Growing up in Halifax there wasn’t much soccer on TV, says Christian Oxner, one of the goalkeeps for the HFX Wanderers FC. The English Premier League and the Italian Serie A on Score sometimes were the only games in town. Oxner’s experience isn’t unique in Canada: there just aren’t many options to watch the beautiful […]
Matt Stickland
Matt spent 10 years in the Navy where he deployed to Libya with HMCS Charlottetown and then became a submariner until ‘retiring’ in 2018. In 2019 he completed his Bachelor of Journalism from the University of King’s College. Matt is an almost award winning opinion writer.
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It looks like No Mow May on the Halifax Common, but city hall says that’s an accident
The Halifax Common is a sea of yellow dandelions swaying in the breeze, and city council just passed a budget funding an ambitious climate plan, so you might think the city is participating in No Mow May. But no, HRM isn’t (deliberately) participating in the growing movement to discourage people from mowing their lawns at […]
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Know Your Rights campaign against racist police street checks stalled by bureaucracy
After Monday’s meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners, it’s clear Halifax will need to wait longer for one of the recommendations from the Wortley Report on police street checks to become a reality. The recommendation from the report (4.10 for the nerds) reads in part, “it is recommended that the HRP and RCMP develop […]
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Federal government updates the CERB to help seasonal and casual workers
The Federal government is planning to extend the Canada Emergency Response Benefit to cover some of the people who were left out of the first draft of the plan. When the CERB was first announced it didn’t apply to seasonal workers whose jobs disappeared due to COVID or who had run out of EI while […]
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Federal wage subsidy helps Bedford pizza place rehire staff
When Brenden Sullivan’s wife first started telling him about COVID-19 back in January, his first reaction was mild curiosity. He didn’t think it would get too bad here. That changed and it all became real for him when the NBA cancelled the season. “You could feel it in the air,” said Sullivan, owner of On […]
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Child soldiers Omar Khadr and Ishmeal Beah speak at Dalhousie
It was a dark and stormy night in Halifax, which meant the event hosted by Dalhousie’s Roméo Dallaire Child Soldier Initiative was delayed, as its namesake founder was stuck on the tarmac at Stanfield airport. On Monday, hundreds of Haligonians of all ages gathered at the Rebecca Cohn auditorium for Children’s Rights Upfront: Preventing the […]
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If Omar Khadr is a terrorist, then so am I
The bridge of the HMCS Charlottetown was cool and muggy. The ship’s air conditioning was running full blast, but the doors were open, so the sailors on watch could hear if something happened ashore. During the day, the Charlottetown would stay far off the coast of Libya to be out of range of land-based missiles. […]
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QuadrigaCX owes millions to users
Gerald Cotten, 30, from Fall River died in India in December from complications from Crohn’s disease. He is survived by his parents, wife and, most notably, his embattled cryptocurrency exchange company QuadrigaCX, and its 115,000 users looking for their money. Uncertainty has developed into conspiracy surrounding QuadrigaCX’s financial footing, and Cotten’s unexpected death has shone […]
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Conservatives leave Halifax with a policy playbook for next election
No abortion debate, no euthanasia, no “passport babies.” Conservative Party members gave Andrew Scheer his marching orders for the 2019 election. At the Conservative convention in Halifax over the weekend, delegates from around the country voted on policy resolutions that should steer the direction of their Party for the upcoming federal election. Thirty policies made […]
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Conservative Party’s Halifax implosion
Rogue MP Maxime Bernier officially left the Conservative Party of Canada today. From a press conference in Ottawa, Bernier announced his official resignation to say that he’s starting his own political party. He’s already accepting donations. The announcement came as the Conservative Party kicks off its three-day national policy convention in Halifax. Leader Andrew Scheer told […]