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Julie Lawrence

Julie Lawrence

🗞️ Music Week preview

Oct 9, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Music Week preview

Plus, staff and students were told to go to a safe meeting point after a school in Halifax received threats on Thursday afternoon, Halifax is considering building new roads to connect neighbourhoods impacted by a wildfire and the artist behind Royale's Halifax box art.

🗞️ Deck yeah!

Oct 8, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Deck yeah!

Plus, police looking for a man who allegedly threatened a woman with a needle as part of a robbery last month and the province has announced a “modern” set of rules for the road that go into place later this month.

🗞️ Dad gone mad

Oct 7, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ Dad gone mad

Plus, Halifax-based Emera said on Tuesday that it would acquire Canadian Utilities in an all-stock deal worth $14.3B, legislative committee meeting to discuss school lunch program culminated with attempts at political one-upsmanship and meet the people behind Nova Scotia’s spirits at Scotian Distillery Festival.

🗞️ IUD SOS

Oct 6, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ IUD SOS

Plus, 17-year-old is in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following an alleged stabbing in downtown Halifax, Neighbourhood Placemaking applications have opened for HRM and The Magnetic World Music Festival is being sued.

🗞️ Looking flush

Oct 2, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Looking flush

Plus, minimum wage increased by 25 cents to $17/hour, 50-year-old man wanted by police has been arrested and sexual assault case against Mike Smith dismissed.

Brendyn Creamer, +1

🗞️ You better work

Oct 1, 2026

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7 min read

🗞️ You better work

Plus, Canadians across the country marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Argyle St. could become car-free all-year round and we asked, you answered.

Brendyn Creamer, +1

🗞️ Mayor may I?

Sep 29, 2026

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7 min read

🗞️ Mayor may I?

Plus, Magnetic World Music Festival "terrifying" according to some attendees, Nova Scotia overtook B.C. as the province with the highest average asking rents for apartments and condos and for the first time, the province is tracking how many youth in care run away.

Brendyn Creamer, +1

🗞️ Facebook flip flop

Sep 25, 2026

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7 min read

🗞️ Facebook flip flop

Plus, the Nova Scotia government says it spent a record $1.9B beyond its budget in the 2025-26 fiscal year and two Nova Scotian mothers are speaking out about their experience with prenatal and postpartum anxiety and depression.

Coffee conundrum

Sep 24, 2026

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7 min read

Coffee conundrum

Plus, Halifax Transit has added new features to its mobile payment app, a Nova Scotia river rafting company says it has developed policies related to encountering whales and why unionizing in Nova Scotia is so difficult.

🗞️ Vibes on vibes on vibes

Sep 23, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Vibes on vibes on vibes

Plus, 22-year-old woman is facing a manslaughter charge in the death of a man who was living at an encampment, province says it will cover most departments that need help in critical policing incidents and Nova Scotians are buying less alcohol and more cannabis.

🗞️ Pogo and puzzles

Sep 22, 2026

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7 min read

🗞️ Pogo and puzzles

Plus, police suspect that two sudden deaths in the community are linked to potent illicit drugs, Halifax saw a major spike in deadly collisions in 2025 and NS Liberals table bill to ban children under the age of 16 from purchasing energy drinks

🗞️ Fudge-it budget

Sep 18, 2026

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7 min read

🗞️ Fudge-it budget

Plus, Canada welcomes the ambition to become the European Union’s first associate member, woman charged after a newborn was found dead in a wooded area has been released on bail and province announced it will use federal money to establish public safety projects.

Jessica Bernard, +1

🗞️ BTS at the AIFF

Sep 17, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ BTS at the AIFF

Plus, HRM is looking for more ways to cut out American goods and buy Canadian, a Halifax woman with gynecological problems has been told she could wait up to five years to see a specialist and RCMP says it is aware of an online video that appears to show a driver going more than 300 km/h on a Nova Scotia highway.

Jessica Bernard, +1

🗞️ Slumlord millionaires

Sep 16, 2026

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7 min read

🗞️ Slumlord millionaires

Plus, man facing harassment charges after he allegedly followed women into their apartment buildings on Spring Garden Rd, the province is offering $100K in grants to improve safety in faith-based communities and the Halifax Wanderers are looking to spend $100M on a new stadium.

Jessica Bernard, +1

🗞️ Master debater

Sep 15, 2026

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7 min read

🗞️ Master debater

Plus, police investigating reports of gunfire in the city’s north end Monday afternoon, Nova Scotia set to open new Menopause Centre of Excellence in Spryfield this winter and a 43-year-old man is facing several charges for multiple break-ins at businesses in downtown Dartmouth.

Jessica Bernard, +1

🗞️ Chender out

Sep 11, 2026

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8 min read

🗞️ Chender out

Plus, government amending eight pieces of legislation and creating a new act through an omnibus bill aimed at improving public safety, the case against a man accused of threatening to bomb the U.S. consulate in Halifax has been delayed until next month and how IWK teachers are helping students feel better

🗞️ Unplug the children

Sep 10, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Unplug the children

Plus, Tim Houston says officials are talking with companies that could be most impacted by the trade war, a new piece of legislation could lead to a new “Performance-Based-Regulation model” for NS Power and Vessel Meats putting Nova Scotian ingredients at the centre of the table.

🗞️ Singin' to the vain

Sep 9, 2026

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7 min read

🗞️ Singin' to the vain

Plus, RCMP asking for the public's help after a house was destroyed by fire in Timberlea, province's labour minister introduced legislation to ban tip theft and a man is in custody in connection with multiple reports from women of indecent acts.

🗞️ Rumour has it

Sep 4, 2026

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7 min read

🗞️ Rumour has it

Plus, the man who allegedly went on a racist tirade at a Halifax Costco is facing new charges, Halifax's student transit pass program will continue in the 2026-27 school year and Rumours is at risk of disappearing—for a second time.

🗞️ Nofoundland

Sep 3, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Nofoundland

Plus, Marco MacLeod resigns as energy minister over misogynistic rap lyrics, police arrested two youths for allegedly assaulting a Halifax Transit bus driver and every performance at the 2026 Halifax Fringe Festival.

Jessica Bernard, +1

🗞️ Who's that cat?

Sep 2, 2026

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5 min read

🗞️ Who's that cat?

Plus, 18-year-old “prolific graffiti tagger” facing more than 50 mischief charges, Halifax legal community reacts to government preventing people living in tents from accessing higher income assistance benefits and Palestinian-Canadian artist is creating space for marginalized voices.

🗞️ Indecent McSposure

Sep 1, 2026

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7 min read

🗞️ Indecent McSposure

Plus, Eastlink is warning customers of potential data breach, Nova Scotia Power says it's fixed its outage map and Lake Ontario is now listed correctly and west coast chocolatier heads east.

Jessica Bernard, +1

Music Week Preview

Aug 28, 2026

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7 min read

Music Week Preview

Plus, Mark Carney says Canadians know Lake Ontario will always be known by its original name, Department of Environment laid charges following an investigation of an alleged illegal landfill and every artist playing Nova Scotia Music Week 2026.

🗞️ Members n-only

Aug 27, 2026

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6 min read

🗞️ Members n-only

Plus, police are looking for a vehicle that hit an adult pushing a child in a stroller, Crown is seeking to increase the maximum penalty for man accused of making a bomb threat against the U.S. Consulate and Benjamin Edwards and the business of bringing a festival to Halifax.

🗞️ That's a rap

Aug 26, 2026

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7 min read

🗞️ That's a rap

Plus, feds unveil details of Canada’s retaliatory dollar-for-dollar tariffs, some NS industries hoping for a correction to Canada's retaliatory tariff list and we asked, you answered.