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The Changemakers

To get the bright future it deserves, Halifax needs to take an honest look at itself —meet the people fighting for change Halifax has a hubris problem. We like to think of our city as hip, fun, dynamic. But we often fail to recognize its ugly underbelly — an unjust, unfair place for so many, for so long. “Its well-intention is also its big blind spot,” says Rebecca Thomas, a Mi’kmaw writer a [...]

By Janet Whitman Sep 01, 2021
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The conversation: Tim Houston

As he settles into his job, the new premier sees a Nova Scotia with a ton of potential — if he can sort out health care and housing New premier Tim Houston says he believes that the government should be doing more to improve the lives of Nova Scotians. Nova Scotia's first Progressive Conservative premier since 2009 faces the challenge of an overburdened health-care system, an economy still grappling with the [...]

By Ameeta Vohra Oct 06, 2021
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The Home Game

These are exciting times for Cam Whynot. In July, the Calgary Flames chose him in the third round of the NHL draft, 89th overall. As he works towards a career in the pros, the defenceman is getting ready for his third season with the Halifax Mooseheads. The Kentville native will also rejoin his billet family in the city next month. Like major-junior teams across Canada, the Mooseheads rely on local billets [...]

By Ameeta Vohra Sep 01, 2021
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Attack with love

The Floatation Centre’s Lindsay MacPhee proves doing good is good business Before you even walk through the Floatation Centre (TFC) doors, you sense something different awaits. The rainbow flags, inspirational quotes, and anti-racist messages that greet you at the front door confirm the centre’s reputation as a safe, inclusive space is not just well-earned. It’s intentional. Stepping inside the cen [...]

By Robyn McNeil Sep 01, 2021
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Breathing underwater

As Halifax’s kids return to school this month, are they ready for the new normal? Are we? The question will dog people for years, even generations, to come: Where were you when the pandemic hit? Like the rest of us, Coady Monk has a story. “We didn’t know what COVID was back in March 2020,” says the recent graduate of Charles P. Allen High School in Bedford, whose goal was to become a polic [...]

By Alec Bruce Sep 01, 2021
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Coming into focus

Emerging from COVID-19 and a tumultuous few years, has Nova Scotia’s filmmaking industry finally found a way forward? Tara Thorne had always dreamed of being a filmmaker. As an arts journalist she’s rubbed elbows with filmmakers and actors, regularly attending the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2007 she made a short. On the morning of her 40th birthday, Thorne was on the phone with EI. She� [...]

By Carsten Knox Sep 01, 2021
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The Changemakers

To get the bright future it deserves, Halifax needs to take an honest look at itself —meet the people fighting for change Halifax has a hubris problem. We like to think of our city as hip, fun, dynamic. But we often fail to recognize its ugly underbelly — an unjust, unfair place for so many, for so long. “Its well-intention is also its big blind spot,” says Rebecca Thomas, a Mi’kmaw writer a [...]

By Janet Whitman Sep 01, 2021
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The conversation: Tim Houston

As he settles into his job, the new premier sees a Nova Scotia with a ton of potential — if he can sort out health care and housing New premier Tim Houston says he believes that the government should be doing more to improve the lives of Nova Scotians. Nova Scotia's first Progressive Conservative premier since 2009 faces the challenge of an overburdened health-care system, an economy still grappling with the [...]

By Ameeta Vohra Oct 06, 2021
Features

The Home Game

These are exciting times for Cam Whynot. In July, the Calgary Flames chose him in the third round of the NHL draft, 89th overall. As he works towards a career in the pros, the defenceman is getting ready for his third season with the Halifax Mooseheads. The Kentville native will also rejoin his billet family in the city next month. Like major-junior teams across Canada, the Mooseheads rely on local billets [...]

By Ameeta Vohra Sep 01, 2021

Arts

Artist Andrea Crouse uses a unique technique to capture a distinctive Halifax scene Andrea Crouse’s art is a form of collage mastered over years of thoughtful practice. She takes tiny paper cut [...]

By Trevor J. Adams Sep 02, 2021

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The local cup

The craft drink craze is still at fever pitch — Bluenose beverages for any budget Recommendations from Bishop Cellar’s director of consumer experience Kathryn Harding. TATA KETCH BE [...]

By Brooklyn Connolly Sep 07, 2021

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Blog The Roundup

Roundup: 3rd vax doses for some in N.S., Chief Paul shares residential school legacy, Inverness investigates water shortage, tonnes of fishing gear litter Atlantic

Plus: A local artist works in an unusual medium to capture everyday Halifax scenes The Nova Scotia government recently announced plans to offer third doses of COVID-19 vaccine to people "who are m [...]

By Trevor J. Adams Oct 15, 2021

Blog The Roundup

Roundup: 187 active COVID cases, Stellarton restaurant embraces accessibility, Canso spaceport draws protests, fire fears at Liverpool RCMP station

Plus: Local employers talk of a labour shortage, but newcomers say it's harder than ever to find meaningful work in Halifax Nova Scotia has 187 known active cases of COVID-19, with 24 new cases an [...]

By Trevor J. Adams Oct 14, 2021

Blog The Roundup

Roundup: COVID update, five guns stolen from Pictou Co. home, top curlers sliding into Liverpool, driver who killed C.B. man 'cooperating' with police

Plus: Throne speech lays out Houston government's priorities, but barely mentions housing Tim Houston's first legislative session as Premier of Nova Scotia began yesterday, as Lt.-Gov. Arthur J. L [...]

By Trevor J. Adams Oct 13, 2021

Blog The Roundup

Roundup: Another COVID death, Lunenburg fire displaces seven, Antigonish solar project advances, fundraising for Ship Hector restoration

Tim Houston thinks Nova Scotia has a ton of potential — if he can sort out health care and housing. An interview with the premier Nova Scotia's had one of North America's most effective response [...]

By Trevor J. Adams Oct 07, 2021

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Healing in the Highlands

The human animal is odd in that it doesn’t consider itself an animal. We instead imagine ourselves as divine beings, having outgrown our dirty origins in the great outdoors. In reality, our physica [...]

By Zack Metcalfe Sep 10, 2021

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Theodore moves on

It's been a long time since the real-life Theodore tugboat first sailed the waters of Halifax's Big Harbour.Theo was the product of CBC producer and polymath Andrew Cochrane’s imagination, the epon [...]

By Bob Gordon Sep 07, 2021

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The Perspective: Finding work during a pandemic

Even as employers talk of a labour shortage, newcomers find it harder than ever to land meaningful [...]

By Marianne Simon Sep 01, 2021

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Housing crunch worsens

Yes, Halifax, we have a housing crisis We asked Neil Lovitt, the city’s expert in real-estate [...]

By Janet Whitman Sep 01, 2021

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Before cars were king

A century ago, the tram system offered Haligonians unprecedented freedom and mobility Tram [...]

By Katie Ingram Aug 31, 2021

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Is there finally a path forward for Nova Scotia's filmmaking industry?

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