Shauna MacDonald (birthdate unknown; native of Antigonish, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian television and film actress and radio announcer. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Antigonish is town located in the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

MacDonald has appeared in various Canadian TV series, including Trailer Park Boys (as Officer Erica Miller), These Arms of Mine (as Claire Monroe), and This Hour Has 22 Minutes (as a substitute newsreader), among other roles. In 2003 she starred in the two part miniseries Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion. Trailer Park Boys is a popular Canadian mockumentary television series focusing on the misadventures of a group of ex-convicts living in fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park, located near Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. ... These Arms of Mine was a Canadian television drama series, which aired on CBC Television in the 2000-01 television season. ... This Hour Has 22 Minutes is a weekly Canadian television comedy that airs on CBC Television. ... A miniseries (sometimes mini-series), in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a limited number of episodes. ...

However, she is likely best known as the national continuity announcer for CBC Radio One, a role she has held since the start of Radio One's 2004 summer season. With MacDonald's identity kept secret, the voice was quickly dubbed Promo Girl. MacDonald was ultimately outed by The Globe and Mail in early 2005. Her distinctive voice, and the quirky sense of humour in the promotional items she reads, has made her a polarizing figure among longtime Radio One listeners, particularly in the context of several other changes to CBC programming intended to attract a younger audience. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... CBC Radio One is the English language news and information radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Summer is a season of the year that is defined as beginning on June 21st, and ending in September in the Northern Hemisphere. ... The Globe and Mail is a large English language national newspaper based in Toronto, Canada, and printed in seven cities across Canada. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Look up humour in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), a Canadian crown corporation, is the country’s national public radio and television broadcaster. ...

In the summer of 2005, Radio One ran a series of weekly "comedy-mysteries" starring MacDonald—along with other Radio One personalities—titled Promo Girl in The Mystery of... Short segments designed to highlight various CBC Radio programmes and the upcoming fall season were repeated a number of times each day, with prizes going to listeners who correctly solved the various clues or mysteries. The series was not completed due to a lockout of CBC employees that began in the late summer. A lockout is a work stoppage in which an employer prevents employees from working. ...

Shauna portrayed Constable Erica Miller in the hit Canadian television series Trailer Park Boys. It is unknown whether or not she will reprise the role. Trailer Park Boys is a popular Canadian mockumentary television series focusing on the misadventures of a group of ex-convicts living in fictional Sunnyvale Trailer Park, located near Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. ...

External links

• Shauna MacDonald at the Internet Movie Database
• The Mystery of... Website
• Sample comments for Promo Girl
• Sample comments against Promo Girl
• Globle and Mail article about the weekly mysteries. (Subscription)