Jean Laroche
@nsnewsh0und.bsky.social
Retired after almost 40 years chasing news. Equal parts passionate, despondent about politics today and the state of our democracy. Like Bruce Cockburn, I believe you've "got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight."
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t... This is a worrisome trend and it happens - albeit to a less dramatic degree - to reporters covering provincial politics. The contempt some politicians show reporters should worry us all. It’s designed to silence legitimate questions.
'Quiet, piggy': As Trump berates female reporters, what's the breaking point? | CBC News
It's certainly not the first time U.S. President Donald Trump has insulted a female reporter, but calling Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey 'piggy' on Air Force One, then berating ABC News' Mary Bruce a few...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t... This is a worrisome trend and it happens - albeit to a less dramatic degree - to reporters covering provincial politics. The contempt some politicians show reporters should worry us all. It’s designed to silence legitimate questions.
Strong and relevant piece by reporter Suzanne Rent. These one-on-one interviews were once routinely granted but are now harder and harder to get. The trend is undemocratic and worrisome. Going through the motions of Andy Fillmore's first year as Halifax's mayor www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Going through the motions of Andy Fillmore's first year as Halifax's mayor - Halifax Examiner
While I wait for a face-to-face interview with Fillmore, here are thoughts on the last year of reporting on City Hall.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
November 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Strong and relevant piece by reporter Suzanne Rent. These one-on-one interviews were once routinely granted but are now harder and harder to get. The trend is undemocratic and worrisome. Going through the motions of Andy Fillmore's first year as Halifax's mayor www.halifaxexaminer.ca/government/c...
Hub Grub in Truro has the best burgers and fries in NS! If you haven’t tried it yet, you should. Your tummy will thank you. That is all.
November 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hub Grub in Truro has the best burgers and fries in NS! If you haven’t tried it yet, you should. Your tummy will thank you. That is all.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... A little good news.
West Mabou Beach golf development proposal won't proceed, premier says | CBC News
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston told reporters Thursday the proposal 'won't get to the next step.'
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November 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... A little good news.
@clairecameron.bsky.social
“Devoured” your book this weekend after the conversation we had in Halifax on Friday afternoon. Great read! I’ll be sending a copy to my brother in Quebec who is also wrestling with cancer. Loved your final thoughts on living and love.
“Devoured” your book this weekend after the conversation we had in Halifax on Friday afternoon. Great read! I’ll be sending a copy to my brother in Quebec who is also wrestling with cancer. Loved your final thoughts on living and love.
November 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
@clairecameron.bsky.social
“Devoured” your book this weekend after the conversation we had in Halifax on Friday afternoon. Great read! I’ll be sending a copy to my brother in Quebec who is also wrestling with cancer. Loved your final thoughts on living and love.
“Devoured” your book this weekend after the conversation we had in Halifax on Friday afternoon. Great read! I’ll be sending a copy to my brother in Quebec who is also wrestling with cancer. Loved your final thoughts on living and love.
“Basically, anything that supports human life on earth is deprioritized,” one worker said. - After all what has the earth ever done for us? www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
NASA has lost thousands of workers. Here’s what that means for science.
Staffers told The Post about months of turmoil and sweeping changes that, if fully implemented, could transform NASA and American science beyond the Trump years.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Basically, anything that supports human life on earth is deprioritized,” one worker said. - After all what has the earth ever done for us? www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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One more sleep until I leave for #BrusselsPlainLanguageExperience2025 where I will be speaking about Canada’s first accessible plain language standard. CAN-ASC-3.1:2025-Plain Language. Can’t wait to see you there! #PlainLanguage #Accessibility @Plain Language Association INternational (PLAIN)
November 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
One more sleep until I leave for #BrusselsPlainLanguageExperience2025 where I will be speaking about Canada’s first accessible plain language standard. CAN-ASC-3.1:2025-Plain Language. Can’t wait to see you there! #PlainLanguage #Accessibility @Plain Language Association INternational (PLAIN)
I do not have 9 more innings in me! And I’m not even playing.
November 2, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I do not have 9 more innings in me! And I’m not even playing.
ukings.ca/news/kings-p... Think control over and criticism of reporters is only a U-S thing? Nope. Come hear about what’s happening on our side of the border and not just because I’m one of the panelists. No really!
King’s panel explores the relationship between journalism and government—and the impact on the public’s access to information
The School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing hosts a panel discussion to explore the interaction between governments and journalists and how that’s evolving.
ukings.ca
October 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
ukings.ca/news/kings-p... Think control over and criticism of reporters is only a U-S thing? Nope. Come hear about what’s happening on our side of the border and not just because I’m one of the panelists. No really!
Accountability from citizens is also facing headwinds at the municipal level. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Nova Scotia removes public’s ability to file complaints about municipal politicians | CBC News
Nova Scotia residents can no longer file complaints about their municipal elected officials, a move one advocate calls “dangerously undemocratic.”
www.cbc.ca
October 16, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Accountability from citizens is also facing headwinds at the municipal level. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Statement from the president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Egypt:
“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”
“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”
October 15, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Statement from the president of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Egypt:
“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”
“It is unprecedented that Canadian media be entirely excluded from a Canadian prime minister’s foreign trip.”
Worth a read. This attempt at control, albeit less blatantly, is also happening in Canada. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Worth a read. This attempt at control, albeit less blatantly, is also happening in Canada. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...
This is one hellava story! www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
This is one hellava story! www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Great analysis piece by my former colleague Michael Gorman on what politicians say on one side of the House and what they say when they sit on the government side. Happens with increasing regularity.
ANALYSIS | The advantages and disadvantages of a short sitting at Province House | CBC News
On Friday, Premier Tim Houston and his team wrapped up the second-shortest sitting of the Nova Scotia legislature since he became premier in 2021.
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October 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Great analysis piece by my former colleague Michael Gorman on what politicians say on one side of the House and what they say when they sit on the government side. Happens with increasing regularity.
Former reporters (except Jennifer Henderson who’s still at it) gather at Province House to help celebrate the storied career of CP reporter Keith Doucette. It’s his last legislative sitting. Retirement awaits at the end of the month. Welcome to the club mon ami.
October 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Former reporters (except Jennifer Henderson who’s still at it) gather at Province House to help celebrate the storied career of CP reporter Keith Doucette. It’s his last legislative sitting. Retirement awaits at the end of the month. Welcome to the club mon ami.
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ANALYSIS | Great news — Trump and Hegseth have finally gotten rid of the woke, pronoun-loving military men with beards!
Trump and Hegseth finally get rid of woke, pronoun-loving military men with beards!
www.independent.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
ANALYSIS | Great news — Trump and Hegseth have finally gotten rid of the woke, pronoun-loving military men with beards!
Why are the provinces and the Feds still using X/twitter as one of their main comms platforms? If we’re serious about bringing people together rather than fuelling an algorithm that tears people apart, should we continue to support that platform? Seems illogical at best.
September 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Why are the provinces and the Feds still using X/twitter as one of their main comms platforms? If we’re serious about bringing people together rather than fuelling an algorithm that tears people apart, should we continue to support that platform? Seems illogical at best.
Humbled to be awarded a lifetime achievement award from @rtdna.bsky.social Glad to share the spotlight with my former CBC colleagues showing off the haul from CBC in NB, PEI and NS.
September 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Humbled to be awarded a lifetime achievement award from @rtdna.bsky.social Glad to share the spotlight with my former CBC colleagues showing off the haul from CBC in NB, PEI and NS.
I'll be moderating a panel on aging and ageism on October 6th at the Halifax Central Library. I hope you can join me and a very knowledgeable group of women. Here are the details.
September 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I'll be moderating a panel on aging and ageism on October 6th at the Halifax Central Library. I hope you can join me and a very knowledgeable group of women. Here are the details.
Well done Darty. Well done.
September 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Well done Darty. Well done.
This is a lovely and thoughtful goodbye.
Breaking — FEMA Acting Chief Counsel Colt Hagmaier just resigned in an email to staff. He's worked at the agency for more than a decade.
Hagmaier's resignation comes immediately after two FEMA employees were placed on leave for comments about Charlie Kirk.
Text of his email shared with me:
Hagmaier's resignation comes immediately after two FEMA employees were placed on leave for comments about Charlie Kirk.
Text of his email shared with me:
September 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This is a lovely and thoughtful goodbye.
Film-maker Reid Davenport has delivered an important and thought provoking examination of Canada’s medical assistance in dying law. Must view for anyone seeking or in public office, as well as anyone who develops policy.
September 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Film-maker Reid Davenport has delivered an important and thought provoking examination of Canada’s medical assistance in dying law. Must view for anyone seeking or in public office, as well as anyone who develops policy.
Köln 75 is a lovely, fast-paced film that tells the story behind Keith Jarrett’s 1975 Köln Concert, the best-selling solo jazz recording and piano album of all time. It’s great entertainment and you can catch it at the Atlantic International Film Festival. If you can, you should.
September 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Köln 75 is a lovely, fast-paced film that tells the story behind Keith Jarrett’s 1975 Köln Concert, the best-selling solo jazz recording and piano album of all time. It’s great entertainment and you can catch it at the Atlantic International Film Festival. If you can, you should.
Cape Breton celebrity sighting at the Atlantic International Film Festival. Star struck!
September 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Cape Breton celebrity sighting at the Atlantic International Film Festival. Star struck!
Just saw this wonderful film at the Atlantic film fest. Well written, superbly acted piece of cinema with a lot to say about love and the power of writing. Highly recommend it.
September 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Just saw this wonderful film at the Atlantic film fest. Well written, superbly acted piece of cinema with a lot to say about love and the power of writing. Highly recommend it.