Cold southerlies
Facing uncertain times with courage and belief
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Protesters outside Province House on Wednesday, March 5.A terrific rock band was searching for a great name. They noticed that in the news one word kept coming up over and over – and that it would make a cool name. And so the Clash was born.
An artist today might zero in on this word: uncertainty. Uncertainty is the key word of 2025, recurring in media, spoken by world leaders, felt on the street. Things were already tense; then came Donald Trump. The first 100 days of his second term have been breathtaking in their ability to make billions of people feel less secure, less confident and less certain.
How will we survive these discombobulating times? In this series of stories you will discover that Nova Scotians – people with a long history of working through difficulties – are meeting this new storm with old optimism and fresh resilience.
In this Series:
Page 1
The fight to keep Halifax red
Shannon Miedema, a rookie Liberal candidate, discovers the joys and surprises of life on the campaign trail
The doctor won’t see you now
A shortage of family doctors has Nova Scotians waiting for the waiting room
Still rockin’ in the free world?
The strength of Nova Scotian democracy is being tested by the Tim Houston government
Home at last
The long road to unionizing Nova Scotia’s largest homeless shelter
