• About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
Vancouver Guardian
  • Home
  • Arts
  • Food
    • Recipes
  • Lifestyle
    • Comedy
    • Pets
  • Music
  • The City
    • Business
    • Charity
    • History
  • Travel
Recent News
  • [ December 13, 2025 ] Lavender the cat is looking for a new home in the Vancouver area Lifestyle
  • [ December 12, 2025 ] Is New Spot Belli Making Vancouver’s Best Pizza? Food
  • [ December 12, 2025 ] Five Minutes With: Vancouver Folk Rock Musician Heidi Morgan Folk
  • [ December 11, 2025 ] Tragedy Plus Time: Vancouver Comedian Sammy Ray Benty Comedy
  • [ December 10, 2025 ] “A Day in the Life” with: Vancouver Visual Artist Kirk Gower Arts
HomeAuthorsShantelle Canzanese

Articles by Shantelle Canzanese

About Shantelle Canzanese
Shantelle Canzanese was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. She currently writes for the Toronto Guardian and values the freedom and creativity it allows. She loves connecting with people and getting the opportunity to tell their story. She's also a personal development coach and passionate about DIY and design. You can learn more about her at www.shantellecanzanese.com
Website
Cliff Prang
Comedy

Tragedy Plus Time: Vancouver Comedian Cliff Prang

August 28, 2025 Shantelle Canzanese

Cliff Prang is a comedian who first found his voice as a youth pastor before turning his knack for jokes, stories, puns, and songs into a comedy career. Known for blending “middle-aged divorced dad” energy […]

Ray Morrison
Comedy

Tragedy Plus Time: Vancouver Comedian Ray Morrison

August 14, 2025 Shantelle Canzanese

Ray Morrison is a Vancouver-based comedian who began his stand-up journey later in life, drawing inspiration from his father and childhood memories of watching Johnny Carson. His comedy blends observational wit with what he calls […]

Haleluya Hailu
Music

Five Minutes With: Vancouver Musician Haleluya Hailu

August 8, 2025 Shantelle Canzanese

Raised in Vancouver, Haleluya Hailu is a multi-instrumentalist, poet, and activist. Eclectic, energetic, and constantly moving, Hailu manages to turn the awkward transition to adulthood into songs that anyone could lose themselves in. Her debut […]

Shane Clark
Comedy

Tragedy Plus Time: Vancouver Comedian Shane Clark

August 7, 2025 Shantelle Canzanese

Shane Clark is a Vancouver-based comedian who got his start turning the oddities of his everyday life into stand-up gold. With a knack for finding himself in unusual situations — whether through weird jobs or […]

Liron Amdour
Comedy

Tragedy Plus Time: Vancouver Comedian Liron Amdour

June 12, 2025 Shantelle Canzanese

Vancouver-based comedian Liron Amdour first took the stage at a Pro/Am show at Lana Lou’s in 2021, where an encouraging crowd helped solidify his love for stand-up. Since then, he has immersed himself in the […]

Darwin Barcellano
Comedy

Tragedy Plus Time: Vancouver Comedian Darwin Barcellano

June 5, 2025 Shantelle Canzanese

Darwin Barcellano found his way into Vancouver’s comedy scene after taking the “Laughterzone 101” stand-up course with Jan Bannister just before the pandemic. Having used humour as a way to navigate life with a disability […]

Slug Comparison
Music

Five Minutes With: Vancouver Musician Slug Comparison

May 30, 2025 Shantelle Canzanese

Slug Comparison is the solo project of Fen vocalist/guitarist Doug Harrison, whose songs glide over a landscape of grunge, progressive rock, indie, and metal. The Ringmaster Reviews says the music “simply engulfs the imagination and […]

Jenny Davidson
Comedy

Tragedy Plus Time: Vancouver Comedian Jenny Davidson

May 22, 2025 Shantelle Canzanese

Jenny Davidson is a Vancouver-based comedian who got her start after a friend convinced her to take a comedy class, thinking it would be a fun way to joke around with new people. What started […]

Tragedy Plus Time: Vancouver Comic Brenda Price
Comedy

Tragedy Plus Time: Vancouver Comic Brenda Prince

May 8, 2025 Shantelle Canzanese

Brenda Prince is a Vancouver-based comedian who first discovered her knack for humour at just five years old, cracking her first joke while walking through Winnipeg’s Vimy Ridge Park with her mom. Decades later, her […]

Jesse Kelly-Brandes
Comedy

Tragedy Plus Time: Vancouver Comedian Jesse Kelly-Brandes

April 24, 2025 Shantelle Canzanese

Jesse Kelly-Brandes is a Vancouver-based comedian who got her start in comedy through improv, sketch, and acting before naturally transitioning into stand-up. Growing up in a family that valued humour as a way to navigate […]

Posts pagination

1 2 »

Weekly Newsletter

Most Recent Posts

  • Lavender
    Lavender the cat is looking for a new home in the Vancouver area
    December 13, 2025
  • Is New Spot Belli Making Vancouver's Best Pizza?
    Is New Spot Belli Making Vancouver’s Best Pizza?
    December 12, 2025
  • Heidi Morgan
    Five Minutes With: Vancouver Folk Rock Musician Heidi Morgan
    December 12, 2025
  • Sammy Ray Benty
    Tragedy Plus Time: Vancouver Comedian Sammy Ray Benty
    December 11, 2025
  • Kirk Gower
    “A Day in the Life” with: Vancouver Visual Artist Kirk Gower
    December 10, 2025

Archive

Vancouver Guardian
  • About Vancouver Guardian
  • Advertise on Vancouver Guardian
  • Contact Vancouver Guardian
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
About Us

A Vancouver-centric online lifestyle magazine focusing on arts, culture, food, history, lifestyle & more.

Archive

Copyright © 2025 | Vancouver Guardian