A beautiful fall day in Bedford was the perfect setting for a love-filled church ceremony between these two. You could feel the love between Lynlyn and Sean, their son Mikey was adorable on camera, and the rainy day cleared up just in time for photos! Check out the highlights video below and my YouTube channel…
Category: Current Events
Hurricrane Removal Photo Gallery
Photos from October 13, the first day of removal, 35 days after the crane fell on a downtown Halifax street during Hurricane Dorian. See them all online at HalifaxToday: https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/gallery-crews-begin-crane-removal-after-35-days-19-photos-1746587
Common Roots wraps up first season at new location
I got to write about one of my favourite things again: urban farms! I first wrote about Common Roots three years ago in my first cover story for The Coast. Recently I also got the chance to talk with Sara Burgess, the coordinator of Common Roots’ new BiHi location! Check out the article for HalifaxToday.ca…
Election night in Halifax
This year I got to cover my first federal election for The Coast. I headed to Liberal Andy Fillmore’s Halifax office. Fillmore was the incumbent, and despite a strong showing from the NDP’s Christine Saulnier, he took the MP seat again this year. Check out my photo gallery from election night below! You can also…
Trash Talk: How your apple cores and yard waste turn into soil
Check out this article in The Coast, third in my series of trash-related stories. Check out the first one here, and the second here. This time, I went to the very pungent Miller Waste compost facility in Burnside. Take a read to hear about the three-month process of turning organic material into soil used for…
Tobin Street residents displaced for at least two months for repairs after Dorian
During the high winds of September’s hurricane, a roof ripped of a Tobin Street apartment complex, hitting and damaging a neighbouring building. I chatted with Carleigh MacKenzie, who lives in one of the buildings. Check out the full article below. https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/tobin-street-residents-displaced-for-at-least-two-months-for-repairs-after-dorian-1693573
Switch Halifax Photo Gallery
The street festival took over three streets downtown on Sunday, Sept 15, from 12 – 4 p.m. https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/gallery-switch-halifax-takes-over-agricola-spring-garden-and-argyle-36-photos-1694253
Tracking your trash
A look at where your garbage ends up after it leaves the curb, and just how much of it ends up there. I took a tour of the Materials Recovery Facility in Halifax…check it out! https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/haligonians-are-composting-almost-twice-as-much-as-they-are-recycling/Content?oid=22488692
How to recycle and compost properly in HRM
Reduce, reuse and reiterate that recycling is important but not using single-use plastics is better I wrote this for the 2019 Back-to-School edition of The Coast – read the full article here! https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/how-to-recycle-and-compost-properly-in-hrm/Content?oid=22393871
Valley woman’s beach cleanup becomes groundhog rescue mission
Karen Jenner didn’t expect to find an animal in crisis during a typical walk on Black Rock Beach in August. Read the full article at the link below! https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/valley-womans-beach-cleanup-quickly-becomes-groundhog-rescue-mission-1645544?fbclid=IwAR150_y0vfYtFWR7naXqK6ZAYkKgZ5vpCU4lgHvrZEI_KX8JjffahoLZhdw