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Halifax,NS. News/Current Events enthusiast. Opinions are my own

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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 4h
And the sign went back up - this how we know they actually do know better I think.
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Sign depicting rape culture draws condemnation in Antigonish | CBC News
A sign hung outside an off-campus house in Antigonish, N.S., during St. Francis Xavier University's homecoming weekend is being described as an example of rape culture and has drawn condemnation from ...
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Over time, the term has become a badge of honour for residents and was even applied to Canada's most famous boat, The Bluenose. Today, the term Bluenoser is embraced in Nova Scotia. It is also now in the Oxford English Dictionary. 📸 LAC 🧵 5/6
Two-masted schooner under full sail, sails billowing as it speeds across choppy water with crew on deck and a low shoreline in the distance.
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Actor and advocate Michael J. Fox promoted to companion level in Order of Canada | CBC News
Celebrated actor and Parkinson's disease activist Michael J. Fox said he felt both "pride" and "humility" while receiving a promotion within the Order of Canada on Friday.
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Indeed similar. Pathetically similar actually.
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What 'Cornell 7' and 'Hockey Canada 5' assault cases reveal about consent and trauma | CBC News
Several legal experts note there are some striking similarities between the alleged gang rape case unfolding at Cornell University this week and last year's Hockey Canada sexual assault trial in Lond...
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Once again WHY is CTV Atlantic interviewing “Food Professor” again? Also he’s doing the interview via Zoom from the kids play area at the Hfx airport. With kids in the background.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On this day in 1986, Canadian author Robert Munsch released his book Love You Forever. It is a book that originated from tragedy but from that tragedy came something wonderful and beloved around the world. This is the story of one of Canada's most acclaimed books. 🧵1/10
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“A statement issued Thursday morning by Trailer Park Boys Incorporated said now that the court matter has concluded, Smith is resuming his responsibilities with the company. He previously held the role of managing director” This is just gross.
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Judge dismisses sexual assault case against Trailer Park Boys star Mike Smith | CBC News
A sexual assault case against Trailer Park Boys actor Mike Smith was dropped in Dartmouth provincial court on Thursday. The complainant says the trial was dismissed because she was "unwilling to sacri...
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Nicole Munro @nicolemunro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
With the evolving Cornell University story, I have been reflecting on my fourth and final year at St. Thomas University in 2015 in Fredericton. One of my professors, Jan Wong, wanted some of our class to work on an investigative series on rape on campus.
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Terri @terriclarke.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Council is getting a presentation on the impacts of the NS Capped Assessment Program now
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September 29, Regional Council
YouTube video by Halifax Regional Municipality
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Brenny @pissedoffinnh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🤭 enjoy these comments!!
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Yeah no thanks.
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N.S. premier says he’s open to data centres, as one company advances plans | CBC News
EverWind Fuels, the company that’s been pursuing hundreds of wind turbines and a green hydrogen production facility in Nova Scotia, has added a data centre to its list of projects.
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The cruelty. Just absolute insanity.
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ATU 508 Halifax Transit workers (Not Halifax Transit management) @atu-508.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Late bus? There's work going on with both bridges & at the Windsor Street Exchange, lasting months, which is impacting buses all over.. Please don't take your frustration out on your driver! They're missing breaks & trying to stay on time. #halifax #hfxtransit #hrm #hfxtraffic
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Matt Brand @mattbcbc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just....you know...absolutely one of the worse traffic mornings I've seen since I started working here There's no way around any of this. Work from home if you can #HFXTraffic
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Sam Austin @samaustind5.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Since the Forum is back in the news, I'm reposting my write up. As of yet, no one has presented Council with any actual alternative proposals or sites, it's been all vibes and options that were previously studied and rejected. It won't get cheaper with yet more delays samaustin.ca/council-upda...
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Council Update: Forum and Ferries - Sam Austin
Forum:On Wednesday, Council resumed budget deliberations with a look at the capital budget and I’m fairly alarmed at where Mayor Fillmore wants to take us regarding the Halifax Forum project. The Foru...
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
You should watch this. Wow 😂
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A few really bad decisions made here.
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Maritime experts urge use of verified weather reports after kayaker capsizes in B.C. waters | CBC News
Jonathan Levine considers himself lucky to be alive after his kayak capsized in the ocean during what he thought would be a leisurely paddle in Howe Sound.
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Ghoul Friday 👻 @girlfriday.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is glorious. Sheeran had an opportunity to do the right thing. He could have even framed it from a “free speech” angle and remained relatively neutral on Genocide - but he folded and now it’s costing him so, SO much more than having a spine would have.
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I cannot even begin to imagine.
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N.S. families thought they buried their loved ones. Officials are now investigating | CBC News
Nova Scotia officials are investigating after the new owners of a funeral home in the Annapolis Valley discovered the cremated remains of a “significant number” of people in storage, CBC News has lear...
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
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Céline Dion has electrified Paris — and beyond — for her big comeback | CBC News
Paris is electric with anticipation for the return of a superstar many thought would be impossible: Céline Dion, who is set to return to the stage Saturday night at Europe's biggest indoor concert ven...
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This man is killing it. Saying what we all want him to say. #ViveLeCanada #Canada
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
On Sept 11, 2001, 40 aircraft were diverted to Halifax Stanfield International Airport for Operation Yellow Ribbon. #NovaScotia Around 8,000 people landed here safely on that day.💛 Local residents, emergency workers, etc. provided food, transportation, & temporary shelter to the stranded travelers
Image of tarmac at the Halifax International Airport -- On Sept 11, 2001, 40 aircraft were diverted to Halifax Stanfield International Airport for Operation Yellow Ribbon. #NovaScotia

Around 8,000 people landed here safely.

Local residents, emergency workers, & airport staff provided food, transportation, & temporary shelter to the stranded travelers
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Shake my head.
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Acquitted 2018 world junior player Alex Formenton signs one-year deal with Edmonton Oilers | CBC News
The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Alex Formenton to a one-year contract worth $850,000 US.
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Still sharp as can be. Agree with his past policies or not, he’s no fool.
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Chrétien offers blunt assessment of Canada-U.S. trade war
Former prime minister Jean Chrétien tells CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault that Canada made the right move with counter-tariffs and expanding them shouldn’t be off the table.
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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Late Summer Glow Katharine Burns 2025
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Far-right AfD party takes big lead in regional German election | CBC News
The Alternative for Germany party has a strong lead in a regional election, but it is unclear whether it will be able to form the country's first far-right state government since the Second World War,...
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Take his markers away 🤣💪🏻🔥🍁
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
On this day in 1989, The Tragically Hip released their debut studio album Up to Here. The album reached #13 in Canada, and included the #1 hits Blow at High Dough and New Orleans Is Sinking. It sold one million copies and achieved diamond status in Canada.
The Tragically Hip album cover "Up to Here"—five band members stand on a rain‑slick downtown street at night under blurred streetlights, dressed in leather and denim; the band name appears in large yellow type at the top and "up to here" in blue at the lower right.
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Michael Gorman @michaeltgorman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Speaker of the Nova Scotia legislature is rescinding bans issued to 36 people last month related to a protest that interrupted a budget vote in March. Danielle Barkhouse says the decision follows conversations with the public, an NS Arts Coalition rep and “broad consensus” from MLAs.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
More sign wars in #NovaScotia Credit to novascotiarattlesnake Pita Pit and Subway are not the same company btw 🤣
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This 🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🇨🇦🇨🇦💪🏻
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 03/09/2026
"Gloria Steinem, fierce feminist trailblazer, dies at 92. A pioneering activist and journalist, Steinem was one of the women’s liberation movement’s most outspoken advocates." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Gloria Steinem, fierce feminist trailblazer, dies
A pioneering activist and journalist, Steinem was one of the women’s liberation movement’s most outspoken advocates.
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Good genes probably play a role here but this inspiring. Me patting myself on the back everyday for my 5k walk 😂
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91-year-old reclaims record as oldest hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail | CBC Radio
At the age of 91, Dale Sanders — known on the trails as "Grey Beard" — is once again the oldest hiker to complete the Appalachian Trail.
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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How Long Does It Take? Part Four: The View From Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest
We followed the US Army from Munich to Dachau to Tegernsee. Today we followed to Hitler’s Eagles Nest to find out “How Long Does It Take” to take your country back from Fascism. Lifetimes.
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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
ICYMI:
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Used bookstores navigate 'suspicious' bulk orders amid AI book-shredding fears | CBC News
Used booksellers in Canada are navigating how to handle mysterious bulk orders, as suspicions grow that companies are buying up their old books so they can be scanned for AI training — and then trashe...
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
N.L.'s Jaida Lee is living the dream in the Women's Pro Baseball League #Newfoundland #Labrador St. John's-born pitcher leading league in strikeouts ⚾🧢 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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N.L.'s Jaida Lee is living the dream in the Women's Pro Baseball League | CBC News
Three weeks into the inaugural season of the Women's Pro Baseball League, fans in Newfoundland and Labrador will see a familiar name leading the league in strikeouts.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Stirling Marathon, Canadian made appliances in #Ontario #Canada 🍁 Check them out ⤵️
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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Thank you for the shout-out. I can never thank you enough for your support over the years. It’s a tough go being an editorial cartoonist in 2026, but I’m lucky to work for a newspaper that still wants to do its job. @theglobeandmail.com
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Tim Bousquet @timbousquet.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
It would demonstrate huge moral & intellectual shortcomings if you were NOT stressed out right now. Obviously we should take care of ourselves & each other best we can, but let's not pathologize the normal reaction to everything being fucked up. Use stress as the motivator to work for change.
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
No time like the present to migrate away from Google. Email will be the most painful :(
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Google updates maps to display Lake Ontario as Lake America in U.S. | CBC News
Google Maps has updated to display "Lake America" when people in the United States search for the name.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
SHOUT-OUT to Political Cartoonist extraordinaire & Member of the Order of Canada Michael de Adder, who routinely does a far better job of holding this administration accountable than the corporate media. Thank you for your attention to his brilliant satirical wit! 🙏 (also: 🤣)
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David W. Pippy @davidwilliampippy.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Good morning! On a Halifax Pier photographed in Nova Scotia by Shane Paris.
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Occasionally Spooky Transpo @occtranspo.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
They're being chased from town to town. Love to see it. They had to lie under a false name "Ridgeway Media" to secure venues. They managed to get one in Burlington, location unknown at least to me atm. Thankfully nobody wants them. Their views aren't worth the coin and it should stay that way.
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'We didn’t want them:' Hamilton rallies against Dominion Society, as group holds event in Burlington, Ont. | CBC News
More than 100 people gathered outside of Hamilton city hall around midday Saturday to denounce the fact that a self-proclaimed nationalist group that wants to deport millions of people from Canada pla...
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
This was hard to stomach but worth the time to read.
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HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? I Brought My Son to the Bar Where Fascism Was Born to Find Out.
Live from Munich, Day One. Marienplatz, the Hofbräuhaus, and the 75-year bill America is about to sign for its kids.
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Chapman’s Ice Cream pledges no price increase as Ontario company shifts away from U.S. suppliers #Canada #Chapmans Company says it will replace 70% of U.S. ingredients with Canadian, other suppliers by 2027 /1 thread www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Chapman’s Ice Cream gives the scoop: Ontario company shifting from U.S. suppliers with no price increase | CBC News
Ontario company Chapman’s Ice Cream says it's moving to replace more than 70 per cent of its ingredients from the U.S. by mid-2027, promising no price increases until March 2028.
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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Shop accordingly... www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Chapman’s Ice Cream gives the scoop: Ontario company shifting from U.S. suppliers with no price increase | CBC News
Ontario company Chapman’s Ice Cream says it's moving to replace more than 70 per cent of its ingredients from the U.S. by mid-2027, promising no price increases until March 2028.
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Hoob @hoob.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
That's it.
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I can’t stop laughing at this. In all seriousness, the enablers standing by this poor excuse for a human are almost worse.
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HfxPam🇨🇦 @hfxpam.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Oh noooo
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