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At the end of June 2001, the group wired US$1.2 million to Cassels Brock (a Canadian law firm), which was pooled with other funds and transferred to Tropos. A few months later, Tropos forwarded more than US$10 million to an offshore bank, [f] and the money disappeared. Hryniak (the principal of Tropos) claimed that at this point, Tropos's funds ...
Crush was certified gold in Canada in 1996. [10] "Shine" meanwhile was voted in 2000 as the 26th "Top Canadian Single of All Time" by Chart magazine, [11] and was used by Canadian music video channel Much Music as the theme song for their alternative rock show called "The Wedge." In 1996, the band released their final album to date, Turn Me On.
"Oh Canada" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Missy Higgins, and inspired by Alan Kurdi—a drowned Syrian boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach in September 2015. The track was released on 19 February 2016 with 100% of net profits from the song to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre .
A Foot in Coldwater, also known as AFIC, was a Canadian rock band who were active in the 1970s and 1980s.. Its original lineup of musicians included Alex Machin (vocals), Bob Horne (keyboard), Paul Naumann (guitar), Danny Taylor (drums), and Hughie Leggat (bass guitar and vocals). [1]
The song was recorded at Hallmark Recording Studios in Toronto, and the 45 rpm release was manufactured for the Centennial Commission by Quality Records Ltd. The single was the most successful single in Canada in 1967, selling a then unprecedented 270,000 copies. [3] It was No. 1 for 2 weeks on the RPM Top 100 Singles in Canada, in April 1967. [4]
The group has released several singles and videos such as "Thin Line", "Want It Wit Us", and "Born and Raised in the Ghetto" (a 2007 MuchMusic Video Award nominee). Growing up together in Toronto’s Regent Park, Canada’s oldest and largest housing project, their music reflects the culture and social issues faced by many inner city youth ...
For their first album release, In The Middle Of The Night, Aerial was signed to Capitol Records in the U.S., and Toronto's Anthem Records. Their second release on Anthem, 1980's Maneuvers, [7] saw Gary O'Conner replaced on guitar with Tim White on guitar and vocals. The band had a Top 40 hit in Canada with the single "Easy Love".
The song is named after Bobcaygeon, Ontario, a town in the Kawartha Lakes region about 160 kilometres (99 mi) northeast of Toronto.The song's narrator works in the city as a police officer, a job he finds stressful and sometimes ponders quitting, but unwinds from the stress and restores his spirit by spending his weekends with a loved one in the rural idyll of Bobcaygeon, where he sees "the ...