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Musk’s hackers burglarized "a vast trove of information about the entire federal workforce” on OPM computers even as Trump was being sworn in — that is "hours before Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, was officially created by an executive order.” www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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The full list of nominees is here for the 2025 East Coast Music Awards, and Halifax is well-represented. Sixty-seven ECMA shortlist nods feature Halifax-based artists, engineers, managers and venues this year. www.thecoast.ca/arts-music/s...

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FT Exclusive: Peter Navarro, one of the US president’s closest advisers, is pushing for the US to remove Canada from the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing network — which also includes the UK, Australia and New Zealand. www.ft.com/content/2dfa...

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One piece of good news for today, the six year old stabbing victim is now in stable condition. Breath a sigh of relief, Halifax.

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EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Jebbison commits to Canada. Jesse Marsch has landed one of his most coveted dual nationals, a former England youth international. Inside how Canada secured the Premier League striker and what comes next for #CanMNT @theathleticfc.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/599...

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An update to this story, via @torimarlan.bsky.social: Tim Durkin, the Man Who Stole a Hotel, has lost all appeals and is being deported from Canada. A scam artist of epic proportions, a manipulator and liar, and now, a Brit. www.capitaldaily.ca/news/the-man...

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I spoke with singer-songwriter Eliza Rhinelander, one of Halifax's most promising new voices, about her debut album, The Precipice. New for @thecoast.ca: www.thecoast.ca/arts-music/h...

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Head coach Patrice Gheisar's expectation for his squad is clear: he wants @hfxwanderersfc.bsky.social to be the hardest #CanPL club to beat. That and more in my pre-season Q&A.

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AI "deep research" agents have a problem: they're eating their own slop nymag.com/intelligence...

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One year ago today, my book, Hell of a Ride, made its way into the world through @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social. It's as bewildering a feeling now as it was then. You can find it at a Canadian indie bookseller here: www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781990...

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Why are Halifax Fire's response times getting slower? Is there anything to be done about it? Answers to these and more questions on my latest for @thecoast.ca

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The easternmost annex of the former Bloomfield School—a site that has been in limbo for years, kicked between the HRM, the province and developers—is now gone. The rest of the building is still to follow. And after? A neighbourhood awaits answers. For @thecoast.ca: www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...

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Crews work to dismantle part of the former Bloomfield School in Halifax's North End after a weekend fire destroyed the building. More to come on @thecoast.ca.

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As the utility continues to struggle to provide reliable service, Nova Scotia Power is increasing your bill. Again.

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Bring back the ice bucket challenge, except this time, the challenge is that governments have to build progressively larger high-speed rail networks. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

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As @hfxwanderersfc.bsky.social enter their second week of the #CanPL preseason, I dove into 7 of the most pressing questions and points of intrigue surrounding the club. Latest for @thecoast.ca: www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...

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Here's the ONLY pedestrian access on Robie this morning. NBD it's just the city's main north-south artery in a pedestrian heavy area

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A growing body of research suggests that Halifax’s most-used de-icing tool—road salt—is harming life in our watershed. And the degree to which road salt is affecting our lakes’ health is reaching levels we haven’t seen before. My story for @thecoast.ca last spring: www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...

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Canadian authors: registration for the Public Lending Right #PLR program is open now until May 1, 2025. This awesome program pays royalties to Canadian authors for books in Canadian public libraries. For those already enrolled, payments should be arriving soon. publiclendingright.ca

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Halifax Wanderers Squad Review 2025 For the seventh year in a row, an in-depth, player-by-player look at Halifax Wanderers' 2025 roster. Now, would someone please pour me a drink. RTs & shares are welcome. fromawayshfx.wixsite.com/fromaways/po... #canpl

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I wrote about this last winter: Fire officials: Bloomfield is a fire trap and people might die www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

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One COVID-era jam session between two old friends sparked the beginning of a Halifax Americana supergroup who, in the months to come, would go on to record within the same walls as some of music’s heaviest hitters. Latest for @thecoast.ca: www.thecoast.ca/arts-music/h...

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One year after Customer Service’s "Live More Forever" EP launched the Halifax band onto the pages of Exclaim!, the foursome are back with their sophomore effort, "to you, after 2000 years." New this week for @thecoast.ca: www.thecoast.ca/arts-music/c...

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Canadian book lovers❤️📚: the GST holiday ends tomorrow Feb 15 so show some love to your favourite independent book shops!

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priority 1 sidewalk and priority 1 road.

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Scoop: The databases powering DOGE.gov are insecure, and people outside the government have already pushed their own updates to the site to prove it: www.404media.co/anyone-can-p...

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In the latest Wanderer Grounds podcast, I chat with @joshrjhealey.bsky.social and @fromawayshfx.bsky.social about the biggest burning questions as @hfxwanderersfc.bsky.social kicks off its 2025 preseason. Plus, Lorenzo Callegari and Giorgio Probo join the show. Listen 🎧: pod.co/wanderer-gro...

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For @thecoast.ca, I spoke with @aysanabee.bsky.social about his upcoming Halifax show and things that feel like more than coincidence. www.thecoast.ca/arts-music/a...

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Dropped into Bookmark on Spring Garden this week to sign a couple more copies of Hell of a Ride, which is fast approaching its one-year anniversary (!!). Find it here: halifax.bookmarkreads.ca/item/LbY7dHg... #canlit

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NEW: @landofsticks.thecoast.ca and I invited @downthepubpod.bsky.social and @fromawayshfx.bsky.social to settle an important question... What is the best all-time @hfxwanderersfc.bsky.social 5-a-side team? We each drafted our own. Listen/subscribe 🎧: pod.co/wanderer-gro...

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Get caught up me and @martinbauman.com as we talk Halifax’s budget debates, the Windsor Street Exchange and the Board of Police Commissioners dropping the ball. New episode of Grand Parade out now!

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Five months after a report laid the blame for Aug. 2021’s shambolic shelter siege at the feet of Halifax police and the HRM, the oversight board that’s supposed to police the former on behalf of the latter seems to want nothing to do with it. New for @thecoast.ca: www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...

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if players are not dropping bars to announce their contract extension, we don't want em 🎤

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Thom Tillis says Trump and Musk can have a little bit of unconstitutional behavior, as a treat www.notus.org/congress/tru...

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Amid all of Trump's political dick-swinging, there's one question on many Haligonians’ minds: How will we survive a trade war when our two biggest grocers have a history of being dicks as well? We've put together a map of local, independent grocers across the HRM. www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...

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"Key resources for environmental data and public health have already been taken down from federal websites, and more could soon vanish." From @theverge.com: www.theverge.com/news/604484/...

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In the latest Wandering Tides episode (out today!), I chat with @hfxtidesfc.bsky.social forward Saorla Miller—the club's first signing born and raised in Halifax—to talk about joining the @nsl.ca and life hacks to eating cheaply in Iceland. Listen/subscribe here 🎧: pod.co/wanderer-gro...

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New: Frenchman Yohan Baï has always been interested in North America. But he's never been, having played nearly the entirety of his professional career in France. That all changes on Tuesday as he flies to join @hfxwanderersfc.bsky.social ahead of pre-season. My latest for wanderersnotebook.ca.

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I usually leave @landofsticks.thecoast.ca to the "guy who rants about City Hall" role, but I have some thoughts about Halifax's mayor and his latest video, in which he laments the outcome of a vote that he lost this week. New for @thecoast.ca: www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...

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Nice bit of business bringing Dunn and Telfer back. The biggest question mark remains at right-back after Zach Fernandez's departure. #CanPL

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“Now I’m the miserable old man, which is perfect.” Comedian Jeremy Hotz, master of misery, performs at the Bruce Guthro Theatre in Halifax tonight. Story for @thecoast.ca: www.thecoast.ca/arts-music/j...

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In 76 days, the @hfxtidesfc.bsky.social season begins. And that moment means something different to each of the team’s players—from the vets returning for one last dance, to the homegrown kids who never dreamt they’d be playing in their backyard. For @thecoast.ca: www.thecoast.ca/news-opinion...

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Long before Truro-born playwright Dane Stewart's show, Resurrection, claimed the top spot on Apple Podcasts’ Arts chart in Canada, he met a man at a bar in Montreal. The chance encounter would transform the next six years of his life. New for @thecoast.ca: www.thecoast.ca/arts-music/t...

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The pedestrian struck at Robie Street / Veterans Memorial Lane last night, a young woman, has died.

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I'm no schedule wizard, but admin could save themselves some time and listen to the Wanderer Grounds podcast while walking Rover. (Also while making cinnamon rolls.)

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Sources: @hfxwanderersfc.bsky.social are set to complete the transfer of forward Massimo Ferrin to York United FC. #CanPL

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