston shakes hands with Tragically Hip singer Gord Downie after investing him in the Order of Canada during a ceremony at Rideau Hall, Monday, June 19, 2017 in Ottawa.Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS
BELLEVILLE, Ont. — A new consolidated high school in eastern Ontario could be named after the late lead singer of The Tragically Hip.
Quinte Secondary School in Belleville, Ont., will close next June, and 390 of its students will transfer to Moira Secondary School.
The Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board received input from the public this fall on a new name for the combined school at Moira and a committee chose five finalists from 314 proposals.
One of the suggestions is Gord Downie Secondary School, but the board says it still has to get permission from the singer’s family to use it.
The other names under consideration are Belleville East Secondary School, East Hill Secondary School, East Side High School and Myers Creek Secondary School.
A public vote on a name for the school is underway and ends on Dec. 12.
The school integration committee will meet the next day and present its final choice to a board meeting in early January.
Gord Downie Secondary School? Belleville, Ont. votes on new name for high school | Toronto Sun
I saw a great line that best describes Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip's music. "They are the soundtrack of Canada". I couldn't agree more.
The Tragically Hip backing Newstrike deal with CanniMed Therapeutics
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January 12, 2018
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January 12, 2018 8:48 AM EST
The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie, performs during the first stop of the Man Machine Poem Tour at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, B.C., Friday, July 22, 2016. Jim Cuddy shared the stage with fellow Canadian music star Gord Downie several times over their long careers, but it was a performance last February that was perhaps the most poignant. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito ORG XMIT: CPT503
TORONTO — Newstrike Resources Ltd. says the Tragically Hip is backing the company’s deal to be acquired by CanniMed Therapeutics Inc.
The band is a creative partner and shareholder in Newstrike, the company (TSXV:HIP) says.
In a statement on behalf of the band, guitarist Rob Baker says the combination “will create shareholder value and a formidable force in the Canadian cannabis market for many decades to come.”
The Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie, centre, leads the band through a concert in Vancouver, Sunday, July 24, 2016.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
CanniMed (TSX:CMED) struck an friendly deal in November to acquire Newstrike in an all-stock transaction.
CanniMed shareholders would own approximately 65 per cent of the combined company, while Newstrike shareholders would hold the remaining 35 per cent.
However, Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB) is looking to stop the deal as part of its own hostile offer to buy CanniMed.
The Tragically Hip backing Newstrike deal with CanniMed Therapeutics | Toronto Sun
Canadian Press
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Published:
January 12, 2018
Updated:
January 12, 2018 8:48 AM EST
The Tragically Hip's Gord Downie, performs during the first stop of the Man Machine Poem Tour at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, B.C., Friday, July 22, 2016. Jim Cuddy shared the stage with fellow Canadian music star Gord Downie several times over their long careers, but it was a performance last February that was perhaps the most poignant. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito ORG XMIT: CPT503
TORONTO — Newstrike Resources Ltd. says the Tragically Hip is backing the company’s deal to be acquired by CanniMed Therapeutics Inc.
The band is a creative partner and shareholder in Newstrike, the company (TSXV:HIP) says.
In a statement on behalf of the band, guitarist Rob Baker says the combination “will create shareholder value and a formidable force in the Canadian cannabis market for many decades to come.”
The Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie, centre, leads the band through a concert in Vancouver, Sunday, July 24, 2016.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
CanniMed (TSX:CMED) struck an friendly deal in November to acquire Newstrike in an all-stock transaction.
CanniMed shareholders would own approximately 65 per cent of the combined company, while Newstrike shareholders would hold the remaining 35 per cent.
However, Aurora Cannabis Inc. (TSX:ACB) is looking to stop the deal as part of its own hostile offer to buy CanniMed.
The Tragically Hip backing Newstrike deal with CanniMed Therapeutics | Toronto Sun