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Discover Halifax through an AI travel genius? No thanks. It’s people who make a visit memorable
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
Discover Halifax through an AI travel genius? No thanks. It's people who make a visit memorable - Halifax Examiner
AI takes the humanity out of travel.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Janet Steele working on a motion to ask Nova Scotia to phase out assessment cap
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
Janet Steele working on a motion to ask Nova Scotia to phase out assessment cap - Halifax Examiner
Steele spoke about her upcoming motion during council's budget committee meeting on Friday.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Is it possible to stay true to ourselves in the age of AI?
By @mmughees.bsky.social
Is it possible to stay true to ourselves in the age of AI? - Halifax Examiner
I wonder if I had met "Comrade" now in the age of AI, would we have succeeded in earning the trust that formed the foundation of our relationship?
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November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Public comments in recent report favour offshore wind, oppose offshore drilling
By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
Public comments in recent report favour offshore wind, oppose offshore drilling - Halifax Examiner
For its "What We Heard Report," the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator (CNSOER) solicited public comments during a two-month period from July until September.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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Tech Won’t Save Us: Paris Marx on the folly of tech hype
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Tech Won't Save Us: Paris Marx on the folly of tech hype - Halifax Examiner
Tech Won't Save Us is geeky in all the right ways, taking on the issues seriously and with new insight.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Budget committee votes against seven more officers for Halifax RCMP
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Budget committee votes against seven more officers for Halifax RCMP - Halifax Examiner
Committee votes in favour of two new intimate partner violence investigators.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Neighbours boiling over new lobster pound in Tantallon area
By @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Neighbours boiling over new lobster pound in Tantallon area - Halifax Examiner
NovaShell previously operated a lobster pound in a rented facility in Mount Uniacke. The owner said move to St. Margarets Bay is meant to provide "another access point for the local fishermen, to brin...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Advocates push for protection of Blue Mountain–Birch Cove Lakes during public session
By Alexandra MacRae
Advocates push for protection of Blue Mountain–Birch Cove Lakes during public session - Halifax Examiner
Residents, city planners, developers, and members of Friends of Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes attended Wednesday's session about Highway 102 West Corridor Lands Special Planning Area.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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The collective madness of ignoring the environmental costs of the AI industry
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
The collective madness of ignoring the environmental costs of the AI industry - Halifax Examiner
Just as humanity is facing the existential crisis of climate change, we're going to add enormous amounts of carbon to the atmosphere by burning more fossil fuels to power ChatFuckingGPT?
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November 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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87% of Bird Canada riders in Halifax use e-scooters, report finds
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87% of Bird Canada riders in Halifax use e-scooters, report finds - Halifax Examiner
Presentation on the update for Bird Canada's e-bike, e-scooter pilot was given to the accessibility advisory committee on Thursday.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Nova Scotia Energy Board approves $685 million transmission line
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Nova Scotia Energy Board approves $685 million transmission line - Halifax Examiner
A project decades in the making to relieve a bottleneck and increase the ability to move electricity between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick moved a step closer Thursday.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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Andy Fillmore says ‘nothing is off the table’ when it comes to making cuts in Halifax budget
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Andy Fillmore says 'nothing is off the table' when it comes to making cuts in Halifax budget - Halifax Examiner
Council votes in favour of mayor's motion to consider options for financial restraint.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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‘We’re not fooled’: No Desert Data Center’s fight against Project Blue is a common one across North America
Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social
'We're not fooled': No Desert Data Center's fight against Project Blue is a common one across North America - Halifax Examiner
An interview with a member of a coalition fighting to stop a data centre in Tucson, Arizona.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Nova Scotia Power says ‘estimated’ bills will be adjusted in future
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Nova Scotia Power says ‘estimated’ bills will be adjusted in future - Halifax Examiner
Nova Scotia Power employees are busy dealing with people disputing high amounts on “estimated” bills received this month.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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N.S. NDP calls for answers about ‘dire situation’ at Cobequid Community Health Centre
By @dentremy.bsky.social
N.S. NDP calls for answers about 'dire situation' at Cobequid Community Health Centre - Halifax Examiner
Two weeks ago, Sackville-Cobequid MLA Paul Wozney wrote to health minister after panicked emergency department doctor called on day that was "worst on record" with overcrowding and patients being turn...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Halifax council passes motions on road safety engineering and communications
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Halifax council passes motions on road safety engineering and communications - Halifax Examiner
Councillors Laura White and Sam Austin introduced motions same day council heard presentation on 2025 Road Safety Annual Report.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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‘Report, then think, then write’
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
'Report, then think, then write' - Halifax Examiner
Thoughts on thinking, and what AI summaries miss — in journalism, medicine, therapy, and beyond.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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A Saint John-born Trump supporter wants to power a data centre in Lorneville, New Brunswick. The community is fighting back
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A Saint John-born Trump supporter wants to power a data centre in Lorneville, New Brunswick. The community is fighting back - Halifax Examiner
Lorneville residents attended a town hall on Nov. 5 where VoltaGrid and Beacon AI tried to make their pitch.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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‘Fear and uncertainty’: The impacts of international student policy changes
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'Fear and uncertainty': The impacts of international student policy changes - Halifax Examiner
As federal government tightens international student enrolment and work permit criteria, many international students are facing uncertainty and fear for their futures.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Exploitation all the way down: generative AI is built upon terrible human misery
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Exploitation all the way down: generative AI is built upon terrible human misery - Halifax Examiner
Besides the exploitation of these thousands of workers, what strikes me about the training work is that the entire AI industry — and all of the supposed great leaps of "artificial intelligence" that i...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Liberals demand action on questionable power bills
By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
Liberals demand action on questionable power bills - Halifax Examiner
"People are doing their own meter readings, and can clearly show that the amounts they are being charged are not accurate. These are not minor discrepancies — they are significant overcharges that are...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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‘Potential debris may splash down:’ Maritime Launch plans to send up a high-power rocket from Canso this week
By @joanbaxter.bsky.social
‘Potential debris may splash down:’ Maritime Launch plans to send up a high-power rocket from Canso this week - Halifax Examiner
Countdown is on for the rocket's launch, a rocket we know little about, a launch closed to the media, and about which the people who live in the area have not even been informed.
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November 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Technologies are not neutral, and AI is no different
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Technologies are not neutral, and AI is no different - Halifax Examiner
"We have not yet learned to think of technology as having ideology incorporated into its very form."
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November 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Road safety, Bee City, and the 2026-2027 budget at Halifax regional council this week
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
Road safety, Bee City, and the 2026-2027 budget at Halifax regional council this week - Halifax Examiner
What's on the agenda for Tuesday, Nov. 18 and Nov. 19.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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‘A reminder of what we stand to lose’: Divers find vibrant sea life in Dartmouth Cove
By @suzannerent.bsky.social
'A reminder of what we stand to lose': Divers find vibrant sea life in Dartmouth Cove - Halifax Examiner
On Saturday, divers captured photos of starfish, mussel beds, anemones, hermit crabs, sculpins, and more.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM