Good morning!

This is Mother’s Day weekend, so I’m going to remind all of you to call your mother, or the mothers in your life, and tell them you appreciate them.

I am in the fortunate position of having three moms: my mother Jackie, who always leaves me laughing after I get off the phone with her; my grandmother, Christine, who keeps me up to date on the drama back home, and my step-mom Debbie, who always encouraged me to take a snack from the cupboard on my way out the door.

I have three phone calls to make on Sunday. Three. I’ll be on the phone all day and I wouldn’t want it any other way.

Call your mom. If you’re in the neighbourhood, take her out for dinner. She deserves it.

See you all next week.

– B

📷 @creamy_yet_smooth

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

There is a particular kind of ambition that rarely announces itself loudly.

It does not arrive with sleek dining rooms in major cities or celebrity partnerships. Instead, it appears quietly, often at the end of a gravel driveway, or in the case of Lupin Dining & Pantry, attached to a family home on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore, where the garden sits only a few steps from the kitchen and where hospitality feels less manufactured than lived.

The Coast’s food critic Mark DeWolf experiences Musquodoboit Harbour's Lupin Dining & Pantry.

⚕️ Premier Tim Houston says the rollout of the One Person One Record system this weekend has nothing to do with contracts rumoured to impose financial penalties if it isn’t on schedule—the NSGEU has called for a delay on the system due to untrained staff and the system not being fully built.

💼 The provincial budget has resulted in 150 jobs cut from regional education centres across the province—education minister Brendan Maguire says 47 of those positions are jobs that have been “vacant for years.”

🪧 The union representing over 5,000 long-term care workers in the province will go back to the bargaining table with the province—this comes after four weeks of strike action.

🪉 “Coastal Currents” is back! Another joyous celebration of Atlantic dance creators, presented by Live Art Dance and Kinetic. Get your tickets today!*

🌸🩸Am I Ovary-Acting? by Lunasea Theatre offers a comedic history of the speculum through the lens of reproductive justice at Mayworks on May 10.*

🤣 Ha!ifax ComedyFest presents a free All Access Comedy TV show taping May 10, 3:00PM at Spatz Theatre—featuring comedians from the disability community. Free tickets here.* 

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💊 Police have busted a cocaine smuggling operation that hid hundreds of kilograms of the drug within flatbread—the cocaine had been found within a shipping container from the Dominic Republic docked in Halifax.

📚 The Nova Scotia Community College is eliminating 91 positions, including those of librarians, due to a $15 million shortfall—this was brought on by declining international student tuition as well as the $9.4 million axed from the school’s provincial operating grant.

🏛️ Dignitaries from around the globe are gathered in Halifax this weekend to take part in an economic forum—the province says its one of the largest ever organized within Canada.

Big night out? Bold choice. Lyft gets you there—and more importantly, gets you home. Take 50% off your first five rides (max $10 each). Terms apply. Activate once, ride easy all weekend. Claim your ride.

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

🗓 GIMME SHELTER: HALIFAX: A benefit concert for Adsum Women & Children at the Paul O’Regan Hall in the Halifax Central Library. | May 8 | 7PM | $35 |

🗓 The Spring Wellness Expo: Halifax’s largest wellness event is happening this weekend at The Annex. | May 8-9 | 4PM, 10AM | $7 |

🗓 YukYuks Halifax Presents Kyle Hickey: Having got his start at Halifax open mics, Kyle Hickey returns for a hilarious YukYuks set. | May 8-9 | 8PM | $25+|

🗓 Bryan Cheng & Balourdet Quartet: heartSTRINGS!: Cellist Brian Cheng’s final residency concert of 2026 features the prize-winning Balourdet Quartet. | May 9 | 7:30PM | $30+|

🗓 Open City: A celebration of small business and entrepreneurs in the Halifax Peninsula and Downtown Dartmouth. | May 9 |

🗓 Halifax Jazz Festival Presents Mother's Day Jazz Lab with The Confluence Trio: An afternoon of jazz with The Confluence Trio at the Keshen Goodman Public Library. | May 10 | 2PM |

🗓 Neptune Theatre: Come From Away: This musical about the experiences of Gander, NL residents during the September 11 attacks is playing at the Neptune Theatre. | March 31-June 21 | $40+|

🗓 The Ghost of Violet Shaw: The Eastern Front Theatre presents this Victorian-era farce featuring a family dealing with their supposed curse. | April 28-May 24 | 2PM, 7:30PM | $25+|

🗓 Halifax Comedy Fest: Celebrate comedy on the East Coast with top Canadian and international talents across multiple venues. | May 6-10 |

🗓 Radiant Ground: New Paintings by Marilyn McAvoy: Local artist Marilyn McAvoy’s new collection is on display at The Prow Gallery. | April 14-May 8 |

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🚢 The CSL Tacoma bulk carrier arrived in Halifax from Sydney (Cape Breton) at 1:21am.

🚢➡️ The Silver Arctic container vessel arrives in Halifax from St. Pierre at 8:15am and departs for St. Pierre at 4:30pm.

🚢➡️ The Grande Congo container vessel arrives in Halifax from Valencia at 10:55am and departs for Baltimore at 11pm.

➡️ The Traviata vehicle carrier departs Halifax for New York at 11am.

🚢 The Volga Maersk container vessel arrives in Halifax from Montreal at 4:15pm.

🚢 The MSC Barbados container vessel arrives in Halifax from Sines at 4:15pm.

➡️ The Oceanex Sanderling departs Halifax for St. John’s at 6pm.

🥪 Larry’s Sandwiches is collaborating with Oxalis Restaurant to deliver this special sandwich of the week: the Schnitzel Sandwich. Pork tenderloin schnitzel, truffle and sherry vinegar mayo, dijon mustard, fresh cucumber salad, garlic and dill pickles, crispy shallots and spring mix on a house-made bun.

🍰 Churned is doing pre-orders for Mother’s Day ice cream pies—strawberry shortbread (made with gluten-free shortbread crust, brown sugar, vanilla ice cream, and strawberry compote) and raspberry chocolate (chocolate crust, chocolate ice cream, and raspberry compote).

👠 A single title does not easily define Raven Stephens, and that is exactly the point. A marine scientist, artist, model, author, and now a candidate for the 2026 Miss Indigenous Canada program, Stephens represents a generation that refuses to be placed in a box. Rooted in Millbrook First Nation and raised in Eskasoni First Nation in Cape Breton, her journey has been shaped by both resilience and rediscovery, experiences that now fuel her mission to uplift Indigenous youth through creativity and cultural connection. The Coast’s Warren D’Silva speaks with Stephens about her art and how it intersects with her culture and lifestyle.

⚕️ Health minister Michelle Thompson says the One Person One Record system overhaul will go ahead despite concerns from the NSGEU—Thompson acknowledged the challenging nature of the transition but says patients shouldn’t have to repeat their medical history to every healthcare professional they see.

🏥 Hospital services in Halifax will be cut to half-capacity as these hospitals launch the One Person One Record system this Saturday—the capacity cutbacks are expected to last for up to six weeks.

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