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That time Gord Downie sang Knockin' on Heaven's Door with a high school band in Fort Albany

When Braiden Metatawabin was 15 years old, he played lead guitar for Gord Downie in a high school gym in Fort Albany, Ont. 'He said that he was honoured to play with us. It was crazy to hear him say that.'

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That time Gord Downie sang Knockin' on Heaven's Door with a high school band in Fort Albany

Montreal mayor shocked by allegations against head of Just For Laughs

The way we board airplanes makes no sense & we need to rethink it

Car wash hires people with autism & the profits are soaring

'Many people disappear': A Canadian photographer on the staggering number of missing persons in Mexico

10 things to say when your child says 'I'm bored'

All about Diwali, the festival of lights

Follow CBC

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Weapon found in incident at Glebe Collegiate

'I thought, we are both going to die,' victim's sister testifies at Borutski trial

Hookah bars suspected of flouting Ottawa's ban

Gord Downie mourned in hometown of Kingston

2 hurt by stray tire on Highway 174

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Bill Morneau set to confront ethics controversy over financial assets

Gord Downie's muse: 4 topics that influenced his songs

Montreal mayor shocked by allegations against head of Just For Laughs

'It's disgusting': Alberta woman targeted by revenge porn breaks silence

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Raptors open season against Bulls after fight in Chicago practice leaves player hospitalized

The Orwell Tapes: new book based on doc gives fascinating portrait of 1984 author's life

Wild Canadian Year contest: the top 20 photos submitted by you

22 Minutes' Susan Kent shares her experiences with sexual harassment & it's no joke

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Gord Downie remembered as champion of Indigenous issues, reconciliation

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