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  • June 25, 2018 - The Globe and Mail
    The Governor-General's Performing Arts Awards Gala
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  • May 30, 2018 - CBC
    Meet the Canadians taking home the country's highest award in performing arts
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  • March 8, 2018 - CBC
    'It's a golden era for Canadian artists:' Peter Herrndorf
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  • March 8, 2018 - Ottawa Citizen
    Herrndorf to get GGPA award on his last day at NAC
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  • March 8, 2018 - Toronto Star
    Tegan and Sara, Murray McLauchlan, SCTV producer to receive arts awards
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  • March 8, 2018 - Exclaim!
    Tegan and Sara to Receive Governor General's Performing Arts Award
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  • March 8, 2018 - CBC
    Governor General's Performing Arts Awards: Tegan and Sara, Geneviève Bujold, Angela Hewitt to be honoured
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  • March 15, 2017 - VOIR
    Prix du Gouverneur Général: Brigitte Haentjens Soutient la Relève
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  • March 15, 2017 - La Presse
    Jean Beaudin: en quête d'un ultime film
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  • March 14, 2017 - La Presse
    Prix du Gouverneur général: Brigitte Haentjens donne aux suivants
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  • March 10, 2017 - Globe & Mail
    Fox to receive Governor-General's Award; Actor says he's 'honoured' to be recognized with Canadian prize and looks forward to heading home for the ceremony in June
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  • March 10, 2017 - Toronto Star
    Comedy king eyes new role; Performer Short dreams big after being awarded another honour by Governor General
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  • March 9, 2017 - Broadway World
    Karen Kain Mentors Robert Binet for 2017 Governor General's Performing Arts Award Mentorship
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  • March 9, 2017 - ICI Radio-Canada
    Jean Beaudin, Brigitte Haentjens et Yves Sioui Durand lauréats des Prix du gouverneur général
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  • March 9, 2017 - Calgary Herald
    Michael J. Fox 'surprised,' 'humbled' by Governor General's Performing Arts Award
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  • March 9, 2017 - Le Huffington Post Québec
    Dévoilement des lauréats des Prix du Gouverneur général pour les arts du spectacle 2017
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  • March 9, 2017 - ET Canada
    Recipients Of 2017 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards For Lifetime Artistic Achievement
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  • March 9, 2017 - CBC News
    Michael J. Fox, Martin Short, Brigitte Haentjens win Governor General's Performing Arts Awards
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  • June 14, 2016 - Ottawa Life Magazine
    Glitzy Governor General Awards Gala 2016
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  • June 13, 2016 - CTV News
    Aglukark wins GG lifetime achievement award, speaks of long journey to stardom
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  • June 13, 2016 - City TV
    Inuk musician Susan Aglukark wins lifetime achievement award
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  • June 12, 2016 - Ottawa Citizen
    Around Town: Shining a light on Canadian artists at the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards
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  • June 11, 2016 - Everything Zoomer
    Governor General's Awards: 8 Questions for Susan Aglukark
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  • June 10, 2016 - Ottawa Citizen
    Fashion tips for turning heads at Ottawa's most glam spring gala
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  • June 10, 2016 - The Globe & Mail
    A lifetime in film, Robert Lantos has more stories to tell
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  • April 17, 2016 - Toronto Star
    Opera star honoured for career that almost wasn’t: Knelman
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  • April 15, 2016 - CBC Music
    Ben Heppner wins Governor General's Performing Arts Award
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  • April 15, 2016 - Ottawa Citizen
    A lifetime in film: Robert Lantos honoured by a GG award
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  • April 14, 2016 - Globe and Mail
    Nunavut singer Susan Aglukark among Governor-General’s Performing Arts Award winners
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  • April 14, 2016 - Ottawa Citizen
    Lantos, Aglukark, Heppner, Bublé honoured by GG awards
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  • June 19, 2015 - Globe and Mail
    Party photos of the week: The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Gala
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  • June 2, 2015 - Toronto Star
    Prestigious performing arts prize deserves national recognition: Knelman
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  • June 2, 2015 - Epoch Times
    Performing Arts Awards: Weekend of Recognition for Canada’s Artists
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  • May 31, 2015 - Ottawa Citizen
    Around Town: Governor General's Performing Arts Awards Gala
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  • May 29, 2015 - Ottawa Citizen
    Diana Leblanc: An actor's life for she
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  • May 27, 2015 - Toronto Star
    Glenn Gould’s gift to his former grade school
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  • May 17, 2015 - Ottawa Citizen
    Michael Koerner has built a legacy in business and in art
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  • May 15, 2015 - Ottawa Citizen
    Egoyan feels honoured by performing arts award
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  • May 13, 2015 - Ottawa Citizen
    R.H. Thomson: Finding comfort in the community of theatre
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  • May 12, 2015 - Public Radio of Armenia
    Atom Egoyan among 2015 Canada’s Governor General Performing Arts Award winners
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  • April 17, 2015 - Toronto Star
    Atom Egoyan’s very big year
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  • April 16, 2015 - Times Colonist
    Actor R.H. Thomson looks to future, not the past
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  • April 10, 2015 - Le Devoir
    Walter Boudreau et Jean-Marc Vallée honorés
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  • April 9, 2015 - Canoe.ca
    Des artistes des arts du spectacle décorés
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  • April 9, 2015 - ET Canada
    Sarah McLachlan, Atom Egoyan Are Among This Year's Governor General's Performing Arts Award Winners
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  • April 9, 2015 - Montreal Gazette
    Three Montrealers win G-G's Performing Arts Awards
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  • April 9, 2015 - Ministry of Canadian Heritage
    Déclaration de la ministre Glover à l'occasion du dévoilement des lauréats des Prix du Gouverneur général pour les arts du spectacle
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  • April 9, 2015 - Radio-Canada International
    Les Prix du Gouverneur général récompensent le monde des arts
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  • April 9, 2015 - Huffington Post Quebec
    Prix du Gouverneur général pour les arts du spectacle: Les lauréats 2015 dévoilés
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  • April 9, 2015 - 730 CKDM
    Music News: Governor General's Performing Arts Awards
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  • April 9, 2015 - Times Colonist
    Victoria performers honoured with Governor General’s awards
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  • April 9, 2015 - Globe and Mail
    Governor-General’s Performing Arts Awards honours talent from the sax to the stage
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  • April 9, 2015 - La Presse
    Prix du Gouverneur général: les finalistes dévoilés
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  • April 9, 2015 - Voir Ottawa/Gatineau
    GG arts du spectacle: Walter Boudreau, Atom Egoyan et Sarah McLachlan parmi les récipiendaires
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  • April 9, 2015 - Radio-Canada
    Jean-Marc Vallée, Sarah McLachlan et Atom Egoyan lauréats des Prix du Gouverneur général
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  • April 9, 2015 - Zoomer Magazine online
    The 2015 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards: And the winners are...
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  • April 9, 2015 - Straight.com
    Sarah McLachlan receives Governor General's performing arts award
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  • April 9, 2015 - National Post
    Sarah McLachlan on her Governor General’s Award: ‘Something I should be getting 20 years from now’
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  • April 9, 2015 - Canadian Press
    Sarah McLachlan among laureates of Governor General's Performing Arts Awards
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  • April 9, 2015 - 680 News
    Sarah McLachlan among laureates of Governor General's Performing Arts Awards
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  • April 9, 2015 - Ottawa Citizen
    Sarah McLachlan, Atom Egoyan among GG performing arts awards winners announced Thursday
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  • April 9, 2015 - CBC News
    Atom Egoyan, Sarah McLachlan among 2015 Governor General's Performing Arts Award winners
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  • August 26, 2014 - canoe.ca
    PGGAS: le public invité à se prononcer
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  • August 26, 2014 - TVA Nouvelles
    Le public invité à soumettre la candidature de ses artistes favoris
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  • August 26, 2014 - Le Journal de Montréal
    Le public invité à soumettre la candidature de ses artistes favoris
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  • May 13, 2014 - Twenty York Street blog
    The glamour and glitz that is the Gov Gen Performing Arts Awards
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  • May 12, 2014 - The Ottawa Citizen
    Around Town: GG’s Performing Arts Awards Gala brings a jolt of glitz and glam to the nation’s capital
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  • May 12, 2014 - Apt 613 blog
    Honouring Canada’s music, dance and theatre artists
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  • May 12, 2014 - Just a Trace blog
    Govenor General's Performing Arts Awards Gala 2014
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  • May 10, 2014 - The Globe and Mail
    Legendary dancer Lecavalier jumps on stage with debut choreography
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  • May 9, 2014 - APTN
    Tom Jackson to receive Governor General's Award
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  • May 6, 2014 - The Ottawa Citizen
    Partners in Music
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  • April 22, 2014 - The Ottawa Citizen
    Dancer Louise Lecavalier has always dared to surpass herself
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  • April 21, 2014 - The Ottawa Citizen
    Tom Jackson’s gift opened the door to a career as an artist
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  • April 8, 2014 - The Ottawa Citizen
    The stage is THE thing for Albert Schultz
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  • March 26, 2014 - The Globe and Mail
    Governor-General’s Performing Arts Award winners: Why I became an artist
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  • March 26, 2014 - Winnipeg Free Press
    RWB volunteer recognized with GG award
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  • March 26, 2014 - Toronto Star
    Blue Rodeo, Brent Carver and Albert Schultz earn 2014 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards
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  • March 26, 2014 - CBC.ca
    Blue Rodeo, Tom Jackson win Governor General's arts awards
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  • March 26, 2014 - CBC Music
    Blue Rodeo to receive Governor General’s lifetime achievement award
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  • March 26, 2014 - Ottawa Citizen
    Blue Rodeo, Brent Carver, Louise Lecavalier among Governor General’s performing arts laureates
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  • March 26, 2014 - Le Devoir
    Les Québécoises Janine Sutto, Anik Bissonnette et Louise Lecavalier sont honorées
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  • March 26, 2014 - The Huffington Post Quebec
    Prix du Gouverneur général: Janine Sutto, Louise Lecavalier et Anik Bissonnette parmi les lauréats
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  • March 26, 2014 - Hamilton Spectator
    Blue Rodeo wins Governor General's arts award
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  • June 10, 2013 - Radio Canada International
    Daniel Lanois honored for Lifetime Artistic Achievement
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  • June 3, 2013 - FAJO Magazine
    Governor General Performing Arts Awards 2013: a hit in the Nation’s Capital
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  • May 30, 2013 - Radio-Canada
    Le comptable des arts - with Jean Pierre Desrosiers
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  • May 27, 2013 - Ottawa Citizen
    Andrew Dawes joins Governor General's laureates
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  • May 23, 2013 - Ottawa Citizen
    Colm Feore to host GG Awards gala June 1
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  • May 8, 2013 - Montreal Gazette
    Social Notes: Arts fête simply unforgettable - GG Performing Arts Awards take centre stage at intimate gathering
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  • May 8, 2013 - YouTube - National Arts Centre
    2013 GGPAA Recipient Announcement
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  • April 18, 2013 - The Epoch Times
    Canada's Foremost Artists Recognized
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  • April 11, 2013 - National Post
    Q&A: As a self-proclaimed strident cultural nationalist, Governor General’s award winner Eric Peterson managed to reach audiences worldwide
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  • April 11, 2013 - CTV Ottawa Morning Live
    Governor General's Performing Arts Awards (video)
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  • April 10, 2013 - Montreal Gazette
    Lanois, Peterson among winners of lifetime achievement awards
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  • April 10, 2013 - The Globe and Mail
    6 to know: The 2013 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards laureates talk about the moments that shaped their careers
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  • April 10, 2013 - The Toronto Star
    Eric Peterson, Menaka Thakkar honoured with Governor General’s Performing Arts Award
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  • April 10, 2013 - Ottawa Citizen
    Daniel Lanois, Eric Peterson win GG Performing Arts Awards; Sarah Polley wins NAC Award
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  • April 10, 2013 - The Globe and Mail
    Playwrights John Murrell and Anita Majumdar team up as mentor and protégé
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  • March 7, 2013 - The National Post
    Canadian music legend Stompin' Tom Connors dead at 77
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  • February 7, 2013 - HELLO! Canada
    Fine Arts (photo spread)
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  • October 1, 2012 - Zoomer Magazine
    3 Days In Ottawa (GGPAA 20th anniversary special)
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  • August 24, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
    ‘Is breaking wind the best way to get a huge laugh?’
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  • June 18, 2012 - Rolling Stone
    Q&A: Rush's Alex Lifeson on 'Clockwork' Tour Setlist, Hall of Fame Prospects
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  • June 12, 2012 - CBC Radio: Q
    Geddy Lee & Alex Lifeson on Clockwork Angels
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  • May 26, 2012 - The National Post
    Governor General’s Awards: With glowing arts
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  • May 17, 2012 - The Huffington Post Canada
    CHANGE MY MIND: Is Hockey More Important to the Canadian Identity Than the Arts?
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  • May 9, 2012 - I4U NEWS
    Related Photos: Ottawa
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  • May 9, 2012 - The Ottawa Citizen
    World-class awards
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  • May 8, 2012 - GRAMMY.com
    Snapshot: May 8 (photo)
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  • May 7, 2012 - The Ottawa Citizen
    Rocking out for their generation
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  • May 7, 2012 - iPolitics
    OFFICIAL CIRCLES: Gov. Gen. awards don’t fail to dazzle
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  • May 6, 2012 - YouTube
    On Stage Rush Tribute from the GGPAA Gala 2012
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  • May 6, 2012 - Independent Woman (Ireland)
    Pete Townshend (Photo)
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  • May 6, 2012 - TheWho.com
    Pete Townshend shows up in Ottawa to honour Des McAnuff
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  • May 4, 2012 - The Globe and Mail
    Rush honoured in House of Commons
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  • May 3, 2012 - GGPAA
    As of 10 p.m. Saturday, May 5, NFB short films about the 2012 recipients will be available for viewing at nfb.ca
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  • May 2, 2012 - The Ottawa Citizen
    Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards: Homegrown heroes
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  • May 1, 2012 - The Huffington Post Canada
    Canada's Most Important National Pastime? It's not Hockey
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  • April 23, 2012 - CBC News
    Salman Rushdie to pay tribute to Deepa Mehta
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  • April 23, 2012 - Winnipeg Free Press
    Salman Rushdie to attend Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards gala
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  • April 3, 2012 - Ottawa Citizen
    Colm Feore returns to host GG arts gala at NAC
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  • April 3, 2012 - TVA Nouvelles
    Colm Feore de retour à la barre
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  • March 7, 2012 - The Vancouver Sun
    Rush, Mary Walsh to receive Governor General's Award
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  • March 7, 2012 - CBC News
    Rush wins Governor General's Award
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  • March 1, 2012 - Calgary Herald
    Calgary hosting the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards
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  • June 23, 2010 - NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE (Canada)
    The Making of Oscar the Sculpture
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