• Great Canadian Song Quest is a Canadian songwriting contest, presented by CBC Music. The competition has been presented in three editions to date, in...
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  • submitted the song "A Game Goin' On" to the 2013 edition of Great Canadian Song Quest: CBC's Hockey Night in Canada Song Quest. The song advanced to the...
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    Lucie Idlout (category 21st-century Canadian actresses)
    and Kamloops. In fall 2009, she recorded a new song, "Road to Nowhere", for the Great Canadian Song Quest on CBC Radio 2. She has since written the score...
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  • Dave Gunning (category Canadian male singer-songwriters)
    More Pennies was submitted to the Great Canadian Song Quest (2013 edition: Hockey Night In Canada Song Quest). The song was named as a top 10 finalist of...
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  • Hopeful Monster (band) (category Canadian indie pop groups)
    CBC Radio 2's Great Canadian Song Quest compilation, for which an artist from each Canadian province and territory contributed a song, written about...
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    Black Sheep" was originally recorded in 2009 for CBC Radio 2's Great Canadian Song Quest. In 2013, she recorded the soundtrack album for the fourth season...
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    Corb Lund (category Canadian country singer-songwriters)
    "A Leader On Losing Control", Alberta Foundation For The Arts Great Canadian Song Quest, "The West Just Fades Away", CBC Radio 2 Various Artists – The...
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  • route across Canada to the Pacific Ocean (especially Sir John Franklin, who lost his life in the quest for the Northwest Passage), the song’s central theme...
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    Chantal Kreviazuk (category Canadian people of Ukrainian descent)
    Great Canadian Song Quest compilation) "Cruel One" (feat Alex Band, Emmy Rossum – available on Alex Band's album We've All Been There as a bonus song)...
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    Jay Sparrow (category Canadian rock singers)
    songwriter in the 2009 edition of CBC Radio 2's Great Canadian Song Quest, for which he wrote and recorded the song "The Ballad of Mary White". Studio albums...
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