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Vancouver Sun
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Vancouver Sun
Snotty Nose Rez Kids look to rebuild recording studio, businesses after devastating east Vancouver fire
Article content Juno-winning Indigenous rap duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids are hoping to rebuild after a fire gutted their east Vancouver recording studio on April 23. Article content The group lost its studio space, as well as the shop and production facility for both the Savage Kids and RBRTH clothing brands, in the Vancouver fire that claimed a number of buildings on the 2200-block of E. Hastings Street. Article content Article content In a post shared to Instagram, the Snotty Nose Rez Kids members stated it was 'with a heavy heart we had to watch while a fire took out our recording studio, our shop housing RBRTH clothing and our shop for Savage Kids, not to mention irreplaceable items like paintings, artwork, custom mask carving and other items we cherish.' Article content The Haisla rappers recorded much of their recent Juno-winning album Red Future at the facility and had said there were plans to produce many other up-and-coming Indigenous talents in the room. Article content Darren 'Young D' Metz and Quinton 'Yung Trybez' Nyce noted they are not used to asking for help, but the GoFundMe campaign started by Brodie Metcalfe, a Toronto-based arts manager who works with the band, quickly took off. Article content Article content Article content Another crowdfunding campaign has also been launched for the North Country Club following the fire. Article content Billed as Vancouver's newest and 'only genuine Honky-Tonk,' the venue was a performance space run by the North Country Collective roots music group. The venue had only been open a few days when it was destroyed by the same fire. Article content Article content Article content Article content
Yahoo
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Elisapie, Snotty Nose Rez Kids early winners at Juno Awards industry gala
VANCOUVER — Inuk singer-songwriter Elisapie and Haisla hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids were early winners at the Juno Awards industry ceremony. The Saturday evening soiree saw Elisapie's pop covers collection "Inuktitut" pick up adult alternative album, while Rez Kids' sixth record "Red Future" landed rap album of the year. It's their first Juno win. "I had a good cry walking here," said Darren Metz from Rez Kids in the press room. "When you work so hard towards something for so long, and then finally get it, all the emotions that you endured throughout that journey just come out." Other early winners included Tate McRae whose "Exes" was named single of the year. McRae was absent from the Junos because she was booked to appear at a music festival in Brazil. Elizabeth Lowell Boland won the first songwriter of the year award created for non-performers. She picked up the prize for her work behind the scenes on Beyonce's "Cowboy Carter" album and the Beaches' "Takes One To Know One." The Calgary-raised Boland pushed for splitting the songwriting Juno category into two awards — performer and non-performer — after seeing the only Juno songwriting trophy consistently won by well-known stage performers. "I've been fighting for this award," Boland said. "I chased down people at parties. I was really annoying. I joked that people would run away from me when they saw me at parties, because I wasn't really interested in mingling. I just wanted to change this one little thing. The Junos hardware was handed out during an industry gala event in Vancouver where prizes in more than 40 categories will be awarded, including single and album of the year, as well as a new Juno recognizing South Asian music. Other winners included "No Time" by Interplanetary Criminal and SadBoi which earned dance recording of the year. "This But More" by Priori won electronic album. This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 29, 2025. David Friend, The Canadian Press
CBC
30-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Elisapie early winners at Junos industry gala
Inuk singer-songwriter Elisapie and Haisla hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids were early winners at the Juno Awards industry ceremony. The Saturday evening soirée saw Elisapie's pop covers collection Inuktitut pick up adult alternative album, while Rez Kids' Red Future landed rap album of the year. The Junos hardware was handed out during an industry gala event in Vancouver, where prizes in more than 40 categories will be awarded, including single and album of the year, as well as a new Juno recognizing South Asian music. Other early winners included No Time by Interplanetary Criminal and SadBoi, which earned dance recording of the year. This But More by Priori won electronic album. Country singer Josh Ross and pop star Tate McRae headed into the weekend as the top contenders with five nominations each. WATCH | 5 reasons to be excited about the 2025 Junos: 5 reasons to be excited about the 2025 Junos 1 day ago Duration 2:23 Vancouver is hosting the 2025 Junos on March 30, turning the Rogers Arena into a celebration of all musical genres — from country ballads to South Asian rap. Canadian crooner Michael Bublé will host, and that's reason enough for senior entertainment reporter Eli Glasner to get excited. Folk singer Sarah Harmer will receive this year's humanitarian award for her advocacy of environmental and human rights issues. The ceremony, which streams live on CBC Music's YouTube page starting at 6 p.m. PT, is a precursor to Sunday's televised CBC broadcast hosted by Michael Bublé.
CBC
21-03-2025
- Business
- CBC
Feds to contribute up to $200M for Haisla-led project to ship liquefied natural gas to Asia
Social Sharing The federal government says it will contribute up to $200 million to a floating liquefied natural gas export facility off B.C.'s North Coast, saying it's an important part of diversifying Canada's economy. The project is Cedar LNG, a collaboration between Calgary-based Pembina Pipeline Corp. and the Haisla First Nation, and is slated to be the largest Indigenous majority-owned infrastructure project in Canadian history, stakeholders say. Originally valued at $3 billion, the federal government now says it will cost an estimated $5.9 billion to build, creating 300 jobs during construction and 100 full-time jobs once operational. "The need to build a resilient economy with new export opportunities for Canadian energy suppliers has never been clearer," Jonathan Wilkinson, the federal energy and natural resources minister, said in a statement Friday. "Our international partners are looking for a reliable supplier of low-carbon energy sources, and Canada will be there to enable communities." Cedar LNG has also been identified by the B.C. government as one of several projects it wants to fast-track in order to stave off the threat imposed by U.S. tariffs. The project consists of a floating natural gas liquefaction plant and marine export terminal located in the Douglas Channel near Kitimaat Village, a Haisla community approximately 380 kilometres directly west of Prince George, B.C. Scheduled to be in service in late 2028, it will have the capacity to liquefy approximately 3.3 million tonnes of natural gas per year for export to Asian markets. Crystal Smith, chief councillor of the Haisla Nation, said the project fits into her community's values of sustainability because it will have "one of the lowest carbon footprints in the world." WATCH | Chief Councillor Crystal Smith on the Cedar LNG project: B.C. approves first Indigenous-owned LNG project in Canada 2 years ago Duration 1:57 B.C. has approved the first Indigenous-owned natural gas export facility in the world. The Haisla First Nation will own the $3-billion Cedar LNG facility in Kitimat, but it still needs federal approval. The plant itself is meant to be powered by hydroelectricity, and the natural gas will be fed in for liquefying via an eight kilometre-long pipeline spur connected to the main Coastal GasLink pipeline, which travels across British Columbia from near Dawson Creek, passing through Wet'suwet'en territory and which has been subject to widespread protests and legal challenges. While proponents of a Canadian LNG industry say liquefied natural gas from Canada could help reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by replacing coal in countries that still rely on the dirtier fuel, environmentalists argue LNG creates its own emissions through the liquefaction and transportation process, as well as through the drilling and flaring of natural gas. They say building massive LNG terminals that require huge upfront capital investments "locks in" future greenhouse gas emissions at a time when the world needs to be planning for a lower-carbon future.
CBC
25-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Snotty Nose Rez Kids on their new album and 3 Junos nominations
Stephen Quinn visited the Haisla hip-hop duo Snotty Nose Rez Kids in their Vancouver studio. Darren (Young D) Metz and Quinton (Yung Trybez) Nyce talk about their new album Red Future and its three Juno nominations.
