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Journalist. Formerly with @globalnews @cbcns
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Iraqi family connecting with community through the making of Ottoman empire's beloved dessert

Iraqi family connecting with community through the making of Ottoman empire's beloved dessert

Global News — The story of the baklava is a controversial one as many groups such as Turks, Arabs, Jews and Greeks claim the dessert as their own. But regardless of how these groups prepare their baklava in Canada or elsewhere, what they all have in common is their commitment to family, love of traditional food and the immigrant experience.
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Halifax author turns his debut novel into a treasure hunt for kids and families

Halifax author turns his debut novel into a treasure hunt for kids and families

Global News — Halifax-based author Richard Levangie is inviting families and kids to go on a treasure hunt inspired by his debut novel Secrets of the Hotel Maisonneuve.
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Immigrant, refugee women face 'complex barriers' when accessing supports to escape domestic viole...

Immigrant, refugee women face 'complex barriers' when accessing supports to escape domestic viole...

Global News — Many immigrant and refugee women experience a lack of access to resources and a lack of knowledge on where those resources are located, which are crucial if they're trying to escape domestic violence.
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Fundy Geological Museum studying evidence of ancient life found along the Parrsboro Shore

Fundy Geological Museum studying evidence of ancient life found along the Parrsboro Shore

Global News — In the summer of last year, a geology enthusiast stood in front of a cliff along Parrsboro beach that held markings of "a whole ecosystem" from millions of years ago.
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Health Association of African Canadians addresses community mistrust of COVID-19 vaccine

Health Association of African Canadians addresses community mistrust of COVID-19 vaccine

Global News — An infectious diseases physician addressed a group of people online saying that many Black people in North America are mistrustful of the COVID-19 vaccine for reasons that are rooted in the history of health issues in the African diaspora.
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'Sense of community is a strength': SMU researchers look into impact of COVID-19 on N.S. communit...

'Sense of community is a strength': SMU researchers look into impact of COVID-19 on N.S. communit...

Global News — A research team at St. Mary's University in Halifax released a new study on Tuesday that looks into the impact of COVID-19 on communities across Nova Scotia and shows that communities are coming together to help each other during a time of need.
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Mi'kmaw communities to provide more mental health and addictions support following new funding

Mi'kmaw communities to provide more mental health and addictions support following new funding

Global News — Mi'kmaw communities and organizations across Nova Scotia will be able to provide more mental health and addictions support with new government funding announced on Wednesday.
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Nova Scotia invests $360K in housing facility for criminalized women transitioning back to societ...

Nova Scotia invests $360K in housing facility for criminalized women transitioning back to societ...

Global News — Nova Scotia announced Wednesday that a total investment of $360,000 has been made to the Elizabeth Fry Society's Holly House for the next two years in an effort to enhance access to housing and supports.
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Nova Scotia chess clubs say Netflix series 'The Queen's Gambit' increasing interest in the game

Nova Scotia chess clubs say Netflix series 'The Queen's Gambit' increasing interest in the game

Global News — The Netflix series The Queen's Gambit has inspired many around the world, and locally as well, to buy a chess board or dust off the one they already have in the basement to play with a family member or friend.
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N.B. poet laureate says pandemic proving to be 'kind of renaissance for writers in Canada'

N.B. poet laureate says pandemic proving to be 'kind of renaissance for writers in Canada'

Global News — Every aspect of society and life has been touched by the COVID-19 pandemic, including writers who are making the most of it by spending more time with their creative muse- no physical distancing needed. For Reem Fayyad, a Moncton-based poet and full-time working mom, the pandemic has given her the gift of time.
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'This is a huge loss': Director of Craft N.S. says 60% of crafters seeing drop in sales

'This is a huge loss': Director of Craft N.S. says 60% of crafters seeing drop in sales

Global News — COVID-19 has impacted nearly every industry in Nova Scotia, including crafters and craft organizations who rely on retail shows and exhibitions to showcase and sell their work. The senior director at Craft Nova Scotia, Andrea Saint-Pierre, said their organization, which encourages and promotes the craft movement in the province, has over 100 members trying to cope with the challenges the pandemic has brought.
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Group of radiologists raise money for new technology critical for Nova Scotia cancer patients

Group of radiologists raise money for new technology critical for Nova Scotia cancer patients

Global News — A group of radiologists, in collaboration with the QEII foundation in Halifax and the government, were able to purchase a new cancer imaging technology that is reducing waiting times and providing more accurate cancer diagnoses for patients. According to the foundation, PET-CT scan is a diagnostic tool that helps determine the stage and spread of many cancers.
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Nova Scotia infectious disease physician weighs in on when to use rapid COVID-19 tests

Nova Scotia infectious disease physician weighs in on when to use rapid COVID-19 tests

Global News — Dr. Todd Hatchette, service chief for microbiology in the Nova Scotia Health Authority's central zone, an infectious disease physician and medical biologist, is looking into when and how rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 can be used in the province.
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Report looks into what the Halifax tourism sector could look like in summer 2021

Report looks into what the Halifax tourism sector could look like in summer 2021

Global News — The MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance at Dalhousie University released a report Friday that aims to provide tourism industries with tools to plan for the future amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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New Brunswick's first woman MLA Brenda Robertson dies at age 91

New Brunswick's first woman MLA Brenda Robertson dies at age 91

Global News — Former MLA, cabinet minister and senator Brenda Robertson passed away Wednesday at the age of 91, surrounded by family and staff at her home in Monarch Hall, Riverview.
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Ongoing violence against Black people sparks conversation in Halifax

Ongoing violence against Black people sparks conversation in Halifax

Global News — The anger and heartbreak that George Floyd, an unarmed Black man, was killed by police in Minneapolis is being felt right here in Nova Scotia.
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Online sex workers in Halifax reporting increase in people buying their content during COVID-19

Online sex workers in Halifax reporting increase in people buying their content during COVID-19

Global News — An online sex worker in Halifax says she's seeing a spike in numbers on her OnlyFans account since the coronavirus pandemic started. OnlyFans is a subscription content service, launched in 2016, that allows creators to earn money from users who subscribe to their content that's too racy for Instagram.
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'Death is right with us': Nova Scotians reporting increase of weird, vivid dreams during COVID-19

'Death is right with us': Nova Scotians reporting increase of weird, vivid dreams during COVID-19

Global News — Since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic, Heidi Fraser has been cleaning her grandparents' house, which she says is as "old as my hometown of Sherbrooke." As she was cleaning their sun porch one day, Fraser says she found a book on dream interpretation called Mystic Dream Book from 1937 buried in their old piano bench.
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Halifax textile designer pushing to create local fiber industry with help of farm

Halifax textile designer pushing to create local fiber industry with help of farm

Global News — A textile designer and weaver in Halifax, N.S., says people can begin to tell stories through their clothes again if they become in control of the designing process.
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Nova Scotia saw record-breaking number of immigrants in 2019: data

Nova Scotia saw record-breaking number of immigrants in 2019: data

Global News — Nova Scotia government said in a media release on Wednesday that they've welcomed a record-setting 7,580 new permanent residents in 2019, which they hope will help grow the population and strengthen the province's economy.
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Woman raises awareness on drink-tampering after getting drugged at Halifax club

Woman raises awareness on drink-tampering after getting drugged at Halifax club

Global News — A college student was put in a borderline over-dose state after being unwillingly drugged at The Dome, a club in Halifax.
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'There is no state': Iraqi-Canadians in Halifax worry for families amid bloody uprisings

'There is no state': Iraqi-Canadians in Halifax worry for families amid bloody uprisings

Global News — On the streets of Baghdad, a 24-year-old blogger and freelance journalist points his camera at Iraqi protesters, capturing the anger and hope of tens of thousands who are demanding the fall of the political elite.
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Photographer creates a digital 'campfire' for first-generation Canadians in Halifax | CBC News

Photographer creates a digital 'campfire' for first-generation Canadians in Halifax | CBC News

CBHT-TV (Halifax, NS) — A photographer in Halifax is helping first-generation Canadians share stories that honour their culture.
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African-Nova Scotia youth publish book on damages caused by slavery, colonialism | CBC News

African-Nova Scotia youth publish book on damages caused by slavery, colonialism | CBC News

CBC Nova Scotia — As part of African Heritage Month, a group of Nova Scotia youth have come together to write and publish a book that reflects on the tragedies caused by the Atlantic slave trade, colonialism and anti-black racism.
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