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The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 138
LockSimple

Mar 14, 2026

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10 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 138

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

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Thrifting threads

Mar 13, 2026

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11 min read

🗞️ Thrifting threads

Plus, housing development forced to shave off a couple storeys, Houston says he will spend outside of the budget, and Nova Scotia Firefighters School receives another stop-work order.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Budget beliefs

Mar 12, 2026

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11 min read

🗞️ Budget beliefs

Plus, Halifax Forum redevelopment to go ahead after narrow vote fails, woman waits seven years for MRI, and man accused of making AI sexual imagery of high school girls gets acquitted.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ A student's perspective

Mar 11, 2026

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10 min read

🗞️ A student's perspective

Plus, opposition slows debate on budget bill, visitors restricted within legislature due to protests, and Halifax council to ask for dangerous dog registry.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️  Cannabis crackdown continues

Mar 10, 2026

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12 min read

🗞️ Cannabis crackdown continues

Plus, consumers on the hook for cost of diesel, Irving Shipbulding pleads guilty in shipyard death, and a Halifax hospital rearranged operations due to power outage.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 137
LockSimple

Mar 7, 2026

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9 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 137

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

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Musicians take action

Mar 6, 2026

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13 min read

🗞️ Musicians take action

Plus, feds plan for more military housing in Halifax, budget committee approves a 25 percent increase on parking fees, and Tim Houston refuses to make any changes to the Tories' controversial budget.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Speed skating phenom

Mar 5, 2026

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11 min read

🗞️ Speed skating phenom

Plus, RCMP abide by the attorney general's cannabis crackdown, school safety brought into question after masked assault, and hundreds protest cuts to arts and culture sector.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Impact of arts & culture cuts

Mar 4, 2026

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11 min read

🗞️ Impact of arts & culture cuts

Plus, the birthplace of hockey is contested before act comes before legislature, a Liverpool dementia program gets cut unbeknownst to local MLA, and Nova Scotia Music Week 2026 location and dates announced.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Halifax's winter warriors

Mar 3, 2026

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11 min read

🗞️ Halifax's winter warriors

Plus, marine clean-up organization vows to continue despite budget cuts, NSCC planning to cut staff, and Tim Houston gets booed.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 136

Feb 28, 2026

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10 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 136

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

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 135
LockSimple

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
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Military money

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
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Child poverty in Nova Scotia

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
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Investing in pancakes

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
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Seeking strength in vulnerability

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
Brendyn Creamer
The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 134
LockSimple

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
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Love is in the air

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
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ The Black Keys or Styx?

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
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ New guy in Power

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
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ World premiere near you

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
Brendyn Creamer
The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 133
LockSimple

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
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ A land before time

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
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Safety of the Sanctuary

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
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Aquakultre's '1783'

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
Brendyn Creamer
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