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The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 135

Feb 21, 2026

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10 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 135

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

Brendyn Creamer

Feb 20, 2026

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13 min read

🗞️ Military money

Plus, the PC Party slips in the polls, Clearwater Seafoods founder's firm facing major financial struggles, and provincial budget set to be tabled on Monday.

Brendyn Creamer

Feb 19, 2026

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12 min read

🗞️ Child poverty in Nova Scotia

Plus, autographed Crosby and MacKinnon jerseys stolen from bar, John Risley's firm faces $22-million lawsuit, and man faces charges after slamming into a police car.

Brendyn Creamer

Feb 18, 2026

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10 min read

🗞️ Investing in pancakes

Plus, Nova Scotia's offshore wind energy results probably won't meet expectations, new lung screening program is off to a successful start, and fruit growers feeling positive about increased snowfall.

Brendyn Creamer

Feb 17, 2026

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9 min read

🗞️ Seeking strength in vulnerability

Plus, life-long Africville activist Eddie Carvery dies of cancer, Nova Scotia government ends work-from-home for unionized employees, and classes begin this week for long-delayed north-end school.

Brendyn Creamer

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 134

Feb 14, 2026

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9 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 134

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

Brendyn Creamer

Feb 13, 2026

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14 min read

🗞️ Love is in the air

Plus, an airplane slides off the tarmac at Halifax airport, no charges laid in deadly firetruck collision, and Nova Scotia Health adjusts its new record system rollout.

Brendyn Creamer

Feb 12, 2026

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11 min read

🗞️ The Black Keys or Styx?

Plus, former kids in Nova Scotia government's care sue the province, woman found dead in tent on Barrington Street, and province secures 62 affordable housing units in Fairview.

Brendyn Creamer

Feb 11, 2026

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9 min read

🗞️ New guy in Power

Plus, Halifax nightclub shooter sentenced to 10 years in prison, First Nations community declares a state of emergency, and city is looking at reducing bike lane infrastructure.

Brendyn Creamer

Feb 10, 2026

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12 min read

🗞️ World premiere near you

Plus, some Nova Scotia Power customers forgo bill payments, former IWK CEO out of jail as appeal process begins, and the premier warns of program cuts and smaller government in light of deficit.

Brendyn Creamer

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 133

Feb 7, 2026

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8 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 133

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

Brendyn Creamer

Feb 6, 2026

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14 min read

🗞️ A land before time

Plus, Halifax Water independent investigation disproves financial irregularity allegations, youth hockey players arrested for sexual assault during hazing, and a fire was put out at the Halifax Armoury.

Brendyn Creamer

Feb 5, 2026

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10 min read

🗞️ Safety of the Sanctuary

Plus, former IWK CEO sentenced to jail time for fraud, violence in schools still a problem, and Halifax handed out several hundred tickets during storm days.

Brendyn Creamer

Feb 4, 2026

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10 min read

🗞️ Aquakultre's '1783'

Plus, minimum down payment reduced for first-time home buyers, Halifax police take part in gun buy-back program, and nurses' union has issues with new record system.

Brendyn Creamer

Feb 3, 2026

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11 min read

🗞️ Is remote work rare in Halifax?

Plus, long-awaited north-end school finally set to open, Nova Scotia takes a hit to its credit rating, and mistrial called for sexual assault case due to lawyer's misconduct.

Brendyn Creamer

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 132

Jan 31, 2026

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7 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 132

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

Brendyn Creamer

Jan 30, 2026

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13 min read

🗞️ Turnout troubles

Plus, stepfather of missing Pictou County children arrested for sexual assault, Fillmore on saying goodbye to the Halifax Forum, and former Cumberland North MLA passes way.

Brendyn Creamer

Jan 29, 2026

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13 min read

🗞️ Nova Scotia leads in nominations

Plus, an RCMP incident report concerning April 2020 mass shooting, Halifax mayor looking to take money out of bike lane projects, and Ubisoft Halifax workers take to the Grand Parade.

Brendyn Creamer

Jan 28, 2026

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10 min read

🗞️ Should Canada eXit?

Plus, auditor general calls for more transparency in healthcare system, Halifax council sides with ride-hailing companies in bylaw change decision, and not many costs to cut from bike lanes.

Brendyn Creamer

Jan 27, 2026

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10 min read

🗞️ Best of Halifax 2026: Food + Drink

Plus, Nova Scotia youth vaping stats higher than other provinces, government looking to expand 811 services, and Nova Scotia Power ends conservation period.

Brendyn Creamer

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 131

Jan 24, 2026

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7 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 131

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

Brendyn Creamer

Jan 23, 2026

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11 min read

🗞️ A monster of our own making

Plus, Nova Scotia Health leadership comment on government spending, Porter Airlines to close down crew base in Halifax, and 16-year-old has terrorism charges dropped.

Brendyn Creamer

🗞️ The Best of Halifax 2026: Shopping + Services

Jan 22, 2026

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10 min read

🗞️ The Best of Halifax 2026: Shopping + Services

Plus, Halifax ranked third-worst for traffic congestion in Canada, Dalhousie revokes Buffy Sainte-Marie's honourary degree, and a woman is charged after stealing a vehicle and colliding with two police cars.

Brendyn Creamer

Jan 21, 2026

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11 min read

🗞️ Is this Halifax's best restaurant?

Plus, a new warship testing facility starts construction in Eastern Passage, group calls on Dalhousie to share documents regarding natural gas dealings, and man shot by police during robbery faces several charges.

Brendyn Creamer

Jan 20, 2026

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8 min read

The Best of Halifax 2026: Music

Plus, the new deputy justice minister's environmental law background, stats show higher rates of incarceration for Indigenous and Black adults in Nova Scotia, and police officer fires on robbery suspect.

Brendyn Creamer

Brendyn Creamer

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 135

🗞️ Military money

🗞️ Child poverty in Nova Scotia

🗞️ Investing in pancakes

🗞️ Seeking strength in vulnerability

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 134

🗞️ Love is in the air

🗞️ The Black Keys or Styx?

🗞️ New guy in Power

🗞️ World premiere near you

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 133

🗞️ A land before time

🗞️ Safety of the Sanctuary

🗞️ Aquakultre's '1783'

🗞️ Is remote work rare in Halifax?

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 132

🗞️ Turnout troubles

🗞️ Nova Scotia leads in nominations

🗞️ Should Canada eXit?

🗞️ Best of Halifax 2026: Food + Drink

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 131

🗞️ A monster of our own making

🗞️ The Best of Halifax 2026: Shopping + Services

🗞️ Is this Halifax's best restaurant?

The Best of Halifax 2026: Music

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