11+ hour, 7+ min ago  (1806+ words) Last month, Nova Scotia became the only province to completely eliminate government support for publishers. The cuts to funding announced in the budget included the elimination of the $700,000 Publishers Assistance Fund. The day of the announcement, I spoke with Terrilee…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago  (1724+ words) When I'm visiting another city, two of my favourite things to do are riding transit and looking at signs. My favourite signs are generally the weird ones on lampposts, but occasionally something else stands out. On March 26, Toronto baseball darling…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1471+ words) Laura Vingoe-Cram had the Ship's Company Theatre Summer 2026 brochure laid out and ready to go. But after the provincial government announced dramatic cuts arts and culture in its proposed budget, she didn't know whether or not she should go ahead…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (1821+ words) Good morning! We live in a world filled with horrors, with many of them accelerating. Climate change, war, mass surveillance, mass detention and deportation, threats to sovereignty, the gutting of much of what brings meaning to life. So that's why…...

4+ week, 9+ hour ago  (1176+ words) The streets around Province House in Halifax were filled with protesters once again this week, this time demanding Premier Tim Houston reverse cuts to arts, culture, and heritage programs. About 2,000 protesters attended the rally in Halifax, while thousands more attended…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1791+ words) Several years ago, I was privy to a confidential consultants" report commissioned by an organization planning for its future. The report recommended a certain amount of re-organization, the elimination or contracting out of some of the organization"s functions, and…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (1708+ words) Across the country in recent years, arts organizations have been celebrating their 50th anniversaries. That's because in the mid 1970s, provincial and federal governments decided that arts were worth funding, for a variety of reasons: cultural sovereignty, employment, giving Canadians a greater…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1807+ words) As a high school student, Sylvia Mok would leave class at the end of the day, and head down to her parents" restaurant, She worked in the kitchen and as a waitress, and got an inside look at the close-knit,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (39+ words) Halifax transportation standing committee approves report on rural microtransit'Halifax Examiner Councillors asked about costs and adding additional communities to proof of concept for Lucasville. Suzanne Rent covers City Hall, contributes to Morning File, and more. More by Suzanne Rent...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1796+ words) As you can imagine, authors are very active in fighting against the AI tools that threaten our livelihoods. Over the past couple of years, various groups and organizations ostensibly serving writers have learned the hard way that their members and…...