🗞️ Retracing a worldwide journey

Good morning, Halifax!

On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered at the Halifax Common for the Shoulder to Shoulder rally. Organized by Mi’kmaw leaders with participation from people of all walks of life, the crowd demanded that the provincial government respect Treaty Rights and environmental protections when making decisions about land use, as well as maintain our democratic processes and stop selling off protected land to corporations.

From blockades to protests, several ongoing or planned projects have been disrupted by environmental rights groups. According to organizers who spoke to CBC, this is a culmination of all of these different movements: the infilling of Dartmouth Cove, the Hunter’s Mountain logging project in Cape Breton, uranium mining, and so many more projects that will only worsen our climate crisis while destroying the land we live on.

This comes after Premier Tim Houston’s big, beautiful bill, the Protecting Nova Scotians Act, which amended the Crown Lands Act to make it illegal to block access to forest roads and allows the province to destroy any barriers to access these roads. The penalty for violation? Fines up to $50,000 or six months imprisonment.

When the government’s solution to a public outcry for better environmental regulations is to make protesting illegal, I can’t help but feel like our provincial government doesn’t really care about democracy. It’s seemingly more focused on selling itself out to big business.

I applaud everyone who attended this rally on Saturday. It was a diverse coalition of voices demanding that the government respect Treaty Rights, environmental standards, and the people it’s supposed to represent. The louder we are, the harder it is to ignore us.

Have a great day.

- B

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NEWS

 This travel photographer retraced the worldwide journey of a Nova Scotian cyclist

Karl Creelman sought to see everything he could, all on his trusted bicycle.

Leaving Truro, N.S., on May 11, 1899, a 21-year-old Creelman cycled his way across Canada and parts of the United States. He then boarded a ship headed to Australia. Upon his return home in 1901, he claimed to have biked over 15,000 miles, with stops throughout Europe, India, Sri Lanka and Great Britain.

It was nothing short of the journey of a lifetime, and it’s been the core inspiration of Halifax travel photographer Louise Trotter.

Ever since viewing a painted mural of Creelman on the back of the old train station-turned-mall in Truro, Trotter’s curiosity has been focused on the expeditions of the then-21-year-old cyclist. She searched for historical records and accounts of his journey, learning all she could about his endeavours to see the world.

In 2016, she took on her own globe-spanning challenge—following in Creelman’s footsteps, seeing all of the sights he’d seen while learning how things have changed since his time.

The Coast’s Brendyn Creamer speaks with Trotter about finishing her globe-spanning journey over the last nine years and what she’s learned along the way.

🤔 Need To Know

💡 Nova Scotia Power customers are still reporting being overbilled since Nova Scotia Power’s data breach earlier this year—this is likely due to the utility using estimates to determine power usage, with those estimates being questioned as inaccurate.

💰 Budget deliberations begin in Halifax regional council this week, with documents saying property tax increases may be incoming—according to staff, the budget’s predicted increase of $88.9 million will see the average property tax bill increase by 10.5 percent.

🔎 Police say items found belonging to the two missing children from Pictou County are not relevant to the investigation—volunteers found a child’s T-shirt, blanket and a tricycle while searching Saturday.

🎶 Folk music favs, Dave Gunning and JP Cormier, join Symphony Nova Scotia to celebrate the sounds of the season for a homegrown, hilarious, and heartwarming holiday concert. Get into the holiday spirit November 28-29.*

🎟️ Want to help support food insecure Nova Scotians this holiday season while getting a chance to win? Grab your Feed Nova Scotia 50/50 tickets today!*

🍷 Vineyard Lights return November 21st at Benjamin Bridge! Bring family and friends for a cozy evening of lights, laughter, and local holiday magic.*

🌯 The people have spoken! Sabrosa is thrilled to have been nominated by YOU the people! Now is your time to shine and vote Sabrosa for Best Burrito and Best Nachos in HRM! Gracias Amigos!*

🏠 The Halifax Regional Municipality is looking for input from residents as they work to develop a Housing Strategy. Learn more and share your thoughts.*

🙋🏽‍♀️ Are you passionate about your community? Volunteer to serve on a municipal board, committee or commission. Learn more and apply by November 26.*

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BEST OF HALIFAX

Get your votes in for the Best of Halifax 2026

Our second round of voting is still underway for the Best of Halifax 2026 and will continue until midnight on Nov. 30.

From your favourite actors and actresses to the best restaurants in the city, cast your ballot for this year’s Best of Halifax. There are seven nominees for each category. Out of those seven contenders, only one can be chosen, and it’s all up to you, our readers. Feel free to skip any categories you want, but make sure to get to the end and hit submit. Otherwise, your votes won’t count.

Make sure your voice is heard during our 31st annual Best of Halifax Awards. Get your votes in now!

🗞️ In Other News

🚑 Multiple people are in the hospital after a collision on Highway 111 in Dartmouth on Monday morning—police say a vehicle was travelling on the wrong side of the highway near Exit 5 before the crash occurred near the Woodland Avenue on-ramp.

⚖️ Alexander Charles Howe will face life in prison without parole for 10 years for fatally stabbing a man in Spryfield in 2023—Howe had been charged with first-degree murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of second-degree murder.

🚨 A New Brunswick doctor is facing three charges of sexual assault while working at a Nova Scotian hospital earlier this year—Dr. Sanjeev Sirpal had previously been charged with one count in August.

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Canadian Labour International Film Festival

Canada's Nola among CLIFF selections presented by Mayworks on November 27th at the Bus Stop Theatre.

A Black woman working as a sous-chef navigates toxic restaurant culture and her wavering mental health, until a chance encounter changes her.

CLIFF gives voice to workers and their struggles for better lives. Get your tickets now.

🗓️ Things To Do

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

🗓 Five Walls and a Door: The Secret Sauce of Canadian Immigration: In the second of three 2025 McGill Max Bell Lectures, The Globe and Mail columnist Tony Keller explores how modern Canada built an economically successful, politically popular immigration system. Lecture begins at 5pm with a reception and book-signing at 6:45pm. Taking place at the Chrysler Pavilion at the Canadian Museum of Immigration. | Nov. 18 | 5:00PM |

🗓 Tuesday Night Jazz at The Shoe: Join The Shoe every Tuesday night for three sets of live jazz featuring Leo Cox (Bass), Dante Kierstead (Drums), and Ben Tucker (Guitar). Happy hour is from 4pm-7pm. | Nov. 18 | 7:00PM |

🗓 A Tale of Glenmorangie and A Tale of Spices: Bryan Simpson, the national brand ambassador for Glenmorangie, guides this single malt adventure through the whisky brand’s life and origins. | Nov. 18 | 7:00PM | $69.00+tax |

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⚓️ What’s In The Harbour

➡️ The One Wren container vessel departed Halifax for New York at 4am.

🚢 The One Hawk container ship arrived in Halifax from New York at 4:45am.

🚢➡️ The MSC Travy V arrived in Halifax from Montreal at 5:45am and departs for Freeport at 11pm.

🚢➡️ The Zim Asia container vessel arrived in Halifax from Valencia at 5:50am and departs for New York at 11pm.

🚢➡️ The Em Kea container vessel arrives in Halifax from Montreal at 7:15am and departs Halifax for Antwerp at 5pm.

➡️ The Algoberta oil tanker departs Halifax for Sarnia at 8pm.

🍴 Where To Eat & Drink

🍔 Double the smash, double the flavour. Try out the Bistro Courtyard’s messy yet delicious double smash burger, made with crispy onion rings.

🍕 A pint and a pizza? Count me in! Good Robot’s partnership with Suzanne’s Pizzeria is delivering this amazing combo for only $12.

👀 In Case You Missed It

🎵 Songs of Stolen Children, performed by the group Daughters of Donbas, will have its Atlantic Canadian premiere on Nov. 20 at St. Andrew's United Church. The 80-minute concert addresses the estimated 20,000 Ukrainian children who have been taken from occupied regions in eastern Ukraine to Russia, and is meant to inspire, promote unity, and call for action. The project is led by Marichka, a Ukrainian-Canadian singer who won the Amnesty International Prize and previously fronted the bands Balaklava Blues and Lemon Bucket Orkestra. She's been travelling between Canada and Ukraine to research the project and has even met some of the few stolen children who have been rescued and returned. The Coast’s Emily Edwards details the upcoming concert coming to Halifax.

⚖️ Six men are suing the Nova Scotia government for allegedly mishandling their sexual abuse case—they say the accused businessman from Port Hawksbury was not investigated in a timely manner.

⚒️ Nova Scotia has approved the expansion of the Mount Uniacke quarry—with an environmental assessment approved, the quarry can grow from four hectares to 40.

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