The Coast, Halifax's Weekly
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During the pandemic's peak, it felt like going to community hubs like Atlantic News was a taste of much-needed normalcy. https://bit.ly/35CsdpT

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The province's #Covid_19 report arrived unusually late today, but we understand. With the fight against the second wave fully engaged, there's an awful lot happeningso much that 16 new cases doesn't even feel too bad. https://bit.ly/373nAEE

For "western HRM," once the clock strikes 12:01 on Monday, November 23, a resident's bubblethe people you don't have to socially distance from and mask up aroundcan only include five people. https://www.thecoast.ca//11/20/halifaxs-bubble-gets-smaller

What fun, virtual events are you hosting this holiday season? We wanna know about all the online concerts, Zoom magic shows and more. Send us an email to [email protected] before Nov 30 at 5pm and we'll include your event in our upcoming holiday-themed issue.

"Art helps us: In connecting with art, we connect with each other, we orient ourselves in time," explains sound artist Lindsay Dobbin. This year, the local visual arts community helped us all do just that. Here are some highlights: https://bit.ly/35yT0Dj

Announcement from the province today about rent control. It's happening, effective immediately, retroactive to September. Key points: -Rent increases capped at 2% per year -Renovictions aren't allowed... -In place as long as there's a state of emergency or February 2022 -Rent increases from September, October or November are to be retroactively capped, the money credited to tenants on future rents. See more

Mask and you shall receive. After a six long months of postponement, new normals, adjusting to dining-out best practices and talking with restaurants about the best way forward, we’re excited to announce Halifax Burger Week 2020 is happening! And it’s not just a week, either. The burger celebration runs for the last 10 days of October, starting Thursday, October 22 and running through Saturday, October 31. It’s no secret that the pandemic makes it more important than ever to... support local businesses, and keep Halifax’s entrepreneurial spirit thriving. At the same time, the safety of restaurant staff and customers is vital. It was the right decision to postpone Burger Week in March. And the decision to bring it back now is one The Coast and our Halifax Burger Week partners make after getting advice from the Restaurant Association of Nova Scotia, listening to Nova Scotia’s public health head Dr. Robert Strang, consulting with local government and watching as new safety practices around COVID-19 rolled out. Naturally Burger Week will look a little different this year. For example, there will be: physical distancing everywhere mandatory masks more hand-washing opportunities lots of take-out options 10 days to dine But the things that make Burger Week great haven’t changed at all: supporting local business raising money for Feed Nova Scotia tasty burgers for days Visit burgerweek.co for more details.

Here's everything that happened at Halifax regional council *last* week https://bit.ly/3l39MyK

There will be 11 vendors participating on each of the six weekends, as well as three nearby restaurants. https://bit.ly/2KbN2A3

Halifax goes into lockdown at midnight. Here's what's shutting down, why it's happening and how Nova Scotia is trying to avoid the massive COVID-19 second wave that most provinces are getting. https://bit.ly/3q4pZb0

Plan ahead, bring a mask, and shop local this year https://bit.ly/2KaFkpV

Don’t forget to #vote!!!

It's election day in Halifax! Polls are open until 7pm. If you haven't voted because you don't know enough about the candidates, there's an app for that thecoast.ca/voteapp

Tony Nahas says making TikTok videos during lockdown "gave [him] hope again." https://bit.ly/32IUdWR

It looks like that person who's been fighting #COVID in the ICU for the last three and a half weeks just got out of the hospital so we are going to focus on that instead of on the new case Nova Scotia announced today

There was a sale of Indigenous-harvested lobster at Province House, Friday at noon. A long line of customers stretched halfway around the blockpeople brought coolers for lobsters, and signs for support. The lobsters ran out by 12:30 but the messages on the signs are timeless.

Now that the #COVID Alert app works in Nova Scotia, you may be wondering, What's the COVID Alert app? Here's a story for that. https://bit.ly/3nTgk5V

Nova Scotia is essentially free of #COVID, but the record-setting #secondwave happening in the rest of Canada shows why this isn't the time for us to relax https://bit.ly/34B2nRj

Lots of good #COVID news in Nova Scotia today, including the COVID Alert App finally coming online https://bit.ly/2H8h720

For a total price of $9,125.03 including HST, Gramac Ltd., a construction company based in Lower Sackville, painted the murals overnight Saturday on Alderney Drive in Dartmouth and Sunday on Brunswick Street in Halifax. https://bit.ly/3nsR4Dg

University students consistently report food insecurity rates about three times higher than the national average of 10 or 11 percent. https://bit.ly/3j6jvmV

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Photographer Meghan Tansey Whitton shot candidates one by one in her studio, then used Photoshop magic to assemble this COVID-19-safe group photo.

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The province is reporting no new #COVID cases, and we're reporting that a Coast print issue comes out tomorrow! https://bit.ly/3lJDXfh

Last and least (in terms of candidates, that is) we've got incumbent Tim Outhit running unopposed in District 16 Bedford-Wentworth, the only acclaimed candidate in this year's municipal election. https://www.thecoast.ca//district-16-bedford-went/Content