Over 5,000 education workers in Nova Scotia have signed a new two-year deal with the province, after nearly a year of bargaining. In a member update Sunday night, the council of eight local union presidents told members they were “proud of what we have achieved” and that getting this deal “showed us what we can […]
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Obladee, Ob-la-da, life may not go on for beloved downtown wine bar
Obladee Wine Bar—on the corner of Barrington Street and Sackville Street—is barely visible through the jungle of scaffolding. If potential patrons are making a decision based on curb appeal, they would most likely veer away from it, if they noticed it at all. The scaffolding has been in place since July 2023 when HRM issued […]
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Hark! A Kate Beaton
Award-winning cartoonist and author Kate Beaton is in Halifax Friday to discuss the enduring connection between art-making, labour and community. Beaton is in town to deliver the 2025 Cyril J. Byrne Memorial Lecture at Saint Mary’s University on Friday at 7pm. The lecture will be held in the Scotiabank Conference Theatre, located off the main […]
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The students are not alright–with Bill 12
There’s really something for everyone in this week’s Public Bills committee meetings–from farmers speaking about protecting water over profits in Nova Scotia, veteran public servants standing against threats to workers’ jobs, teachers warning against threats to academic freedom and ordinary people asking why their access to public information is being limited. If you missed Monday’s […]
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The rising tide of motor vehicle fatalities in Canada
Following three decades of improvement in road safety, Canada is now seeing a resurgence of increasing road fatalities. 2022 saw the country record 1,931 vehicle-related deaths, the highest since 2013 and a 6% increase from 2021. As a result, personal injury lawyers are also seeing an increase in cases. This resurgence in fatal road traffic accidents has […]
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“The height of arrogance:” St. FX prof calls out Bill 6, Houston’s dismissal of provincewide movements to ban fracking, uranium exploration
“Let’s not mince words,” Jonathan Langdon tells The Coast. “Anybody who tells you that the evidence around fracking has changed–that it’s more healthy, that it’s safer–this goes against all the studies up-to-date which show the health risks are the same or more acute than they were 10 years ago when we put this ban in […]
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The end of an era
“I’ll take a bag of 20 tokens, kind Sir.” “Coming right up.” That interaction, between my dad, dressed in his business suit and driving large blue Caprice Classic, and a Bridge Commissionaire in his navy blue uniform, is one of the core memories of my childhood for the number of times I witnessed it in […]
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Dalhousie student union launches fundraiser so Palestinian students can study in Canada
The Dalhousie Student Union is hoping to raise $30,000 to help Palestinian students affected by genocide to continue their studies in Canada. Launched this week, the DSU’s new fundraising campaign is one of the biggest in the union’s history. The goal is to support 15 Palestinian graduate students in getting matched with professors and research […]
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Things aren’t looking good for our Halifax byelection
Mark Carney is under a microscope. (Yes, that would be a Markroscope, but let’s not make the term a habit.) Since his landslide victory in the Liberal Party’s race to replace Justin Trudeau on the weekend, Canada’s attention has turned to Carney to lead us into a trade war and/or general election. But there is […]
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Groundbreaking disability lecture series isn’t over yet
A popular lecture series that began in January will soon conclude. Called “Representations of Disability in Historical, Scientific and Artistic Perspectives,” this original series of public talks at the University of King’s College has brought together leading disability scholars, researchers, writers and artists to examine how ideas of “disability” and “normality” are represented in art, science, […]
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How cutting property taxes can end up costing you
On Wednesday, Feb 26, Halifax budget season’s regular debates had their curtain call. After about a month of intense scrutiny and discussion, Halifax’s business units have mostly set their budgets for a city budget of about $1.3 billion. There are a few items that council may consider funding, which will be debated on March 19, […]
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Halifax cyclist eyes record-setting ride from Alaska to Argentina
Ashleigh Myles is not fazed by long hours in the bicycle saddle. The Halifax-based bike technician co-created the Tip 2 Tip Nova Scotia endurance race, a 1,000-kilometre haul from The Hawk Beach on Cape Sable Island to Cape Breton’s Meat Cove, in 2020. And then she went out and set the record for its time-trial […]
