For Donna Howard, helping people has always come first. Long before she became the face behind Halifax Happy Hours, Howard spent years caring for others as a registered nurse. The profession taught ...

If Nova Scotia were a child on the last day of school, its parents would be far from pleased. Food Banks Canada released their Poverty Report Cards this week, scoring each province on how it’s ...

New polling from Abacus Data suggests Premier Tim Houston’s PC Party has taken a dip in popularity following a contentious budget season. Meanwhile, the rising cost of living remains the biggest issue ...

On Saturday, I sat in a circle. Not a committee. Not a task force. Not a working group with terms of reference and a mandate to report back to a Minister. A simple circle. Seating was arranged so that ...

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 ...

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 ...

New polling from Abacus Data suggests Premier Tim Houston’s PC Party has taken a dip in popularity following a contentious budget season. Meanwhile, the rising cost of living remains the biggest issue ...

The Brown Hound Hydrostone, Hop Scotch Dinner Club and Toridori are three of the newest Halifax restaurants to check out in 2025. Credit: Illustration: The Coast Halifax chef Moira Murray is repping ...

New polling from Abacus Data suggests Premier Tim Houston’s PC Party has taken a dip in popularity following a contentious budget season. Meanwhile, the rising cost of living remains the biggest issue ...

There’s one belief that drives Ben MacDonald and Mitchell Hurley forward. “Art is the heartbeat of Halifax,” says MacDonald. “With the current art funding cuts, it only makes it more difficult for our ...

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