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Loreena McKennitt, whose recordings
featuring haunting Celtic melodies have
sold by the million in over 40 coun-
tries, was born and raised in Morden,
Manitoba. Chantal Kreviazuk, a Juno-
award-winning (the Canadian equiva-
lent of the Grammy) songstress and
pianist, hails from Winnipeg, as do
the Crash Test Dummies, whose fi rst
hit was the catchy
Superman's Song
in
1991.
In addition to well-established stars
such as Bryan Adams (actually born in
Kingston, Ontario, but a longtime resi-
dent of Vancouver) and jazz singer and
pianist Diana Krall (born in Nanaimo
and the winner of three Juno Awards
in 2002 for
The Look of Love
), several
young musicians and groups have re-
ceived critical and commercial success
outside the country's borders in recent
years. To name but a few, these include
pop singer Nelly Furtado and musical
acts New Pornographers, Be Good
Tanyas, Hot Hot Heat, Black Mountain
and Destroyer. Other well-estab-
lished acts such as Sarah McLachlan,
No Means No, SNFU, DOA and Skinny
Puppy have been releasing albums for
several years now and have infl uenced
British Columbia's younger generation
of musicians.
As for Saskatchewan, its most famous
daughter by far is popular folk singer
Joni Mitchell. Born Joan Anderson in
Fort McLeod, Alberta, Mitchell grew
up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan before
heading south of the border, where she
found fame and fortune.
British Columbia, and more particularly
cosmopolitan Vancouver, has produced
a variety of signifi cant musical acts.
Movies
Cinema has always been a part of daily
life in Vancouver. A day doesn't go by
when there isn't a fi lm crew on one of
Vancouver's streets. Studios have been
established in North Vancouver and
it's no longer surprising to run into
Hollywood stars in the city's streets or
shops. Every autumn, the Vancouver
International Film Festival offers some
150 quality foreign fi lms, much to the
pleasure of fi lm buffs.
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Film-making in Vancouver.
© Jack Rowand
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