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Juno Awards in Vancouver LIVE: Who won at Saturday’s awards gala | Songwriters’ circle hits the right note | Michael Bublé excited to host​on March 29, 2025 at 7:44 pm

It’s Canada’s time to shine and this weekend at the 2025 Juno Awards will be no different. Read More

​The Juno Awards are happening Sunday at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena, with special events scheduled all weekend. Follow along for all the live updates right here.   

The Juno Awards are happening Sunday at Vancouver’s Rogers Arena, with special events scheduled all weekend. Follow along for all the live updates right here.

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It’s Canada’s time to shine and this weekend at the 2025 Juno Awards will be no different.

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Heading into the music-filled festivities, all eyes are on Calgary pop star Tate McRae and Burlington country crooner Josh Ross, each leading the nominations with five nods each.

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The beloved Anne Murray will also be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Arts reporter Stuart Derdeyn will stopping by Juno events all weekend, and he’ll be inside Rogers Arena when the awards are handed out on Sunday, March 30, so be sure to bookmark this page and follow along for all the latest updates.

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Saturday, March 29

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Snotty Nose Rez Kids first Indigenous artists to win best rap album

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Snotty Nose Rez Kids became the first Indigenous group to win the Juno award for rap album of the year at Saturday night’s Juno Awards Gala at the Vancouver Convention Centre. The Haisla duo from Kitamaat Village won the award for its most recent album, Red Future.

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Fitted out in member Quinton “Yung Trybez” Nyce’s Savage Kids fashions, SNRK shouted out its love of hip-hop music and its pride in winning in their adopted homeland on the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.

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“I would say that we are most proud of Red Future being our best work to date, but also all of the artists who were a part of it,” said Darren “Young D” Metz. “We all come from the same place, but have different points of view, and that is what every artist brought to the table and a rising tide raises all the boats. Red Future is about setting up the next generations.”

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Find out who else won at Saturday’s awards gala HERE.

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Juno Songwriters’ Circle a once-in-a-lifetime experience

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The Juno Songwriters’ Circle should be considered one of the top music events in Canada to put on the calendar. Why?

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Because hearing the people who put the words and music together talking honestly about how they got there in the end is absolutely fascinating. It’s also wildly diverse and that means almost everyone can get a taste of their preferred genre and also get blown away by the talent that can be assembled on stage.

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The first half of the show featured this year’s Humanitarian Award recipient Sarah Harmer, viral video phenomenon Alexander Stewart, Juno winner Dylan Sinclair and Calgary songwriter Lowell, know for her work on songs by everyone from Tate McRae and Madison Beer to a little ditty called Texas Hold ‘Em by Beyoncé.

 

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