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TORONTO - A tribute to Canadian folksinger Kate McGarrigle held at Massey Hall on Friday was more celebratory than sombre, with dozens of her family and peers gathering for a joyful celebration of her unique songwriting.

From coast to coast to coast the usual festivities, parades and fireworks that accompany Canada Day have been cancelled in many communities this year because of COVID-19, but Canadians are still finding ways to mark the country's birthday.

While Quebecers are doing their best to practise social distancing, they are turning to the world wide web to keep themselves and others entertained. Here's a list of fun activities.

Some 1,100 people attended the public funeral Monday morning for singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle at the Notre-Dame Basilica in Old Montreal.

Legendary Montreal icon Leonard Cohen will be honoured in the latest exhibition at Montreal's contemporary art museum.

Festivities continue on Wednesday with all Quebecers invited to sing along to Gilles Vigneault's 'Gens du Pays' at 7 p.m.

There are more than 30 free shows lined up, including circus shows, movie screenings, a music show by Martha Wainwright, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and many more.

The City of Montreal says popular concerts held outside Martha Wainwright's café should be allowed to continue soon.

Curiosity, more than anything else, was in the air Wednesday as Martha Wainwright took the stage, at a filled Theatre Maisonneuve, to perform a concert entirely in French. Juan Rodriguez

The Montreal band will take the stage at the UK festival on June 27.

The Montreal-born singer will also write about her famous family in Stories I Might Regret Telling You, a memoir due out in 2016.

TORONTO - A tribute to Canadian folksinger Kate McGarrigle held at Massey Hall on Friday was more celebratory than sombre, with dozens of her family and peers gathering for a joyful celebration of her unique songwriting.

MONTREAL - The world's biggest jazz festival opened Thursday with its opening act declaring his support for Quebec's protesting students.

Singer Martha Wainwright revealed Friday she is collaborating with choreographer Christopher Wheeldon on a show that will honour iconic French artist Édith Piaf at next summer's Luminato festival.

McClelland and Stewart publisher Jared Bland said The Flame is "full of Leonard Cohen's signature combination of grace, humour, wisdom, and heartbreaking insight into the fragility and beauty of this world we all share.''

Rufus Wainwright, his sister Martha Wainwright and Anna McGarrigle and friends and family performed a Christmas concert Sunday, Dec. 11, 2011 at Theatre St. Denis in Montreal

MONTREAL - The world's biggest jazz festival opened Thursday with its opening act declaring his support for Quebec's protesting students.

David Byrne, Boy George, Daniel Lanois, Isabella Rossellini and Emmylou Harris are among the artists expected to take part in this year's Luminato Festival.

Canadian folksinger and songwriter Kate McGarrigle has died, according to media reports Tuesday.

Funeral services for acclaimed folksinger-songwriter Kate McGarrigle will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at the Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal.