Those working behind the scenes in Manitoba’s music industry were recognized with Western Canadian Music Awards over the weekend.

Organizers of the Sakihiwe festival, which hosts national and local Indigenous artists in Winnipeg each summer, received the community excellence award.

Paquin Artists Agency won the impact in artist development and impact in live music categories.

And Birthday Cake Records took home the impact in music marketing award.

It’s never too late to get your roses: Today’s Empires, Tomorrow’s Ashes, the 2001 album from Winnipeg punk outfit Propagandhi, is one of 12 albums up for the Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize.

A companion award to the annual Polaris Music Prize, which honours Canadian albums of artistic distinction without regard to sales, genre or affiliation, the Heritage prize recognizes deserving Canadian albums that were released before the prize began in 2006.

Two of this year’s nominated albums will receive a Heritage Prize designation. One album will be chosen by the public; the other will be selected by the Heritage Prize jury, which is composed of music media and music historians.

Propagandhi’s third studio album is the only Winnipeg entry on the list, which includes other Canadian classics as rapper Choclair’s 1999 debut Ice Cold, singer/songwriter Jane Siberry’s 1985 album The Speckless Sky and Montreal pop-punk outfit Doughboys’ 1993 major-label debut Crush.