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Halifax's Ashleigh Myles considers a 250-kilometre day on the bicycle a “comfortable” distance—which is good news, if absurd, because her next two-wheeled trek is longer than anything she’s done before. And I wouldn't bet against her.

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Halifax cyclist eyes record-setting ride from Alaska to Argentina
Meet Ashleigh Myles, who plans to become the fastest woman to complete the 23,000 km trek, solo and self-supported.
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March 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Weeks ago, I ventured down Quinpool and visited a company office that doesn’t exist. I was looking for a team of Halifax writers who, despite my best efforts to prove otherwise, don’t appear to exist either. And that's only the start.

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The future of AI news is here in Halifax, it seems—and god, it sucks
How an Instagram DM led to a rabbit-hole chase of fake journalists, fake addresses and fake endorsements, and what it means for us all.
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March 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Halifax's budget season had its last regular season meeting last week. Highlights include the city shooting the library in the foot, Andy Fillmore shooting the municipal budget in the foot and, and a good initiative from the city's legal department.

All that and more in my latest for @thecoast.ca
Halifax libraries budget shows city working against itself on parking
The easy part of Halifax’s budget season comes to a close. Next up are the playoffs.
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March 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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For @thecoast.ca, I paid a visit to the Hydrostone this week -- where Top Chef Canada finalist Steph Ogilvie just opened her own restaurant as a tribute to her grandmother.

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First look at Reta’s, the Hydrostone’s newest fine-dining favourite
In a converted north-end church, Hop Scotch Dinner Club chef Steph Ogilvie finds a place to call her own.
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March 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Halifax Transit has a new boss, and old busses will get a new lease on life, but will Halifax's city council let Transit succeed?

Take a deep dive into North American transportation planning to find out how council could save your household thousands of dollars a year.

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Will council end driving subsidies and let Halifax Transit succeed?
The city’s brand-new bus boss Robin Gerus has his work cut out for him.
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March 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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The full list of nominees is here for the 2025 East Coast Music Awards, and Halifax is well-represented.

Sixty-seven ECMA shortlist nods feature Halifax-based artists, engineers, managers and venues this year.

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See all the nominees for the 2025 East Coast Music Awards
Enfield rapper Classified leads the pack as Nova Scotians nab 95 ECMA nominations at the annual music awards.
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February 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Is Transportation planning in Halifax about to get better, starting this year? I think so!

For more on the promise and perils facing public transportation in this city read my latest Halifax budget season story on @thecoast.ca
Halifax is finally able to think about non-car options
The city’s bureaucracy has officially added mobility to its transportation infrastructure planning process, years after council first told them to.
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February 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Why are Halifax Fire's response times getting slower? Is there anything to be done about it?

Answers to these and more questions on my latest for @thecoast.ca
Council approves more firefighters to combat slow response times
Who should pay for firefighters’ cancer screening?
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February 21, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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The easternmost annex of the former Bloomfield School—a site that has been in limbo for years, kicked between the HRM, the province and developers—is now gone. The rest of the building is still to follow.

And after? A neighbourhood awaits answers.

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What’s next for Bloomfield?
As Halifax tears down the former north-end school, the property’s future remains unclear.
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February 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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As @hfxwanderersfc.bsky.social enter their second week of the #CanPL preseason, I dove into 7 of the most pressing questions and points of intrigue surrounding the club.

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7 burning questions as Halifax Wanderers enter 2025 soccer preseason
After a winter of high-profile departures and intriguing arrivals, can Patrice Gheisar find success with his new-look roster?
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February 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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For @thecoast.ca, I spoke with @aysanabee.bsky.social about his upcoming Halifax show and things that feel like more than coincidence.

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How Aysanabee’s late grandfather sparked the singer-songwriter’s latest tour
The two-time JUNO Award-winner plays the Marquee Ballroom on March 13.
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February 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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After five years of covering city hall, I think I finally figured out why nothing gets better in Halifax.

City staff in the department of public works are usurping council's priorities.

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Council approves capital budget, staff corruption
Halifax’s municipal council doesn't normally meet on Fridays, except during budget season. That’s when Fridays are held open as a contingency meeting day, to be...
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February 11, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Five months after a report laid the blame for Aug. 2021’s shambolic shelter siege at the feet of Halifax police and the HRM, the oversight board that’s supposed to police the former on behalf of the latter seems to want nothing to do with it.

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Police board still dodging blame for 2021 shelter siege
A civilian report calls for a police and city apology after a “day of chaos” that led to mass arrests and cops pepper-spraying protesters.
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February 5, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Halifax's city council starts its budget debates today, and Halifaxs budget is the frontline in our impending trade war with the United States.

How? I'm glad you asked. Here's my latest for @thecoast.ca
Trade war, transportation, and you: A Halifax budget season preview
Our city council is on the front lines in the battle for Canadian sovereignty.
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February 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Amid all of Trump's political dick-swinging, there's one question on many Haligonians’ minds: How will we survive a trade war when our two biggest grocers have a history of being dicks as well?

We've put together a map of local, independent grocers across the HRM.

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Where to buy groceries during Trump’s trade war on Canada
A map of (almost) every local, independent grocer in Halifax and beyond.
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February 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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COMMENT: Set aside the man-in-his-car staging of Andy Fillmore's latest video, posted after council voted against the mayor's Windsor Exchange wishes, and the optics are still odd: A mayor willing his followers to email his coworkers to tell them why he was right.

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What’s with Andy? Frustrated Fillmore turns to Facebook after losing Windsor Exchange vote
It’s a worrying sign that instead of listening to his councillors, Halifax's new mayor seemingly wants to turn the pressure up on them.
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January 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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It's NSCAD president Peggy Shannon's last day on the job. Tomorrow, Jana Macalik will take over on an interim basis.

As @lau-athletics.bsky.social reports, the change marks yet another shake-up at the university after 2020's ouster of Aoife Mac Namara.

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NSCAD president Peggy Shannon leaving post two years early
Jana Macalik, school’s interim vice-president and provost, will fill in starting Feb 1
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January 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Before the debate about the Windsor Street Exchange on Tuesday, we learned that Halifax's city staff are undermining the council, and that's why nothing is getting better. My latest for @thecoast.ca
Halifax city staff’s status quo sedition
Everything you need to know about council's Jan 28 meeting
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January 31, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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In 76 days, the @hfxtidesfc.bsky.social season begins. And that moment means something different to each of the team’s players—from the vets returning for one last dance, to the homegrown kids who never dreamt they’d be playing in their backyard.

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Rising Tides: Meet the first-ever pro women’s soccer players in Halifax
Three months away from their inaugural Northern Super League season, the Halifax Tides are counting on a mix of savvy veterans and homegrown talents to find success on the pitch.
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January 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Council kills the Windsor Exchange, and city staff reveal that they're not working on council’s strategic plans.

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Council kills Windsor Street Exchange redesign plan
Inside the decision to abandon $36 million in federal and provincial funding.
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January 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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Long before Truro-born playwright Dane Stewart's show, Resurrection, claimed the top spot on Apple Podcasts’ Arts chart in Canada, he met a man at a bar in Montreal. The chance encounter would transform the next six years of his life.

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This Nova Scotian’s podcast has become a queer hit—and it’s coming to Halifax for a live show
Dane Stewart’s Resurrection tells the story of queer trailblazers during the height of the AIDS epidemic. And now, it’s a cabaret show.
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January 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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I went too deep on a few staff reports and figured out that the city of Halifax is slowly dying a very preventable death. My latest for @thecoast.ca
The city you love is dying: Halifax’s sustainability crisis explained
An inside look at city staff’s years-long guerrilla campaign to undermine city council.
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January 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Fillmore's seat in parliament has been vacant since September. But Justin Trudeau’s retirement is complicating timing for the byelection to fill it.

Here's how soon a Halifax byelection could happen—and just how long it could take, if there's no rush in Ottawa.

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When will MP Andy Fillmore be replaced?
The federal Halifax seat in parliament has been vacant since September, but Justin Trudeau’s retirement is complicating timing for the byelection to fill it.
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January 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Ahead of Julie Kim's show at Halifax's Bus Stop Theatre in March, the Vancouver-based comedian known for her acerbic wit on issues ranging from race, to parenthood, to gender differences chats about finding her voice as a comic.

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Comedian Julie Kim brings Doing Too Much tour to Halifax
The Vancouver-based stand-up comic performs at the Bus Stop Theatre on March 29.
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January 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Two days after Halifax Water issued a boil-water advisory for roughly 200,000 residents, the utility says it’s safe to drink from the tap again.

Meanwhile, the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board has called for an investigation into what went wrong.

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Halifax Water lifts boil advisory for 200,000 Haligonians
You can go back to rawdogging your tap water again.
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January 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM