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Julie Lawrence
🗞️ Premier's tour-nado

Jul 17, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Premier's tour-nado

Plus Nova Scotia Provincial Housing Agency cutting its workforce, 50 year-old man stabbed on Spring Garden Rd. and Halifax Pride Parade set for Saturday.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ Bad fish

Jul 16, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Bad fish

Plus, protesters surrounded Premier Tim Houston's car after Acadia speech, Nova Scotia Power will start charging late fees this fall, and Mark DeWolf shares his summer wine picks.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ Get a grip

Jul 15, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ Get a grip

Plus, price of a home in Halifax fell by half a percentage point, four new helicopters will help with N.S. wildfire efforts and Music Nova Scotia Award nominees announced.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ Ticked off

Jul 14, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Ticked off

Plus, former NS Premier John Hamm dead at 88, hostage situation in Bedford a hoax and five things to watch for in the Canadian business world this week.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ Heated Snubery

Jul 10, 2026

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7 min read

🗞️ Heated Snubery

Plus, Tim Houston embarks on provincial road show, strawberry season in danger thanks for dry spring and how a booming fan culture helped Hal-Con sell out months in advance.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ Awful but not unlawful

Jul 9, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ Awful but not unlawful

Plus, human remains found by Long Lake, "hard choices" to be made at King's and white nationalism is on the rise in Nova Scotia—and we need to talk about it.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ The kids aren't alright

Jul 8, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ The kids aren't alright

Plus, police looking for man who went on racist tirade at Costco, News 95.7 going off the air in Halifax and a look at the developers keeping Halifax's video game scene alive.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ The bitch is back

Jul 7, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ The bitch is back

Plus, Halifax Police investigate a shooting in Williamswood, six NS communities to receive nearly $1M for local public transit and St. Margaret’s Bay Pride kicks off second-annual Bay Pride Fest.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
 🗞️ Best Burger Bash yet

Jun 16, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ Best Burger Bash yet

Plus, keel-laying ceremony for new River-class destroyer, minister expects another drought for Nova Scotia, and civil forfeiture leads to unintended consequences for construction company.

Brendyn Creamer
Julie Lawrence
Brendyn Creamer, +1
🗞️ The Long Road to Super Mom

Jun 9, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ The Long Road to Super Mom

Plus, Halifax Pride event details, tentative agreement reached in long-term care workers strike, and controversial housing development put to a halt.

Brendyn Creamer
Julie Lawrence
Brendyn Creamer, +1
🗞️ 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
🗞️ Editor Jules needs YOU!

Apr 15, 2026

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13 min read

🗞️ Editor Jules needs YOU!

Plus, Mark DeWolf shares his special and sweet North End secret, three Halifax youths arrested after hours-long police chase, and a Hells Angels hitman serving time pleads guilty to manslaughter.

Brendyn Creamer
Julie Lawrence
Brendyn Creamer, +1
🗞️ Nomi-Nation

Sep 19, 2025

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16 min read

🗞️ Nomi-Nation

Plus, Tim Houston condemns Nova Scotia Power’s rate hike, provincial woods ban lifted everywhere but Annapolis County, and first Black Canadian senator passes away.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ Girl's got a stiffy

Sep 18, 2025

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14 min read

🗞️ Girl's got a stiffy

Plus, police charged man in connection to antisemetic graffiti, cause of Monday's fire in Middle Sackville remains under investigation and Halifax entrepreneur to pitch AI, immigration plan at G20.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ Better late than never

Sep 17, 2025

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13 min read

🗞️ Better late than never

Plus, Tim Houston says province will not be implementing any “strong mayor powers”, fire crews on site monitoring hot spots on site of Middle Sackville apartment building and we asked, you answered.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ Halifax goes Hollywood

Sep 16, 2025

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13 min read

🗞️ Halifax goes Hollywood

Plus, apartment fire in Middle Sackville extinguished but building heavily damaged, police say “hatred will not be tolerated” after six incidents of racist graffiti and Halifax infirmary is no place for mice.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 114
LockSimple

Sep 13, 2025

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10 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 114

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

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ Bunkin' in style

Sep 12, 2025

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15 min read

🗞️ Bunkin' in style

Plus, Dalhousie University and staff members getting closer to an agreement, police say graffiti on downtown streets is hate-motivated and Frabjous is where gourmet comes with a story.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ Good Dear Good

Sep 11, 2025

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14 min read

🗞️ Good Dear Good

Plus, sentencing set for early in the new year for former IWK CEO, Halifax Water implements mandatory water conservation measures and province announced funding to support women-led businesses.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ Dear Tim...

Sep 10, 2025

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13 min read

🗞️ Dear Tim...

Plus, Davis Cup tie between Canada and Israel will be played in closed venue, Nova Scotia’s health authority says there was a measles exposure at the QEII emergency department and Dalhousie continued reconciliation talks

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ All hail the queen

Sep 9, 2025

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14 min read

🗞️ All hail the queen

More MacDonald bridge closures, whale watching tour meets great white shark and local teacher launches online IB school after struggling to find work in Halifax.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 113
LockSimple

Sep 6, 2025

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9 min read

The Coast Insider Weekend Edition: No. 113

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

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ Hot Hospital Gossip

Sep 5, 2025

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14 min read

🗞️ Hot Hospital Gossip

Plus, police warn to be cautious on the streets as kids head back to school, construction work on the QEII Halifax Infirmary has reached a new milestone and Dal board and faculty heading back to conciliation talks on Monday.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ Out of touch much?

Sep 4, 2025

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14 min read

🗞️ Out of touch much?

Plus, mayor being investigated for possibly breaking city's code of conduct, thousands more students can access lunches at schools this fall and new nonprofit launches to help Halifax keep its growing creative talent.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
🗞️ Back-to-school blues

Sep 3, 2025

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12 min read

🗞️ Back-to-school blues

Plus, most classes at Dal cancelled in first week due to lock-out, for the second time in a swimmers got up close and personal with a great white shark for second time in a week and Atlantic International Film Festival to showcase homegrown and international talent.

Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence
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