Cory Mack is a Canadian comedian, emcee, writer and producer based in

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Biography

Mack is originally from Dodsland,

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, where she grew up as a farmer's daughter. She moved to Calgary in the early 1980s and began performing stand-up comedy in 1989. She had a ''

Comedy Now! ''Comedy Now!'' is a Canadian comedy television series which debuted in 1997 and ended in 2014 featuring the newest in Canadian comedic talent. The show has won numerous Gemini Awards as well as many international awards. It is broadcast in Canad ...

'' television special, has performed at Just for Laughs and other comedy festivals, and was featured on CBC Radio's '' Madly Off in All Directions'', ''The Go Show!'', and ''

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''. From 2003 to 2006, Mack directed ''Dirty Laundry'', Calgary's long-running improvised soap opera. In 2005, Mack was nominated for the

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s (CCAs) for best female stand-up and for her taped performance '' Yuk Yuk's Calgary Stampede''. In 2011, Mack was recognized with the first Roger Abbott Award for her contributions to the development of the CCAs. In 2010, Mack produced and starred in her one-person play ''The Goose Queen of Kindersley''. With Donovan Deschner, Mack founded comediapedia.ca in 2010 as a database to promote Canadian comedy performers. Calgary had been designated Canada's Cultural Capital for 2012, which provided grants allowing Mack to found the annual YYComedy Festival with

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and James Sutherland. The inaugural seven-day festival gathered 170 artists performing 43 shows in 17 local venues. Mack ran as an

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candidate for the downtown

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riding in the

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. She lost to the incumbent, having received 2% of the vote.

References

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