Taryn Grant
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Taryn Grant
@taryngrant.bsky.social
CBC reporter covering stories for and about people in Nova Scotia. Longtime gone Calgarian in Halifax.

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🏆Congratulations to Taryn Grant at CBC Atlantic Voice for winning the Silver CAJ Award for Community Broadcast for "On the doorstep."

🏆Félicitations à Taryn Grant de CBC Atlantic Voice pour avoir remporté le Prix ACJ argent pour Journalisme en Radiodiffusion Communautaire pour "On the doorstep."
June 1, 2025 at 3:34 AM
N.S. Premier Tim Houston went on Fox News while in Manhattan this week to make the case against tariffs.

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Tim Houston appears on Fox News to make case against Trump tariffs | CBC News
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston took to American cable TV on Thursday to make the case for resolving the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada.
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March 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is backing down on proposed changes to the Auditor General Act that critics — including the auditor general herself — said would weaken the independence of the office. #nspoli

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N.S. premier will withdraw changes that would have allowed auditor general to be fired without cause | CBC News
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is backing down on proposed changes to the Auditor General Act that critics — including the auditor general herself — said would weaken the independence of the office.
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February 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
A real-life example of why the work of the auditor general matters to everyday Nova Scotians, and why they’re worried about what Premier Tim Houston is proposing to do to her office.

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Women who fought for out-of-province care worry about fate of auditor general report | CBC News
Premier Tim Houston asked for an audit of out-of-province care last fall, but now he's proposing major shakeups to the auditor general's office.
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February 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Didn’t expect to feel warm fuzzies listening to a true crime podcast, but, delightfully, that’s what this episode gave me.

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The bogeyman and the hard luck lawyer: From murder trial to redemption
Podcast Episode · Crime Story · 2025-02-17 · 37m
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February 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Premier Tim Houston's government is using its supermajority in the legislature to give itself the power to fire the auditor general without cause and make reports from the office private. #nspoli

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Nova Scotia government giving itself the power to fire the auditor general | CBC News
Premier Tim Houston’s government is using its supermajority in the legislature to give itself the power to fire the auditor general without cause and make reports from the office private.
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February 18, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Great piece from my colleague Frances Willick on Nova Scotia’s long-standing uranium ban, which the Houston gov has been musing about lifting. #nspoli

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Digging into Nova Scotia's uranium ban — and what may come next | CBC News
Nova Scotia has had a ban on uranium exploration and mining for almost 45 years, but that could end soon. How did we get here? And what's next?
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February 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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The Nova Scotia government is invoking a rarely used legal provision to allow an Australian company to explore for lithium on private woodland without permission from the landowners.

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Nova Scotia steps over private landowner to allow for lithium exploration | CBC News
The Nova Scotia government is invoking a rarely used legal provision to allow an Australian company to explore for lithium on private woodland without permission from the landowners.
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February 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Nova Scotia government is invoking a rarely used legal provision to allow an Australian company to explore for lithium on private woodland without permission from the landowners.

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Nova Scotia steps over private landowner to allow for lithium exploration | CBC News
The Nova Scotia government is invoking a rarely used legal provision to allow an Australian company to explore for lithium on private woodland without permission from the landowners.
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February 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Nova Scotia sees more than $3-million in clawbacks from federal health transfer as private medical imaging grows and Ottawa clamps down on private health care, by @taryngrant.bsky.social
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N.S. losing out on health transfers as private medical imaging grows | CBC News
Over the past two years, Ottawa has clawed back more than $3 million from Nova Scotia because some patients are paying out of pocket for MRI and ultrasound. The clawbacks are likely to grow as private...
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January 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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N.S. faces federal clawbacks to health funding as private imaging sector grows www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... @taryngrant.bsky.social

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January 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Great immersive reporting.

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Shell Game
Technology Podcast · 7 Episodes · Weekly Series
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January 10, 2025 at 2:08 AM
One more time for the people in the back: “It is not women’s work to change or fix men.”

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Gisèle Pelicot has rewritten her story – and electrified women all over the world. But what about men? | Rebecca Solnit
This was an extraordinary response to unimaginable crimes. Yet true change will only come when men engage with the culture that led us here, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit
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December 20, 2024 at 2:33 AM
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Got to write a fun little feature on the wonders of FB Marketplace and how it's drawing people back in to the social media platform so many of us ditched.
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Not just for your parents: Facebook's buy-and-sell platform drawing back millennials
HALIFAX - A historic 400-kilogram anchor that was dragged up from the ocean floor off Cape St. Mary’s in Newfoundland sits propped up against a tree in front of Tyler
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December 9, 2024 at 12:56 PM