Because it's a Canadian comedian who is starting to break through into America.
I get that it may not be news to some, but to others it would be because 1) she a woman and 2) she's starting to gain attention in the largest market in the world.
Just as an experiment, without using google, tell me the names of 5 women who've broken into the US market in the last 10 years. Now do the same for 5 Canadian women.