CBC News Nova Scotia
N.S. family back in Canada after being stranded in Peru
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- N.S. family back in Canada after being stranded in Peru
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- When Peru shut down its borders and airports last week because of COVID-19, thousands of Canadians were stranded. The first rescue plane to bring Canadians home landed on Tuesday.
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- COVID 19: Here’s what’s happening in Nova Scotia for March 24
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- 10:02
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- CBC News Nova Scotia brings you the latest on today's developments on the pandemic across the province.
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- COVID-19: Here’s what’s happening in Nova Scotia for March 23
- Runtime
- 16:04
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- CBC News Nova Scotia brings you the latest on today's developments on the pandemic across the province.
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- COVID-19 may sideline mission that delivers food to Halifax's most vulnerable
- Runtime
- 3:03
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Street Connection has been bringing food to people in need for 28 years in four different communities.
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- March 20 COVID-19 N.S. News Update
- Runtime
- 17:37
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- CBC News Nova Scotia brings you the latest on today's developments on the pandemic across the province.
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- March 19 COVID-19 N.S. News Update
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- 17:24
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- CBC News Nova Scotia brings you the latest on today's developments on the pandemic across the province.
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- March 18 COVID 19 N S News Update
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- 10:10
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- CBC News Nova Scotia brings you the latest on today's developments on the pandemic across the province.
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- Sound Off: How the province is responding to COVID-19
- Runtime
- 3:02
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- As COVID-19 sweeps through the country, provincial governments have been at the front lines of deciding how each province will react to the pandemic.
The CBC's Michael Gorman and Jean Laroche take a look at what's been happening here in Nova Scotia.
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- Sound Off: A lightning-fast sitting and what that means for the fall
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- 2:59
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The spring sitting of the provincial legislature wrapped up this week — and two byelections have left the Liberals just hanging on to a majority government.
Jean Laroche and Michael Gorman explain what that will mean when the house resumes in the fall.
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- How to make the dregs of winter a bit more fun — even without snow
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- CBC Mainstreet's SlushFest looks to make the most of the last few weeks of winter, but that's not easy to do without much snow.
Find out what happens when Jeff Douglas, Colleen Jones, Ryan Snoddon and singer Ben Caplan try to crazy carpet at a place called The Pit.
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- East Coast Studios: Johnston Foster | Creator Network
- Runtime
- 2:15
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Johnston Foster creates sculptures with found or repurposed materials in his home studio in Bedford, N.S.
Video produced by Tim Mombourquette for CBC. Audio by Jacob Comeau.
This video is part of CBC's Creator Network. The Creator Network collaborates with a select roster of diverse Canadian creators to amplify Canadian stories and share unique perspectives.
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- Fashion show flaunts collaboration, diversity
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- 2:59
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The fashion industry is known as being cut-throat — but in Halifax, the opposite is true. Six designers are hoping to put that local collaboration on display during a fashion show called “The Fabric of our DNA.”
The show is celebrating diversity in the beauty industry and giving a range of designers a chance to showcase their talents.
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- Land & Sea: Women at sea
- Runtime
- 21:53
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- This week on Land and Sea, the push to get more women working at jobs on the water.
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- Sound Off: Why the budget wasn't full of surprises
- Runtime
- 3:12
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- After the provincial Liberals revealed their budget for the next fiscal year, many people were surprised — that there weren't any big surprises.
The CBC's Michael Gorman and Jean Laroche break it all down.
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- Childhood lost: 2 deaf schools and abuse allegations spanning decades
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- 3:42
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit are speaking out about alleged cases of physical, sexual and emotional abuse over decades at the Interprovincial School for the Education of the Deaf.
The case involves students who attended and often lived at the schools in Halifax and Amherst between 1913 and 1995.
An American Sign Language-English interpreter worked with CBC to facilitate communication in both languages for this story.
Read more: https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/childhood-lost
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- Sound Off: Breaking down budget day
- Runtime
- 2:50
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The provincial government has tabled its latest fiscal plan — and more money for healthcare, education and infrastructure have many wondering if an election is looming.
But as the CBC's Michael Gorman and Jean Laroche explain, even without an election, the Liberal's majority government could be dwindling.
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- This family uses fashion to push for respect, both for people and the environment | Creator Network
- Runtime
- 2:43
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- For their full story, visit: cbc.ca/1.5475323.
Video produced by Musemo Handahu, Jane Nicholson and Kristen Brown for CBC.
This video is part of CBC's Creator Network. The Creator Network collaborates with a select roster of diverse Canadian creators to amplify Canadian stories and share unique perspectives.
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- Land & Sea: Clearcut community goes off the grid
- Runtime
- 21:53
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Building a new life where you'd least expect it. We meet a group of homesteaders in Nova Scotia creating an "off the grid" community in the middle of a clearcut.
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- What to expect from the spring 2020 sitting of the House of Assembly
- Runtime
- 3:51
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Nova Scotia's politicians return to the House of Assembly on Feb. 20. In this week's Sound Off, Michael Gorman and Jean Laroche have lots to share — from party strategies to rumblings about the next election.
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- Douglas Does: Winter surfing at Lawrencetown Beach, N.S.
- Runtime
- 5:14
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Mainstreet Halifax's Jeff Douglas steps out from behind the microphone for 'Douglas Does,' a new segment that sets out to shine a light on lesser-known experiences that Nova Scotians embrace with a lot of love.
In this episode, Jeff discovers what makes surfers in Nova Scotia brave the kind of elements at Lawrencetown Beach that make many shudder.
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- Douglas Does: Joining a roller derby team minutes after learning how to roller skate
- Runtime
- 4:19
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Mainstreet Halifax's Jeff Douglas steps out from behind the microphone for 'Douglas Does,' a new segment that sets out to shine a light on lesser-known experiences that Nova Scotians embrace with a lot of love.
In this episode, Jeff heads to Windsor and prepares himself — physically and mentally — to go shoulder to shoulder with a roller derby team.
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- Douglas Does: In rural Nova Scotia, dozens of ukulele players meet every Wednesday morning
- Runtime
- 7:00
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Mainstreet Halifax's Jeff Douglas steps out from behind the microphone for 'Douglas Does,' a new segment that sets out to shine a light on lesser-known experiences that Nova Scotians embrace with a lot of love.
In this episode, Jeff heads to Woodville, Nova Scotia where a tiny instrument gets a lot of love from around 30 enthusiastic band members.
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- Cape Breton man's hay videos go viral on TikTok
- Runtime
- 2:22
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Kent Peters, who goes by @thekentpeters on TikTok, uploaded a 15-second video of him cutting open a bale of hay at Dream Stables in Cape Breton. It was viewed more than five million times in seven days.
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- How has the planned Halifax hospital parkade sparked heated debate?
- Runtime
- 2:40
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- It seems that in a very short span of time, the debate about a proposed hospital parkade has become a heated one. How did it end up like this? Jean Laroche and Michael Gorman explain in this week's Sound Off.
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- Fashion Profile: Terri Durling | Creator Network
- Runtime
- 2:17
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Meet Terri Durling, whose love of fashion drove her out of retirement.
Produced by Musemo Handahu, Kristen Brown and Jane Nicholson for CBC.
This video is part of CBC's Creator Network. The Creator Network collaborates with a select roster of diverse Canadian creators to amplify Canadian stories and share unique perspectives.
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- Heard of credit card insurance? This Nova Scotia woman didn't realize she was paying for it
- Runtime
- 3:39
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- This Dartmouth, Nova Scotia woman got a hefty refund after discovering she'd been paying for credit card insurance. She had no recollection of agreeing to it in the first place.
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- Forestry workers 'hope and pray something can be done' after Northern Pulp shut down
- Runtime
- 3:38
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- These Nova Scotia forestry workers weigh in on the closure of the Pictou County mill and the effluent treatment facility, Boat Harbour.
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- Woman files lawsuit against Halifax police after flawed rape investigation
- Runtime
- 3:50
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The Halifax woman who says the police investigation into her rape case was systematically mishandled is launching a lawsuit, after an officer who once led the investigation came forward with what lawyers believe is damning new evidence.
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- As Boat Harbour nears shut down, here's what to expect in the short and long term
- Runtime
- 3:18
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- With the constant flurry of news surrounding Boat Harbour and Northern Pulp, this Sound Off outlines where things currently stand and what we'll likely see in the coming days, weeks and months.
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- Basketball coach to run fundraiser for at-risk kids
- Runtime
- 3:42
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- A Halifax-area basketball coach is inviting people to enjoy an evening of comedy and music at Casino Nova Scotia next month. Laugh Out Violence is a fundraiser for a mentorship program that works with at-risk kids.
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- The desire for letterpress in the digital age | Creator Network
- Runtime
- 3:14
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Laura MacDonald runs Deep Hollow Print in North Alton, N.S.
Video produced by Wesley Booth, Hilary Drummond, with help from Kyle Bernard, for CBC.
This video is part of CBC's Creator Network. The Creator Network collaborates with a select roster of diverse Canadian creators to amplify Canadian stories and share unique perspectives.
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- Packing up the belongings of UIA 752 victim and Dalhousie University student Masoumeh Ghavi
- Runtime
- 2:24
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Dalhousie University engineering student Masoumeh Ghavi was on Ukraine International Airlines Flight (UIA) 752 when it was shot down two weeks ago. With her family still in Tehran, it's up to her friends in Halifax to take care of her belongings and apartment.
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- The not-so-transparent dealings around Owls Head provincial park
- Runtime
- 3:09
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The way CBC News learned of the Owls Head provincial park deal that would develop the land into a golf course mirrors the secrecy of it all.
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- TIMELINE: A brief history of Boat Harbour and Northern Pulp
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- 6:29
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- This timeline of Boat Harbour and Northern Pulp covers major events from the 1960s to 2019. It begins with the construction of the pulp mill at Abercrombie Point to Premier Stephen McNeil's 2019 announcement that the Boat Harbour effluent treatment site would close.
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- Why we'll keep paying Cobequid Pass tolls for the time being
- Runtime
- 3:17
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- What is arguably Nova Scotia’s smoothest and best-maintained section of highway has come at a steep price. Of the $348 million in tolls motorists have paid since 1997, roughly half hasn’t even gone to construction costs or road maintenance.
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- Puppets make sex ed less awkward for students
- Runtime
- 3:01
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Forget about the awkward talk about the birds and the bees. Two Nova Scotia educators are teaching students about consent using puppets.
And it's pretty awesome.
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- Nova Scotia resort overcharges by thousands, then ignores guests
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- 2:36
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- A Nova Scotia man whose award-winning tourism business overcharged people by thousands of dollars, and then mostly ignored them when they tried to get their money back, says it wasn’t intentional and he’s taking full responsibility.
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- What it means as the N.S. NDP caucus shrinks
- Runtime
- 2:50
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- The MLA for Cape Breton Centre, Tammy Martin, announced she's resigning her seat, leaving the NDP with just four seats in the legislature. Here's what that means for the party and voters.
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- Instagram shops selling vintage items on the rise in Nova Scotia
- Runtime
- 1:55
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Instagram-based vintage shops are becoming increasingly popular in Nova Scotia, allowing customers to scroll feeds to purchase second-hand housewares and clothing from local buyers in their communities.
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- This man was adopted out of a nightmare into a life that seems like a dream
- Runtime
- 5:15
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Alexander Chisholm Guibault is trying to piece together an unlikely journey that took him from misery on the streets of Guatemala to a new life with his adopted family in rural Nova Scotia.
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- Incredibly detailed 19th-century maps sought by Nova Scotia heritage groups
- Runtime
- 2:05
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- A group of historians in Nova Scotia are asking people to scour their attics and basements on a map quest for some very old charts created in the late 1800s by an American named Ambrose Finson Church. Church was mysterious man rumoured to have deserted the U.S. army in the throes of that country's civil war.
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- Innovations empower nursing home residents in Nova Scotia
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- 2:23
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Two new technologies are empowering Nova Scotia nursing home residents and staff.
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- How the deaf community is preserving Maritime Sign Language
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- 2:12
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- People in the deaf community in Nova Scotia are documenting Maritime Sign Language on video, including it in plays and teaching it to interpreting students whenever possible.
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- Pokemon Go players trespassed on Canada's military bases, documents show
- Runtime
- 1:35
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Documents obtained by CBC News show the curiosity and confusion shared by Canadian military officials after the 2016 launch of Pokemon Go, which was sending civilians onto Department of Defence property searching for "mythical digital creatures."
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- Research aims to prove dogs can live at nursing homes in Nova Scotia
- Runtime
- 3:31
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- When a senior is forced to leave a dog behind to move into a nursing home, it can make the move even more difficult. A Mount Saint Vincent University researcher is trying to change that by proving that pet dogs can live with their owners in a nursing home.
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- Former Ohio State swimmer and navy officer haunted by sexual abuse that derailed Olympic dreams
- Runtime
- 4:01
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Derek de Jong says he was attacked four times by his swim team's doctor while attending Ohio State University. The Canadian navy officer says those memories haunted him and years later triggered him to go AWOL.
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- Reconciliation Mural
- Runtime
- 3:02
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Artists Loretta Gould and Peter Steele reflect on the making of a reconciliation mural in downtown Sydney, N.S. Video produced by Nelson MacDonald and Charles Paul for CBC.
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- DIY Scrap Wood Snowman
- Runtime
- 2:47
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Carpenter and DIY enthusiast Denika Coakley explains how to make a wooden snowman. Video produced by Claire Fraser.
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- Fashion Profile: Charles Arthur | Creator Network
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- Meet Charles Arthur, a Halifax airport taxi driver who welcomes visitors in style.
Produced by Musemo Handahu, Kristen Brown and Jane Nicholson for CBC.
This video is part of CBC's Creator Network. The Creator Network collaborates with a select roster of diverse Canadian creators to amplify Canadian stories and share unique perspectives.
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- What's at stake as Nova Scotia decides what to do with Northern Pulp's focus report
- Runtime
- 3:37
- Date posted
- 7 years ago
- Description
- With just a week left before Environment Minister Gordon Wilson must release his decision on Northern Pulp, this week's Sound Off is a breakdown of this complex issue.
