Buffy Sainte-Marie loses Juno Awards, Governor General’s Performing Arts Award – National

Rideau Corridor says Buffy Sainte-Marie has returned her Governor Basic’s Performing Arts Awards medallion and is not a laureate.

Organizers on the Polaris Music Prize additionally say they’ve rescinded two awards, together with her 2015 win for finest Canadian album, after studying she is just not a Canadian citizen. Polaris representatives say they won’t search a return of the $50,000 money prize.

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The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences additionally says it’s going to revoke Sainte-Marie’s Juno Awards and Canadian Music Corridor of Fame induction after a evaluate of its eligibility necessities.

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