[Image-1] It’s a century-old tale of two seaport cities. The start of it was shaped by a carnage-causing mishap in the cold waters of Halifax Harbour. And the epilogue, created by a grateful province, continues today with a warmhearted, seasonal “thank you” from one city for the crucial humanitarian aid sent by the other. […]
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Memories of a founding mother of gay and lesbian activism
[Image-1] There was scarcely a gathering of gay and lesbian activists in 1970s Halifax that Anne Fulton wasn’t involved in, or late for. An original member of the Gay Alliance for Equality, incorporated in 1973, Fulton was something of a founding mother of the city’s gay and lesbian activist community. “She was one of the […]
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The local roots of Canadian jazz
Canada’s rich black heritage and music history are closely linked, and today’s jazz fans have benefited from that strong union of culture and art. Jazz may have been born in New Orleans around the end of the 19th century, but it didn’t take too long before it grew up and headed north, to other US […]
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5 things you need to know Monday
1 Six months after Gloria McCluskey brought up noisy train whistles, CBC gets around to interviewing Dartmouth residents about the noise that’s keeping them up at night. The whistles only started because of the extra people and traffic crossing the tracks from the nearby King’s Wharf development. It looks like more safety measures—including two $7,000 […]
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A timeline of film production in Nova Scotia
Filmmakers have a long history of working in Nova Scotia—Evangeline, shot here over 100 years ago, was one of the first movies made in Canada. But in recent years, the province’s natural beauty and historic charms that might appeal to cinematographers were augmented by the film tax credit, which appeals to the producers who are […]
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Why Viola Desmond deserves her day
In case you’re like the people in this video and don’t actually know much about Viola Desmond except that you’re currently enjoying a day off thanks to her, you better check this out. Related Stories
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Choose your new ferry name
[Image-1] It’s once again time to name that ferry. Halifax Transit has bought itself a spiffy new passenger ferry, which arrives this summer. Since the last naming contest was such a hit (with over 13,000 residents voting), HRM has launched another online poll to choose this new ship’s honorific. You can read the official entries […]
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It’s 2015 and a scalping law is still on the books
[Image-1] Sometimes the media ocean churns up a long-forgotten bit of news jetsam from its briny depths. Such a regurgitation happened recently when this 2000 story on Nova Scotia’s scalping law showed up in my newsfeed. According to CBC’s 15-year-old story, First Nations chiefs asked the premier to remove the province’s 250-year-old scalping law from […]
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A history with breathalyzers
Constable Blair Hickey, himself pulled over last week for drunk driving, once charged a suspected impaired driver for refusing a breathalyzer test even though the man asked for another chance. Blair William Hickey, a 22-year veteran with the HRP, was arrested last week by the New Minas RCMP. The off-duty constable was pulled over on […]
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A call for representation
Last month at the King’s campus bar, student Meg Shields noticed something was missing. A few pints deep, Shields found herself staring at a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. She was suddenly struck with anger. “I noticed that the wall adjacent to her [the Queen] was totally blank. I was sitting with the King’s Students’ […]
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Buttons for peace: A Q&A with Betty Peterson
[Image-1] Betty Peterson has been marching for decades. The American ex-pat moved to Nova Scotia in the ‘70s, eventually sharing a house with social justice icon Muriel Duckworth and spending her time fighting for peace. In 1982, she joined a million voices in New York calling for an end to nuclear arms. Now, Pier 21 […]
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Updated: Antique cross RETURNED to King’s
[Image-1] As reported by the CBC, the altar cross was returned to King’s chapel this week by a young man of about 19 years of age with a tote bag full of laundry. Amen. An “ancient and irreplaceable” altar cross is missing and presumed stolen from the University of King’s College chapel. According to a […]