Is marketing the lives of vulnerable people the mission of Souls Harbour? An excellent piece by @suzannerent.bsky.social

In this essay, @mmughees.bsky.social reflects on her first year of working with the Examiner. It's been a joy watching her cover a range of stories. She writes about her fear but I never sensed that fear and knew from the first interview she has great courage. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/t...

. @mmughees.bsky.social has been working for the @halifaxexaminer.ca for a year. She has really come into her own, and she's helped me expand my horizons. This one’s for a year full of wisdom and those who make this world worth living in

Trans activist returns peace medal in solidarity with Rana Zaman as YMCA added to Canada-wide boycott list By @mmughees.bsky.social

‘It’s not about me’: Rana Zaman speaks after YMCA rescinds her award reported by @mmughees.bsky.social

Where are the warning labels about alcohol’s negative impacts on society? Commentary by me www.halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/w...

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I’m working on a story about an event in #Halifax today. It’s becoming more frequent that I’m the only reporter at some events such at the recent town halls with Mayor Andy Fillmore. I really enjoy covering these stories. They’re produced by a real reporter (me) and not AI!

Concerned citizens mobilize to defend proposed Ingram River Wilderness Area By @mmughees.bsky.social

It would be nice indeed.

Birth in Gaza often means sharing incubators, giving birth without anesthesia during power outages, and risking infection because water and sanitation systems are destroyed. interc.pt/42vx3lD

Canadian health care professionals declare Oct. 6 as annual day of action on planetary health Story by @mmughees.bsky.social The health of the environment and our health is all connected. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/environment/...

"Policymakers are only speeding up the climate catastrophe all around the world due to their negligence and corporate ties," writes @mmughees.bsky.social in this disheartening but important (and robust) commentary.

“It’s clear that this entity is on life support (and acts with impunity) because of the economic, diplomatic, political, and military support it receives,” Neil Balan said. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/economy/priv...

The World Doesn't Hate Jews, The World Hates Israel The world hates Israel because Israel is an evil state whose evil actions are tormenting millions of people, and are having a direct effect on our own lives to a greater and greater extent as well. www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-world-...

Still waiting for the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs and Halifax Mayor Andy Fillmore to say something, *anything*, about their earlier jump to blame Palestinians for this.

"I grew up in Gaza, and for as long as I can remember, my life was marked by war. In 2006, I lost my father when Israeli forces killed him on his farmland." 'Every day is a struggle': A Palestinian-Canadian marching against the Davis Cup tells her story www.halifaxexaminer.ca/world/every-...

@mmughees.bsky.social puts herself into the story as a way to bear witness. Powerful work.

Excellent reporting and photos by @mmughees.bsky.social of Friday's protest of the Davis Cup in #Halifax www.halifaxexaminer.ca/world/drafth...

Hundreds marched on the streets of Halifax protesting Israeli tennis team’s presence in the city reported by @mmughees.bsky.social

just “a small mob of extremists,” they said @seantucker.bsky.social

I contacted #Halifax communications and the city WILL NOT be giving the $50,000 to the Davis Cup. “the event no longer delivers the tourism, economic and other benefits that would have been expected had it proceeded as originally planned.”

My name was added to this letter without my consent. It is perhaps worth noting that it lists my old professional affiliation rather than my current one. It may also be worth noting that I checked the letter when Nathan posted it and did not see my name, so it may have been added since last night.

Now this is getting amusing

In addition to adding his name without his consent, the letter incorrectly listed his name as “Nathan Kalman.” "So the fact that it was wrong, I think, is a pretty good signal that I did not put it down there," Nathan Kalman-Lamb said. Story by @mmughees.bsky.social

N.B. academic says his name was included on Gaza genocide denial letter without his consent By @mmughees.bsky.social

Israel murdered five al-Jazeera journalists, including Anas Al-Sharif. They did so because they're now liquidating Gaza City, and want to silence the remaining witnesses. To Western journalists silent about the slaughter of your colleagues: Their blood is on your hands, too.

FUCK you @nationalpost.bsky.social. This is unforgivable, traitorous shit from people claiming to be journalists. How dare you accept this framing from a state that is SLAUGHTERING our colleagues. How DARE you.

sitting at my desk frozen trying to figure out how to report yet another story about Israel slaughtering journalists in a way that might inspire a lick of empathy and action from those in power, knowing I'm likely to fail no matter how I convey it

Sometimes, being vulnerable is necessary, which is why I chose to write this piece.

“(Functional) societies don’t have these problems. They tax the rich appropriately so we can make sure that everybody gets what they’re entitled to (in order to) have their basic needs met,” Acadia University professor Lesley Frank said. The latest by @mmughees.bsky.social

So @timbousquet.bsky.social has said the first 50 people who take a photo of a Halifax Examiner ad INSIDE a bus and post that pic here with the route or bus number (and the hashtag #ExaminerBus) will get a bag of Examiner swag (stickers and a pen) mailed to them. A wee bit of early summer fun!

Several Nova Scotia Jews share views on Israel-Gaza war and the rift it has created @mmughees.bsky.social did an excellent job with this article. It's thoughtful, generous, and revealing. I learned a lot from it.

This is genocide. My God.

‘They are completely on their own’: Advocates say vulnerable workers in Nova Scotia need better protections By @mmughees.bsky.social

Colonization is not over yet

Part 1 of a 3-part series by @mmughees.bsky.social is a wonderful, well-written weekend read. “Cricket might not be as big here as it is, say, in South Asia, but the idea of people gathering together around sport is something that is familiar and is kind of an intercultural kind of phenomenon.”

Thanks to @mmughees.bsky.social for this wonderful feature story on Dr. Lynn Jones, in the @halifaxexaminer.ca. Saint Mary's University proudly houses The Lynn Jones African Canadian & Diaspora Heritage Collection in the University Archives.

A lovely story by @mmughees.bsky.social Halifax drumming group uses universal language of music to inspire unity, charity, and hope www.halifaxexaminer.ca/equity/halif...

Corporate security investigator testifies in Nova Scotia human rights hearing into racial profiling complaint against local store By @mmughees.bsky.social

A really good profile of Tabinda Sheikh by @mmughees.bsky.social www.halifaxexaminer.ca/women/tabind...

“I really came to see that we live in the same place but in completely different realities, and that’s when I decided that I’m not going to enlist. It was a very isolating feeling,” Einat Gerlitz said. Story by me: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/world/israel...

Kids are writing poems with The Magic Words. This one is 🔥 My name is Rhett Today I feel like a bright light in the galaxy Sometimes I am a comet Sometimes I am a meteor But always I am amazing I ask the world 'can one dot be art?' And the answer is a bright light shining in the galaxy

Halifax imam hopeful compassion of Canadians will outweigh Trump’s influence By @mmughees.bsky.social

Nova Scotia mother’s ongoing fight to change organ, tissue donation rules after gay son’s death www.halifaxexaminer.ca/equity/nova-... By @mmughees.bsky.social

E-M-P-A-T-H-Y Spread it around!

‘Hopeful struggle’: Halifax Muslim women want ‘safe, modest, financially accessible and consistent swimming’ By @mmughees.bsky.social

“We do seven, eight, nine surgeries in a ward in a day, and then we become very tired of the day so we go to sleep, and then we wake up the next day and there is massacre and the blood again." www.halifaxexaminer.ca/health/canad... Story by me