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Alec Bruce

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As seen in: The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star, Maclean's, Waterloo Region Record, The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON), Toronto.com, Brampton Guardian, GuelphMercury.com, The Peterborough Examiner, St. Catharines Standard and
Covers:  Culture, communities, local heroes, business, politics, education, arts, energy, technology, environment
Doesn't Cover: Retailing, real estate, entertainment, celebrities
Writer, Author | MFA | The Cooperators: The People Behind the Rebirth of a Nova Scotia Movement 1949-2024

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Alec Bruce is a multiple-award-winning writer and author. A former reporter, columnist, and editor for The Globe and Mail, Report on Business, Financial Times of Canada, and the Moncton Times & Transcript, he’s a senior contributor to Atlantic Business Magazine, Saltscapes Magazine, and the Atlantic Salmon Journal. He is currently the Editor of the Guysborough Journal and Antigonish This Week, weekly newspapers covering all of Guysborough County, Antigonish, and the Eastern Shore of Halifax Reg…

Alec Bruce’s Journalist Portfolio

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Can Premier Tim Houston Take the 'No' out of Nova Scotia? | Atlantic Business Magazine

Can Premier Tim Houston Take the 'No' out of Nova Scotia? | Atlantic Business Magazine

The story behind Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston's new resource push and the politics of pressure

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Atlantic Business Magazine's 2025 CEO of the Year, John Flewelling | Atlantic Business Magazine

Atlantic Business Magazine's 2025 CEO of the Year, John Flewelling | Atlantic Business Magazine

Six years after stepping into the top job at Nova Scotia-based CBCL, John Flewelling has transformed the lega…

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Requiem for a writer: Harry Bruce (1934-2024) | Atlantic Business Magazine

Requiem for a writer: Harry Bruce (1934-2024) | Atlantic Business Magazine

Harry Bruce died in Halifax at the age of 90 on August 18, 2024. One clear morning in 1972, when I was 11 and…

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Plague times in Borderland - Saltscapes Magazine

Plague times in Borderland - Saltscapes Magazine

Saltscapes Magazine features the best of Atlantic Canada. Food & Drink, Home & Garden, Music & Culture, Uniqu…

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Where are they now? 2008 Top 50 CEO Hall of Famer, Steven Burns | Atlantic Business Magazine

Where are they now? 2008 Top 50 CEO Hall of Famer, Steven Burns | Atlantic Business Magazine

Top 50 CEO Hall of Famer Steven Burns explains why he came out of retirement to run the IT security company h…

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Building a better Bridgetown - Saltscapes Magazine

Building a better Bridgetown - Saltscapes Magazine

Saltscapes Magazine features the best of Atlantic Canada. Food & Drink, Home & Garden, Music & Culture, Uniqu…

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Articles

Square Roots finds support remains strong despite winter slowdown

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By Alec Bruce 
| Penticton Herald
GUYSBOROUGH – When orders through the Square Roots affordable food program dropped from as much as 2,000 pounds of produce to roughly 500 over the winter, organizer Rhonda Procure began to wonder whether the community still needed the service. A recent survey provided a reassuring answer. “We’re here for the community, so we want to be there for them however we can,” Boylston's Procure told The Journal last week. “We figured that was just a good way to reach out to them.” And why not?
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Maritime Launch reveals construction roadmap for spaceport

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By Alec Bruce 
| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON)
CANSO – For years, residents of this wind-swept coastal community between the great big sea and the big blue yonder could only imagine what a commercial spaceport on Nova Scotia’s Eastern shore might one day look like. Now, according to Maritime Launch Services CEO Stephen Matier, the wait will soon be over.
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Maritime Launch reveals construction roadmap for spaceport

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By Alec Bruce 
| Guysborough-Antigonish Journal
CANSO – For years, residents of this wind-swept coastal community between the great big sea and the big blue yonder could only imagine what a commercial spaceport on Nova Scotia’s Eastern shore might one day look like. Now, according to Maritime Launch Services CEO Stephen Matier, the wait will soon be over.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Features writer.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yup.

How is social media changing news?

It's about short attention spans. Allow me to elucidate with ten extraordinarily well-reasoned points. First. . .ooo. . .is that a donut?

Awards

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Atlantic Journalism Awards

2024 - Commentary

Silver

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International Regional Magazine Association Awards

2022 - Writer of the Year

Bronze

International Regional Magazine Association Awards

2022 - General Feature

Award of Merit

Atlantic Journalism Awards

2014 - Commentary

Silver

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Atlantic Journalism Awards

2014 - Magazine Article

Silver

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Atlantic Journalism Awards

2012 - Commentary

Silver

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International TABBIES Awards

2011 - Regular Column

Gold

Atlantic Journalism Awards

2011 - Profile Article

Silver

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International TABBIES Awards

2010 - Regular Column

Gold

Atlantic Journalism Awards

2010 - Commentary

Gold

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Atlantic Journalism Awards

2010 - Magazine Article

Gold

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International TABBIES Awards

2009 - Feature Article

Merit

Atlantic Journalism Awards

2009 - Business Reporting

Silver

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Atlantic Journalism Awards

2009 - Magazine Article

Silver

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Atlantic Journalism Awards

2008 - Commentary

Gold

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Atlantic Journalism Awards

2007 - Magazine Article

Silver

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Atlantic Journalism Awards

2007 - Magazine Article

Silver

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Atlantic Journalism Awards

2006 - Commentary

Gold

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Kenneth R. Wilson Awards

2005 - Feature Article

Finalist

Canadian Community Newsmedia Awards (CCNAwards)

2025 - Excellence in Rural Reporting

2nd Place

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