Gold Winner Gus the tortoise Silver Winner Agave Plant Bronze Winner Fat Apollo The Museum of Natural History’s beloved mascot didn’t walk away with an Order of Nova Scotia award this year, despite our best efforts advocating on his behalf in a cover story back in March. The adored gopher tortoise will instead have to […]
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Meet the dazzling stars of Hali-Wood Squares
From the 1960s until the early 2000s, NBC’s Hollywood Squares was one of the most popular game shows on television. Every-day contestants could win cash and prizes by playing question-and-answer Tic-Tac-Toe with well-known celebrities. Part of the show’s allure was the candid look at the personalities of stars usually only known via script. It was a […]
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Best Halifamous Person
Gold Winner Ellen Page Silver Winner Fat Apollo Bronze Winner Joel Plaskett It’s no surprise that Ellen Page was voted the best Halifamous person–she’s surpassed Halifame to real Hollywood stardom, appearing in major films like Juno, Inception and X-Men: Days of Future Past. Though the New York Times slammed Halifax as “about as far as you […]
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Best Local Character
Gold Winner Fat Apollo Silver Winner Theodore Tugboat Bronze Winner Rouge Fatale Bedridden by a case of pneumonia, Fat Apollo was nevertheless excited to hear he’d get to keep his crown as Halifax’s Best Local Character. A testament, he says, to this city’s intertwined community. “Halifax is a tiny big city where everybody knows each […]