Unhoused with a full-time job in Halifax

RENTAL CRISIS

Unhoused with a full-time job in Halifax

Things were supposed to work out differently for Rae-Leigh MacInnes. The registered massage therapist should be living her best life, plying her trade in a picturesque, state-of-the-art clinic in the Annapolis Valley. But now, due to a series of completely normal minor mishaps, MacInnes has nowhere to live.

Despite being gainfully employed and making well over the median income for a single-person household in Nova Scotia, MacInnes still finds herself without a place to call home. And she's not alone.

Need to know

☀️ Today's weather: Partly cloudy with a high of 12C and a low of 1C.

🚧 Bilby Street from Gottingen to Isleville Streets will be closed starting today at 7am until Apr. 26 at 5pm.

🎻 Dive into a rich soundscape that melds classical, folk, electronic, and hip-hop with Radia and the Gryphon Trio 8:30pm Thursday, Apr. 27 at The Marquee Ballroom. Tickets here!*

🚧 Granville Street from Sackville to Prince Streets and Prince Street from Hollis Street to Barrington Street will be closed today between 7am and 5pm.

🏗️ Something very new on one of Halifax’s oldest streets! Register now to be the first in line for updates on Navy Lane, coming this May.*

🚨 The Great Outdoors Comedy Festival is coming to Halifax this August! More announcements coming soon, click here.*

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TOGETHER WITH NORTH AMERICAN INDIGENOUS GAMES 2023

16 sport competitions

All open to the public: basketball, lacrosse, softball, soccer, and more!

The 2023 North American Indigenous Games are bringing 16 sport competitions to Kjipuktuk from July 15-23. All competitions are open to the public, so join the crowd and watch Indigenous athletes from across Turtle Island compete to bring home the gold.

Learn more at NAIG2023.com.

On The Coast

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NEPTUNE THEATRE

A spectacular show with heart, humour, and passion

Determined to make his dreams come true, Billy Elliot The Musical is the inspirational story of one boy’s stumble from the boxing ring to the ballet studio. Against all odds, his life is changed forever when his passion inspires not only his family but a community fallen on hard times.

On stage now, get tickets here.

In other news

🗑 The municipality is holding an upcoming household special waste drop-off depot at the Sackville Transit Terminal on Apr. 29. The drop-off will be accepting any home chemical waste. Head here to check for future drop-offs in your area.

🏳️‍🌈 The RCMP are investigating after a pride flag at Bayview High School in Upper Tantallon was reportedly set on fire.

🏠 Should Halifax landlords or rental companies be able to require a holding deposit from a potential tenant in order to consider their application? This is the reason why Aaron Stevens has yet to secure housing in the city. Read more here.

😢 Nick Beaton, whose wife was a victim of the Nova Scotia mass shooting, is looking for any information regarding a robbery that took place at Heart’s Haven Memorial Park, a park dedicated to his late wife Kristen Beaton and another victim, Heather O'Brien. CTV has the story.

🚨 Police have charged Steven James Maloney for the breaking and entering and robbery of an NSLC in Dartmouth this month.

🏒 Hockey Nova Scotia has named Mike Field as its new executive director.

🎉 Watch how Halfax’s Muslim community celebrated Eid at the Halifax Common on Saturday!

🤨 With a student recently facing sexual assault charges and a past littered with sexual assault allegations, many are questioning how serious St. FX is about putting an end to sexualized violence on campus. CBC has the story.

ROMANA DIDULO

QAnon “Queen of Canada” makes Halifax stop amid ongoing controversy

One of Canada’s most infamous online figures is currently in Halifax. Far-right conspiracy theorist Romana Didulo—otherwise known as the QAnon Queen of Canada, who claims to be the true leader of Canada and waging a fight against the so-called “deep state”—made a stop in Bayer’s Lake on Sunday, April 23, to hand out “loyalty money” to her followers, according to a video shared on her Telegram account. On Monday, The Coast spotted her RV in the parking lot of Clayton Park’s Future Inns.

The Victoria, BC-based Didulo has amassed a cult-like following among fringe groups—and attracted RCMP interest—in recent years for her outlandish claims and so-called “royal decrees,” many of which read like science-fiction: That governments are run by an “evil cabal” that has “imprisoned humanity for centuries,” that all taxes are abolished and that COVID-19 vaccines contain “nanobots” designed for “global control.”

Often, Didulo’s messages to her supporters—almost all of which are shared via encrypted messaging app Telegram—are accompanied by calls for money. At other times, those same calls to action have turned violent.

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