Halifax Regional Municipality’s budget process is dense and confusing in a good year, where there are just normal spats about rural transit versus downtown development versus community programming versus big honking armoured vehicles versus new books for the library or a football stadium. Halifax Regional Council made it through all that—and then came COVID-19. It […]
Caora McKenna
Caora was City Editor at The Coast, where she wrote about everything from city hall to police and housing issues. She started with The Coast in 2017, when she was the publication’s Copy Editor.
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Council kicks off budget round two in the only way it can
We thought the end of this road was near the last time we wrote about it. But then COVID-19 happened and here we are—and the job is tougher this time around. @tikcoast Two TikTok’s does not a commitment make. Halifax Regional Council’s budget talks kick off. Cuts are on the agenda. ##fyp ##blindinglightschallenge ♬ original […]
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Dartmouth High School student scores big scholarship money to study at Dal
Dartmouth High student Maliek Beals was playing a video game in his room last month when he opened an email from Dalhousie University about some scholarship money he’d just been awarded. He’d made bets with his friends about how much he’d get—maybe $1,000 or even $5,000, enough to make a dent in the student loans […]
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Halifax’s police state of emergency
When Nova Scotia announced it would be enacting a state of emergency—giving police officers new powers to enforce social distancing rules—the first thing Kate Macdonald did was try to learn as much as she could, as fast as she could, about the new rules. “How does community keep community safe in these times? Because it’s […]
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The Coast’s first TikTok: Regional council votes to look at looking at changes for pedestrians and cyclists during COVID-19
@tikcoast Our first Tik Tok: here’s what happened at regional council today ##halifax ##hrm ##covid ##cycling ##politics ##newspaper ##news ##novascotia ##fyp ##autotune ♬ original sound – tikcoast There was a nothing-but-pleasantries discussion about pedestrians, cycling and what to do about tiny sidewalks during the COVID-19 pandemic. Please enjoy our first ever TikTok to learn what […]
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After two incidents and lots of scary rumours, there are no further threats
There have been two significant incidents involving police today in HRM. The first involved an airsoft gun at the Canadian Tire in Dartmouth Crossing. The issue has been resolved and there was never any serious threat to the public. The store was locked down when the incident was first reported. The second incident involves an […]
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Make room for the chaos
In grief—in horror and shock and disgust and pain and death and murder and anguish and sadness and fear and being alone—in grief, “overwhelm is the primary starting place.” Roy Ellis, the bereavement coordinator for the central region of the Nova Scotia Health Authority, says grief is our response to loss and change. Over the […]
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How to watch Nova Scotia RCMP press conference about today’s shootings
Nova Scotia RCMP will be giving a press conference about this morning’s killings in Portapique NS and area at 6pm AST. You can watch a live stream on CBC’s Youtube channel. Click here. RCMP were providing updates as the story unfolded this morning via their Twitter feed. On April 18 at 11:30 RCMP reported a […]
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Quarantine smells like some old fashioned Jewish penicillin AKA chicken soup
The Coast is collecting and sharing dispatches from around the world about what life in the time of COVID-19 looks like, smells like and feels like. Some people are beyond the worst of it, some don’t know the worst yet. Most are just trying to keep afloat. Share your own story here. Who are you? […]
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“The only time I see other people is when I run across the street to get milk”
The Coast is collecting and sharing dispatches from around the world about what life in the time of COVID-19 looks like, smells like and feels like. Some people are beyond the worst of it, some don’t know the worst yet. Most are just trying to keep afloat. Share your own story here. Who are you? […]
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How to do karaoke at home with your friends like you’re at the Lion’s Head with Laurie The Guy
Step 1 Download Zoom. Step 2 Get someone to make a Zoom meeting. Share the link with your friends. Step 3 Go to watch2gether.com and make a room. Step 4 Invite your friends to the room. Step 5 Once you’re on a Zoom call and in the room with your friends search in the bar at […]
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“The weather has been very nice these past few days (a big deal over here)”
The Coast is collecting and sharing dispatches from around the world about what life in the time of COVID-19 looks like, smells like and feels like. Some people are beyond the worst of it, some don’t know the worst yet. Most are just trying to keep afloat. Share your own story here. Who are you? […]