[Image-1] UPDATE: This story is about Rehtaeh Parsons. Two men have pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in a case that made international headlines and changed the law in Nova Scotia. It’s the case of a teenage girl The Coast can’t identify due to a publication ban, but trust us—you know her name. Her story […]
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The public is to blame
[Image-1] “It’s amazing the number of tree lightings, parades, Christmas events happening.” —mayor Mike Savage “I had a voicemail, Mr. Mayor, that could be perceived as from the ’40s or ’50s in terms of lack of respect for immigration.” —Councillor Bill Karsten “Have we heard from anybody on the right side? Only the left part […]
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Bylines back at the Herald
[Image-1] It’s maybe less newsworthy than their other efforts this month to name names, but reporter bylines are back at The Chronicle Herald. For all of November, journalists had pulled their names from the Herald’s stories in protest of sweeping newsroom layoffs announced on Halloween. [Image-2] Originally, 20 reporters, editors and photographers were set to […]
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The battle against child poverty
[Image-1] Nova Scotia has the highest provincial child poverty rates in Atlantic Canada. In Cape Breton, one in three kids are living below the poverty line. Those are some of the findings in this year’s Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Acadia University professor […]
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Lia Rinaldo
Managing director Devour! The Food Film Festival As a teenager, Lia Rinaldo got a job at the legendary Wormwoods Dog & Monkey Cinema, which led to the Atlantic Film Festival. “All of a sudden I blinked and 20 years had passed. It was a life in film and I never really planned on it,” she […]
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Marie Nightingale
Food writer and editor 1928-2014 On March 15 of this year, Marie Nightingale passed away after a battle with cancer. The obituary she wrote for herself was “Marie says goodbye.” The legacy she wrote for herself was Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens. You really can’t talk about food or cooking in Nova Scotia, the […]
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Untitled
[Image-1] UPDATE: This story is about Rehtaeh Parsons. Yesterday a story we all know reached a sort of ending. An ending which no one wanted, but given how sexual assault is prosecuted in Canada, almost seems destined. 20-year-old must write apology to victim's parents, complete a course on sexual harassment, learn to be nicer. No […]
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Poop problems
[Image-1] “Clear and consistent problems with feces, urine and water pollution” around Nova Scotian fur farms is the reason behind several formal complaints lodged today with the Department of Agriculture. The complaints were submitted by the Association for the Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals, which says it has documented numerous instances of pollution and improper animal […]
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Getting the word out
Casey Kennedy began stuttering when he was seven. He knew right away what was happening—but no one else did. “I would cry myself to sleep,” he says. ”I remember saying to my mom, ‘I can’t talk. Why can’t I talk?’” Even as a child, Kennedy would instinctively use techniques like avoidance—not saying words he knew […]
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Herald lays off 20 workers
[Image-1] UPDATE: Herald reporters have pulled their bylines on tomorrow’s weekend newspaper in protest of today’s layoffs. According to sources, several reporters have taken their names off their stories after 20 layoffs were handed out to new and senior newsroom talent. The mood in the office is one of confusion, say staffers. “I think people […]
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Sexual health shouldn’t be spooky
It’s autumn again. The leaves have turned, quickly swept away by the wind and rain. Families are heading to corn mazes and carving pumpkins. And local sexual health educators are taking their wooden model penises out of storage and preparing for another year full of condom demonstrations. Unfortunately, they are also steadying themselves for another […]
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Nova Scotia misses the mark
Jainey Lee Bresson is a woman with a trans medical history. Last year, in the midst of her transition from male to female, she applied for her name to be changed, and for the correct designation of her gender to be shown on her government-issued ID. Two months later, she was issued a birth certificate […]
