Music artists with ties to Vancouver Island didn't go home empty-handed after the 2025 Juno Awards, which were held just a ferry ride away on B.C.'s Mainland.

Raffi offered the sample backstage at the Juno Awards industry dinner, where he accepted a children's album of the year win for "Penny Penguin," a record he recorded with Good Lovelies.

Children's singer Raffi says he's planning a song about democracy written especially for young listeners. The "Baby Beluga" creator says the idea came to him about a week ago, and since then, he's ...