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Oliver Buchannon
Brendyn Creamer
The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 150
LockSimple

Jun 6, 2026

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4 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 150

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

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Content with a career change

Jun 5, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Content with a career change

Plus, cockroaches and rats in Halifax becoming a bigger problem, feds form a mining alliance with industry players, and doctors on the rise in Nova Scotia.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ A critical cultural moment

Jun 4, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ A critical cultural moment

Plus, Halifax gets a new water taxi, hotel names no longer listed on provincial politician's expense reports, and a white nationalist demonstration in Bedford sees no arrests.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Nova Scotia's report card

Jun 3, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ Nova Scotia's report card

Plus, whether or not municipalities should turn off the cameras, admin speaks out after school stabbing, and impaired driver arrested after several reports

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ PCs lose momentum

Jun 2, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ PCs lose momentum

Plus, mass casualty survivor dies by suicide, young people experiencing cannabis-related psychosis, and bar security now require record checks and training.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 149
LockSimple

May 30, 2026

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4 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 149

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

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Taking Trans-Action

May 29, 2026

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7 min read

🗞️ Taking Trans-Action

Plus, Indigenous-owned Halifax storefront gets raided, mother of deceased newborn dies in hospital, and long-term care union talks break down once more.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Work, work, work it

May 28, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ Work, work, work it

Plus, Houston shuffles his cabinet and drops his energy portfolio, long-term care union and province back to bargaining, and the idea of a new stadium and entertainment district remains an idea.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Here ye, Julie!

May 27, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ Here ye, Julie!

Plus, a crucial update on the Annapolis Valley wildfire from summer, teacher convicted of sex crimes against student faces lawsuit, and couple charged for hiding the body of a dead newborn appear in court.

Julie Lawrence
Brendyn Creamer
Julie Lawrence, +1
🗞️ Antidote to our ailments

May 26, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ Antidote to our ailments

Plus, charges laid in death of newborn baby found in the woods, province gives breakdown on education cuts, and police warn of drink tampering in Halifax.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 148
LockSimple

May 23, 2026

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3 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 148

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

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Far from Normal Scotia

May 22, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Far from Normal Scotia

Plus, the East Coast Music Awards take place this weekend, RCMP charge 29-year-old with first-degree murder, and minister promises HRM congestion will let up over time.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ The key to community

May 21, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ The key to community

Plus, Mayor Fillmore delivers State of the Municipality address, concerns raised after racist graffiti incident in Bedford, and police look for the driver who struck an 11-year-old boy.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ High rent, but is there hope?

May 20, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ High rent, but is there hope?

Plus, Mayor Fillmore caught meeting with Uber lobbyist before big decision, concerning mammogram wait times, and Robert K. Irving dies at 71.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Lofty expectations

May 19, 2026

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4 min read

🗞️ Lofty expectations

Plus, teacher's union warns against education cuts, Nova Scotia RCMP have a new commanding officer, and Halifax Thunderbirds come up short in championship match.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 147
LockSimple

May 16, 2026

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4 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 147

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

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Pushing back & taking over

May 15, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Pushing back & taking over

Plus, Houston pushes for fracking, teen charged further in Manitoba-Nova Scotia school threat, and Nova Scotia Health says need-a-family-practice registry reduced despite recent criticism of count.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Worth the wait

May 14, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ Worth the wait

Plus, NSCC puts video game programs on the chopping block, the province leaves a third of its home heating rebate budget unused, and families of long-term care residents voice their concerns.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Classical fantastical

May 13, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ Classical fantastical

Plus, Elliott Page voices concern over community project he helped fund, police continue to investigate 30-year-old unsolved murder, and Halifax's plan to house the unhoused is slow-going.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Starting a game studio

May 12, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Starting a game studio

Plus, MLA Becky Druhan moves over to the Liberals, NSNDP criticize Nova Scotia government for education cuts, and one youth dies in Musquodoboit Harbour crash.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 146
LockSimple

May 9, 2026

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3 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 146

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

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Rooted in rural

May 8, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ Rooted in rural

Plus, Houston refutes rumours of record system contract consequences, 150 education jobs cut across the province and long-term care workers union going back to the bargaining table.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ From science to storytelling

May 7, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ From science to storytelling

Plus, seven children injured in Annapolis Valley bus incident, health minister says new record system will go ahead despite criticism and rent prices for older buildings skyrockets.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ The summer of coleslaw

May 6, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ The summer of coleslaw

Plus, vote for our newsletter editor Julie in the Super Mom contest, family impacted by new medical record system speaks against it, and provincially-contracted company tells its employees that wages aren't taxable.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
🗞️ Stories about wellness

May 5, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ Stories about wellness

Plus, a landlord calls for mandatory radon testing, Air Canada support puts grieving mother through hell, and power rates go into effect.

Brendyn Creamer
Brendyn Creamer
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