Another day, another new legal drama. It’s an interesting twist that CBC TV debuts two legal dramas within days of each other, but before you assume it’s a poverty-of-imagination issue, the rebooted ...

When CBC drama “Diggstown” hit Canadian airwaves in 2019, star Vinessa Antoine became the first Black Canadian woman to lead a prime-time drama on network television. And while plenty of ink was ...

Antoine was the first actress to portray Ashford, first appearingon the show in the role on March 14, 2014. She played the character until September 2018. After being in cast Diggstown, Antoine said ...

P.E.I.'s film industry hopes the arrival of a major TV show to the Island is just the first of many big media productions to come to the province. Filming for the fourth season of the CBC legal drama ...

Antoine originated the role of Jordan Ashford in 2014 and portrayed the character up until 2018. Antoine disputed this fact in an interview, explaining that she “never planned to leave the show.” She ...

One of the first things on Vinessa Antoine’s agenda while filming the new series Diggstown in Halifax was to ride a ferry named after civil rights activist Viola Desmond. Desmond challenged ...

TORONTO - As she prepares for the final season of “Diggstown“ to air, star Vinessa Antoine is finding it hard to accept that the show she sees as an ”anomaly“ on Canadian television is coming to an ...

For the first time in Canadian television, a Black woman is starring in a primetime drama. In CBC's Diggstown, Vinessa Antoine plays a corporate lawyer named Marcie Diggs who dedicates herself to ...

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