So today marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. I don't really like to talk about my education since people tend to get a bit weird when I mention I did a masters degree in Soviet History. But it's wild looking back and seeing that during Covid this disaster was my focus

I have returned from my unwilling hiatus. And in style! Jenna McConnell is a great person to write with, especially in this year of shared bylines. Here’s a picture of what our story is about.

Nova Scotians can speak to the perils of a majority government

Dinner is legit

New paper out tomorrow in Atlantic News and @kingsbookstore.bsky.social. On the front @katynotie.bsky.social brings us a dispatch from the last days of the #PylonWars. On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social opines Halifax's fiscal future and questionable subsidies.

Dartmouth woman works full-time but says she still can't afford a home www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Fitting timing for me to have finally framed my interview with @thechronicleherald.bsky.social & my mention in @grandparade.bsky.social for my participation in Halifax's budget debates on the day of its ratification. I never dreamed I would be this invested in municipal politics, but here we are!

When shifting your laptop a little on your desk is a semi-reliable way to make it freeze and need a hard reset, are you calling that a bug or a feature?

Go read words by the legendary Gabrielle Drapeau!

I think the key to taking the bus is taking a breath and accepting that if you’re not 30 minutes early you will be 15 minutes late. And then hope your colleagues/ friends/ date/ boss has also taken transit before.

Company wanting to infill Dartmouth Cove places 'No trespassing' signs, blocking public access to waterfront trail www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

Goood morning! Are you going to plant a garden this spring? Perhaps just some herbs on your windowsill? Or a flower pot with something that makes local pollinators love you? Could you use advice? Seeds? A cup of coffee? Come to 2177 Gottingen this Saturday. 11am to 3pm :-)

HRM! Seedy Saturday at Radstorm this Saturday, 11am-3pm. Seeds, workshops, and snacks! Saved seeds, prepackaged seeds, or no seeds, you are welcome. Just no NS invasives. Hope to see you there :)

HRM! Seedy Saturday at Radstorm this Saturday, 11am-3pm. Seeds, workshops, and snacks! Saved seeds, prepackaged seeds, or no seeds, you are welcome. Just no NS invasives. Hope to see you there :)

New paper is coming out tomorrow in Atlantic News and @kingsbookstore.bsky.social! On the front @katynotie.bsky.social has a recap about the past 109 years of Forum debates, up to last week On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social has two budget stories. Good news in the short term. Long term? eh...

I like this

Wildfire season in #NovaScotia starts on March 15. www.halifax.ca/home/news/wi...

It’s a risky beat but it’s not going away, I’m glad Gilmore hasn’t been deterred by these intimidation tactics.

Here’s my (frighteningly vulnerable!!) follow up on my reporting that exposed a white nationalist active club. On the professional and personal costs of this work:

media.sipiapa.org/adjuntos/186... Here’s Canada’s page from the Inter American Press Association’s new press freedom report

What's up democracy superfans! I am in chambers and council is debating budget. I'm late 'cause I forgot my truck was setup for hockey not bike riding. A/CAO Anguish just gave a presentation saying TL:DR: Bad news, we're fucked! Good news, for the first time in 45 years council is dealing with it

Do you know anyone applying for a Canadian post-graduate work permit? PSA! Don’t be fooled by the fact that there’s no section to submit your English test score. Submit your English test score in the “optional documents” section or else live out a mini version of Kafka’s The Trial.

Culture wars are expensive.

Who says legal documents aren’t interesting?

New paper is out tomorrow at Alantic News and @kingsbookstore.bsky.social! On the front @katynotie.bsky.social has a history of @hfxgov.bsky.social's first try at ending the violence of autoists in 1931. On the back: how council cooked their books & slowed busses both by @landofsticks.bsky.social

Me to the municipal and provincial government

Can’t work for the foreseeable future and it really sunk in when I just scampered with excitement into the kitchen to listen to the 7pm news

from Halifax city council: maybe you will be able to pay for the bus by tapping your bank card by the summer. check out this article by Elena Neufeld from 2025 about why Halifax had to replace their bus payment modums like, right after getting them. signalhfx.ca/halifax-tran...

This could be written for today’s continuing debate on transit etc.

Ope. Forgot this important graf: The responses from the "public about our coverage make it clear that people want and appreciate journalists who hold power to account instead of cozying up to it. Access to community better serves our mission than access to power." niemanreports.org/minneapolis-...

"I'm worried that if I'm the only one that goes, my kids will still be in this country and if I go, how am I supposed to live? That's what I think about," said Vang, through an interpreter. (Notable that local TV stations link to a Go Fund Me in stories. They're covering this like a disaster).

Would be so lit if the province could toss the city a couple of those hansard transcribers

Super fun budget time. I was 30 minutes late despite my bike’s brakes giving out on the way over. ⚡️ 🚲 ❄️

Shared bylines are IN in 2026 btw

Anyone at Halifax Budget meeting today?

I wish I could do this. Peep this city budget. Chat, is the IMP cooked because of automotive rizz?

Shawn Cleary and Patty Cuttell are on info morning 👂🏻

I am at budget committee and will be live posting about it, but during public consultation I will be a member of the public, so live posts will start around 9:35

hobbyist democracy enjoyers! I'm at Halifax city council for budget public participation. There are 26 people signed up! I am a notoriously slow typer so I will be Doing My Best

Comparing old city budget books to the new one and the PDF opens to where I last opened it. Where I presumably last opened it a year ago. What is my life?

I'm at the hearing in St. Paul where Minnesota is asking a federal judge to preserve evidence in Saturday's killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The judge issued a temporary restraining order, but feds are arguing it should be denied because they already plan on preserving the evidence. (1)

Did you see a line at the bottom of pg 2 about Eisner Cove? Let me tell you more: Because of a power outage at the courthouse the date for Protect Eisner Cove Wetland society’s court appearance to decide if they will be allowed a private prosecution was moved from Jan. 19 to April 14. 1/3

I hate going on walks until I do and then I love going on walks

Here is the next interview in my series on mayors in #NovaScotia. Last week I met with West Hants Mayor Abraham Zebian. www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...

New paper is out tomorrow. On the front @abezetario.bsky.social with a story about the Housing Accelrator Fund's impact in Halifax and @samaustind5.bsky.social's missing middle motion. On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social has a story about how to get a discount on parking fees for your truck.

My last two shots before my world went dark.