Last time I checked, 20% of Nova Scotians didn't have a cellphone. Gonna be a problem the next time my mom is in the hospital and needs to call me for a ride when she is discharged. www.nshealth.ca/news-and-not... #novascotia #halifax #hospital #halisky

Watching TV and getting an ad for Atlantic Lotto touting how the money is reinvested in arts and culture #NovaScotia. If the Houston government has cut funding to arts and culture, where is all the lotto money going?

Splendid photos of buildings that could have been on Stephen Archibald's 2022 Jane's Walk, except that they no longer exist. Forgotten Buildings: buff.ly/njSvvy9 #history #architecture #design #noticing #halifax #novascotia

Here is the healthcare infusion link recruiting healthcare workers for #NovaScotia if you are interested in the move from another country? novascotiahealthcareinfusion.notion.site/Nova-Scotia-...

New report finds nearly 1 in 3 Nova Scotia workers in precarious jobs. Using a first-of-its-kind survey, this report reveals the lived experiences of those facing precarious work in Nova Scotia, with low wages, limited protection and job instability. About 43% are on the edge of precarity. #nspoli

I guess the scandals, the undemocratic moves, the favouring of separatists, & the impending destruction of public healthcare in #Alberta doesn't concern Albertans much, hence Smith's popularity. #cdnpoli #Canada www.cbc.ca/news/canada /calgary/janet-brown-poll-ucp-danielle-smith-road-ahead-9.7177527

Keep your 👀 on references to asset recycling. As I keep writing, do not ignore Mark Carney's past as an investment banker. It's influencing a lot. Economist Jim Stanford touches on it here. #CdnPoli

Leblanc’s answer: “The challenge is to get the Americans to a position where they want to make a deal that’s in the interest of both economies.”

Here’s what a option (3) mean: a Canada picks a base tariff on the US menu of demands (the lower the base tariff, the greater the removal [or non-imposition] of regulations and laws that the US doesn’t like). This last option is the worst one for the Canadian economy in the medium to long term.

Huge turnout for the #KidicalMassHFX Spring Social at the oval today. Lots of humans and a few raccones. It was really nice getting to see everyone. I think it's safe to say bike season has started

If you’re an artist in #NovaScotia, you may want to talk with Tim.

Why would ICE be allowed in Canada during the World Cup, armed or not (or at any other time)? It makes no sense. Are all countries sending their own immigration enforcement to Canada, too?

Hi! Submit a paper to our collection! Offshore wind, climate change, range shifts, future proofing research surveys, training the next gen of fisheries scientists, new modelling approaches, examining natural mortality, coastal community resilience, trade & tariffs, ... send 'er in! #AtlanticCanada 🦞

"Halifax should not be widening roads or co-funding highway upgrades with the province, but rather focus on reducing car trips and allocating more road space for transit and safe pedestrian and cycling routes." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Halifax buses are not fit for purpose, and relying on them for anything with a time stamp is officially causing major anxiety in my daily life.

Halifax investigating employee's conduct after road rage incident caught on camera www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Interested in learning about how I use archival records to tell stories? I'll be giving a short talk at the Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia this Saturday! #halifax #halifaxhistory #novascotia #novascotiahistory

As a student I got to live on the peninsula for under $700 a month (pre-2010). I very much do not expect my kids to be able to ever study or live in Halifax. 💔

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY: March 28 will be the biggest protest in US history. Find your local No Kings event to make clear you're part of The Resistance to this regime’s brutality at home, pathetic ineptness, perpetual lying & their illegal war in Iran. ✊https://app.sosha.ai/s/39HA7UDd

Image from Halifax Reddit. Sometimes it feels like HRM is *trying* to kill pedestrians in crosswalks

it is a affirmative and extremely empowering action that this strike represents, and is STRIKING deep fear into the very heart of the regresive proto- maga policies of the so called premier tim houston, i applaud their successful efforts www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/n...

Another bold, first class city advancement. Schools with no libraries and limited/no music after gr 5. Halifax Regional Arts, gone. City = province ???

The quality of editorials in the NP is collapsing. Do the writers even know how to analyze data? Drawing conclusions from an employment report simply because they don’t like it, isn’t serious analysis. Can we stop calling NP a newspaper, it isn't one. It is an ideological tabloid. #cdnpoli

I am begging my fellow Canadians to take a break for a second from obsessing about American corruption to focus on our home grown versions. Ford is a corrupt crony goon who has done countless shady backroom deals. He wants to remove one of our most powerful tools to hold him accountable. Fuck that!

I wrote this article, “How Not to War” in 2022, exploring how the lesson that technology cannot conquer the ‘fog of war’ to create costless victory or replace the hard work of politics and diplomacy is never learned. Feels kinda relevant. academic.oup.com/ia/article/9...

'Your government’s disdain for Black people in this province speaks loud and clear through these latest cuts.' An Open Letter to Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and Hants East MLA John A. MacDonald www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/a...

It occurs to me that if university administrations reject shared governance, then why should academics do labor for free in the Faculty Senate? Most decisions *of importance* are now made by administrators, while the Faculty Senate deliberates over when activity hour should be. #academicsky

Patricio Garcia, the president of the Amalgamated Transit Union, has a lot to say about HRM’s microtransit plan. “They are not looking at the actual problem they have, which is that transit worked when I started in 2007 but doesn’t work now. It doesn’t serve the citizens of this city well.”

Although I’ve been involved with homelessness policy for decades, I’m NOT an expert at it. Very few city planners are. @nerd4cities.bsky.social admits it’s out of his wheelhouse too, but I appreciate his data-driven approach here. Spoilers: rent rates are key & housing SAVES public money. Comments?

"Museums, Casario noted, provide rural jobs and draw tourists, but they are also crucial to their communities. 'The province needs to understand that a lot of these museums are community hubs, and they offer programming outside just the museum experience — for seniors, youth, kids,' Casario said."

A clear sign of the policy direction of the NS conservative gov. Disincentivize sustainable economic and environmental measures, while promoting resource based industries through deregulation. This is not the way to build a better future. Ultimately, all Nova Scotians will pay a heavier price.

Provincial budget fallout begins... The Province is walking away from funding for the student transit pass program. This is creating a $1.2 million dollar hole in HRM's budget and means the program where students get transit passes may not continue

Kinda amazing that Trump shits on Canada and Mexico every day, and there's the Mexican-American captain of Canada's Toronto Maple Leafs, Auston Matthews, standing behind him as he defiles an Olympic Gold Medal He hates your mother and your fans Auston Matthews but - you do you: be a collaborator

We're gonna give the regulatory arbitrage company an opportunity to do some regulatory capture. I'm sure this process will benefit the people of Halifax and not Uber.

Cutting funding for the Halifax student bus pass program is a stupid decision. Tim Houston looks at cuts through the lens of a man worth 8 million dollars. If he lived in HRM instead of on Sobey Island, he could afford bus passes for his kids. But he’s totally blind to the families who can’t.

Austin got some clarity that this cuts funding for non-profits to build affordable housing, and mentions all the people that came to speak up for the arts. He asks for another friendly amendment to remove the non-profit grants. Fillmore is lost.

I couldn’t agree more, Tim. And the elites quickly realized they needed to act fast to force things back to “normal” (and worse) before the public fully understood what was possible and began demanding better.

Doug Ford accuses Ontario OSAP grant recipients of wanting a freebie. I'm curious to know if Doug Ford paid for the tuition of all of his daughters, or if he made them take out loans which at the time would have been heavily subsidized under the Liberals. #ontario #onpoli #dougford #osap

“Bring a coffee and a cup full of optimism for a walk around the property of the Fisherman's Life Museum. Let's share our stories, build community and come up with a plan to save eastern shore heritage. It's up to us now.” - Greg Puncher #Halifax #HaliSky #NovaScotia

🎯 We need to start demanding accountability for the Epstein Class. These deep-pocketed special insterests cannot be allowed to own our government. These are not job creators; these are job destroyers hell-bent on more money and more power.

Trump ordered the release of files pertaining to aliens, which gives me an excuse to once again, share one of my favourite photos. Yes, I did meet an alien. He was asking for directions back to Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia. #IYKYK #HalifaxAuthor #IBelieve #TrumpIsAnAlien #DumpTrump #PInetreeLineSite

Here is what report co-authors and CCPA-NS Research Associates have to say about the new Report Card on Child and Family Poverty in Nova Scotia. Linked here: www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc... #nspoli

Our response to @ccpanovascotia.bsky.social Report Card on Child & Family Poverty in Nova Scotia. Despite a slight decrease in the rate,there's no real change for Nova Scotians struggling daily to try to meet the most basic needs. For the full report go to www.policyalternatives.ca/.../2025-rep...

Report says N.S. has made ‘no meaningful progress’ on child poverty rates #NovaScotia #HoustonFail halifax.citynews.ca/2026/02/18/n...

Doug Ford cuts OSAP grants, lifts the tuition freeze, and shifts students into debt — then calls it support. For a premier without a post-secondary degree, he’s oddly confident gutting universities. Hard not to think he prefers cheap labour to educated voters. #onpoli

Alex, I’ll take "Ignoring the Experts" for $800. The UCP’s "European model" is actually just a "drive-by comparison" to hide a shift to US-style for-profit care. They aren't fixing the system; they're just managing our expectations while they sell it off. #AbLeg #AbPoli #CdnPoli #Bill11

It's almost like tying yourself to the price of one commodity and actively trying to eliminate diversifying your economy, is a bad idea... hmm..

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... How many more must die before Andy Fillmore and Tim Houston actually do their fucking jobs and start taking care of those in need instead of finding ways to ensure they die. This should never happen while these cunts fill their pockets and find ways to kill the homeless.

"I think this is a very, very strange initiative. And it's particularly strange in the fact that the province appears to be outsourcing its reputational and even commercial risk to Dalhousie University. And for some reason Dal has accepted that outsourcing” -David Wheeler, former Dal management dean

Townhall at the Halifax Central Library, 23 February (Monday), starting at 6:30 pm: “Protecting Post-Secondary Education in Nova Scotia.” #nspse #nspoli #cdnpse