He's known for his hit song Life is a Highway, and now Tom Cochrane will have a highway named after him in his home province.
The Manitoba government is renaming a provincial road after the multiple Juno Award-winning rock musician and humanitarian, who hails from the northern town of Lynn Lake.
Premier Brian Pallister, Infrastructure Minister Blaine Pederson, Lynn Lake Mayor James Lindsay and Cochrane himself will be on hand for the announcement at 11 a.m. CT Monday at the Manitoba Legislature.
Cochrane, born in 1953 in Lynn Lake, has been performing since the 1970s, but he stepped into the limelight with his massively successful single Life is a Highway from his album Mad, Mad World, which was released 25 years ago.
His other hits have included Big League, Sinking Like a Sunset, Boy Inside the Man and I Wish You Well.
He has used his celebrity status for a number of humanitarian causes, including Elizabeth's Concerts of Hope (ALS) and World Vision.
Cochrane was presented with the key to the city of Winnipeg in June 2012, in part to recognize his efforts to raise money for ALS patient support and research. He was named to the Order of Manitoba last year and was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1993, among other honours.
Most recently, Cochrane performed at the NHL Heritage Classic and alumni game at Investors Group Field on Oct. 22-23.
Tom Cochrane performs during the first intermission as the Winnipeg Jets and Edmonton Oilers alumni teams face off at the NHL Heritage Classic in Winnipeg, Saturday, October 22, 2016. (Trevor Hagan/Canadian Press)
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