F or any readers who don’t live in Canada, you may not be aware of the recent ruling in the Hockey Canada Scandal and the subsequent trial. I can’t bring myself to regurgitate ...

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Matt SticklandMatt spent 10 years in the Navy where he deployed to Libya with HMCS Charlottetown and then became a submariner until ‘retiring’ in 2018. In 2019 he completed his Bachelor of Journalism ...

David FlemingThis time, I’m the one saying “Farewell to Nova Scotia” Why my fiancee and I are leaving Halifax for Ottawa.

Atop a high-rise building, Gavin, a young hotel manager, is about to end his life. Hollis, a detective whose own world has just been turned upside down, is dispatched to the scene. As Hollis tries to ...

Kyle was a founding member of the newspaper in 1993 and was the paper’s first publisher. Kyle occasionally teaches creative nonfiction writing (think magazine-style #longreads) and copy editing at the ...

T he full list of nominees is here for the 2024 East Coast Music Awards, and Halifax is well-represented. A total of 48 different local artists, engineers, media personalities and venues made the ...

Every big show happening in Halifax in July 2025 From jazz to buskers, it’s festival time in the city. By Julie Lawrence ...

Every big show happening in Halifax in April 2025 From throw back hip-hip, to controversial comedians, to ground-breaking Canadian theatre, there’s something for everyone on the city's stages this ...

W hen you’re in the mood to see and be seen, Agricola Street is always a safe bet—but perhaps never more so than last June, when the north end street’s busy-ness reached a new crescendo as it became a ...

Scene and heard: What’s being filmed, streamed and screened in Nova Scotia right now On Sullivan’s Crossing ’s American debut, Bystanders on the big screen and From filming in HRM: here’s all the ...

Things get weird when the $300 million “Titanic Experience” collides with a fake UN department and a possible crypto scam.