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 ''

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'' television special, has performed at Just for Laughs and other comedy festivals, and was featured on CBC Radio's ''

Madly Off in All Directions ''Madly Off in All Directions'' was a Canadian radio comedy show that aired for several years on CBC Radio One, featuring comedian Lorne Elliott. It formerly aired on Sunday afternoons at 1PM (1:30PM in Newfoundland and Labrador), as well as on Sa ...

'', ''The Go Show!'', and '' The Debaters''. 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 Alberta Party 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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