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Across the great divide

With the Cogswell interchange redevelopment, Halifax has the opportunity to literally and figuratively transform the city It does not help Waye Mason sleep at night knowing that Halifax’s biggest public works project in recent times — involving some of the most exquisitely complicated engineering and public consultation the capital has ever witnessed — could be delayed by someone’s ill-timed trip to the t [...]

By Alec Bruce Jul 20, 2022
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Nova California

After funding turmoil and pandemic disruptions, the local film industry has regained its footing and is poised for a boom For many Nova Scotians, one thing returned to normal this summer: their communities were again hosting film and TV productions from all over. And it's going to continue — the province has become a year-round movie-making destination. Most projects are American or Canadian, and filmmakin [...]

By Bruce Bishop Sep 14, 2022
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Back to the barbershop

Activist Devon Bundy creates places where Black men can connect and talk about their mental health His whole life, Devon Bundy has seen members of his family wrestle with mental health issues. The Halifax native came to believe it was taboo for Black Nova Scotians to talk openly about their challenges. “Our community doesn’t talk about mental health,” he says. “There’s a lot of ... genera [...]

By Ameeta Vohra Sep 13, 2022
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A place to finally call home

With the transfer of a culturally symbolic plot of land in downtown Halifax expected soon, a key piece of the new 70,000-square-foot Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre is settling into place. Now, the real work begins In the picture, the sign above the door of the artfully imagined Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre says “Wije’winen” or “Come with us.” So, you do. You move through the big [...]

By Alec Bruce Sep 12, 2022
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The chickens come home to roost

Enjoying a rush of primal self-sufficiency, growing numbers of Haligonians are emulating their forebearers and raising fowl Jackie Allen had an idea as she looked out at her son’s playhouse. “He hadn’t used it in years,” she recalls. “I thought, ‘Maybe we should get chickens.” She researched (“Can I do this? Is it even a possibility?”) and hatched a plan to turn the [...]

By Janet Whitman Sep 09, 2022
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Where are the workers?

There are plenty of Haligonians looking for jobs — but employers can’t take them for granted anymore Kevin Kelloway has a message for employers, and it’s not one they necessarily want to hear: “You’re not calling the shots anymore.” A professor of psychology at Saint Mary’s University, Kelloway is a former Canada Research Chair in occupational health psychology. “It’s very much an [...]

By Philip Moscovitch Sep 08, 2022
Cover Features Neighbourhoods

Across the great divide

With the Cogswell interchange redevelopment, Halifax has the opportunity to literally and figuratively transform the city It does not help Waye Mason sleep at night knowing that Halifax’s biggest public works project in recent times — involving some of the most exquisitely complicated engineering and public consultation the capital has ever witnessed — could be delayed by someone’s ill-timed trip to the t [...]

By Alec Bruce Jul 20, 2022
Cover Features

Nova California

After funding turmoil and pandemic disruptions, the local film industry has regained its footing and is poised for a boom For many Nova Scotians, one thing returned to normal this summer: their communities were again hosting film and TV productions from all over. And it's going to continue — the province has become a year-round movie-making destination. Most projects are American or Canadian, and filmmakin [...]

By Bruce Bishop Sep 14, 2022
Cover Features

Back to the barbershop

Activist Devon Bundy creates places where Black men can connect and talk about their mental health His whole life, Devon Bundy has seen members of his family wrestle with mental health issues. The Halifax native came to believe it was taboo for Black Nova Scotians to talk openly about their challenges. “Our community doesn’t talk about mental health,” he says. “There’s a lot of ... genera [...]

By Ameeta Vohra Sep 13, 2022

Arts

A Halifax artist documents local icons and triggers memories Daniel J. Burt Haligonian Daniel J. Burt has always been passionate about drawing and painting. After many years experimenting with [...]

By Trevor J. Adams Sep 20, 2022

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Straight from the source

Imagine grocery shopping without self-serve cash registers, unsustainable products, and corporate profiteering It’s a Monday morning, and I’m chatting at the counter with Krista Armstrong and [...]

By Colleen Thompson Sep 13, 2022

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Roundup: Reconciliation through deeds not words, COVID kills 10 more, power failures linger

Plus: Get a free subscription to Unravel Halifax COVID-19 killed 10 more Nova Scotians from Sept. 20 to 26, according to the latest government update. During the same period, 56 people were h [...]

By Trevor J. Adams Sep 30, 2022

Blog The Roundup

Roundup: 79,000 customers still powerless, shooting response 'far from perfect' says RCMP lawyer, witnessing hockey history, COVID update

Plus: Straight from the source — a different kind of grocery shop Six days after the remnants of hurricane Fiona hit the province, about 78,000 customers are still without Nova Scotia Power serv [...]

By Trevor J. Adams Sep 29, 2022

Blog The Roundup

Roundup: Fiona cleanup — thousands remain powerless, motorcyclists battle diabetes, Eagle Head Beach construction furor continues

Plus: Halifax's first marine disaster, and the plucky boy who came to the rescue — recalling the sinking of HMS Tribune Hundreds of thousands of Nova Scotians are starting another day without el [...]

By Trevor J. Adams Sep 28, 2022

Blog The Roundup

Roundup: Cell service concerns, Nova Scotia Power outages continue — many schools closed, gov announces disaster funds, COVID update, restaurant forced to move after flouting law

Plus: One year of Unravel Halifax — an evolving magazine for a changing city Questions are mounting about the reliability of the region's cell-phone service, with many Nova Scotians having diffi [...]

By Trevor J. Adams Sep 27, 2022

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The Halifax dilemma

Egyptian immigrants find a better life, but also a housing crunch and inaccessible health care Coming to Canada from Egypt in 2017, Jasmine Khaled (name changed), her husband, and two childr [...]

By Marianne Simon Sep 15, 2022

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Birth of a super city (er, region)

When four became one, and Halifax Regional Municipality was born Halifax Regional Municipality was fittingly born on April Fool’s Day 1996, amid rancorous debate over everything from gover [...]

By Katie Ingram Sep 08, 2022

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A place to start

There are still starter homes out there for first-time homebuyers, but they’re not cheap As th [...]

By Janet Whitman Sep 15, 2022

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Nova Scotia's storyteller

Since making the province his home, Steve Vernon has built a career on sharing its lore Fo [...]

By Ameeta Vohra Sep 12, 2022

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Zero proof

Growing numbers of Haligonians are enjoying local craft drinks minus the booze Forge [...]

By Colleen Thompson Sep 08, 2022

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Read the story of how Theodore the Tugboat started his new life in Ontario

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On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, it's important we reflect on the brutal truth of systemic racism in Canada and the legacy of residential schools, which continues to affect survivors and their families.

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While searching through stacks of books at Dalhousie's Killam Library, author Dorothy Grant was delighted to discover a signed copy of Beautiful Joe, by Nova Scotian writer Marshall Saunders.

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