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Céline Dion Opens Up to Adrienne Arsenault in a CBC News Canadian Exclusive Interview

CÉLINE DION: I WILL SING AGAIN - ADRIENNE ARSENAULT REPORTS 
is now available on CBC News The National’s YouTube channel

 

The exclusive interview will be available June 13 on CBC Gem, 

June 14 at 8 p.m. on CBC and June 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBC News Network

 

June 13, 2024 — In a CBC News Canadian English-language exclusive interview, Céline Dion sits down for the first time in four years to talk about coping with a rare neurological disorder, stiff-person syndrome. In the intensely personal and revealing one-hour conversation with CBC News’ Chief Correspondent and host of THE NATIONAL, Adrienne Arsenault, the Canadian icon speaks candidly, about losing the voice that has guided her life, the impact on her family, and how she is driven to perform again.

Produced by the team at CBC News: THE NATIONAL, CÉLINE DION: I WILL SING AGAIN - ADRIENNE ARSENAULT REPORTS, is now available on CBC News The National’s YouTube channel. The exclusive interview will be available Thursday, June 13 on CBC Gem, Friday, June 14 at 8 p.m. on CBC and Saturday, June 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CBC News Network. 

The feature documentary, I Am: Céline Dion, premieres June 25 on Prime Video.

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