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1. Fire news, and why reporters should be allowed into fire zones 31 May 2023 13:41:49
2. Nova Scotia Fires 31 May 2023 13:40:05
3. Several Bedford streets evacuated due to new wildfire, potential ammonia leak 30 May 2023 22:36:26
4. Halifax considers shrinking evacuation area, reports 151 homes lost in Tantallon fire 30 May 2023 20:12:10
5. Travel, activity banned in Nova Scotia forests as three wildfires continue to burn 30 May 2023 20:09:54
6. Meet the volunteers working to rescue pets from homes evacuated due to the Tantallon fire 30 May 2023 16:23:45
7. Tantallon wildfire: blaze still ‘out of control,’ concerns about reburn, update on loss of homes 30 May 2023 14:24:19
8. MP Rick Perkins plays the ‘Chinese’ canard 30 May 2023 12:48:50
9. Canadian health orgs want Big Tobacco lawsuit settlements to include costs to cut tobacco use 30 May 2023 11:33:20
10. Halifax Fire had warned that 3 subdivisions evacuated in Tantallon fire were built with ‘inadequate water sources to fight fires’ 30 May 2023 00:28:20
11. Halifax says ‘approximately 200 homes or structures’ damaged in Tantallon fire 30 May 2023 00:25:08
12. SIRT investigating after Halifax Regional Police shot and killed a man 29 May 2023 19:40:29
13. Founder of wildlife rehab says it will take months for animals to recover from Nova Scotia fires 29 May 2023 19:04:58
14. 14,000 evacuated as crews continue to battle Tantallon fire 29 May 2023 16:01:46
15. What we know about the Tantallon Fire, and how to better prepare for and respond to fires 29 May 2023 14:05:19
16. Horsewoman in training: Learning to ride a horse is all about training the human 26 May 2023 19:00:58
17. Councillor quits Peggy’s Cove Commission over ‘unfair and unreasonable position of conflict’ 26 May 2023 18:48:49
18. Dartmouth shelter to close next week, leaving residents scrambling to find housing 26 May 2023 13:57:07
19. While Demario Chambers waited over three years for justice, the cop who beat him up was paid more than $300,000 for doing no work at all 26 May 2023 13:28:02
20. Halifax EPA pens letter to premier asking him to intervene in school support workers strike 26 May 2023 12:01:24
21. Developer wants to convert unfinished Dartmouth hotel to apartment building 25 May 2023 17:48:58
22. Women talking: We don’t need to change our voices to be heard 25 May 2023 13:35:32
23. ‘This is a PR stunt’: After destroying a wetland next to the Arlington dump, Dexter Construction donates $15,000 to Ducks Unlimited 25 May 2023 12:04:17
24. Halifax constable referred to restorative justice for 2020 assault on Black teen 25 May 2023 10:42:41
25. Former student sues over historical sexual assault by now-deceased Yarmouth teacher 24 May 2023 14:14:25
26. Make Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes a true wilderness park, not a degraded collection of leftover parcels cobbled together as a fake wilderness 24 May 2023 13:03:33
27. ‘He matters. They matter’: Parents say EPAs deserve raise, children have right to be in school 24 May 2023 10:38:55
28. Parks Canada spends $2.1 million on Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes park planning 23 May 2023 19:52:03
29. Nova Scotia is now treating COVID as just another respiratory disease. Here’s what the data say 23 May 2023 19:50:55
30. Nova Scotia lifts health protection order and COVID vaccine requirements 23 May 2023 13:59:15
31. Bridgewater’s Treehouse cohousing project nears completion, the first in Atlantic Canada 23 May 2023 11:03:00
32. What accounts for the increase in excess deaths? It’s not your favourite COVID conspiracy — it’s worse than that 19 May 2023 14:04:54
33. Nova Scotia Federation of Labour calls on province to pass anti-scab legisation 19 May 2023 10:09:52
34. Halifax councillor wants to try closing some streets to cars for school drop-off and pick-up 18 May 2023 20:18:07
35. Pride groups call for solidarity in face of increased anti-drag rhetoric in ‘moving backwards’ Nova Scotia 18 May 2023 19:21:23
36. ‘I just dedicate my life to kids’: Walking the picket line, Allana Loh speaks of her work as an EPA 18 May 2023 16:26:02
37. Samplers stitch together a hidden history of lives of Black girls at African School of Halifax 18 May 2023 13:42:14
38. DFO offered tidal developer one-year lease for Minas Basin site 18 May 2023 11:35:20
39. Six new long-term care homes scheduled to open in Halifax area in 2025 17 May 2023 19:47:13
40. Halifax Public Libraries’ Keshen Goodman renovation goes further over budget 17 May 2023 17:06:03
41. Health Canada issues warning about abortion, morning-after pills sold on ‘Dr. Pooja’ websites 17 May 2023 16:12:11
42. Maritime Launch is great for the economy says study paid for by Maritime Launch 17 May 2023 13:31:49
43. Gibson’s to Selby’s: Halifax community council approves Chebucto Road café development 17 May 2023 09:51:26
44. Board concludes race ‘was not a factor’ in Kayla Borden’s arrest by Halifax Regional Police 17 May 2023 09:39:14
45. Union news: school support workers on Day 5 of strike; QEII hospital cleaners won’t get bonuses 16 May 2023 20:37:14
46. Post-tropical storm Fiona decimated Nova Scotia’s woodlots. These ecological foresters tell us what cleanup should look like. 16 May 2023 18:45:29
47. Don’t be a George Costanza: Why you should pay for parking 16 May 2023 12:52:25
48. The April COVID summary is released, and the March death count has been revised upwards, more than doubling it, from 13 to 28 16 May 2023 12:05:16
49. CCPA report: ‘Child care deserts’ leave Nova Scotia parents struggling to find licensed spaces 16 May 2023 10:36:50
50. Dr. Emily McEwan: Working to preserve Gaelic language, culture in Alba Nuadh and beyond 15 May 2023 19:07:46