šŸ—žļø Grocerygate

Plus, Mumford Road Walmart reopens after mysterious death of worker, Dine Around for the month of February and meet the first-ever pro womenā€™s soccer players in Halifax.

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Good morning!

We all deserve a little joy in our lives, now more than ever. And if the End Times are indeed here, I want to go out packed to the gills with delicious local food. There is no need for diets where weā€™re going.

Luckily, itā€™s February (said nobody ever) and that means Dine Around NS is back. Itā€™s a month-long food fest focused on creative, specifically priced menusā€”ranging from $10-$60. It showcases restaurants across the province and includes local restaurants, cafes and bars. 

This yearā€™s edition will be the biggest yet, with over 140 establishments taking part. Here is the full list so you can start planning your attack.

There is no time like the present to finally check out that restaurant you always walk by or read about. And letā€™s get on it before that $60 meal costs you $160 and poultry is just romantic lore for us to remember with misty eyes.

Get your eat on this month and we can all roll into the month of March/apocalypse likeā€¦

Love and light!

ā€“ Julie

šŸ“· @editorjulesl

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šŸš— Driving, biking or busing today? Check out the current traffic conditions and ongoing road closures.

NEWS

Where to buy groceries during a trade war

šŸ“ø Credit: Coast illustration

The days have been dizzying since convicted felon and US president Don Trump first threatened a sweeping 25% tax on goods imported from Canada. Fighting back, Ottawa promised its own set of retaliatory tariffs, affecting an estimated $30 billion in US imports, ranging from meats, vegetables and other groceries to clothing and household appliances. Then suddenly, from the brink of all-out trade war due to start today, a ceasefireā€”lasting a month, says Trump, who canā€™t be believed.

The only certainty is something economists uniformly, for once, agree on: During a trade war, life will get more expensive on both sides of the border.

Amid all of Donaldā€™s dick-swinging, the main questions on many Haligoniansā€™ minds involve a more pressing matter: Just how expensive could groceries become? And how can Nova Scotians survive a trade war when our two biggest grocers have a documented history of being dicks as well?

šŸ¤” Need To Know

šŸ›’ The Halifax Walmart where a 19-year-old woman was found dead has reopened more than three months after the tragedyā€”the Mumford Road store opened its doors to customers again at 7am Monday.

šŸ§‘šŸ½ā€āš•ļø Nova Scotiaā€™s 35 Community Health Boards have launched the provincial summary of their Community Health Plans for 2025-2029ā€”the five-year plan focuses on improving health and well-being across the province.

šŸ–¼ Craft East Buyersā€™ Expo annual trade show to promoting crafts in Atlantic Canada. Handmade products from the region. Open only to the qualified retail trade.*

šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦ Late yesterday, the tariff Don Trump promised to impose today on Canadian exports to the US was paused by Trump for at least 30 daysā€”after prime minister Justin Trudeau vowed to spend $1.3 billion to beef up border security.

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NEWS

Rising Tides: Meet the first-ever pro womenā€™s soccer players in Halifax

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When the whistle blows and the Northern Super League kicks off its first match on Apr 16, it will mark quite an occasion: Not just the arrival of Canadaā€™s first-ever professional womenā€™s soccer league, but for Halifax, the first pro womenā€™s team of any kind in Halifax Tides FC.

The weeks, days and hours are bleeding away so quickly that, at the Tidesā€™ Burnside office, it seems like every day has come with some other feat of planning Jiu-jitsu: A new signing announcement, a new player arrival, a new mascot reveal. (One Tides staffer joked in an email with The Coast that head coach Lewis Page and sporting director Amit Batra have been ā€œin meetings till the end of time.ā€)

Itā€™s hard to believe that it was scarcely 14 months ago when six women met in a room to sketch out the possibility of bringing a pro womenā€™s soccer team to Halifax. Now, that moment is just 71 days away. 

As The Coastā€™s Martin Bauman reports, itā€™s one that means something different to each of the teamā€™s playersā€”from the veterans returning for one last dance, to the homegrown kids who never imagined theyā€™d be playing in their backyard.

šŸ—žļø In Other News

šŸšŒ Halifax police say the driver of a pickup truck was ticketed after a crash involving a school bus in downtown Halifax on Monday morningā€”the crash happened around 7:45am at the intersection of Barrington and North Streets. 

šŸ§³ Amid the tension with the United States and the re-election of Donald Trump, a new poll is showing Maritimers are less likely to head south in the coming year.

šŸ©· The plight of a Nova Scotia woman who died of breast cancer is being touted by advocates as an example of why supplemental screening should become standard for women with dense breasts in Canada.

šŸš” RCMP have arrested two people in connection to a firearms and drug investigationā€”a man and woman were arrested at a property on Upper Partridge Road in East Preston, where officers found a quantity of cocaine, scales, drug paraphernalia and two replica firearms.

šŸ’° A Halifax small business owner is speaking out, saying she was penalized by Shopify for being a victim of fraudā€”customers have been buying through her online store, then receiving a refund through their bank after they get up the goods.

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Dine Around is back!

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All throughout the month of February, you can savour special menus from your favourite Downtown Halifax restaurants priced from $10 to $60!

And with the most restaurants participating in Downtown, make it your go-to destination for Dine Around.

Check out all the participating restaurants in Downtown Halifax here.

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šŸ—“ļø Things To Do

Looking for something to do this week? Check out these Coast picks:

šŸ—“ Crip Touches Across Time or Getting in Touch with Disability in the Renaissance: A lecture tonight from Elizabeth Bearden, whoā€™s a professor of early modern literature and disability studies at the University of Wisconsinā€“Madison. Her talk will reflect on how early modern writers and artists with disabilities used ā€œconsolatory literatureā€ to build authority, community and pride across the centuries. | Alumni Hall, University of Kingā€™s College, 6350 Coburg Road | Feb 4 | 7pm | Free

šŸ—“ Great Canadian Kilt Skate: Be part of Halifaxā€™s first-ever Great Canadian Kilt Skate! Celebrate Scotlandā€™s contribution to Canadaā€™s multicultural mosaic with bare knees and skates. Kilts and tartans are not mandatory but are much appreciated. A social event will follow at The Brewery by Quinnā€™s. | Feb 8 | 4pm | Free

šŸ—“ Chayce Beckhamā€”Bad For Me Tour: Known for his carefully crafted, personal songwriting and embracing a timeless country-rock sound with plenty of against-the-grain attitude, Canada holds a special place for Beckham where his smash hit ā€œ23ā€ has garnered over 76 million streams to date and hit #1 on the Mediabase Country Charts. | Feb 8 | 8pm | $37

šŸ—“ Eugene Ripper Live: Canadian punk folk rocker Eugene Ripper returns to Halifax to promote his latest recordings and bring it with his acoustic punk, twisted country, fast folk, garage blues and rock and roll show. A limited edition collectable 7ā€ vinyl will be on sale at the show only! | Feb 9 | 8pm | $15

Have an event to share? Let us know at [email protected].

āš“ļø Whatā€™s In The Harbour

āž”ļø The One Owl container ship leaves Halifax for Singapore at 3am.

šŸš¢āž”ļø The CMA CGM G Washington container ship arrives in Halifax from Port Klang, Malaysia at 5:45am.

šŸš¢ The MSC Kim container ship arrives in Halifax from Montreal at 6:15am.

āž”ļø The Zim Iberia container ship leaves Halifax for New York at 2:45pm.

āž”ļø The MSC Kim container ship leaves Halifax for Gioia Tauro, Italy at 5pm.

šŸš¢ The Goodwyn Island bulk carrier arrives in Halifax from Las Palmas, Canary Islands at 6:15pm.

šŸš¢āž”ļø The Traviata vehicle carrier arrives in Halifax from New York at 5:55am and leaves for New York at 8:30pm.

šŸ“ Where To Eat & Drink

šŸ” Go on, get a little fancy (you deserve it) with the Brie Burger at Black Sheep: beef and pork smash patty, brie croquette, cranberry aioli, tomato jam, arugula, house-made spent-grain bun.

šŸŽ‚ When the snowflakes are falling, youā€™ve got to layer up! The Opera Cake at Water Polo has you covered: layers of espresso cream, dark chocolate ganache, almond sponge cake,milk chocolate rocher, vanilla bean anglaise

šŸ‘€ In Case You Missed It

šŸ›ļø One thing has become rather clear in the three months since Andy Fillmore was sworn in as Halifaxā€™s latest mayor: The man does not like to lose. Twice in (almost) as many weeks now, Fillmore has had to sit with things not going his way.  And as The Coastā€™s Martin Bauman writes, the latest instance bodes ill for how Fillmore plans to lead the HRM council in the years to come.

šŸ¤« ā€œItā€™s the culture that determines if non-disclosure agreements are allowed to be used,ā€ says Kristina Fifield, a trauma therapist in Nova Scotia who is leading an NDA-informed training session on Thursday, Feb 4, from 11am-12pm. Itā€™s organized by the advocacy group Canā€™t Buy My Silence. The Coastā€™s Lauren Phillips has more on the training session and how you can get involved in helping to change the culture of gender-based violence in Nova Scotia.

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