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Canadian Red Cross and Fort McMurray

First Ontario Centre: But that wasn't all, according to Hamilton Spectator. He even performed a new song, written as a tribute to Canada multicultural mosaic. Shortly before his Sunday night show in Hamilton, Taylor announced that he plans to donate the proceeds of two upcoming concerts in Alberta to the Canadian Red Cross to support victims of the Fort McMurray wildfires. "I can't stop thinking about the people up in Fort McMurray, it hard what to say," he told the crowd of some 7,000 Sunday at First Ontario Centre. "So much hardship is unimaginable." Taylor, clearly moved by the tragedy in Alberta, then dedicated his most famous song, "Fire and Rain," to the people of Fort McMurray. The song, called "Snow Time," features an "O Canada" refrain and is the centrepiece of Taylor latest album "Before This World." "This is a song that absolutely took place in Toronto, a song that set in the city," Taylor said as he opened the second set of his 24-song concert. But when he does sit down to write a song, it usually very good. Taylor isn't the most prolific songwriter in pop music — "Before This World" is his first album of original songs in 13 years. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.