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The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 172

What happened in Halifax this week and what's to come.

Brendyn Creamer

Nov 13, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ The data do-si-do

Plus, a school staff member at Woodlawn High School in Dartmouth is facing charges related to a child luring investigation, pest control costs at Halifax-area hospitals have soared over the last five years, and the first-ever Halifax Design Week kicks off.

Julie Lawrence

Nov 12, 2026

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7 min read

🗞️ Divas down

Plus, the company pitching an $8B data centre have promised they will not ask for any government money, Halifax will begin planning for a new neighbourhood on the Woodlawn Mall site in Dartmouth that would bring high-rise towers to the area and a visitor’s guide to Nova Scotia Music Week 2026.

Julie Lawrence

Nov 10, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Ctrl-Alt-Demean

Plus, a 31-year-old man was arrested as part of an investigation into suspected drink tampering in downtown Halifax, Claudia Chender admitted a robotext the party sent out last week was rushed and missed the mark and it was a record-breaking year for Hal-con.

Julie Lawrence

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 171

Nov 7, 2026

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5 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 171

What happened in Halifax this week and what's to come.

Brendyn Creamer

Nov 6, 2026

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7 min read

🗞️ A Brand new day!

Plus, Nova Scotia government is extending the freeze on development fees in HRM to 2029, an RCMP officer pulled over a vehicle north of Halifax for traffic enforcement, but instead nine serious gun charges were laid and making Halifax a safer city for cycling, one light at a time.

Brendyn Creamer, +1

Nov 5, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Blue valentine

Plus, Amazon held a groundbreaking ceremony in Dartmouth Wednesday for a massive new warehouse, new policy that will ban photography, video recordings and broadcasting in recreation facility change rooms and helping Nova Scotia’s food entrepreneurs get cooking

Julie Lawrence

Nov 4, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ A gay old time

Plus, a man who was accused in three separate sexual assault cases is no longer employed by the RCMP, a new report shows a slight drop in the overall number of those dealing with homelessness in Halifax and convicted killer William Sandeson is getting his laptop back.

Julie Lawrence

Nov 3, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Strutting a fowl

Plus, CUPE labour action heats up, then quells with tentative agreement and Nova Scotia’s Linger brings people closer to local creators, one experience at a time.

Julie Lawrence

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 170

Oct 31, 2026

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5 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 170

What happened in Halifax this week and what's to come.

Brendyn Creamer

Oct 30, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Going democrazy

Plus, provincial government says Halifax needs to speed up housing development, an association representing university teachers in Nova Scotia is accusing Premier Tim Houston of political intimidation, and province, school support union return to bargaining, narrowly avoiding strike.

Julie Lawrence

Oct 29, 2026

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4 min read

🗞️ Human slop

Plus, Tim Houston is doubling down on a complaint his office sent to a university professor in Toronto, Halifax police have released details of the largest drug bust of its kind in Atlantic Canada and school support workers prepare for a province-wide strike on Nov 2.

Julie Lawrence

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The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 172

🗞️ The data do-si-do

🗞️ Divas down

🗞️ Ctrl-Alt-Demean

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 171

🗞️ A Brand new day!

🗞️ Blue valentine

🗞️ A gay old time

🗞️ Strutting a fowl

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 170

🗞️ Going democrazy

🗞️ Human slop

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