News 1. Evelyn C. White on Emancipation Day A famous photo taken moments after the assassination of Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Cardinals extending their range northward. The history of slavery in the Maritimes. Watermelon mango ale. The incomparable Evelyn C. White brings together these elements and more in an essay on Canada’s first national […]

News 1. Candidates (mostly) oppose South Shore open-pen fish farms Candidates in the riding of Chester-St. Margaret’s appeared at a forum on fish farming held outside the Blandford Community Centre yesterday. The event was organized by two groups opposed to fish farms on the South Shore, the Twin Bays Coalition and the Healthy Bays Network, […]

News 1. Here come the electric buses Zane Woodford has a developing story on the announcement that three levels of government are pitching in to start electrifying the Halifax Transit bus fleet: Halifax will start electrifying its bus fleet in the next two years, with 60 electric buses en route, using money from the federal […]

News 1. A tick-ing time bomb? Nova Scotia is Canada’s hotspot for Lyme disease. Yesterday, the Halifax Examiner published part 1 of Joan Baxter’s series “A plague of ticks, tick-borne diseases, and poli-ticks.”  Today, in part 2, Baxter looks at how we can minimize and manage risk related to tick bytes and Lyme. Baxter seeks […]