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Stephen Harper Endorses The Sheepdogs In Rolling Stone Contest

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By Michelle McGlynn (CHARTattack) May 12, 2011 4:03 pm
Would you vote for a band Stephen Harper endorsed?The newly re-elected Canadian prime minister and his wife Loreen engaged in a backstage meet-and-greet with Saskatoon's The Sheepdogs after their Sunday night performance in Ottawa. The free-flowing, classic-rock throwback group opened for Bachman & Turner.The Harpers reportedly wished The...
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Arcade Fire Vs. Stephen Harper

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 8, 2011 12:58 pm
Arcade Fire have chimed in on Canada's upcoming federal election.Canadians head to the polls May 2, and the Montreal Grammy- and- Juno-winning band are encouraging those eligible to vote not to mark an X next to a Conservative candidate."It is about to be voting time," they wrote on their website Wednesday. "Our current leader has championed some...
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Yoko Ono's Publishing Company Blocks Stephen Harper's "Imagine" Video On Youtube

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) April 6, 2011 1:07 pm
Lenono Music, the publishing company behind John Lennon and Yoko Ono's music, have had a video of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper performing Lennon's peace anthem "Imagine" with a 10-year-old girl pulled from Youtube for copyright violations.In place of the video is now a message that states "This video is no longer available due to a...
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Broken Social Scene Guitarist Wants Prime Minister Stephen Harper Out Of Office

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 28, 2011 11:50 am
Broken Social Scene guitarist Andrew Whiteman made it pretty obvious what he thinks of Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper during last night's Juno Awards telecast.That picture up above is a bit blurry, but it's Whiteman showing off his guitar during Broken Social Scene's performance of "World Sick." On it, he's written "VOTE HARPER OUT NOW" in...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 9, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 9, 2010 3:29 pm
Geoff Berner's new album, Victory Party, will come out March 8 through his new label, Mint Records. He's finished with his Whiskey Rabbi trilogy of albums, but don't be surprised if there's plenty of klezmer and songs about drinking on it anyway. Arcade Fire won two CBC Radio 3 Bucky Awards yesterday, taking home trophies for Best Song and Best...
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Hawksley Workman Talks About Census

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 27, 2010 10:52 am
The census — or, more specifically, Canada's Conservative government scrapping the mandatory long-form census this summer — is still on many people's minds. That includes Hawksley Workman.The Globe And Mail interviewed Workman about the census earlier this month, and he revealed that he thinks it's a "civic duty" to fill out a census — even a...
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Giant Stephen Harper Head Shows Up At Nickelback Gig

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 7, 2010 3:00 pm
We don't know how we missed this one nearly a month ago, and we're not sure how more people didn't pick up on it either, but we feel it's our patriotic duty to write about it. Nickelback singer/guitarist Chad Kroeger got all buddy-buddy with Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper at 24 Sussex Drive (the PM's official residence) in Ottawa on April...
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Chad Kroeger And Stephen Harper: Together At Last

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By CHARTattack Staff April 12, 2010 10:32 am
One hates women, has dead eyes and likes to blow things up... the other is Chad Kroeger. And now they're together. The Nickelback singer got a one-armed hug from the Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper at 24 Sussex Drive, the PM's official residence in Ottawa, this weekend. Photographic evidence of said bromance was posted to Harper's official...
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Bob Rae Covers The Beatles To Mock Stephen Harper

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By CHARTattack Staff January 22, 2010 4:26 pm
Liberal Member Of Parliament Bob Rae performed a little ditty called "Stephen Harper: He Prorogues" to the tune of The Beatles' "Let It Be" on Thursday (Jan. 21) at the Liberal Party Of Canada's Victory Fund Bash in Toronto. Harper's a better pianist, but thankfully Rae can at least carry a tune.
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12 Abbey Road-ism Better Than Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Attempt To Co-Opt The Beatles

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By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) January 6, 2010 3:19 pm
Apparently Stephen Harper, the ultra-conservative Prime Minister of Canada, is using a recreation of The Beatles' famous Abbey Road album cover as a photo in the 2010 Harper family calendar that they've sent out to friends and supporters. The Harper Family This isn't the first time Harper, who's got a long adversarial history with...
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Stephen Harper Likes Rural Alberta Advantage

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 14, 2009 10:30 am
Hey, guys! Guess what? Stephen Harper really likes the arts! The Globe And Mail published the Harper family's road trip playlist on Friday, and it includes The Rural Alberta Advantage's "Edmonton." Now, before you start going, "OMG, is Stephen Harper a closeted indie rock fan?" please bear in mind that the rest of the disc...
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Stephen Harper Sings Beatles Song At "Rich Gala"

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 5, 2009 11:59 am
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper showed up during cellist Yo-Yo Ma's performance at... an arts gala this weekend. Harper came on stage at Ottawa's National Arts Centre on Saturday night to play The Beatles' "With A Little Help From My Friends" with Ma and Ottawa band Herringbone, according to the Ottawa Citizen. It was a fitting...
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