Good morning, Halifax.

We’ve been honed in this week on Editor Jule’s campaign to be the next Super Mom, and today is no different.

As Julie herself admits, this competition is way too long, but we can’t give up hope. Just earlier today, Julie climbed from seventh to first place in the semi-finals, but with voting ending later today, we can’t stop just yet. We have to keep going. For a limited time, all your votes are doubled, so make sure to get them in before the day is over.

If you need some encouragement (you shouldn’t, but whatever), here’s a clip of Julie’s appearance on CBC Mainstreet. I cried my eyes out listening, and I’m sure you will, as well.

Here’s the link to vote for Julie. Let’s make sure we can crown her the next Super Mom. Do it for Julie and Poppy!

https://thesupermom.org/2026/julie-lawrence

– B

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

Sitting outside a Dartmouth coffee shop, Alexander Gallant looks fairly unassuming. A sweater over what’s suspected to be a button-up shirt. Medium-length hair that sometimes flies in front of his face. Two drinks in hand. One potentially caffeinated. The other, some kind of soda.

At first glance, Gallant wouldn’t strike the average Joe as royalty; yet, his newest album will see him take a throne that many of us didn’t even know existed.

The Prince of Birchy Head is Gallant’s third full-length project, dropping on June 19. A musician with a penchant for the acoustic guitar and folk songwriting, he’s lived quite the life: first as a rock musician in Toronto and now as a settled-down, straight-laced folk artist in the Dartmouth area.

The Coast’s Brendyn Creamer chats with Gallant about his new album and the paths he takes while writing his music.

🔋 Nova Scotia has canned environmental assessments for lead battery production in the province, requiring only an industrial approval—the minister of environment hopes this will bring new economic opportunities.

🚨 A multi-vehicle crash in the Highway 103 construction zone on Saturday killed a 65-year-old Ottawa man and seriously injured his passenger—the collision occurred when a truck ignored the temporary traffic lights and struck the man’s SUV.

⚕️ There’s been an increase in demand for two health programs servicing Black and African Nova Scotians, with the potential for a province-wide expansion—the Nova Scotia Brotherhood and Nova Scotia Sisterhood seek to deliver culturally-appropriate treatment options to these communities, often with Black and African Nova Scotian medical professionals at the forefront.

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♿ The province says its on track to move people with disabilities out of institutions by 2028, a reform that came after a 2021 court case detailed the government’s systemic discrimination—there are currently 559 people with disabilities living in these institutions.

📚 With provincial budget cuts and funding freezes, libraries in Nova Scotia are relying more on fundraising efforts to stay afloat—most libraries are expected to fundraise 3 percent of their operating budgets, but reporting suggests some are raising more than 10 percent.

🔥 A senate report states that Canada should create a new wildfire emergency office to deal with the fires occurring every summer across the country—this was also suggested to have a fleet of modern firefighting technology, including air crafts.

Join the Museum this Canada Day. Don't miss out on FREE admission and activities all day. Explore exhibitions, enjoy live music, performances and a special screening of a live World Cup game, take part in scavenger hunts and family-friendly crafts, witness a citizenship ceremony, and so much more!

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. | June 11 | 7:30PM | $15 |

🗓 Donovan Woods at the Light House Arts Centre: Canadian singer-songwriter Donovan Woods performs an intimate show full of his heartfelt music crafted with folk, country and indie influences. | June 11 | 7PM | $52+ |

🗓 Steel Cut Oats and The Gilberts: Check out the indie pop band Steel Cut Oats and local talents The Gilberts in this special show at the Carleton. | June 11 | 7:30PM | $15+|

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🚢➡️ The Zephyr Lumos container vessel arrived in Halifax from Colombo at 4:45am and departs for New York at 4:30pm.

🚢➡️ The Atlantic Sail container vessel arrives in Halifax from Norfolk at 5:20am and departs for Liverpool at 1pm.

🚢➡️ The Way Forward vehicle carrier arrives in Halifax from Emden at 5:55am and departs for Baltimore at 10pm.

🚢➡️ The Silver Arctic container vessel arrives in Halifax from St. Pierre at 8:15am and departs for St. Pierre at 6:30pm.

🚢 The Algoma East Coast tanker arrives in Halifax from Saint John at 7:10pm.

The Halifax Chamber of Commerce is the community behind Halifax's business community. With 2,000+ members across every industry, the Chamber connects local business owners to the people, events, and conversations that matter most. One membership opens the door to HRM's largest professional network.

🍟 A weekly feature from Stubborn Goat: Chorizo and Chimichurri Loaded Fries. House cut fries with a chorizo crumble, charred sweet corn, feta cheese, fresh chimichurri, pickled onions, roasted garlic aioli and crispy friend tortilla strips.

🐟 Get your fish on with some Seafood Chowder from 2 Doors Down. Made with salmon, haddock, clam chowder, dill, lobster oil, lobster-shirmp cake, and scallops after 4pm.

🤐 In 1957, at the height of the Cold War, scientists from across the world travelled to a small village on the Northumberland Strait to talk about nuclear weapons, global annihilation, and what it would take to pull the world back from the edge of catastrophe. They came in spite of their differences. In spite of long-held hostilities. What emerged was the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs — one of the most significant peace movements of the twentieth century, and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient in 1995. The idea at the heart of it became known as the Pugwash spirit: that you can sit across a table from those you disagree with, speak uncomfortable truths, and still work toward something better. Columnist Liz LeClair speaks on the harms caused and perpetuated by non-disclosure agreements and why they should be banned in Nova Scotia.

🗳️ Richmond County deputy warden Amanda Mombourquette is vying for the Nova Scotia Liberal Party leadership, becoming the first candidate in the race—she says there’s a number of reasons that the Liberals have fallen behind and wants to take a grassroots approach to the party’s politics.

⚖️ A Cole Harbour man accused in the murder of his wife in June 2024 has died before standing trial—Edmund Joseph Organ, 79, died in the Halifax Infirmary on May 17, with his first-degree murder charge withdrawn in court on Monday.

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