Earlier today, Andy Fillmore—Halifax’s member of parliament—announced the North End Business Association will receive $111,000 from federal funding (namely, through the Canada Community Revitalization Fund). The money is earmarked for creating a permanent monument to civil rights icon Viola Desmond in her own neighbourhood, which a statement says is to be created by a local […]
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Full election results for Halifax and Nova Scotia as Conservatives gain Liberal ground
By some standards, Justin Trudeau’s decision to call an early election during the pandemic’s fourth wave was a success. Trudeau is still prime minister, and his Liberal Party gained a seat in parliament according to preliminary results the day after voting day. But the Liberals still don’t have a majority—the prize Trudeau clearly sought with […]
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What Canada can do to help the Hong Kong protesters
In a little while it will be over. We may fail. But the rights for which we contend will not die. –Louis Riel To love our neighbour as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.–John Locke This is an open […]
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Meet the dazzling stars of Hali-Wood Squares
From the 1960s until the early 2000s, NBC’s Hollywood Squares was one of the most popular game shows on television. Every-day contestants could win cash and prizes by playing question-and-answer Tic-Tac-Toe with well-known celebrities. Part of the show’s allure was the candid look at the personalities of stars usually only known via script. It was a […]