Joni Mitchell received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Junos, the annual awards show hosted by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). After accepting the award, Mitchell joined Sarah McLachlan and Allison Russell during their tribute medley to sing “Big Yellow Taxi.” Watch footage from the ceremony below.
After accepting the trophy from Prime Minister Mark Carney, who gave her a heartfelt introduction, Mitchell used her speech to talk about Carney’s generous leadership, the unrest in the United States, and what her life looks like now. “I had a [brain] aneurysm, which changed my life — oddly, for the better,” she said. “I went into a…