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Because we're Canada. Wednesday's editorial cartoon by @CH_Cartoon #HumboldtStrong #HumboldtBroncos
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Nova Scotia’s heroes: Saturday’s editorial cartoon by Bruce MacKinnon @CH_Cartoon #NSFire
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The whole world seems to be by the bedside of @Harryslaststand , the beloved anti-poverty campaigner, and, at 95, the “world’s oldest rebel," writes columnist @CH_coalblackhrt
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Seven years ago today, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was killed while on ceremonial guard duty at the National War memorial in Ottawa. Here's the tribute from @CH_Cartoon originally published in 2014 as well as our story on the 5th anniversary of the tragedy.
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Editorial cartoonist Bruce MacKinnon's tribute to singer-songwriter Bruce Guthro, whose music lives on in us all. @CH_Cartoon
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PM @JustinTrudeau poses for a photo with his son Hadrian before a canoe event at Lake Banook in Dartmouth this morning as part of @NAIG2023
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As she waited in the ER at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre on New Year's Eve, Ali Holthoff kept telling her husband "I’m dying here, they’re going to let me die." It was 7 hours till she saw a doctor. And that evening, she died.
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"It’s an unnecessary tax, it will not do anything to further our shared commitment to preserving the planet, it will not do anything to further our shared commitment to fight the changing climate," said Premier Tim Houston.
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Seems like a good day to reshare a Bruce MacKinnon cartoon from March 2015.
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From March, 2015: #HalifaxBlizzard
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"Her light however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from and draw inspiration," Nichelle Nichols's son wrote of his late mother.
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Jann Arden won’t be flying the friendly skies with WestJet after the airline allowed Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to commandeer the PA system on a flight from Quebec City to Calgary this week.
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@DarB431 @deAdder Dear @DarB431 , We welcome the fact that you’re “coming for” us and welcome the opportunity to inform and educate you. Not sure who you’re winning your country back from - Canada is a democracy. P.S.: you sure as heck aren’t Canada. Regards and stay warm, The Media
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Tuesday's editorial cartoon by @deAdder #USpoli #ChildrenInCages
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First student with Down syndrome enrolled at Cape Breton University a role model to peers | Saltwire
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Bruce MacKinnon's tribute to Cpl. Nathan Cirillo has drawn global attention, accolades. Reax: http://t.co/HxnrBUMyon http://t.co/N6m2HsSZt1
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Like many viewers over the past week, @CH_Cartoon , a cartoonist for The Chronicle Herald, was gripped by Ford’s televised testimony at the Senate Judiciary Committee #KavanaughHearings
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Peace by Chocolate opens first Halifax shop with 40 new flavours | The Chronicle Herald
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75 years ago today, business owner Viola Desmond refused to move from the whites-only section in a New Glasgow movie theatre. She changed history.
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Bruce MacKinnon cartoon for Saturday, August 20
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UPDATED: Passengers say Air Canada flight hit power line while landing at Halifax airport | http://t.co/YA8tDRrcuU http://t.co/1dBkVu5L2V
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A pair of queens: Friday's Bruce MacKinnon editorial cartoon a wee bit early this week (just because).
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Caleb Doary remembered as athlete, top student. http://t.co/bE9yA3TV4d http://t.co/kQecACouQB
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Exhausted and emotional, volunteer firefighter Capt. Brett Tetanish spoke to reporters at the command centre set up at the St. Margaret’s Centre for the Upper Tantallon wildfire on Monday morning about battling a historically destructive wildfire.
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Columnist Jim Vibert weighs in on the @deadder Trump cartoon controversy
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The Nova Scotia Liquor Commission pulled Russian-made products from its shelves Friday afternoon, and instructed its IT staff to wipe them from its website.
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Michelle Obama will be giving a speech in Halifax on Oct. 18. The non-profit Nova Scotia Co-operative Council announced the appearance today as part of its 75th anniversary celebrations.
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Crosby donates $50,000 to N.S. Special Olympics
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. @deAdder drew this cartoon following the tragic shooting deaths of four people in Fredericton on Friday.
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NDP Leader Claudia Chender was expelled from the legislature today after standing by her statement that not every student in Nova Scotia has access to food in school.
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This weekend's Editorial Cartoon by @CH_Cartoon
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In P.E.I., mask mandates for public spaces will remain until April 28. Quebec also recently made the same move. Do you think Nova Scotia should bring back its mask mandates?
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First victim of RCAF Cyclone helicopter crash identified; Abbigail Cowbrough played Amazing Grace on bagpipes on board HMCS Fredericton last Friday in tribute to Nova Scotia's mass shooting victims
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Stay tuned Saturday morning for Bruce MacKinnon’s latest editorial cartoon. We think it’s pretty special. Here’s a tiny teaser. #NSFire #firefighters
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Annapolis Valley student who publicized rape-themed shirt has suspension revoked | The Chronicle Herald
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The Canadian women’s softball team, coached by Falmouth’s Mark Smith, beat Mexico 3-2 for the bronze medal today at Yokohama Stadium in Tokyo. The medal was Canada's first in the history of Olympic softball.
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Halifax’s Ben Proudfoot along with co-director Kris Bowers win the Oscar for best documentary short for The Last Repair Shop #Oscars Proudfoot won in 2022 for The Queen of Basketball
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'The Last Repair Shop' wins the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Film. Congratulations! #Oscars
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BREAKING NEWS: HRM has announced its closing five homeless encampments, including the ones in the Grand Parade, Victoria Park. Residents have been told to vacate by Feb. 26.
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Condolences pour in for family of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, killed in #OttawaShooting http://t.co/EwHwozM3TU http://t.co/KWWGZLJT0b
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BREAKING: Former U.S. president Barack Obama to speak in Halifax on Nov. 13
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A fawn stumbled up to volunteer firefighter Calen Goulden as he tried to keep the flames from the Shelburne County wildfire away from his home in Carlton Village. A second was lying nearby.
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A Halifax County sex worker has won her small claims court case against a client for an unpaid fee for services. The adjudicator ruled that sex work is entitled to the same legal protection as other business enterprises.
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Trudeau tops international headlines for happily greeting refugees #WelcomeToCanada
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Human rights lawyer Vince Calderhead says the numbers are stark. A non-disabled single person on welfare in Nova Scotia will get only $9,739 this year, more than $18,000 below the poverty line in Halifax.
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Robin States lost everything the July 21 night she scrambled out her Three Mile Plains apartment window as floodwaters rose inside. But this week, her landlady surprised her with keys to her old apartment - fully restored, renovated and furnished.
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7 years
Today's editorial cartoon by Bruce MacKinnon, a tribute to Gord Downie
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Bruce MacKinnon skewers Donald Trump once again in today's editorial cartoon: 2018-08-30 - Editorial Cartoon
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She's still the one: Shania Twain returned to Halifax on Monday night to a sold-out crowd of over 9,200 adoring fans.
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9 years
. @rickygervais auctions guitar to help Darwin, the Ikea monkey.
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Monday's editorial cartoon by @deadder . This one's for you, #HumboldtBroncos #broncostrong #HumboldtStrong
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Zoe's owners were killed in Sunday's shooting rampage. She was shot, too, but was rushed to the vet and survived, thanks to the compassion of an RCMP officer
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Timing is everything. It made the difference for this osprey when it nabbed a trout from Albro Lake in Dartmouth, and for Tim Krochak when he captured the bird of prey in its element.
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As she waited in the emergency room at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre on New Year's Eve, Allison Holthoff kept telling her husband "I’m dying here, they’re going to let me die."
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4 years
Updates with write-thru of story, adds photo of honour procession for RCMP officer who was killed
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Thursday's editorial cartoon by @CH_Cartoon , a tribute to Stephen Hawking #Starman
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Missing Indigenous girl Molly Martin found safe in Cape Breton | The Chronicle Herald
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Cartoon by Bruce MacKinnon @CH_Cartoon
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Wherever you meet them. Whenever they arrive. Please welcome our Ukrainian friends.
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We got this lovely postcard delivered to the newsroom today from the U.K. It’s not signed. But if the author sees this - thank you, from 🇨🇦. We, too, will always remember them.
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N.S. judge bans anti-mask rallies, calls organizers 'uninformed or willfully blind to the scientific and medical evidence'
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He's done it again! @CH_Cartoon wins his 4th National Newspaper Award. http://t.co/bqaPLKMKwh http://t.co/3NFSMhkpmD
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Vocal supporters of the LGBTQIA2S+ community overwhelmed the planned 1 Million March 4 Children - protesting the teaching of gender diversity in schools - in downtown Halifax on Wednesday.
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BREAKING Nova Scotia doubling fines for those who break gathering limits to $2,000 after big parties in Halifax. Premier Ian Rankin says he and Dr. Strang are "infuriated." Other restrictions planned including travel and gatherings. General school closure NOT planned.
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Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau leaves a hotel in downtown Halifax just before 10 a.m. today, on the way to make a campaign announcement. We'll have details soon after he speaks.
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Today marks a decade since Rehtaeh Parsons’ death. If you find a painted beach stone stamped with a message of hope in Cole Harbour, Leah Parsons says you've found a stone that represents a piece of her daughter's energy and exuberance.
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First student with Down syndrome enrolled at Cape Breton University a role model to peers | Saltwire
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Tori Yeoman, the owner of Pride Beauty Lounge in Lower Sackville, specializing in salon services for the LGBTQ+2S and BIPOC communities, has had to almost triple their staff since opening.
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Latest forecast from @frankiemacd : Wicked storm of bobbleheads!
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Holocaust survivor Philip Riteman dies at age 96. He brought his story of the horrors of concentration camps to thousands -- along with the message that it is always better to love than hate
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P.E.I. Premier Dennis King and the four MPs from P.E.I. are all proposing to lower the costs of using both the bridge and the Northumberland Ferries Ltd. service, which connects P.E.I. to Nova Scotia eight months a year, to $20.
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This morning, we'll be covering the unveiling of the Stalker 22 monument at 12 Wing Shearwater, dedicated to the memory of Master Cpl. Matthew Cousins, Sub-Lt. Abbigail Cowbrough, Capt. Kevin Hagen, Capt. Brenden MacDonald, Capt. Maxime Miron-Morin, and Sub-Lt. Matthew Pyke.
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Stalker 22, come in. Over.
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Show us your #doublerainbow photos, folks 🙂 🌈🌈
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Halifax’s weather put me in a mood today, but this made up for it.
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Editorial cartoonist Michael de Adder's mom died Tuesday and our hearts our broken for him and his family. And we should all be so lucky to be remembered with an obituary like this one, at the end of such a fierce and delightful and generous life.
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Margaret M. Deadder | Obituaries | The Chronicle Herald
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As she waited in the emergency room at the Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre on New Year's Eve, Allison Holthoff kept telling her husband "I’m dying here, they’re going to let me die."
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Pool produces Canada's first medal in Rio with a women's relay bronze #Rio2016
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With Monday's 10th win, Halifax's Mattea Roach became just one of only 13 players to have won 10 Jeopardy! games or more, and the only Canadian to have done so.
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