Sunday night, Canadian icon William Shatner hosted the 2012 Juno Awards to the best and brightest of Canadian Music. Culminating a week of Juno celebrations, the main awards ceremony was held at the Scotiabank Place in Ottawa. The televised presentation included performances by Anjulie, Blue Rodeo, deadmau5, Feist, Hedley, JRDN, Sarah McLachlan, Nickelback & Simple…
Author: Jay Minter
Earth Hour 2012
On March 31 turn out any unnecessary lights and join millions of people united to protect the planet. Organized the World Wildlife Fund for Nature and held annually on the last Saturday of March from 8:30pm to 9:30pm, Earth Hour is aimed to raise awareness of the impact of climate change. The movement began in Sydney,…
Hedley – Shipwrecked no longer
Hedley – Rogers Arena – 24March2012 Returning to their hometown to wrap up their two month long ‘Shipwrecked Tour’, local quartet Hedley took over the Rogers Arena stage to peels of excited cheers. A very mixed aged audience, were thrilled to welcome the boys home to Vancouver and by the looks of the energy Jacob, Tommy,…
Classified : Handshakes and Middle Fingers
Classified – Rogers Arena – 24March2012 Promoting his fourteenth album, Hand Shakes and Middle Fingers, on the Shipwrecked Tour with Hedley, Anjulie and Kay, Classified was the final opening act before the headliners, Hedley. The East Coast Rapper and crew worked the whole stage to get the audience in the party mood. In the decade…
Dining Out For Life 2012
Today, March 29 2012, is your chance to make a difference just by doing something you do everyday, eating. Dining Out For Life is an annual fundraising initiative to raise money for HIV/AIDS service organizations. As British Columbia’s largest restaurant fundraiser Dining Out For Life raises funds for A Loving Spoonful and Friends For Life…
What’s On Weekend – March 29 – 31, 2012
Looking for some April Fools Fun? Ongoing: – at Vancouver Art Gallery : Offsite on West Georgia at the Shangri-la Hotel courtyard, until Sept 16th, is a large scale wooden tableau by Kota Ezawa – within the Vancouver Art Gallery, An Autobiography of our Collection shows a behind the scenes look at how a collection…
Anjulie is no ‘brand new b*tch”
Anjulie – Rogers Arena – 24March12 Following the short opening set by Kay, Anjulie took to the stage to warm up the Hedley audience. Following, two back up dancers and DJ, Anjulie danced onto stage to strains of her hits “Brand New Bitch” and “Stand Behind The Music”. Unfortunately, technical issues with the sound and…