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The first time Arielle Corbeau saw Angine de Poitrine perform, the duo hadn't gone global yet. It was early 2025, and members Khn and Klek were playing at the Centre d’expérimentation musicale in Chicoutimi, a borough of Saguenay, Que., where the band and Corbeau are both from. It's also the venue where Angine de Poitrine recorded its debut album, Vol. I, and the now Polaris Prize-winning followup, Vol. II. "It was a time where they would light hot dogs on fire onstage, and they would throw them in the crowd," remembered Corbeau, speaking to CBC Music from her Chicoutimi home. "That was pretty wild. "Quebec duo Angine de Poitrine wins 2026 Polaris Music PrizeWho is Angine de Poitrine? The masked Quebec band is taking the internet by stormNot quite a year later, the francophone illustrator would be tapped to design the cover of that second album, launching her artwork — and her name — into a stratosphere she never expected. Just last month, late-night host Jimmy Fallon held up the vinyl for Vol. II, featuring Corbeau's work prominently, to a cable crowd. The YouTube video alone has nearly three million views.

A Whitehorse-based business says they have been forced to fire one of their contractors in order to continue their participation in the Fireweed Community Market. As previously reported by the News, local clothing company Sunshine and Wild Co. was informed earlier this year that the company may not be allowed to continue selling it’s products at the market beyond the 2026 season.

Triumph, which has just opened at London’s Almeida theatre, is Caryl Churchill’s latest piece of explosive minimalism. Running at just 20 minutes, it skewers contemporary barbarism without mentioning the names of Trump, Putin or any of the other supposedly strong national leaders. It works through historical analogy and is a reminder that Churchill – while “always ahead of the game” in the words of the play’s director, James Macdonald – has in recent years developed a form of elliptical drama for which the apt word might be compressionism. At the heart of Churchill’s new play is an edgy romance between a male journalist and a female press officer who dons a blond wig for her screen appearances and who is a vigorous apologist for a cruel, vindictive, narcissistic emperor. At first she merrily trumpets his more acceptable achievements: pearls imported from Britain, gold from the temples of Gaul, statues erected to his own glory. But through her lover she learns of the monstrosities of the regime she represents – such as prisoners trapped in claustrophobic cages and sawn in half – and reveals the truth on camera.