Paul O'Connell
@pauloconnell.bsky.social
Semi-retired journalist, instructor at King's. I like to read and watch TV. Part-time Haligonian. I'd rather be at the beach.
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Vandal Doughnuts in Halifax is closing.
January 22, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Vandal Doughnuts in Halifax is closing.
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Tourism numbers show 93 days where Halifax was 'essentially out of rooms' in 2025
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Tourism numbers show 93 days where Halifax was 'essentially out of rooms' in 2025
Halifax's popularity as a tourist destination continued its upward trend in 2025, but there is room to grow, said Ross Jefferson, the President and CEO of Discover Halifax.
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January 21, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Tourism numbers show 93 days where Halifax was 'essentially out of rooms' in 2025
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New 14-storey tower proposed across from NSCC Akerley Campus in Dartmouth
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14-storey tower proposed across from NSCC Akerley Campus in Dartmouth
Other towers are expected to be built in this ‘open and underdeveloped’ area that lacks sewer infrastructure
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January 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
New 14-storey tower proposed across from NSCC Akerley Campus in Dartmouth
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Round and round we go: Are roundabouts the intersection of the future in Halifax? www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Round and round we go: Are roundabouts the intersection of the future in Halifax?
Considered safer, more efficient (but not cheaper!) roundabouts are popping up throughout the city, but do they work?
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January 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Round and round we go: Are roundabouts the intersection of the future in Halifax? www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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In the @thestar.com, I weighed in on the heaviest issue of the day: airplane seats are getting too small. WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END!?!?! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
John Semley: I’m tall and big. Does air travel really have to be so miserable for people like me?
It’s enough to make you pine for the days when casual consumer aviators stretched out in coach, chain-smoking cigarettes freely as they glided around the globe.
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January 13, 2026 at 5:54 PM
In the @thestar.com, I weighed in on the heaviest issue of the day: airplane seats are getting too small. WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END!?!?! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
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'Everybody is safe' after massive fire rages through Wallace fish plant
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'Everybody is safe' after massive fire rages through Wallace fish plant
The Wallace Volunteer Fire Department was packed Monday afternoon with fish plant workers and local residents who fled a massive blaze at the community’s fish plant.
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December 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
'Everybody is safe' after massive fire rages through Wallace fish plant
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Over 900 people are living in shelters in Halifax, 197 are unsheltered: point-in-time count
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Over 900 people are living in shelters in Halifax, 197 are unsheltered: point-in-time count
Deep dive into homelessness in Halifax shows sharp increases and some progress
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November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Over 900 people are living in shelters in Halifax, 197 are unsheltered: point-in-time count
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"Across Atlantic Canada, bustling newsrooms are shrinking or being shut down altogether. In August 2024, SaltWire Network, Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain, sold its more than two dozen publications to Postmedia"
Inverness Oran is a thriving local
Happy to support @halifaxexaminer.ca
Inverness Oran is a thriving local
Happy to support @halifaxexaminer.ca
What’s left of Nova Scotia’s Postmedia newsrooms?
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November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"Across Atlantic Canada, bustling newsrooms are shrinking or being shut down altogether. In August 2024, SaltWire Network, Atlantic Canada’s largest newspaper chain, sold its more than two dozen publications to Postmedia"
Inverness Oran is a thriving local
Happy to support @halifaxexaminer.ca
Inverness Oran is a thriving local
Happy to support @halifaxexaminer.ca
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According to a report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives the proportion of Canadians with one or no local outlets has doubled since 2008, rising from three per cent of the population to seven per cent today. signalhfx.ca/whats-left-o...
What’s left of Nova Scotia’s Postmedia newsrooms?
signalhfx.ca
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
According to a report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives the proportion of Canadians with one or no local outlets has doubled since 2008, rising from three per cent of the population to seven per cent today. signalhfx.ca/whats-left-o...
I think we'd prefer it if the Americans would go back to ignoring us, so that we could then resent that. We'd be much happier.
March 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I think we'd prefer it if the Americans would go back to ignoring us, so that we could then resent that. We'd be much happier.
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This is Canada. This is what we are fighting for.
We will NEVER be the 51st anything.
We have work to do. Let's do it for each other. Let's do it for our land, our water, our resources, and our history. We cannot, we will not, go down in history as anything other than Canada.
#Canada
We will NEVER be the 51st anything.
We have work to do. Let's do it for each other. Let's do it for our land, our water, our resources, and our history. We cannot, we will not, go down in history as anything other than Canada.
#Canada
Dear Canada...
Dear Canada... I felt compelled to do something, to make something for my country. To stick up for, and to honour it. To show our strength, beauty, genius, empathy,…
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March 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This is Canada. This is what we are fighting for.
We will NEVER be the 51st anything.
We have work to do. Let's do it for each other. Let's do it for our land, our water, our resources, and our history. We cannot, we will not, go down in history as anything other than Canada.
#Canada
We will NEVER be the 51st anything.
We have work to do. Let's do it for each other. Let's do it for our land, our water, our resources, and our history. We cannot, we will not, go down in history as anything other than Canada.
#Canada
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Some timely coverage of one of the Old Burying Ground's most noteworthy residents: Major General Robert Ross (with the OBGF's own Craig Ferguson @deadinhalifax.bsky.social) www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Man who burned down White House buried in Halifax
Craig Ferguson, a director of the Old Burying Ground Foundation, shares the story of Maj.-Gen. Robert Ross and how he ended up in Nova Scotia. Watch his interview with Amy Smith.
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March 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Some timely coverage of one of the Old Burying Ground's most noteworthy residents: Major General Robert Ross (with the OBGF's own Craig Ferguson @deadinhalifax.bsky.social) www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?
March 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I know this is going to sound naive or earnest, but I genuinely find myself shocked by how little people seem to be upset by the levels of corruption we're seeing. Is that the median voter assumes everyone is corrupt already? Or isn't actually getting stories about the corruption?
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China slaps 25 per cent tariff on N.S. lobster, throwing seafood industry into turmoil www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
China slaps 25 per cent tariff on N.S. lobster, throwing seafood industry into turmoil
Nova Scotian exporters have heard directly from buyers in China that tariff goes into effect March 20.
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March 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
China slaps 25 per cent tariff on N.S. lobster, throwing seafood industry into turmoil www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Unbelievable news.
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
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Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Unbelievable news.
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Pancreatic is one of the deadliest cancers.
New paper shows personalized mRNA vaccines can induce durable T cells that attack pancreatic cancer, with 75% of patients cancer free at three years—far, far better than standard of care.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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How stupid and arbitrary are Trump's mass firings at federal agencies?
A State Dept employee tells me some colleagues are racing to change their job descriptions so phrases like "transnational crime" don't get caught up in DOGE AI bots scanning for words like "trans" to fire people because "DEI."
A State Dept employee tells me some colleagues are racing to change their job descriptions so phrases like "transnational crime" don't get caught up in DOGE AI bots scanning for words like "trans" to fire people because "DEI."
February 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
How stupid and arbitrary are Trump's mass firings at federal agencies?
A State Dept employee tells me some colleagues are racing to change their job descriptions so phrases like "transnational crime" don't get caught up in DOGE AI bots scanning for words like "trans" to fire people because "DEI."
A State Dept employee tells me some colleagues are racing to change their job descriptions so phrases like "transnational crime" don't get caught up in DOGE AI bots scanning for words like "trans" to fire people because "DEI."
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Hey Halifax folks. If you don't have a great and urgent need to be anywhere I strongly recommend that you stay home. The streets are clear for the most part but sidewalks and parking lots are treacherous. #halisky
February 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hey Halifax folks. If you don't have a great and urgent need to be anywhere I strongly recommend that you stay home. The streets are clear for the most part but sidewalks and parking lots are treacherous. #halisky
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Fire at Bloomfield School site 'escalated quickly,' says firefighters' union
Some roads in area are closed to traffic
#NovaScotia
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Some roads in area are closed to traffic
#NovaScotia
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Fire at Bloomfield School site 'escalated quickly,' says firefighters' union | CBC News
A vacant north-end Halifax building that was previously described as an "immediate safety risk" by a fire inspector caught fire early Sunday.
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February 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Fire at Bloomfield School site 'escalated quickly,' says firefighters' union
Some roads in area are closed to traffic
#NovaScotia
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Some roads in area are closed to traffic
#NovaScotia
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I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
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Dozens of CFPB Workers Fired in After-Hours Blitz
Some affected employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau were notified with an email that addressed them as [EmployeeFirstName][EmployeeLastName], [Job Title], [Division].
wired.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I'm hearing now that *every* technologist CFPB hired to investigate Big Tech was fired this evening. That's somewhere between 70-100 people.
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
wired.com/story/dozens-of-cfpb-workers-terminated-in-after-hours-firing-blitz/
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His first foray into the middle east. Originally published in the Chronicle Herald May 19, 2018
February 9, 2025 at 10:40 PM
His first foray into the middle east. Originally published in the Chronicle Herald May 19, 2018
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🔥 AMAZING.
Today, the Baltic states disconnected their power grids from that of Russia.
It’s taken years of prep. What a moment.
Today, the Baltic states disconnected their power grids from that of Russia.
It’s taken years of prep. What a moment.
February 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🔥 AMAZING.
Today, the Baltic states disconnected their power grids from that of Russia.
It’s taken years of prep. What a moment.
Today, the Baltic states disconnected their power grids from that of Russia.
It’s taken years of prep. What a moment.
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i wonder why these guys hate the CFPB so much
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February 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
i wonder why these guys hate the CFPB so much
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“The waves of drones from air and ground simultaneously took the Russian position off guard – and inspired a sudden panic. While aerial drone attacks are common along the frontlines, the use of ground drones in tandem is not.” www.counteroffensive.news/p/the-first-...
Inside the first ever all-drone assault by Ukraine
The Counteroffensive is the first to give a detailed play-by-play of a major milestone in military drone history. Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at its planning, execution and impact on future wars.
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February 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
“The waves of drones from air and ground simultaneously took the Russian position off guard – and inspired a sudden panic. While aerial drone attacks are common along the frontlines, the use of ground drones in tandem is not.” www.counteroffensive.news/p/the-first-...
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Crew members found from capsized fishing vessel off Sambro
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Crew members found from capsized fishing vessel off Sambro
Conditions on Thursday night were unfavourable, with low visibility and high swells.
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February 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Crew members found from capsized fishing vessel off Sambro
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