Annual Report 2012
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ANNUAL REPORT 2012 EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT It’s your place for . SPORT & ReCREATION FOOD & BEVERAGE FRANKENWEENIE ON TRACK TO BE A HIT. B3 artsBREAKING NEWS& AT L EA D ERlifePOST.COM HEADLINES OF 2012 SECTION B MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2012 PRESIDENT’s MESSAGE Big night at WCMAs for Mangan Tuesday, August 28, 2012 Leader-Post • leaderpost.com Leader-Post • leaderpost.com News Thursday, July 26, 2012 A3 B2 REG31001849_1_1 Arts & Life Vancouver 2012 W ESTERN CANAD IAN MUSIC AWARD W INNERS POOL SAFETY artist wins MUSIC Aboriginal Recording of the Jazz Recording of the Year Year Jill Barber, Mischievous three awards Vince Fontaine’s Indian City, Moon, British Columbia This is a great time in In this annual report, you will get a snapshot of how we Supernation, Manitoba Changes Pop Recording of the Year The Cult remains eternal outsidersBlues Recording of the inYear music JEFF DEDEKKER Carly Rae Jepsen, Curiosity, LEADER-POST David Gogo, Soul Bender, British Columbia get JORDAN ZIVITZ British Columbia I learned more about their history, I POSTMEDIA NEWS was going, ‘Wait a minute: they’re At this rate Dan Mangan is Children’s Recording of theactually Rap/Hip the original Hop Recording people of of this the history of the Regina serve the community and read about the highlights from Year the Year mixed BREAKING NEWS AT LEAD ERPOST.COM going to have to buy a big- region, and we came and imposed sports Bubba B, Wish My Teacher MONTREALger trophy case. — A Briton by birth, our culturalSwollen expansion Members, upon Dagger them.’ Was Bubba B, Manitoba a CanadianMangan, in a his 29-year-old formative years, And thatMouth, became British really Columbia fascinating SECTION C TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012 asinger-songwriter self-described nomad from — Ian Ast- for me, because I felt displaced. reviews Classical Composition of bury has spent time in many plac- “I feltRock a kinship Recording with of them, the and I Vancouver, collected three the Year es,awards and fully Sunday belonged night atto the none of was inquisitive:Year learning about the Allan Gilliland, Kalla, JOE COUTURE them.Western Canadian Music culture,Dan initially Mangan, Six O hNations; Fortune, going Exhibition Association our three operating divisions –Events and Entertainment, Alberta STARPHOENIX OPAwards“WhenINI inO I Regina.goN back to the U.K., to theBritish reservation, Columbia exposed to their they’reThe awards,down on forme indepenbecause- I have Classical Recording of theculture, their icons, and the ideas sodent many album North of theAmerican year (Oh aspects Year and concepts of their relationship Roots Solo Recording of The Lifesaving Society and ofFortune), my persona,” rock therecording Cult’s singer Vancouver Symphony with the mystery, the great mystery the Year the Canadian Red Cross are Globetrotter has a lot of Hops saidof the last year week (Oh from Fortune) Los Angeles Orchestra, Fugitive Colours,of life.Sarah And MacalsoD theirougall, philosophi The - taking opposite positions on (“purelyand songwriter a base,” of notthe yeara forever British Columbia cal way of living, their connection Greatest Ones Alive, Yukon the safety of provincial gov- home),(Post-War before Blues), the band’s will join extensive with nature, with the Earth — I just Limited (REAL) – as you Sport and Recreation and the Food and Beverage Division. ernment changes to swim- CRAIG SLATER runhis of2012 Canadian Juno Awards dates. for “‘Oh, al- it’s a Contemporary Christian/couldn’t find that stuff in Western Roots Duo/Group ming pool regulations. LEADER-POST ROBto-may-to,ternative VANSTONE isalbum it? Really?’” of the year Gospel Recording of the culture. It wasn’t as evident there.” Recording of the Year The NDP opposition is andAstbury’s new artist status of the as year. an eternal Year It isn’t surprising when Astbury The Deep Dark Woods, joining the Lifesaving So- outsiderWhen isasked shared to compare by his group. Joal Kamps, Sojourner, takes credit for the idea behind Alberta The Place I Left Behind, BRYAN SCHLOSSER/Leader-Post ciety in criticizing the new At first glance, one would Eventhe WCMA at the awardsheight ofto theits Jupopular- - Choice of Weapon’s cover, depict- Saskatchewan Eric Saintonge practices his routine on a cyr wheel during a behind the scenes look at Cirque du Soleil production of Quidam on Wednesday. system, while the govern- assume Jacob Tucker might Crosbyityno inAwards, the late Mangan 1980s, thequipped Cult stood ing a warrior in ceremonial cos- Country Recording of the ment says the main pur - apart“The fromJunos its are supposed more sturdy kin, shar- tume. The potent image reflects not know, we are the operators We are looking forward to hosting the 2013 JUNO Awards be the ball boy for the Har- Year Songwriter(s) of the Year pose is to allow Red Cross lem Globetrotters. The stat- ing— they’rethe ecstatic about volume 25 pounds, of Guns N’ only his enduring affection for ab- Keith and Renee, Best Day, lifeguards in the province, istician, perhaps. Roseswhile andthe WCMAsAC/DC butare morerarely the originalDan cultures, Mangan, butPost-War the fighting shows Manitoba where previously only Life- samestreamlined.” lyrical concerns or stream- spirit Blues,of his British band, Candolumbia of a singer But the estimated 2,000 saving Society-trained ones linedOn vision. a more The serious band’s note, most popu- who bristles “when I’m having an intrigued onlookers at the Francophone Recording of were authorized. larMangan albums, stressed 1985’s Love, that most1987’s Elec- Handout amazingUrban conversation Recording of with the some- Before the the Year Brandt Centre on Monday “We were disappointed newtricartists and aren’t1989’s Sonicmotivated Temple by (“the The Cult is playing the Credit Union EventPlex in Regina tonight. Daniel ROA, Hyperbole, one andYear they go, ‘Great! But what night for the Globetrotters’ the possibility of winning to hear that the regulations of Evraz Place. Our and the 2013 Grey Cup Festival. It is a privilege to lead a trilogy,” in Astbury’s shorthand), Manitoba do youF lo,think Pieces of AC/DC?’ Of Me, Manitoba … like I’m show quickly understood had been deregulated,” Life- echoedawards. the frontman’s nomadic na- (producer of Electric). Next thing: very important. Being in New York just this ‘rock guy.’ ” why Tucker has been nick- saving Society CEO Shelby ture,“If taking this is the the Cult reason from why bat-cave ‘Open the box.’ Now we’re with Independent Album of the curtain opens named “Hops.” A 50-inch side THE C ULT City was very important.” AstburyWorld andRecording Duffy of (and the their you begin writing songs, Year uidam Rushton said Wednesday. psychedelia to boozy minimalism Bob Rock (producer of Sonic Tem- With that, Astbury was off on a currentYear cohorts, bassist Chris Wyse vertical and coming eye Tonight “Our fear from this now is toyou’re unrestrained going to arena be totally rock within ple). We just followed that, until it series of digressions:Dan Mangan, his Otimeh Fortune, in and drummer John Tempesta) are Q level with the rim will earn The Pittsburgh Penguins’ Credit Union EventPlex Marco Castillo, Trip To Bra- lost because you’re writ - British Columbia that we are now going to you such credentials. superstara four-year may require span. a new reached the point where we went, New York, that city’s multicultur- contentzil, toManitoba play the part of “rock ing for the wrong reasons,” VANESSA BROWN have multiple standards for His array of dunks on nicknameSonic — Sid Temple Vicious. may have been the ‘This doesn’t work for me anymore. alism, an exodus of its artists to guys,” to a point. Speaking of the Mangan said. “It’s a nice dis- MICHAEL BELL/Leader-Post Instrumental Recording of LEADER-POST LOOK AHEAD lifeguarding in Saskatche- success is linked closely very exciting organization through very exciting times! Cult’s commercial zenith, but true So let’s destroy it. Let’s burn it to are echoes of past victories — The Los Angeles. A generous conversa- lessons learned in the wake of the Monday left the audience The oft-used monicker, Sid the Year Video Of The Year wan. The Lifesaving Society totraction an outsider and it’sband, OK the to albumtake thatD anthe Mangan, ground.’ left, And accepts that wasan award that re from- Wolfhost ’sGrant paisley Lawrence, guitar right,nods forto Sherock albumtionalist, of as interested in rhapso- band’s mid-1990s upheaval, Astbury Look in Friday’s Leader-Post oohing and awestruck. The Kid, hardly applies to a The Fretless, Waterbound, Ariane Mahryke Lemire, has worked really hard at besta minute defines and its understandcontrarian charac - cordthe inyear ’94.” at the Western Canadian MusicSells A wardsSanctuary; at Casino A Pale Regina Horse’s on Sunday. dizing about his favourite areas of said: “Eventually we found out that for Jeff DeDekker’s review of The reaction may have had suddenly truculent skater British Columbia Alberta About 20 Cirque du so - encouraging a single stan- terthat is itspeople most are under-appreciated. responding The destruction was easier than muscular blues revisits the Elec- Montreal (his pronunciation) as in we’re as comfortable playing Fire the show. something to do with the who, based upon evidence leil performers were scat- dard in Canada.” toThe your 1994 music. self-titled But you’ve disc opted inducted the rebuilding. into the WestThe Cult- dissolvedmedia release. tric era — tinged byYear a rare for vulnera The Place- discussingI Left Be- the cultural hotbed of Woman in an arena-rock environ- fact that the Globetrotters presented during Sunday’s tered backstage Wednesday In a news release earlier forgot shuddering to keep your textures head over on Billyern Canadianshortly after Music the self-titledHall album’s“This is ability great in honour Duffy’s elementalhind.