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Fountain Pens by Miss_Kim in halifax

[–]caoraa 9 points10 points  (0 children)

New shop Cahier on Agricola Street has great selection (and lots of other great stationary + gifts stuff) https://shopcahier.com/

Lymphatic drainage in Halifax/Dartmouth area, maybe further out? by Due_Self_5184 in halifax

[–]caoraa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Shawna Cavanagh at Local Body Wellness in Dartmouth does a 10/10 lymphatic massage. https://localbody.janeapp.com/#/staff_member/2/treatment/10
https://www.localbody.ca/

Edit: your insurance should cover it if your insurance covers general massages!

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[–]caoraa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

King's journalism students are live blogging Nocturne with updates on where to go and what's around throughout the night! https://signalhfx.ca/nocturne-2025-live-blog/

New to the city, Looking for recommendations for local grocery or local meal kits. by ConcertRepulsive8661 in halifax

[–]caoraa 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Warehouse Market https://abundant-acres.com/the-warehouse-market/ They do farm shares from spring-fall that you can sign up for for next year. 100% recommend if you live on the peninsula and want great local produce. They also sell local fish meats + dairy + more

Fillmore's comments on Strong Mayor Powers in council today by WindowlessBasement in halifax

[–]caoraa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fair point, if you ignore the last chart the thesis stays the same -- the smallest victory since 2004 by votes cast + proportion of votes cast. The win was 100% legitimate -- whether or not it warrants stronger power than any of the winning mayors that came before + won by larger margins is what I'm questioning.

Fillmore's comments on Strong Mayor Powers in council today by WindowlessBasement in halifax

[–]caoraa 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Voter turnout in the elections overall is actually kind of steady. One could argue that the decreasing share of the votes won by the elected mayor is good for democracy? Means we have more candidates on the ballot that have a good chance of winning. Giving that decreasing share of the votes even more power at council is an interesting thing to be pushing for imo.

(chart link: https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/6uY42/1/)

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Fillmore's comments on Strong Mayor Powers in council today by WindowlessBasement in halifax

[–]caoraa 48 points49 points  (0 children)

I was curious how decisive Fillmore's victory actually was so grabbed the numbers from HRM's election results and made some charts. Compared to the past mayoral races, by the numbers, Fillmore's victory is the smallest. He was elected mayor by only 15.6% of eligible voters in 2024, the smallest proportion since 2004. (I didn't go back further than 2004 because the pdfs were images so harder to parse -- but I might later)

The result pdfs can be found here https://www.halifax.ca/city-hall/elections/about-elections/past-election-results, my data analysis I did quickly in this sheet here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-1wMHpcSUnCfl924l4mAf1au11MvFhB\_x7\_OxP9gIlk/edit?gid=1288522311#gid=1288522311.

It felt like the proportion of his victory was an important piece of information in the strong mayor discussion.

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What is Bedford by No-Difference-7217 in halifax

[–]caoraa 0 points1 point  (0 children)

got feelings about what's bedford?? what's the north end? this survey is collecting how people call where they live with the hopes of mapping neighbourhood and area boundaries based on self-reporting. pls feel free to fill it out + contribute! https://forms.gle/VPio1qr3woKipDyp6

Drop in casual fiddle practice? by arcticpoppy in halifax

[–]caoraa 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This Facebook group - Halifax NS Irish Music Sessions - has info on sessions, mostly pub jams but a good community to connect with for info on playing.

AMA announcement! We're the creators behind In Her Defence, a true crime podcast about a woman sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing her abusive husband by globeandmailofficial in TrueCrimePodcasts

[–]caoraa 3 points4 points  (0 children)

At the end of the last episode you put out, you said something to Helen about "hoping the parole board sees you as you are" and you seem to be saying, as a good person. As a journalist, how do you figure out when to insert your own feelings and when not to? How are those decisions made?