Good morning!
If you didn’t already know (if not, how could you?), the IWK Foundation is prepping for their Telethon for Children this weekend.
As the foundation states on its website, the IWK needs new monitors, with all donations being matched by their digital donation partners (up to $100,000).
The telethon starts with plenty of entertainment on Saturday, May 30 from 7pm to 9pm. Expect performances from acts such as Neon Dreams, Funk Unit, Ian Janes, Amelia Parker, Declan and Ryker Power, Joce Reyome, Reeny Smith, Wolf Castle with Kim Dunn serving a musical director.
The broadcast resumes on Sunday, May 31 from 10am to 6pm, airing on CTV Atlantic.
Check it out, donate if you can, and support by watching what will be an exciting broadcast.
– B
🌡 Traffic & Weather
Today: 🌧️ 9°
Tomorrow: 🌧️ 12°
Next Day: 🌤️ 12°
🚗 Driving, biking or busing today? Check out the current traffic conditions and ongoing road closures.
BUSINESS
From Guadeloupe to Halifax: How Elodie Postel Is Building Community Through Work
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When Elodie Postel first arrived in Canada from Guadeloupe in 2009, she imagined a future shaped by architecture, opportunity, and stability. Instead, within a year of moving to Montreal, her life was turned upside down.
Postel, an architect trained in Paris, had moved to Canada with her partner and young daughter after completing her studies and earning her professional credentials in France. But shortly after settling in Canada, the father of her daughter passed away unexpectedly. Suddenly, she found herself navigating grief, immigration uncertainty, and single motherhood in a new country.
“My daughter was three years old,” says Postel. “Everyone wanted me to leave Canada and go back home, but I decided to stay. Canada was always my dream.”
🤔 Need To Know
🏛️ Premier Tim Houston has shuffled his cabinet, adding four ministers—this includes MLAs Marco MacLeod as energy minister, Tory Rushton on natural resources, Susan Corkum-Greek taking over the social development portfolio and Brian Wong as the new advanced education minister.
🪧 The union representing long-term care workers in Nova Scotia and the provincial government are back at the bargaining table this week—the total amount of workers striking is currently around 3,600, with the strike going on for seven weeks so far.
🏟️ The idea to build a stadium and entertainment hub in Halifax may continue to be wishful thinking—a statement from a local businessman who was in on discussions with the U.S.-based business proposing the development says they lacked key elements in their ask, including a business plan or proof of capital.
💃 Live Art Dance presents “taqəš and Other Works”, a stunning evening of dance from award-winning Ballet Kelowna! Don't miss out – get your tickets today!*
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🗞 In Other News
🚨 49-year-old Lee Andrew MacDonald has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 42-year-old woman in Bible Hill last year—RCMP say there is no evidence to believe the homicide is a result of intimate-partner violence.
🏞️ The province is creating a new nature reserve in Digby County while expanding two existing reserves and seven wilderness areas—the new reserve will be the Toy Makers Marsh Nature Reserve and is 24-hectares in size.
⚽ RCMP members from Nova Scotia have been redeployed in British Columbia to help with the FIFA World Cup—around 160 officers will be in B.C. for around a week, with the B.C. government covering the costs.
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🗓 Things To Do
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. | May 28 | 7:30PM | $15 |
🗓 In Your Walls Live On Tour: Toronto alt-rockers In Your Walls are joined by Whygo and Voodoo Sometimes for a special tour stop at the Seahorse Tavern. | May 28 | 8PM | $16.58 |
🗓 Scotia Festival of Music 2026: Two weeks of amazing classical music from local legends and guest artists from across the continent. | May 25-June 7 |
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⚓️ What’s In The Harbour
🚢➡️ The Mersey Venture factory fishing vessel arrived in Halifax from Dartmouth at 12:14am and departs for Dartmouth at 3pm.
🚢➡️ The ZIM Asia container vessel arrives in Halifax from Valencia at 5:20am and departs for New York at 3:45pm
🚢➡️ The MSC Giada III container vessel arrives in Halifax from Le Havre at 6:15am and departs for Montreal at 12pm.
🚢➡️ The Independence of the Seas cruise vessel arrives in Halifax at 7:30am and departs at 6pm.
🚢➡️ The EF Ava container vessel arrives in Halifax from Portland (Maine) at 8:15am and departs for Reykjavik at 6:15pm.
➡️ The Algoscotia tanker departs Halifax for Sydney (Cape Breton) at 12pm.
🚢➡️ The Emilia container vessel arrives in Halifax from Mariel at 12:15pm and departs for Altamira at 5pm.
🚢 The MSC Atlantic III container vessel arrives in Halifax from Montreal at 4:15pm.
🚢 The Onego Deusto general cargo vessel arrives in Halifax from Quebec at 8:15pm.
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Taste The Tide: 12 Tides
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🍴 Where To Eat & Drink
🥪 Larry’s Sandwiches has partnered with Churned for their next sandwich of the week: a vegan vanilla and tahini with cherry swirl on Larry’s vegan brioche bun in sesame almond praline.
🥐 A new croissant of the week is available at Two If By Sea Cafe—the Pineapple Brown Sugar Ham Croissant. Made with roasted glazed ham, pineapple and mozza cheese with a sticky brown sugar mustard glaze, topped with a pineapple-cherry finish.
👀 In Case You Missed It
🎶 The 2026 East Coast Music Awards have come and gone. With the annual Atlantic Canadian music conference wrapping up on Sunday, May 26, after a weekend of performances, workshops, and meetings held in Sydney, a new batch of award winners has also been crowned. Whether it be PINEO & LOEB scoring an award for Dance Release of the Year, Morgan Toney continuing his trajectory towards stardom with an award for "Golden Regalia" and Indigenous Artist of the Year, or Cassie and Maggie picking up two awards for Gold and Coal and a third for Group of the Year, Nova Scotia and Cape Breton made out well. The Coast’s Brendyn Creamer has all you need to know about the winners at this year’s East Coast Music Awards.
🔥 The fire that blazed over 8,500 hectares and destroyed 20 homes in the Annapolis Valley last summer is now considered officially extinguished, according to the Department of Natural Resources—an infrared scanner was used to see if the fire was latent in the area.
🚨 A new charge has been added to the couple who allegedly hid the body of a newborn who was declared missing and found deceased over the weekend—Sukhpreet Singh and Ramandeep Kaur have been charged with concealing the body of a child, causing indignity to human remains, obstruction of justice, and now resisting a peace officer.
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