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@hollabackhrm
Tackling local street harassment and supporting those who face it on the daily

@hfxtransit
For all your bus bitching purposes

@hfxgov
The city’s official Twitter feed

@SouthHouseHali
Halifax’s sexual and gender resource centre

@HilaryBeaumont
Local reporter, Coast regular, asker of important questions

@ScotiaPharmacy
ALL DEALS, ALL CAPS

@TwitCoast
lol #humblebrag and while we’re at it @RWJboon, @stephaniejohns, @alliesaysrelax, @birdykins

@CherylHann
The funniest

@OldNS
A peek at old Nova Scotia newspapers courtesy of @fwillick

@HfxIsBurning
100 percent local music from CKDU/Trevor Murphy

@TheFuckingFacts
Writer, queer sex educator, awesome woman

@MeganLeslieMP
Possibly Canada’s coolest MP

@sonicconcerts
Big-ticket announcements and music musings

@RyanMcNutt
Music nerdery and Taylor Swift

@ColeHbrNSwx
An “automated weather station in Cole Harbour” #practical

@GillianWesleyNS
Writer of thelocaltraveler.ca has day-trip tips galore

@hfxartgossip
Commentary, arts news and LOLs

@SMUSA
Tweets from Saint Mary’s student union

@HalifaxRetales
Shop and restaurant gossip at warp speed

@HfxMediaCoop
Reader-funded, member-run alt news

@MSVUSU
Dispatches from the Bedford Highway

@KingsNewsHFX
The voice of every King’s student has been silent since April but we’re praying it returns

@allisomething
Voted as Halifax’s Best Twitterer for her feminism, baseball, politics, #prolove tweets

@passableblog
Food culture and hot goss

@smackdonna
A “forever student” we can all learn from

@DalStudentUnion
The virtual SUB

@stewartlegere
Actor, singer, funny man, enviable selfies

@SUNSCAD
NSCAD’s student union updates + great art events

@WayeMason
The voice of District 7 (south downtown) and city council’s most active Tweeter—also, music

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