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'', May 24, 2022. most noted as a finalist in the 2019 SiriusXM Top Comic competition.Audrey Carleton
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'', September 27, 2019. Born in

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, Dada moved to Canada at the age of 10, and spent his teen years living in Fort McMurray,

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.Liam Britten
"With huge stage in sight, Vancouver comedian has come a long way from dissing friends for pizza"

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British Columbia, May 9, 2022. He moved to

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to study accounting, and worked in banks before pursuing stand-up comedy in local Vancouver comedy clubs. In 2020, he was featured in the CBC Gem stand-up comedy web series ''

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''.Tom Zillich
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'', July 8, 2020. In 2022 he was a competitor in the second season of '' Canada's Got Talent'', making the semifinals, and released his debut comedy album ''Dada Plan''.

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