As of 2022, there are 11 different flavours in a tin of Quality Streets and whether you love em’ or hate em’ a lot of folks have a small, octagon-shaped space in their heart for these nostalgic treats. So, last week we asked our readers: Which Quality Street is the best? Hundreds of responses came […]
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Nova Scotia offers carbon pricing system—and little else—in latest climate action plan
Nova Scotia’s government is ready to take drastic steps toward reducing its carbon footprint—just not until 2030, thank you very much. Or so was the gist of the province’s newest Our Climate, Our Future report, a climate change plan that will guide the government’s actions over the coming decade. On Wednesday afternoon, Nova Scotia’s environment […]
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The clock falls back on Sunday, and most of you would rather it not
On Sunday at 2am, daylight saving time ends and we “fall back” one hour to be on standard time. (You can sleep through it. The phone companies will take care of changing the time on the cell network, just don’t be surprised in the morning when your phone shows 10 o’clock and the microwave claims […]
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The past is present on the Juanniversary
Hurricane Juan made landfall around Peggys Cove, west of the city’s core by about 40km, on September 28, 2003, wreaking havoc on trees, buildings and power lines. That was 19 years ago, but it might as well have been today. When this Juanniversary Wednesday began, more than 100,000 people were still without power in the […]
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Does Canada need King Charles?
Growing up in India, Aro Narendran was always taught that the British rule over his country was unquestionably bad. History classes were clear that colonization was a dark and terrible period in India. “You’d have been called crazy if you thought otherwise,” he says. When he moved to St. John’s, NL for university, Narendran, who […]
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Nova Scotians rate Tim Houston one year after his big election win
The election that brought Tim Houston to power as premier of Nova Scotia was a year ago—August 17, 2021. To mark the occasion, we asked readers of The Coast Daily email newsletter to share their thoughts on Houston’s performance. And readers obliged, sending in dozens and dozens of emails. Three main themes emerged from this […]
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How Halifax treats unhoused people brings shame to us all
Author’s note: Since this story ran, I’ve received feedback about the accuracy of my reporting. There is a porta potty at the Geary Street site; I’ve been told it was there when I was there a week ago. I did not see it then but I have since found it. Unfortunately as is the way […]
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Province’s latest housing scheme barely passes muster
On May 31, 2022, the media were invited to an announcement where the provincial minister of municipal affairs and housing, John Lohr, unveiled the PC government’s latest plan to help ease the housing crisis. The policy, titled Land For Housing Initiative, is quite simple. The province owns at least 50,000 parcels of land—maybe as many […]
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How cop Nicole Green’s pursuit of justice leaves injustice in its wake
When a non-lawyer watches the legal system in action, a vague sense of injustice lingers in the aftermath. It’s often hard to nail down exactly what’s causing the malaise. There’s always a hint—a certain je ne sais quoi d’injustice. And, unsurprisingly, the same malaise that permeates courtroom proceedings also crept its way into the recent […]
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Engineers Nova Scotia, protecting Nova Scotians for over 100 years
Every year in March, the Canadian engineering community celebrates National Engineering Month. In-person and virtual events are held across the provinces and territories with intent to showcase the diversity, ingenuity, and resourcefulness of engineers as they work to find innovative solutions to everyday problems.
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Nova Scotia’s COVID-19 pandemic at 2 years old
Sunday, March 15, 2020, the provincial government’s media briefing room in downtown Halifax was packed with journalists and TV cameras. This was before social distancing and gathering limits. Before masks. It was even before COVID-19 had officially arrived in Nova Scotia—this press conference would be the disease’s coming out. True to the Shakespearean warning, Dr. […]