Tessa Pekeles
@tpekeles.bsky.social
She/Her. Theatre and politics mostly
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Coming up this Sunday in Halifax: Avi Lewis for Leader of the NDP!
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Coming up this Sunday in Halifax: Avi Lewis for Leader of the NDP!
The fact that the woodside ferry doesn’t run on weekends always baffles me
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The fact that the woodside ferry doesn’t run on weekends always baffles me
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Classic Tessa:
Ranting on argyle street at 11pm about how after the Haitian revolution France made Haiti pay them.
Ranting on argyle street at 11pm about how after the Haitian revolution France made Haiti pay them.
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Classic Tessa:
Ranting on argyle street at 11pm about how after the Haitian revolution France made Haiti pay them.
Ranting on argyle street at 11pm about how after the Haitian revolution France made Haiti pay them.
Ah yes the cold and rainy. The worst weather combo. Do I wear a rain jacket? Do I wear a warm coat?
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Ah yes the cold and rainy. The worst weather combo. Do I wear a rain jacket? Do I wear a warm coat?
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Becky Druhan is leaving the PC Caucus. #NovaScotia
October 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Becky Druhan is leaving the PC Caucus. #NovaScotia
Tim Halman still hasn't read the enviromental racism report. This is unacceptable. If you had required reading for your job and still hadn't done it after a year, you would no longer have your job. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Minister says he still hasn't read environmental racism panel report, as meeting on issue looms | CBC News
The cabinet minister who will ultimately decide whether to make public a report on environmental racism in Nova Scotia says he takes the issue “very seriously,” but more than a year after his governme...
www.cbc.ca
October 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Tim Halman still hasn't read the enviromental racism report. This is unacceptable. If you had required reading for your job and still hadn't done it after a year, you would no longer have your job. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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NDP leader calls on Houston government to restore heating rebate
By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
NDP leader calls on Houston government to restore heating rebate - Halifax Examiner
Claudia Chender says scaling back program when average household has seen power rates rise an average of $400 in the past five years shows government is “divorced from the reality people are living ev...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
October 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
NDP leader calls on Houston government to restore heating rebate
By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
By @dartjenhen.bsky.social
Ah yes that weekend when I remember dal invented a homecoming tradition despite not being a major men’s football university.
September 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Ah yes that weekend when I remember dal invented a homecoming tradition despite not being a major men’s football university.
This is very concerning
Houston government introduces “Protecting Nova Scotians Act” to crack down on forest protestors
By @timbousquet.bsky.social
By @timbousquet.bsky.social
Houston government introduces "Protecting Nova Scotians Act" to crack down on forest protestors - Halifax Examiner
Anyone in violation of the new legislation can be subject to a fine up to $50,000 or six months in jail, or both.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
September 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This is very concerning
The food choices at the Halifax airport after security makes not sense. Why can I get oysters but the only quick service option is Tim hortons?
September 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The food choices at the Halifax airport after security makes not sense. Why can I get oysters but the only quick service option is Tim hortons?
Is it just my feed or is Facebook full of fake AI images of none existent sequels to movies
September 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Is it just my feed or is Facebook full of fake AI images of none existent sequels to movies
Thanks to the Examiner and @philmoscovitch.bsky.social for featuring the Fringe Festival! Arts coverage in media is hard to get these days!
The Halifax Fringe Festival: From a hyper-realistic real estate agent puppet to a clown show about chronic pain
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social
The Halifax Fringe Festival: From a hyper-realistic real estate agent puppet to a clown show about chronic pain - Halifax Examiner
The beauty of the Fringe lies in its variety.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
September 2, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Thanks to the Examiner and @philmoscovitch.bsky.social for featuring the Fringe Festival! Arts coverage in media is hard to get these days!
Check out this piece on Halifax Fringe from Jesse Thomas with @ctvatlantic.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
Halifax Fringe turns 35 with bold, uncensored performances
The Halifax Fringe Festival is back, celebrating its 35th anniversary with more than 60 shows and 350 performances across the city.
www.ctvnews.ca
August 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Check out this piece on Halifax Fringe from Jesse Thomas with @ctvatlantic.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...
Halifax Fringe starts tomorrow, and I am so excited. It is like theatre Christmas.
August 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Halifax Fringe starts tomorrow, and I am so excited. It is like theatre Christmas.
disappointed by the Premier's non answer on climate change during the wildfire briefing.
August 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
disappointed by the Premier's non answer on climate change during the wildfire briefing.
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How the Washmill underpass created the fire risk at Susies Lake
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
How the Washmill underpass created the fire risk at Susies Lake - Halifax Examiner
I find this story, this history, compelling because it is a clear example of how the process of suburbanization obscures its true and total costs.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
August 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
How the Washmill underpass created the fire risk at Susies Lake
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
Morning File by @timbousquet.bsky.social
It's very lightly raining and it's the most exciting thing ever.
August 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
It's very lightly raining and it's the most exciting thing ever.
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Provincewide Burn Ban in Effect news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/07/3...
Provincewide Burn Ban in Effect
news.novascotia.ca
July 30, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Provincewide Burn Ban in Effect news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/07/3...
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My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
July 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
Do we know why there are fireworks in Halifax?
July 26, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Do we know why there are fireworks in Halifax?
The fact that Fillmore seems to have not known how the mayor’s job works before he ran for the position is a concern
Always listen to Cape Breton University 's Tom Urbaniak in matters of governance. Halifax mayor Andy Fillmore does not have a case to be granted strong mayoral powers. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Halifax mayor says 'change is needed' at city hall, would welcome strong mayor powers | CBC News
The mayor of Halifax says strong mayor powers could improve the current system that is slowing progress on issues he was elected to tackle, but one political expert says he has yet to see a good argum...
www.cbc.ca
July 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The fact that Fillmore seems to have not known how the mayor’s job works before he ran for the position is a concern
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I don’t know maybe power hungry megalomaniacs don’t make good friends even if you are a power hungry megalomaniac
June 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I don’t know maybe power hungry megalomaniacs don’t make good friends even if you are a power hungry megalomaniac