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Paul O'Connell

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Semi-retired journalist, instructor at King's. I like to read and watch TV. Part-time Haligonian. I'd rather be at the beach.

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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Bayers Road, Oxford Street intersection closure to cause more traffic chaos for Halifax drivers www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Bayers Road, Oxford Street intersection closure to cause more traffic chaos for Halifax drivers
The intersection of Bayers Road and Oxford Street will be fully closed for about a month, and not fully reopen until mid-December.
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Nicole Munro @nicolemunro.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Our newest reporter, Emma Breton, has lately been focusing on health care in Nova Scotia. She's had some great stories recently, including today's: Does breast cancer show up in your breath? New IWK study looking for answers www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Does breast cancer show up in your breath? New IWK study looking for answers
Is it possible to detect breast cancer by studying a patient’s breath?
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Nicole Munro @nicolemunro.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The struggle to find childcare in Nova Scotia was highlighted this past session when NDP MLA Lina Hamid sometimes spoke on the floor with her four-month-old daughter by her side. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Nova Scotia MLA who brought baby to legislature says 'lack of supports for parents to pursue their careers' shared by many
Lina Hamid brought four-month-old daughter to fall session
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Nicole Munro @nicolemunro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Some big news here. www.saltwire.com/commodities/...
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Emera and Canadian Utilities to merge into $72-billion powerhouse
Emera Inc. and Canadian Utilities Ltd. have announced a merger that would form a combined company valued at $72 billion. Read more.
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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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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kings County man killed wife after her decision to take own life in face of homelessness and health concerns, court told www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Kings County man killed wife after her decision to take own life in face of homelessness and health concerns, court told
Douglas Smith agreed with his wife's decision to end her own life rather than be homeless, but killed her fearing her attempt would fail
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Josh Healey @joshrjhealey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Confirmed this morning: HRM staff have been involved with Mayor Andy Fillmore's discussions with the Department of National Defence. But, as per a spokesperson, "no formal negotiations have taken place."
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New levy on Nova Scotia electric and hybrid vehicle registrations starts Oct. 1 www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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New levy on Nova Scotia electric and hybrid vehicle registrations starts Oct. 1
On Oct. 1, a new levy of $500 on electric vehicles and $250 on plug-in hybrids goes into effect in Nova Scotia when registrations renew
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
No timeline to re-open damaged pedestrian bridge over Highway 111 in Dartmouth www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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No timeline to re-open damaged pedestrian bridge over Highway 111 in Dartmouth
It’s been weeks since a popular pedestrian bridge over Highway 111 in Dartmouth was damaged in a motor vehicle accident.
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New Glasgow homeless shelter claims funding cut a day after it refused to kick out resident who committed crime against 'influential family in Pictou County' www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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New Glasgow homeless shelter claims its funding was cut a day after it refused to kick out resident who committed crime against an 'influential family in Pictou County'
The executive director of a New Glasgow homeless shelter says her funding was cut a day after refusing a provincial government demand to kick out a man who’d served time for a crime against a prominent Pictou County family.
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Halifax Wanderers FC offers to pay $100 million to build a permanent stadium in downtown land-lease agreement www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Halifax Wanderers FC offers to pay $100 million to build a permanent stadium in downtown land-lease agreement
Halifax Wanderers president Derek Martin is offering to pay $100 million to build and manage a permanent stadium at the Wanderers Grounds.
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Christine Saulnier (she/her) @csaulnier.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
“Our study busts the myth of the mom-and-pop landlord. If you’re a renter in Halifax, it’s more likely you’re renting from big business. Corporate ownership is a defining feature of the Halifax rental market” says author @hannahmain.bsky.social Imp new Dal Legal Aid report #HousingIsAHumanRight
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Housing Research | Learn More, Support Housing Justice — Dalhousie Legal Aid - Tenants' Rights Guide
Explore housing research and tenant rights insights from Dalhousie Legal Aid to promote housing justice and access to legal support in Nova Scotia.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 08/09/2026
RT if you’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.
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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Good morning
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/09/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “The Canadian aluminum industry hasn’t bilked the United States,” Bill Saporito writes. “America needs aluminum to keep its auto plants running and to keep food and drink prices down, and Canada is just better at making it.”
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Opinion | Wondering How Nuts Trump’s Tariffs Are? Consider Aluminum.
Canada is better at making aluminum than we are. Let’s just import it and make something else.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 02/09/2026
1. So, at the Worldcon this year there was a person who was going from panel to panel, bothering panelists by trying to get them to "collaborate" with them on a project and sliding the proposed project to them on a piece of paper. Folks, I cannot stress to you how obnoxious this sort of thing is.
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Legal activists trying to leverage N.S. tent ruling to broaden welfare benefits for homeless people www.saltwire.com/news/canada/...
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Legal activists trying to leverage N.S. tent ruling to broaden welfare benefits for homeless people
Nova Scotia Court of Appeal ruled this month that a tent-dwelling man met the eligibility requirements for enhanced rate assistance.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14/08/2026
Something Wile E this way comes: how the Looney Toons reboot movie came back from the dead
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Something Wile E this way comes: how the Looney Toons reboot movie came back from the dead
Cartoon royalty were lined for a live-action toon hybrid Coyote vs Acme. Then it was shelved as a tax write-off. But its cast, crew and fans fought for its release. Three years later it’s set to be a surprise summer hit
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Nicole Munro @nicolemunro.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
FYI Dartmouth folks: www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Man taken to hospital following shooting at Dartmouth homeless encampment
Halifax Regional Police are investigating a shooting at the homeless encampment in Dartmouth on Wednesday afternoon.
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Angela Capobianco @ange-sometimes.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
it's been a tough week in the office saying goodbye to our morning show crew While I've only spent just under two years at Global, the morning show has been a fixture of our newsroom for thirteen years. Keep tuning in to the morning to see the local work from all of us, just in a different package
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Nicole Munro @nicolemunro.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Another hit to local media here in Halifax. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Global Halifax's morning news show to be replaced by centralized program, says Corus
A major programming change is coming to Global Halifax's morning news show
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Nicole Munro @nicolemunro.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Some news from Bruce. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Bruce MacKinnon: I'm not retiring, but . . .
Chronicle Herald editorial cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon says while he isn't retiring from the newspaper, he will be cutting back on his hours.
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National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com · 19/07/2026
Former N.S. deputy premier Rollie Thornhill dies at 90 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
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Former N.S. deputy premier Rollie Thornhill dies at 90 | CBC News
Former Nova Scotia deputy premier and longtime Dartmouth South MLA Roland (Rollie) Thornhill died on Thursday. He was 90.
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A Lunenburg County manhunt, stolen four-wheelers and a community in fear: A timeline of the Chelsea shooting and fallout www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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A Lunenburg County manhunt, stolen four-wheelers and a community in fear: A timeline of the Chelsea shooting and fallout
Ambrose Zinck and his partner Judy Croft pulled up to their house in Chelsea, Lunenburg County, to find a man standing there.
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Despite protests and a court challenge, Nova Scotia moves forward with planned natural gas plants www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Despite protests and court challenge, Nova Scotia moves forward with natural gas plants
Nova Scotia is seeking someone to build and operate two natural gas powered generating plants that can be turned on and off quickly when the wind dies out or picks up.
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Developers, non-profits and a major hotel chain are interested in snapping up properties in downtown Halifax now that Cogswell construction is done. So when will it happen? www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Halifax’s Cogswell construction is done, but when will they sell the land?
Developers, non-profits and a major hotel chain are interested in snapping up properties in downtown Halifax
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Inside Canada’s naval megaproject: Halifax’s Irving Shipbuilding builds next-generation destroyers www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Inside Canada’s naval megaproject: Halifax’s Irving Shipbuilding builds next-generation destroyers
Halifax’s Irving Shipbuilding is reshaping an industry, turning raw steel into destroyers
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Nicole Munro @nicolemunro.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
She's gon' be busy this weekend. www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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How to navigate SailGP in Halifax this weekend
The event will cause parking lot closures, pedestrian rerouting and an influx of thousands of people to the waterfront.
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The Signal @signalhfx.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
How safe are Halifax pedestrians? Not safe enough, according to reporting done by The Signal. Students in the news workshop put a spotlight on pedestrian fatalities in Halifax. Check out all the stories at ‘Eyes on the Road’: signalhfx.ca/series/eyes-....
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Eyes on the Road
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Paul O'Connell @pauloconnell.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Here's a project I helped edit in the news workshop at University of King's College. Lots of hard work and interesting stories here: signalhfx.ca/series/eyes-...
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Eyes on the Road
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Nicole Munro @nicolemunro.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
This is good journalism and also done by students here in Halifax. Check it out: signalhfx.ca/halifax-pede...
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Most Halifax drivers who kill pedestrians face no criminal charges
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Martin D-E 🔶️FBPE @martinpde.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Hoho!
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Matt Dagley @mattdagley.com · 22/01/2026
Vandal Doughnuts in Halifax is closing.
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Tourism numbers show 93 days where Halifax was 'essentially out of rooms' in 2025 www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Tourism numbers show 93 days where Halifax was 'essentially out of rooms' in 2025
Halifax's popularity as a tourist destination continued its upward trend in 2025, but there is room to grow, said Ross Jefferson, the President and CEO of Discover Halifax.
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
New 14-storey tower proposed across from NSCC Akerley Campus in Dartmouth www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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14-storey tower proposed across from NSCC Akerley Campus in Dartmouth
Other towers are expected to be built in this ‘open and underdeveloped’ area that lacks sewer infrastructure
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Round and round we go: Are roundabouts the intersection of the future in Halifax? www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Round and round we go: Are roundabouts the intersection of the future in Halifax?
Considered safer, more efficient (but not cheaper!) roundabouts are popping up throughout the city, but do they work?
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John Semley @johnsemley3000.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
In the @thestar.com, I weighed in on the heaviest issue of the day: airplane seats are getting too small. WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END!?!?! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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John Semley: I’m tall and big. Does air travel really have to be so miserable for people like me?
It’s enough to make you pine for the days when casual consumer aviators stretched out in coach, chain-smoking cigarettes freely as they glided around the globe.
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
'Everybody is safe' after massive fire rages through Wallace fish plant www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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'Everybody is safe' after massive fire rages through Wallace fish plant
The Wallace Volunteer Fire Department was packed Monday afternoon with fish plant workers and local residents who fled a massive blaze at the community’s fish plant.
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Over 900 people are living in shelters in Halifax, 197 are unsheltered: point-in-time count www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Over 900 people are living in shelters in Halifax, 197 are unsheltered: point-in-time count
Deep dive into homelessness in Halifax shows sharp increases and some progress
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Christine Saulnier (she/her) @csaulnier.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
"Across Atlantic Canada, bustling newsrooms are shrinking or being shut down altogether. In August 2024, SaltWire Network, Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain, sold its more than two dozen publications to Postmedia" Inverness Oran is a thriving local Happy to support @halifaxexaminer.ca
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What’s left of Nova Scotia’s Postmedia newsrooms?
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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives @policyalternatives.ca · 13/11/2025
According to a report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives the proportion of Canadians with one or no local outlets has doubled since 2008, rising from three per cent of the population to seven per cent today. signalhfx.ca/whats-left-o...
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What’s left of Nova Scotia’s Postmedia newsrooms?
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Paul O'Connell @pauloconnell.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I think we'd prefer it if the Americans would go back to ignoring us, so that we could then resent that. We'd be much happier.
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tiggy @bctiggy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
This is Canada. This is what we are fighting for. We will NEVER be the 51st anything. We have work to do. Let's do it for each other. Let's do it for our land, our water, our resources, and our history. We cannot, we will not, go down in history as anything other than Canada. #Canada
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Dear Canada...
Dear Canada... I felt compelled to do something, to make something for my country. To stick up for, and to honour it. To show our strength, beauty, genius, empathy,…
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Old Burying Ground, Halifax @buryingground.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Some timely coverage of one of the Old Burying Ground's most noteworthy residents: Major General Robert Ross (with the OBGF's own Craig Ferguson @deadinhalifax.bsky.social) www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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Man who burned down White House buried in Halifax
Craig Ferguson, a director of the Old Burying Ground Foundation, shares the story of Maj.-Gen. Robert Ross and how he ended up in Nova Scotia. Watch his interview with Amy Smith.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?
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The Chronicle Herald @thechronicleherald.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
China slaps 25 per cent tariff on N.S. lobster, throwing seafood industry into turmoil www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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China slaps 25 per cent tariff on N.S. lobster, throwing seafood industry into turmoil
Nova Scotian exporters have heard directly from buyers in China that tariff goes into effect March 20.
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Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Unbelievable news. Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers. New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
How stupid and arbitrary are Trump's mass firings at federal agencies? A State Dept employee tells me some colleagues are racing to change their job descriptions so phrases like "transnational crime" don't get caught up in DOGE AI bots scanning for words like "trans" to fire people because "DEI."
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Alex (he/him) 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🇩🇰 🇬🇱 🇲🇽 @tsrhg.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Hey Halifax folks. If you don't have a great and urgent need to be anywhere I strongly recommend that you stay home. The streets are clear for the most part but sidewalks and parking lots are treacherous. #halisky
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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
Fire at Bloomfield School site 'escalated quickly,' says firefighters' union Some roads in area are closed to traffic #NovaScotia www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Fire at Bloomfield School site 'escalated quickly,' says firefighters' union | CBC News
A vacant north-end Halifax building that was previously described as an "immediate safety risk" by a fire inspector caught fire early Sunday.
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