Coming up this Sunday in Halifax: Avi Lewis for Leader of the NDP!

The fact that the woodside ferry doesn’t run on weekends always baffles me

Classic Tessa: Ranting on argyle street at 11pm about how after the Haitian revolution France made Haiti pay them.

Ah yes the cold and rainy. The worst weather combo. Do I wear a rain jacket? Do I wear a warm coat?

Becky Druhan is leaving the PC Caucus. #NovaScotia

Tim Halman still hasn't read the enviromental racism report. This is unacceptable. If you had required reading for your job and still hadn't done it after a year, you would no longer have your job. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

NDP leader calls on Houston government to restore heating rebate By @dartjenhen.bsky.social

Ah yes that weekend when I remember dal invented a homecoming tradition despite not being a major men’s football university.

This is very concerning

The food choices at the Halifax airport after security makes not sense. Why can I get oysters but the only quick service option is Tim hortons?

Is it just my feed or is Facebook full of fake AI images of none existent sequels to movies

Thanks to the Examiner and @philmoscovitch.bsky.social for featuring the Fringe Festival! Arts coverage in media is hard to get these days!

Check out this piece on Halifax Fringe from Jesse Thomas with @ctvatlantic.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

Halifax Fringe starts tomorrow, and I am so excited. It is like theatre Christmas.

disappointed by the Premier's non answer on climate change during the wildfire briefing.

How the Washmill underpass created the fire risk at Susies Lake Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social

It's very lightly raining and it's the most exciting thing ever.

Provincewide Burn Ban in Effect news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/07/3...

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

Do we know why there are fireworks in Halifax?

The fact that Fillmore seems to have not known how the mayor’s job works before he ran for the position is a concern

Tart & Soul is only $1405 away from their goal www.indiegogo.com/projects/hel...

Mayor Andy Fillmore states that he will introduce a motion next Tuesday to halt construction of new bike lanes #BikeHfx

I don’t know maybe power hungry megalomaniacs don’t make good friends even if you are a power hungry megalomaniac

tomorrow is Stravinsky's birthday. bake Igor Stravinsky a cake whether he's here to enjoy it or not. he put in the work and deserves at minimum a cake from you

The conspiracy theory, I believe, with no evidence, is that it is actually credit monitoring companies that hack services and businesses, so that those services and businesses then need to buy credit monitoring subscriptions for their customers. Please note this is entirely unsubstantiated.

It's time for a chance folks. We need a nice guy, who can be effective, to represent us these days. We need a vet who can be a Minister in the future, for more than 2 minutes. We need @keithdmorrison.bsky.social as MP for Dartmouth Cole Habrour

If you are wondering driving to Dartmouth today is all the traffic again

Hey #Halifax the guy running for the Federal seat for the CPC was a Loblaws CEO for years. They scrubbed that from his CPC bio though!

It’s my faint hope that removing American wines from stores will help make Canadian wines from other provinces more available. It’s easier to find a random Californian wine than say an Ontario or BC wine for example. I think this is partially due to interprovincial regulation but it would be nice.

somehow I think the board of the ECMAs still doesn't think they did anything wrong www.cbc.ca/music/jeremy...

The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia is asking supporters to give donations to help it fulfil its plan for the province, a task it suggests now requires skirting the media.  #nspoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Nova Scotia's auditor general is urging the provincial government to withdraw amendments to the law that governs her work, which she claims would seriously erode the ability of her office to continue to do its work. #nspoli via Jean Laroche and me. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Long story short: we're seeing democracy itself dismantled in the province that brought responsible government to Canada.

Tim Houston has gone to Ontario to support Doug Ford instead of answering questions in the Legislature. Glad to know he wants to protect Ontario. What about the transparency of the Nova Scotia Government

Too much news is happening. I’m tired.

Houston didn’t have time to meet with us, but he had time to fly to Toronto to shill for Doug Ford. Ally my ass. #nspoli globalnews.ca/news/1101262...

Houston argues that the insecure tenure he proposes to introduce for the Auditor General follows a pattern in other provinces. TWO provinces, it turns out. And neither allows government to hide AG reports from the public. Unacceptable. Attn: @claudiachenderns.bsky.social Source ⤵️

Tim Houston, October 2024: "These tolls, they clog up traffic on and off the bridges. That's why our government will remove all tolls on the Macdonald and Mackay bridges." Bridge Commission, February 2025: "The bridges will have increased enforcement to handle the expected spike in traffic." 🚗🚗

"I don’t think anyone would argue that Houston is pulling a coup, or that Nova Scotia is descending into fascism. But what we are seeing is an erosion of norms that makes a future descent into authoritarianism less unthinkable." www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

You should be very concerned about this

It might be budget day but the NS gov has tabled some concerning legislative changes, eg requiring 2/3 vote of the legislature to fire the auditor general (which gives the current governing party the ability);constraining role of law amendments. Silencing accountability is anti democratic. #nspoli

The legislature now has the power to keep auditor general reports private, and to fire the auditor general at will. Non-unionized government employee are now also at will and can be fired without cause.

The Houston government is repealing the ban on fracking in Nova Scotia. I had this exchange with Premier Tim Houston:

Okay but can we elect a new debate moderator? #ontarioelection

Tomorrow is budget day in Nova Scotia. For the first time in the 14 years I’ve covered budgets, the government is also having bill briefings that afternoon on things unrelated to the budget. It’s an unprecedented attempt in Nova Scotia at message control by the provincial government. #nspoli

I mean why would the government need to communicate. That’s just silly. Oy.