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Single-use plastic bags make up one per cent of total material received at the HRM’s Materials Recycling Facility.

Environment No more plastic bags in Halifax? HRM committee votes for a ban

If council approves, bags could be banned by July 1

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2 days ago | News

A screenshot of the banner art for It's Time: Canada's Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence.

WomenMind the gap: Women’s advocacy groups improving services for underserved and at-risk communities

Projects target rural, Indigenous and African-Nova Scotian communities

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2 days ago | News

These supplements, and the plastic bottle they come in, were part of what inspired the Harbour Lites' Seniors Club to take action against overpackaging.

EnvironmentSeniors in Musquodoboit Harbour are fed up with overpackaging

Harbour Lites Seniors’ Club hopes to bring concerns to the provincial government

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Wether you read on paper or a screen, media is becoming more partisan.

The new partisan press

We have entered an electronic era of hyperpartisan political information

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2 days ago | King's Journalism Review Longform

Spotlight

A photo illustration of memory.

The memory puzzle

The uncertainty of memory poses a challenge for narrative journalists

4 days ago

Halifax, N.S.: Damage caused by the explosion.

2018 COPA silver award winner
2017 AJA gold award winner

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Remembering the Halifax Explosion

Dec 6, 2017

Signal broadcast hosts Yuqian Li (left) and Lothian Taylor (right).

2018 COPA gold award winner

Video: The Signal - Dec. 1, 2017

Stories from the Halifax community

Dec 2, 2017

Marcel Tellier aims his arrow at his target. Sunday hunting is allowed for the first two Sundays of the season in Nova Scotia.

HuntingShould hunters have more Sundays to hunt?

Current rules limit hunting to first two Sundays of the general season

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A WestJet airplane sits on the tarmac at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport.

TravelHow to avoid airport turbulence during the holidays

Four travel experts give opinions on how to navigate the holiday season

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2 days ago | Life

From left to right: Alexa McDonough, Diana Whalen, Patricia Arab, Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin, Julie Chaisson.

POLITICS Is politics a man's world? Survey suggests there's still a gap in perceptions

Nova Scotian women discuss their experiences in politics

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2 days ago | Life

Military members hold flags in front of the Fort Needham Bell Tower during a ceremony marking the 101st anniversary of the Halifax Explosion.

HALIFAX EXPLOSIONHalifax Explosion memorial service brings people together on 101st anniversary

Memorial held at Fort Needham Bell Tower to remember the tragic events of Dec. 6, 1917

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3 days ago | News

Defenceman Jared McIsaac will be trying to make the Canadian World Junior team.

World Juniors 'I am going to do everything I can to try to crack that lineup’

Shane Bowers, Jared McIsaac are vying for two of 23 roster spots

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3 days ago | Sports

Hosts Ben Cleary and Benjamin Wilson working on scripts for today's final livestream from The Signal's video workshop

VideoThe Signal Webcast: MSVU, World AIDS Day, Halifax Mooseheads

Watch our video newscast from Dec. 8, 2018

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On Dec. 6, 1989, Marc Lépine shot and killed 14 women at Montreal's École Polytechnique.

Montreal Massacre‘People need to get angry’: Vigil remembers victims of gender-based violence with Polytechnique film screening

Dec. 6 marks 29th anniversary of the murder of 14 women in Montreal

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3 days ago | News