Jan 31 - Feb 6, 2019

Vol. 26, No. 36

Nova Scotia is an outlier when it comes to adoptions, maintaining a culture of secrecy that most of Canada has moved away from. This week we examine an adoption case that raises serious questions about who the province thinks it’s helping.

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City

Planning experts skeptical of Midtown North development

Developer of the ambitious north-end proposal says he doesn't want handouts from HRM or the province.

By Sandra C. Hannebohm
Jan 31, 2019
City

958 days without medical assistance in dying policy

Lack of government regulation leaves Nova Scotians without access to legal practice and beset by misinformation.

By Brooklyn Connolly
Jan 31, 2019
City

Street check report delayed until March

Human Rights Commission study on controversial police practice—originally due this month—won't be ready for another eight weeks.

By Jacob Boon
Jan 31, 2019
City

Histories held hostage

Nova Scotia's sealed adoption records kept Linda Emberley in an emotional limbo—until the province released details of her past to someone else.

By Katie Ingram
Jan 31, 2019
Shoptalk

Where I work: Downeast Trophies

To mark 40 years in business, owner Mike McGuigan gives us a peek inside the trophy case.

By Hal Atwood
Feb 7, 2019
Opinion

White supremacy in Halifax

Maxime Bernier and the People's Party of Canada come to town.

By Alex Macnab
Jan 31, 2019
Opinion

Letters to the editor, January 31, 2019

These are the letters and comments from the print edition.

Jan 31, 2019

Arts & Culture

Breaking Macbeth

Steady Theatre Co. makes its stage debut by zeroing in on the characters and relationships behind Shakespeare’s famous tragedy.

By Brennan McCracken
Jan 31, 2019
Music

Unchained Melodies

Songwriter and Wintersleep keyboardist Jon Samuel releases his second solo effort, Dead Melodies, this weekend.

By Morgan Mullin
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Music

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Music

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Comics

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Cannabis

Pot designed to Enhance things

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