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B.C. trans woman looks for childhood friend in new documentary series

Joanne Wittstock is among the people looking to reconnect in the TVO show Yearbook

The missing piece in Joanne Wittstock’s life was a childhood friend whom she hadn’t seen for nearly four decades. She just wasn’t sure if he would want to see her.

Wittstock and Kent Wiley were inseparable growing up in a Toronto neighbourhood. They played and went to school together, and were even each other’s best men at their weddings.

But as their lives changed the pair drifted apart, as people do.

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Tyler Harper

About the Author: Tyler Harper

Tyler Harper joined the Nelson Star in 2015 after having worked at The Canadian Press as a sports reporter in Toronto from 2008 to 2014.
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