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Five musicians recognized at inaugural SiriusXM Black Canadian Music Awards by David Friend, The Canadian Press Posted Jan 11, 2021 12:47 pm EDT Last Updated Jan 11, 2021 at 12:58 pm EDT TORONTO — Five Black Canadian musicians have been selected by a jury of their peers as recipients of the inaugural SiriusXM Black Canadian Music Awards. The new prize, launched in association with the SOCAN Foundation, recognizes artistic merit from Black songwriters and composers across the country. This yea...

Natasha Martin/Stuff Matt Dylan Sinclair’s appeal against a sentence of three years, four months imprisonment on 21 charges has been dismissed by the High Court. A Christchurch man convicted for throwing Z-shaped nails onto the road during a police pursuit through Timaru, and a raft of other charges including burglary, has failed to appeal his jail term. Matt Dylan Sinclair argued his sentence of three years, four months’ imprisonment on 21 charges was “manifestly excessive” because Ju...