When the Emmy Awards happened Sunday night, it wasn’t just gowns, tuxes and trophies in the spotlight. This year, among the glitz and glamour included something more Haligonian: the signature lighthouse of Nova Scotian Nautique Clothing, sailing east from Halifax onto the red carpet. Jenna and Julia Ross are a mother-and-daughter team from Halifax whose […]
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Chronicle Herald buys all TC newspapers in Atlantic Canada
In one of the biggest Atlantic Canadian media stories in recent memory, the Chronicle Herald has purchased all of Transcontinental’s 28 newspapers, websites and four of its printing plants. All of Transcontinental’s media outlets in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador have been sold and will operate—along with the Herald’s […]
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Punk Bucket wants you to rock out for a good cause
[Image-1] Thomas Murray is the co-founder and co-owner of Punk Bucket Productions. The 18-year-old puts together all-ages metal and punk shows in Halifax, with proceeds headed towards local charities like Shelter Nova Scotia. The team is in the process of hosting their third event at the Bus Stop Theatre, coming up on December 20. Murray […]
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Overrepresented in the stats
[Image-1] Before her short life ended, Inuk woman and SMU student Loretta Saunders was researching the murders of three indigenous women from Nova Scotia. Two of the three cases resulted in convictions. One didn’t make it as far as Loretta’s. It took 35 years to convict the person who put a bullet in Anna Mae […]
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Justice inches forward in Loretta Saunders case
[Image-1] As the Crown played a video in Halifax provincial court Monday morning, Blake Legette covered his eyes with his hands and Victoria Henneberry buried her face in her arms. The acoustics in the room were poor, the judge noted, but as the clip played, sobs and sniffles from the second row where members of […]