There’s Something in the Water

Juno and Umbrella Academy star Elliot Page comes out as trans

"I can ... finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self," says beloved Halifax actor.

December 1, 2020 By Tim Bousquet 2 Comments

Beloved Halifax actor Elliot Page has come out as trans today. Page was the Oscar-nominated star of the 2007 film Juno, playing a teenager facing an unplanned pregnancy. Page is now starring in the Netflix series The Umbrella Academy, playing superhero Vanya Hargreeves. Closer to home, inspired to action when close friend Lil MacPherson gave Page […]

The poster for Fat Juliet, which has black bold lettering on a white background, and a cartoon of a fat young woman with dark hair in a red onepiece bathing suit holding a diary and smiling.

Episode 50 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne, is published.

Two Tideline favourites, Kat McCormack and Stevey Hunter, are the show’s first repeat guests as they swan in to talk Fat Juliet, the Eastern Front Theatre/Shakespeare By The Sea production taking over Alderney Landing until the end of October. Writer/star Stevey and director Kat relay this show’s five-year journey, how they threaded in a Billie Eilish moment, the ins and outs of Shakespeare, and the production’s emerging team. Plus Kat reflects on a year at the helm of Eastern Front! Plus a new song from No, It’s Fine!

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In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

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