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Artwork of stylized red lobsters filling every inch of the frame. The art has a woven texture.
January/February 2021 / Justice

The New Lobster Wars

November 10, 2020January 29, 2021 - by Zoe Heaps Tennant

Inside the decades-long East Coast battle between fishers and the federal government over Mi’kmaw treaty rights

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A black and white photo of an older man wearing a winter coat, his hands in his pockets. Behind him is a barn that says "Elm Knoll Farm" and the ground is covered in snow.
June 2020 / The Walrus True Crime

Murder in Old Barns

May 27, 2020June 27, 2020 - by Lindsay Jones

Why a Nova Scotia community is still searching for the killer of a beloved farmer thirty years later

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A cutout illustration of a rocket ship rising above a large institutional building. The building is perched on a rock outcropping, which emerges from a body of water.
April 2020 / Business / In Other Worlds: A Space Exploration

Can the New Space Race Save Small Towns?

April 6, 2020September 28, 2020 - by Matthew Halliday

The promise of a spaceport could give a boost to a struggling Nova Scotia community

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Illustration by Jessica Fortner
May 2016 / Society

The Shag Harbour Incident

April 18, 2016April 29, 2020 - by Chelsea Murray

One town’s mission to become the Roswell of Canada

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Illustration by Studio Tipi
January/February 2016 / Society

Luck of the Draw

December 18, 2015April 7, 2020 - by Philip Moscovitch

Lottery greed invades small-town Nova Scotia

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Politics

Fits the Bill

September 30, 2015October 13, 2020 - by David Swick

A Conservative MP switches to run for the Liberals in Cumberland–Colchester, Nova Scotia

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Photograph by Harley Rustad
Environment

Campsite Eleven

July 17, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Harley Rustad

A harrowing night on the edge of Nova Scotia

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Society

The Jolly Millionaire

May 27, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Dean Jobb

When a Ponzi scheme artist moved to rural Nova Scotia

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Illustration by Connor Willumsen
June 2015 / Society

The Donair Wars

May 19, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Omar Mouallem

Halifax’s favourite street meat conquers Alberta

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April 2015 / Fiction

Changeling Girl

March 26, 2015April 10, 2020 - by Alex Pugsley

The next montage, in my mind, explodes with the rackety audacity that starts up a Clash song. It’s the moment when some crumb-bum kid in a basement finally solves the …

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