Antonia Zwissler
@abezetario.bsky.social
Typewriter monkey in Kjipuktuk
Reporter for Grand Parade
Reporter for Grand Parade
Pinned
I’m getting the scoop the same way you do! Eavesdropping on the party line, smoking on street corners, decoding messages in the personals ads…
Rent did not neglect important questions about fiscal sustainability! Really enjoyed this and so excited for the series.
Starting this week, I have a series of interviews with mayors from across Nova Scotia. My first interview is with Bridgewater Mayor David Mitchell.
I hope to have an interview every week for the entire year. So far, I’ve received a “yes” for every request
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
I hope to have an interview every week for the entire year. So far, I’ve received a “yes” for every request
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Bridgewater Mayor David Mitchell: 'If you want to bring about change, you need to be part of that' - Halifax Examiner
Mitchell served as a councillor for two terms and has been mayor since 2016.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
January 12, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Rent did not neglect important questions about fiscal sustainability! Really enjoyed this and so excited for the series.
Reposted by Antonia Zwissler
Oh hey, how was your break? Ours was great. New paper is out tomorrow at Atlantic News or @kingsbookstore.bsky.social.
On the front, a garbage story by @abezetario.bsky.social
On the back, water rates and landuse planning by @landofsticks.bsky.social
On the front, a garbage story by @abezetario.bsky.social
On the back, water rates and landuse planning by @landofsticks.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Oh hey, how was your break? Ours was great. New paper is out tomorrow at Atlantic News or @kingsbookstore.bsky.social.
On the front, a garbage story by @abezetario.bsky.social
On the back, water rates and landuse planning by @landofsticks.bsky.social
On the front, a garbage story by @abezetario.bsky.social
On the back, water rates and landuse planning by @landofsticks.bsky.social
Seriously considering packing up to eke out a life in the woods because I couldn’t verify a stat I want to put in an article. Woodland reclusion is preferable to misinformation. “When in doubt, leave it out.”
"An important distinction needs to be made between carefully reported and fact-checked articles and what seems like a glut of information at our fingertips at all times...social media reports offer relatively few new facts that have been borne out of rigorous reporting."
By Victor Pickard
By Victor Pickard
Why the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s closure exposes a growing threat to democracy
When reputable local news outlets close, fewer people vote and get involved in local politics, and misinformation, corruption and polarization increase.
theconversation.com
January 10, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Seriously considering packing up to eke out a life in the woods because I couldn’t verify a stat I want to put in an article. Woodland reclusion is preferable to misinformation. “When in doubt, leave it out.”
I should have started working at 9,
I didn’t and the fault is mine,
Now I watch ‘24 council meeting,
Outside it is rain and sleeting.
I didn’t and the fault is mine,
Now I watch ‘24 council meeting,
Outside it is rain and sleeting.
January 7, 2026 at 7:35 PM
I should have started working at 9,
I didn’t and the fault is mine,
Now I watch ‘24 council meeting,
Outside it is rain and sleeting.
I didn’t and the fault is mine,
Now I watch ‘24 council meeting,
Outside it is rain and sleeting.
Reposted by Antonia Zwissler
Get in losers we're advocating for fiscally sustainable land use.
The Halifax Regional Municipality is developing a Suburban Plan to guide growth and change in suburban areas. Learn more: buff.ly/kTGlkVL
January 6, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Get in losers we're advocating for fiscally sustainable land use.
All quiet at Dartmouth Cove today
January 5, 2026 at 7:16 PM
All quiet at Dartmouth Cove today
Skade parg
I'm not aware of any other Council override of a Strong Mayor veto.
This may be a first in Ontario. (again, I'm not 100% sure)
Sarnia Council votes 6-3, the minimum 2/3rd super-majority requirement, to override a veto issued by Mayor Mike Bradley #onmuni
www.thesarniajournal.ca/news/council...
This may be a first in Ontario. (again, I'm not 100% sure)
Sarnia Council votes 6-3, the minimum 2/3rd super-majority requirement, to override a veto issued by Mayor Mike Bradley #onmuni
www.thesarniajournal.ca/news/council...
Council overrides mayoral veto to restore funding for Sarnia BACE project
Sarnia City Council has voted 6-3 to override Mayor Mike Bradley’s veto, reinstating a $4.1-million funding commitment for the community-driven Sarnia BACE recreation campus.
www.thesarniajournal.ca
January 5, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Skade parg
Being a relatively unknown reporter is nice because not only do you get to say the name of your paper three times in a row like a spell before people get it, you ALSO get to send emails into the void. (Wouldn’t trade it for anything.)
January 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Being a relatively unknown reporter is nice because not only do you get to say the name of your paper three times in a row like a spell before people get it, you ALSO get to send emails into the void. (Wouldn’t trade it for anything.)
I got an NS archives card to write this piece. It’s so easy and the archives are so cool.
Also, the Examiner agreed to publish my words. Lucky me :)
Also, the Examiner agreed to publish my words. Lucky me :)
Remembering Red Herring Co-op Books in Halifax
By Antonia Zwissler
By Antonia Zwissler
Remembering Red Herring Co-op Books in Halifax - Halifax Examiner
As robots write articles and premiers ban books, it is as good a time as any to look back at the exploits of a very human bookstore.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
January 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
I got an NS archives card to write this piece. It’s so easy and the archives are so cool.
Also, the Examiner agreed to publish my words. Lucky me :)
Also, the Examiner agreed to publish my words. Lucky me :)
Reposted by Antonia Zwissler
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
December 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, creative works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 will enter the public domain in the US, like:
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
💄 Dizzy Dishes, first Betty Boop cartoon
🕵️♀️ First 4 Nancy Drew novels
🚂 The Little Engine That Could
🎩 Morocco
🍑 Georgia on My Mind
and many more!
🧵👇
Wtf are the specs for bluesky banner photos???
December 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Wtf are the specs for bluesky banner photos???
If you go out in Halifax tonight… wear your helmets and your skates. Or just army crawl it
December 30, 2025 at 12:45 AM
If you go out in Halifax tonight… wear your helmets and your skates. Or just army crawl it
I wrote some of these words!
Our copy editor finished their edits with the line "This issue is sick btw." So you should check it out tomorrow morning at Atlantic News, the @kingsbookstore.bsky.social or online at www.grandparade.news.
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I wrote some of these words!
Reposted by Antonia Zwissler
More than anything else, I'm quite annoyed that the province is making the city do a public hearing, to get public input on a plan that the province has zero plan of listening to. It's just disrespectful and contemptuous of Haligonians' time and of our municipal democracy.
/fin
/fin
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
More than anything else, I'm quite annoyed that the province is making the city do a public hearing, to get public input on a plan that the province has zero plan of listening to. It's just disrespectful and contemptuous of Haligonians' time and of our municipal democracy.
/fin
/fin
Will you ever own a home without crippling debt? Read this article to find out… (spoiler alert if you didn’t buy one in 2007 the answer is no & that’s on u)
New paper out tomorrow. Check your inbox or head on over to Atlantic News or the King's Co-op Bookstore!
December 8, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Will you ever own a home without crippling debt? Read this article to find out… (spoiler alert if you didn’t buy one in 2007 the answer is no & that’s on u)
By me… I have some more relevant photos I want to try and share
New paper out tomorrow. Check your inbox or head on over to Atlantic News or the King's Co-op Bookstore!
December 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
By me… I have some more relevant photos I want to try and share
One full page of my notebook is gone, if anyone finds it fluttering around, lmk
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
One full page of my notebook is gone, if anyone finds it fluttering around, lmk
Only learned today that advance publications (of condé nast) owns like a lottt of Reddit shares? Incidentally learned through that that condé nast isn’t just its own thing. Everything is always like 5 other things, dang.
November 28, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Only learned today that advance publications (of condé nast) owns like a lottt of Reddit shares? Incidentally learned through that that condé nast isn’t just its own thing. Everything is always like 5 other things, dang.
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BREAKING NEWS: #NovaScotia has approved HRM's bylaw on #DartmouthCove
news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/11/2...
news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/11/2...
Minister Approves HRM’s Planning Changes for Dartmouth Cove With Amendments
news.novascotia.ca
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
BREAKING NEWS: #NovaScotia has approved HRM's bylaw on #DartmouthCove
news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/11/2...
news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/11/2...
Also 10% cut to program grants, reducing services and increasing rates. To keep the tax rate flat. I feel like I’m gonna have to wear my coat in council chambers bc at this point the heat may also need to be shut off to keep the tax rate flat.
Oh, he has a list, it's mostly cuts. Like cutting HalifACT funding.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Also 10% cut to program grants, reducing services and increasing rates. To keep the tax rate flat. I feel like I’m gonna have to wear my coat in council chambers bc at this point the heat may also need to be shut off to keep the tax rate flat.
Good morning budget morning
What is up democracy superfans today is the day where we decide the future (next fiscal year) of our fair city. It's a packed house in chambers and I am on a comically large laptop used for D&D.
If you're DM here's the link to the world
www.worldanvil.com/w/nd26dp-lan...
If you're DM here's the link to the world
www.worldanvil.com/w/nd26dp-lan...
Floating Island World Map 19 Dec 19
Map of geographic regions of Floating Island. Settlements marked but not named.
www.worldanvil.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Good morning budget morning
Yeah im an “amateur local cartographer” (couldn’t make it to Eisner Cove Wetland before part two of this piece)
An earlier version of the Board of Police Commissioners story incorrectly said that the Board’s motions still need to be approved by the council. They do not. We regret the error. Police reform in Halifax is officially underway.
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Yeah im an “amateur local cartographer” (couldn’t make it to Eisner Cove Wetland before part two of this piece)
Thinking about silt tn wby
November 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Thinking about silt tn wby