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Exclaim! Comics: Vancouver Island vs. Granville Island and Every Day Is Valentine's

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2023

Valentine's Day is in the rearview for another year — but you can make every day romantic with the Exclaim! comics page, appearing in the M...

Streaming Must-Sees (and Must-Skips) in February 2023

PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2023

It's unfortunate that in the one designated "love month" of the year, two new rom-coms that hit streaming missed the mark. To make up for i...

Exclaim! Staffers Reveal Their Favourite Love Songs

PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2023

If you really think about it, most tracks can be considered love songs. Especially around this time of year, we tend to shed light on the o...

How Loig Morin Became an Unlikely Lynchpin in Vancouver's Indie Music Scene

PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2023

If we're all no more than six degrees of separation away from one another, some people in certain communities are the single acquaintance l...

8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in February 2023

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2023

February's crew of emerging Canadian artists aren't all lovestruck crooners, but they each bring their own kind of heart-pounding devotion...

Andy Shauf Is Trying to "Live Like a Successful Dentist"

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2023

It's 2009. A 21-year-old Andy Shauf sits on the set of Stripped Down, a local music program based in his native Saskatchewan. He's hiding b...

This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: February 10, 2023

PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2023

Enough, Steve Albini gives Steely Dan guff, Chinese spy balloon stuff, why your children had it rough, and much more from this week in funn...

Canadian Musicians Get by with a Little Help from Their BFFs

Show & Tell

PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2023

The Canadian music community is a relatively small one — and in addition to collaborating professionally, many artists have developed close...