8th Annual Harvest Hootenanny and Pumpkin Smash Bi-Hi Park, Bayers Road Sat Nov 2 1-5pm As its successful first season in a new location winds down, Common Roots Urban Farm only sees growth in its future. Despite a delayed opening as a result of heavy rains, CRUF has been prospering at its new location at […]
Isabel Buckmaster
Isabel has been a freelance reporter with The Coast since 2020, covering a variety of topics including the environment, development, and other social issues. Before the Coast, Isabel worked at the Dalhousie Gazette as opinions editor and is going into their fourth year in journalism at the University of King’s College School.
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Liberals hold on to all four HRM seats in federal election
After a nearly too close for comfort six-week campaign that did little more than expose how poorly we Canadians are educated in the ins and outs of our governance system—and puff unearned wind into fringe party ideology—Halifax (and the country) gets another go at Liberal leadership. All four Liberal incumbent MPs in Halifax Regional Municipality […]
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Young people make up the largest bloc of voters in Canada’s upcoming federal election
On October 21, thousands of Halifax youth will be flooding the polls and voting for the first time. With only two weeks remaining until Canada’s next federal election, many are hoping that this year will beat out previous voter turnout records—68 percent in 2015—rather than marking the return of dismal turnout in 2008. However, unlike […]
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Thousands of Halifax climate strikers demand action
Generations flooded the streets of Halifax as thousands of Nova Scotians united on Friday afternoon to call out government inaction and make their voices heard. The main event of K’jipuktuk- Halifax Sept Climate Action Week, strikers marched throughout the city and died-in at Nova Scotia Power before reaching their final destination: City Hall. “I feel […]
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Nature Folk Wellness Studio is looking for connection
What started out as a seemingly unattainable dream and inside joke between friends has become a reality for Anna Tremblay and Ashley Cluett, creators of Nature Folk Wellness Studio (88 Portland Street). After meeting as servers at a restaurant, the two bonded over a shared passion for wellness, design and an interest in entrepreneurship. It […]
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The K’jipuktuk-Halifax Week of Climate Action kicks off with interfaith gathering and climate action rally
Hundreds of Haligonians gathered at Grand Parade Square on Friday to mourn the destruction caused by climate change and request government action. “The planet is in crisis, there is no planet B and unless we take that seriously then our home is gone,” said David Walmark, an attendee of the rally. “Everybody can do their […]