Anne Murray News

As Canada Day rolls around, many of our local performers will be hitting the stage to celebrate somewhere in Kings County.

Alice Munro, a star of the Canadian literary firmament and winner of a recent Man Booker International Prize, will kick off the 30th International Festival of Authors, Oct.

Today is Saturday, June 20, the 171st day of 2009 with 194 to follow. The moon is waning.

Actress Olympia Dukakis is 78. Actor Martin Landau is 78. Actor Danny Aiello is 76.

You are all aware of the long string of high quality female singers who have sprung from the salt air of Atlantic Canada over the years.

CATCHING: Anne Murray with a colourful display of Oxalis luteola. When Anne Murray tells people she collects oxalis, she gets funny looks, but her garden tells another story.

Graduates at Simon Fraser University listen to a convocation speech. The graduation address is the annual oratory rite of spring, in which high-profile dignitaries are called to inspire legions of university graduates, sending them out into a world of possibility.

"I wish I had a river I could skate away on." The solo female artist is an iconic form in this frigid country but they are neither Madonnas nor Magdalenes but partners in the true sense.

Canadian icon Anne Murray has shared both the stage and friendships with many people of note.

It's Juno Awards season again, and we all know what that means: Nitpicking, kvetching, bitching, bellyaching, bemoaning and generally venting our displeasure in the direction of whomever the Canadian recording industry has singled out for celebration this year.

Nickelback, Sarah McLachlan, Bryan Adams and Michael Buble: this year's Juno Awards boasts a lineup of so many big-name artists that it might as well be the Grammys - or, depending on how you feel about Nickelback, possibly a music festival in hell.

Monday, March 23, 2009 -- Sal And Richard's Latest Tradio Prank Calls. 03/23/09. 6:00am Show opening bits and songs included: Artie singing Anne Murray's ''Just Fall In Love Again,'' a ''Carnal Knowledge'' movie audio clip, Goo Goo Dolls performing ''Iris'' live on the Howard Stern Show.

Putting your worries behind you takes on a whole new meaning this month, with the dawning of March as Colon Cancer Awareness month.

Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson arrive at photo call for their film 'Marley and Me,' Thursday in Paris.

Canadian singer Anne Murray is being given an honorary degree from the University of Prince Edward Island.

Feb 19 - 6:00 AM Margot Sampson headlines Eastern Front Theatre's production of Canada's Songbird: A Musical Tribute to Anne Murray.

Moncton- based musician Geraldine Charters has had an active music career since she took retirement.

After four decades in the music business and more than 50 million albums sold, Anne Murray is writing her memoirs.

Singer Anne Murray is releasing a memoir tentatively called All Of Me this fall through publisher Alfred A. Knopf Canada.

Species: Dark-eyed junco Scientific name: Junco hyemalis Nicknames: snowbird Claim to fame: The junco was known to nature watchers in the Ozarks and elsewhere long before singer Anne Murray vaulted the small ...