CBC News Nova Scotia
Do we really need to keep building basements if they're at risk of flooding?
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- Do we really need to keep building basements if they're at risk of flooding?
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- 3:14
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- As hundreds of homeowners in Nova Scotia wait for remediation crews to come rebuild their basements after the extreme flooding, we wondered why we need basements in the first place.
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- How a conveyor belt of tropical moisture made for a historic rainfall
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- 2:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon explains why the July flooding in Nova Scotia was so extreme. He says what turned the rainfall from impactful to historical was something called training thunderstorms.
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- New restrictions for owners of short-term rentals in Halifax's residential areas
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- 2:53
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Halifax's new rules for short-term rentals are now in full force, restricting how they can operate in residential neighbourhoods in the hopes of freeing up housing stock. But the city's tactic of making different rules for various types of zoning is getting mixed reactions.
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- Hundreds denied rent supplement after eligibility rules quietly changed
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- 2:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- At the end of January, the Nova Scotia government decided to change how much a person would have to spend to qualify for a rent supplement. CBC News has learned how many applicants have since been rejected as a result.
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- Is Nova Scotia doing enough to meet demand for affordable housing?
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- 3:14
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- As a way to counter Nova Scotia's housing crisis, the province has been funding the construction of more low-cost rentals. But the total number hasn't been publicly available until now. The CBC's Nicola Seguin explains.
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- Rent caps can be controversial. How does Nova Scotia’s measure up?
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- 6:47
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The rent cap has been a central, sometimes controversial topic when discussing Nova Scotia’s housing crisis. The CBC’s Nicola Seguin looks at rent control measures across the country — and what Nova Scotia can learn.
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- Cape Breton boy uses lemonade stand to help hockey hero
- Runtime
- 0:51
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- When Avery Pynn heard Cape Breton Eagles forward Jacob Newcombe was sick, he wanted to help out. So he opened a lemonade stand — and his mom says she was shocked by the community's response.
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- Cape Breton singer-songwriter Bruce Guthro dies at 62
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- 2:25
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Bruce Guthro, one of Cape Breton's most well-known troubadours whose remarkable 40-year career made waves on both sides of the Atlantic, has died. Guthro passed away on Tuesday evening after a battle with cancer.
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- How this woman got a new pancreas, a new kidney and was cured of diabetes
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- A Nova Scotia woman took her health into her own hands after growing frustrated with the province's health-care system. She flew to Toronto to undergo a double kidney and pancreas transplant.
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- Trailer Park Boy fan drives his replica $#!tmobile from Ontario to Nova Scotia
- Runtime
- 0:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mike Razberry loves the Trailer Park Boys series. He loves it so much that he dedicated almost every waking hour for a month building a highly detailed replica of Ricky's car.
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- Why Starlink is a flawed lifeline for some Nova Scotians
- Runtime
- 3:27
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Some people in rural areas of Nova Scotia are turning to satellite internet — and it's changing how they weather emergencies. Elizabeth McMillan explains.
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- Young entrepreneur uses candy to fund love of Lego
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- William Jones has started his own candy business in Cape Breton, using his earnings to build a replica of the Fortress of Louisbourg. Erin Pottie reports.
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- Nova Scotia soccer referee lives her dream at the Women's World Cup
- Runtime
- 3:24
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Marie-Soleil Beaudoin was one of five Canadian officials at the soccer tournament in Australia and New Zealand. Beaudoin spoke to the CBC's Gareth Hampshire about what it meant to be there and the excitement during the games.
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- Hurricane Franklin could bring dangerous conditions to Nova Scotia beaches
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- 5:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- While Hurricane Franklin isn't on track to make landfall in Nova Scotia, it will bring high waves and strong riptides. Tom Murphy spoke with Paul D'Eon of the Lifesaving Society of Nova Scotia.
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- Meet Chester, Nova Scotia's fastest wiener dog
- Runtime
- 1:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The Truro Raceway held its first ever wiener dog races. The dachshund pups had to race 100 feet, to their owners beckoning them from the other end of the track.
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- Exotic cat captured after being spotted roaming Halifax streets
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- 0:55
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- An exotic serval cat as large as a medium-sized dog was spotted coming face-to-face with a house cat in Halifax. Video submitted by Rachael Smith.
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- Infectious disease expert calls for vigilance as busy virus season nears
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- 5:35
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Health officials in Canada are preparing for what they say could be a busy season for viruses, as cases of RSV, influenza and COVID-19 are beginning to rise. Dr. Lisa Barrett says it's time for people to once again become more vigilant.
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- Teaching kids fishing is how this man channelled his grief
- Runtime
- 3:41
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mike Chrismas is the president of Cory's Lil' Anglers, a non-profit organization that has recently helped dozens of children obtain rods, bait and fishing know-how.
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- What's driving Nova Scotia's population boom?
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- 3:20
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- As more Canadians move to Nova Scotia from other provinces and immigration ramps up, the population has boomed in the last few years. The changes have brought benefits, but challenges, too. The CBC’s Frances Willick takes a look at some of the numbers.
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- Nova Scotia immigration minister responds to issues raised by newcomers
- Runtime
- 5:33
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Before becoming a politician, Nova Scotia Immigration Minister Jill Balser had the job of helping people settle into their new communities. She responds to some of the concerns raised by the newcomers CBC Nova Scotia spoke with as part of its series about the province's population boom.
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- This Syrian man is 'honoured' to be in Canada, but his heart breaks for newcomers facing bureaucracy
- Runtime
- 4:22
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Ahmad Almallah chose Nova Scotia as a place to further his education. Now the Syrian immigrant is using what he learned moving here to help other newcomers make the province their home.
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- Nova Scotians make newcomers welcome, but N.S. needs work, says Moroccan business owner
- Runtime
- 4:38
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- When Ghita Rhammaz first moved to Halifax 26 years ago, she says there were only a handful of fellow Moroccan newcomers. Now, there’s around 600.
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- From Rio de Janeiro to Pictou County, this family found their forever home
- Runtime
- 4:52
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Sarah Santos and her husband decided to trade the stress of big-city life with the calm of a close-knit community. They say their gamble paid off.
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- She came to N.S. hoping to stay a nurse. Four years later, she’s still hanging onto that hope
- Runtime
- 4:28
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Carla Furiscal, a registered nurse, decided to move to Baddeck from the Philippines in 2019 to start a family. She says it’s been ‘frustrating’ trying to transfer those skills in Nova Scotia’s health-care system.
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- After escaping the Ukraine war, this mother finds peace surfing in N.S.
- Runtime
- 4:38
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Kateryna Kharchuk escaped the war in Ukraine and found a safe haven in Nova Scotia for her family. And while she’s found happiness, she’s not sure Nova Scotia will be her new forever home.
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- Classrooms in Nova Scotia ballooning amid record population growth
- Runtime
- 3:54
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- The province’s rapid population growth has brought new challenges for public schools. The CBC’s Aly Thomson takes us through how the system is handling the influx of students. This story is part of an ongoing CBC Nova Scotia series examining how the province is managing its record-setting population boom after decades of limited growth.
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- Storm of the summer brought 23,000 lightning strikes to N.S.
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- 2:22
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- July broke Nova Scotia's lightning strike records by a long shot — all because of one storm that passed over the province on July 21st and 22nd.
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- Mi'kmaw language & culture 12 | Bernie Francis on comeuppance for Cornwallis
- Runtime
- 17:11
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mi'kmaw elder and linguist Bernie Francis reacts to the removal of the signs on Cornwallis Street in Sydney, a petition to rename Cornwallis Street in Halifax, and plans to rename the icebreaker Edward Cornwallis.
Original airdate: July 6, 2020
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- Mi'kmaw language & culture 11 | Bernie Francis on Kun’tewiktuk (Kings Road Reserve)
- Runtime
- 20:56
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mi'kmaw elder and linguist Bernie Francis describes how the people of Membertou First Nation were relocated from the waterfront in Sydney, N.S.
You can learn more from this document: https://www.membertou.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/kings-road-reserve.pdf
Original airdate: June 16, 2020
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- My Dish, My Heritage: Sushi chef Ami Goto | Creator Network
- Runtime
- 3:45
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- My Dish, My Heritage: Ami Goto
(Filmed in 2021)
The series My Dish, My Heritage is an intersection of culture, cooking and our relationship to Canada. Produced by Tanya Chedrawy and Tim Mombourquette for CBC. Audio by Josh Owen.
Over 20 years ago, Ami Goto came to Nova Scotia-and never left. After falling in love with the province and its people she decided to stay and make her mark in the culinary world.
Originally from Nagoya, Japan, Ami brings authentic Japanese cuisine to Halifax. A trailblazer, Ami is one of very few female sushi chefs. In this episode she makes a traditional warm rice dish that her mother taught her.
Since the filming of this episode, Ami decided to sell her restaurant to focus on catering and take out. Her new company is The Lone Wolf Food Co.
This video is part of CBC's Creator Network. The Creator Network collaborates with a select roster of diverse Canadian creators to amplify Canadian...
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- Mi'kmaw language & culture 10 | Bernie Francis on misunderstanding COVID
- Runtime
- 15:04
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mi'kmaw elder and linguist Bernie Francis tells Jeff Douglas about a phone call from a woman who mistook talk of "COVID" for a Mi'kmaw word that sounds similar.
Original airdate: May 21, 2020
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- Mi'kmaw language & culture 09 | Bernie Francis sings Amazing Grace in Mi'kmaw
- Runtime
- 18:19
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Following the mass murder in Nova Scotia in April 2020, Bernie played and sang Amazing Grace on CBC Radio's Mainstreet, in Mi'kmaw, on behalf of his people.
Original airdate: April 23, 2020
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- Mi'kmaw language & culture 08 | Bernie Francis: We sprouted from here
- Runtime
- 19:07
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Bernie Francis talks about the word weji-sqalia'tiek, which was used by the Chief of Potlotek First Nation in a letter to Nova Scotia's Governor, Edward Cornwallis, in 1749.
Original airdate: February 4, 2020
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- Mi'kmaw language & culture 07 | Bernie Francis on 'I am placing you in the fire'
- Runtime
- 18:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Those apostrophes matter! Kesalul means "I love you." Kesa'lul means "I'm hurting you by twisting your arm, or leg, or something else on your body." Ke'sa'lul means "I am placing you in the fire."
Original airdate: January 28, 2020
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- Mi'kmaw language & culture 06 | Bernie Francis on the Father. The Son & whaaat?
- Runtime
- 17:56
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mi'kmaw elder and linguist Bernie Francis talks more about differences between how Abrahamic religions and the Mi'kmaq traditionally think about the Creator, and spirituality, and why the idea of "God the Father and God the Son" was difficult for Christian missionaries to get across to L'nu.
Original airdate: January 20, 2020
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- Mi'kmaw language & culture 05 | Bernie Francis on verb-oriented language
- Runtime
- 18:00
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mi'kmaw elder and linguist Bernie Francis says Mi'kmaw is "all verb" and even the word for God — Kisu'lkw — is a verb. So what does that mean for how the Mi'kmaq see the world?
Original airdate: January 14, 2020
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- Mi'kmaw language & culture 04 | Bernie Francis on French intrusions
- Runtime
- 19:16
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mi'kmaw elder and linguist Bernie Francis talks about French words that were adopted or adapted by the Mi'kmaq.
Original airdate: January 9, 2020
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- Mi'kmaw language & culture 03 | Bernie Francis on Mi'kmaw moons
- Runtime
- 18:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mi'kmaw elder and linguist Bernie Francis walks us through the names of the months/moons, and what they tell us about what's happening in Mi'kma'ki at different times of year.
Original airdate: Dec. 17, 2019
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- Mi'kmaw language & culture 02 | Bernie Francis on his biography & orthography
- Runtime
- 19:31
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mi'kmaw elder and linguist Bernie Francis talks about his own background and how it led him to helping create the current writing system for the Mi'kmaw language.
Original airdate: December 10, 2019
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- Mi'kmaw language & culture 01 | Bernie Francis on state of the language
- Runtime
- 18:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Mi'kmaw elder and linguist Bernie Francis tells Jeff Douglas, host of CBC Radio's Mainstreet in Halifax/Kjipuktuk, there are probably about 8,000 or 9,000 people who speak Mi'kmaw.
Original airdate: December 3, 2019
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- Community canoe relay makes final stop at the Halifax waterfront
- Runtime
- 1:56
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Indigenous dancing and drumming were showcased on the Halifax Waterfront, as part of a months-long event leading up to the 2023 North American Indgenous Games. Brooklyn Currie reports.
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- With motherhood, sometimes words are not enough | Creator Network
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
- Description
- Produced by Halley Hellmich for the CBC Creator Network.
Cover photo by Carolina Andrade for CBC.
This video was part of a series for #iwd2023. Read more:
https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/on-international-womens-day-poets-and-artists-share-their-reflections
The Creator Network collaborates with a select roster of diverse Canadian creators to amplify Canadian stories and share unique perspectives.
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- Sound Off: Why carbon pricing politics is far from neutral
- Runtime
- 3:31
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Nova Scotia's dealings with the federal government over the carbon tax has been a bumpy ride. The CBC's Jean Laroche and Michael Gorman look at both sides in this Sound Off episode.
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- A taste of how winemaking in Nova Scotia is evolving
- Runtime
- 16:07
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- CBC News visits Benjamin Bridge winery in Wolfville, N.S., where climate change and collaboration are top of mind. Join Amy Smith, Tom Murphy and Ryan Snoddon.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2087698499727
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- Sound Off: The political quagmire of forcing out the Speaker of the House
- Runtime
- 4:22
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- The Progressive Conservative caucus is considering removing their colleague, Keith Bain, as Speaker of the Nova Scotia Legislature. Here's why that matters.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-speaker-of-the-house-keith-bain-ousting-1.6608384
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- N.S. man on Day 10 without power gets cooking with his burn barrel
- Runtime
- 2:26
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Along Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore, there are many places still without electricity. But one Ecum Secum man is doing just fine with a little bit of ingenuity. CBC’s Colleen Jones has the story.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/storm-fiona-power-outages-1.6604321
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- They wanted to to help. So this group made enough food to feed 200 people affected by Fiona
- Runtime
- 1:57
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Many international students in Cape Breton are without power and a place to live. One non-profit group wanted to help out by cooking a comforting dish from their home province of Southern India.
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- Boy found safe after spending night in N.S. woods in wake of storm
- Runtime
- 2:13
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- Grady MacKinnon, who wandered off while his family was outside cleaning up after post-tropical storm Fiona Saturday afternoon, was found Sunday morning by his grandfather and local paramedic.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pictou-county-springville-missing-boy-1.6596233
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- Horse reining has come to Nova Scotia. CBC's Amy Smith gives it a try
- Runtime
- 3:11
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- If you’ve ever seen the hit TV show Yellowstone, you likely know a little bit about the horse sport of reining. The sport has horses and riders work together to complete a series of sliding stops, gallops and spins.
CBC's Amy Smith gave it a try.
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- N.S. woman recalls the day she gifted flowers to Princess Elizabeth
- Runtime
- 5:05
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
- Description
- It was a chilly day in 1951 when a large crowd gathered along the Sydney waterfront in Cape Breton, N.S., waiting for a glimpse of royalty. Lois Gallagher Chmiel remembers the day well, and her encounter with Princess Elizabeth.
Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sydney-girl-queen-encounter-1.6578145
