Halifax Public Library's decision to keep a controversial book on its shelves, containing what advocates call transphobic misinformation and hate speech, has led to local backlash and a break with Halifax Pride.
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A monthly drag concert series will take over CityView Drive-In on Saturday nights this summer.
Recent NOW cover star and Canada’s Drag Race season 1 queen Tynomi Banks will headline the first two Drive ‘N Queens Summer Series shows, which is scheduled to kick off on June 12. Canada’s Drag Race queens Jimbo and Lemon are also on the bill, as are Toronto’s Jada Hudson and Aurora Matrix.
The second drive-in drag show will feature Montreal’s Kiara and Toronto performers JuiceBoxx, Ivory Towers and Miss Fiercalicious on July 10. Performers for shows on August 21, September 18 and October 9 will be announced in the coming weeks.
On March 31, 2020, CBC announced that
Kim’s Convenience their fan-favourite sitcom had been renewed for two more seasons. Less than one year later, on March 8, 2021, fans around the world were shocked when the network announced that the fifth season of
Kim’s Convenience would be its last. The confusion set in immediately, with many wondering why a network would cancel such a highly-rated and well-receivedpopular comedy so abruptly. Although the decision made by producers because co-creators Ins Choi and Kevin White were leaving for other projects may seem justified, it is a risky move nonetheless. To end a show in its prime, particularly one that represents an underrepresented racialized group, seems like a major blunder for CBC. Yet it was exactly the show’s own risks from its unconventional casting approaches to its radical plot choices that made it popular and that will ultimately cement it in Canadian cultural consciousness.