National News Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie dead at age 53 By APTN National News Oct 18, 2017 Gord Downie the frontman for the Tragically Hip who later in his career championed First Nations rights has died. He was 53. Report an Error Tell us your Story Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Your Name *Your Email Address *Details *CommentSubmit Report Tags: Featured, Gord Downie, The Tragically Hip Continue Reading First Nations writer and artist Aaron Paquette lone Indigenous candidate to surv... Indigenous leaders praise Gord Downie as friend, ally on reconciliation Author(s) APTN National News [email protected] More Stories Governments and coastal First Nations in B.C. endorse mari... 7 hours ago By Tina House Former Taku River Tlingit executive accused of embezzling ... 7 hours ago By Sara Connors InFocus When a discovery is made at a former residential school, w... 7 hours ago By Darrell Stranger Whitehorse RCMP still looking for information about death ... 11 hours ago By Sara Connors Ottawa putting $500K towards study for search of Winnipeg ... 12 hours ago By APTN National News Former Whitehorse hotel to temporarily house Indigenous pe... 1 day ago By Sara Connors