Good morning, Halifax.

According to police in Bridgewater, a youth has been arrested for planning a simultaneous attack on their local school with a youth from Manitoba. The attacks were being planned against Park View Education Centre and Rivers Collegiate.

Alerted by Interpol and the FBI, the Bridgewater teen was arrested with police finding plans, imitation weapons, including an imitation pipe bomb and assault rifle. The Manitoba youth was also arrested. They had apparently been communicating through a mix of open chatting and private messages online.

This is incredibly scary news, especially after the shock of the Tumbler Ridge shooting last month. In a province still reeling from the 2020 mass casualty, the thought of another horrific attack is almost too terrifying to acknowledge. Yet, we must.

Please take care of yourself today.

– B

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

For many people who love food and hospitality, the dream of one day opening a space dedicated to cooking, sharing knowledge, and celebrating great ingredients quietly lingers in the background. For Nicola Gillis, that dream eventually took shape in Halifax with the opening of Saffron & Salt, a thoughtfully curated cook shop and cooking class venue located at The Richmond Yards on the corner of Clifton and Almon Streets. The ‘Yards’ is quietly creating a culinary oasis in Halifax’s North End, as Saffron & Salt neighbours include a fine food emporium, a cake shop and will soon welcome a new Italian café and eatery.

The Coast’s food critic Mark DeWolf talks with Gillis about her new kitchenware business.

🗳️ Premier Tim Houston’s approval rating has hit a new low as the provincial government receives criticism for its controversial budget—his rating has decreased by 11 points, sitting at 39 percent.

🚗 The New Brunswick government announced a toll near the Nova Scotia boundary that could earn them $10.4 million annually—Cumberland North MLA Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin says this will hurt many residents in her constituency who travel for work, shopping, and appointments.

🚨 Over $300,000 have been lost to scams in Halifax this month according to the RCMP—they are warning of varying tactics used by scammers to build trust with victims, such as through forming relationships or by claiming to be an investor or bank official.

🦕 Before extinction, dinosaurs fought to survive! Dinosaur Exploration 2 is a sequel to the hit 2024 exhibit, featuring some of your favourite dinosaurs.*

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Featuring fine art and an Estate collection of scotch & Irish whiskey as well as Canadian and American whiskey - including Gordon & McPhail 1978, Glen Morangie, Macallan 15 year.

You can also find south end Halifax estate, artwork, historical ephemera, sterling, gold and sterling jewellery, carpets, art glass, militaria, furniture and more.

🌿The chief of Membertou First Nation says a resolution introduced by the band to restrict RCMP and tobacco enforcement officers from their land is political—Terry Paul hopes this will encourage the province to negotiate on regulations on cannabis and tobacco.

🚲 E-scooters and e-bikes are now back for rent on the streets of Halifax after a winter break—the pilot program began in May 2025 and has assisted in over 122,200 rides.

🚀 The feds are putting $200 million into a space launch pad in Nova Scotia that will be used to send satellites into orbit—Defence Minister David McGuinty says about 20 percent of the Canadian economy relies on satellites.

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

🗓 Better Times Comedy at Good Robot Brewing: This weekly comedy show features regulars like Clare Belford, Dan Hendricken, Travis Lindsay, Adam Myatt, and a rotating cast of local and visiting comics. | March 19 | 7:30PM | $15 |

🗓 Spontaneity: Mario Party & Improv: This show will be a wild, fast-paced comedy game night with the madness of classic party video games. Taking place at the Roxbury. | March 19 | 6:30PM | $17.31 |

🗓 Heroine at the Bus Stop Theatre: Two female pirates live out their dreams on the high-seas, disguised as men. Written by Halifax’s own Karen Bassett and directed by Natasha MacLellan. Presented by Theatre New Brunswick. | March 17-22 | 7:30PM | $40 |

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➡️ The SD Victoria offshore supply vessel departs Halifax for Portland at 8am.

➡️ The Algoma East Coast tanker departs Halifax for Saint John at 9am.

🚢 The Algoma Acadian tanker arrives in Halifax from Saint John at 9:40am.

🚢➡️ The Silver Mary container vessel arrives in Halifax from Portland (Maine) at 12:15pm and departs for Argentia at 10pm.

➡️ The Algoluna tanker departs Halifax for Quebec at 12pm.

➡️ The Felixstowe container vessel departs Halifax for New York at 3pm.

➡️ The Federal Yukina bulk carrier departs Halifax for the United Kingdom at 6pm.

🧆 Saucy in all the right ways. Try 2 Doors Down’s meatball feature: a beef and sausage meatball with marinara, parmesan béchamel, basil oil, toasted breadcrumb and served with focaccia from Maria’s Pantry.

🍗 WaveFoods is serving the Bachan Bacon Fried! Buttermilk fried chicken, Bachans BBQ sauce, Bacon, lettuce, pickle, Wave Sauce and crispy onions on a brioche bun.

🎭 The high seas are often portrayed as a gate towards freedom. A place where land borders and political lines disappear into a breadth of rolling waves, where the only people you have are the ones you've brought aboard.Halifax playwright Karen Bassett originally wrote Heroine to portray strong women in the pirate-polluted oceans of the 18th-century Bahamas. Now, many years later, Theatre New Brunswick is bringing the story of history's most famous femme pirates, Mary Read and Anne Bonney, to the Bus Stop Theatre this week. The Coast’s Brendyn Creamer speaks with MacLellan about Heroine and how it seeks to empower women through sword-fighting spectacle.

⚖️ Federal justice minister and Nova Scotian MP Sean Fraser commented on the acquittal of a Halifax man who used AI to create nude deepfakes of women he knew, saying it was “heinous behaviour”— Frasier introduced the Protecting Victims Act in the house in December, which he hopes will close loopholes around the creation of AI deepfakes.

🚗 Firefighters in River John were left with a strange predicament when a car was left unoccupied three kilometres from the shore of the Northumberland Straight—it took a helicopter and snowmobiles to have the vehicle safely removed.

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