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@dartmouthderek.bsky.social

Father | Settler | Lawyer working for Indigenous peoples | beard grower | soccer coach | I don’t make the rules, I just interpret them | posts, not legal advice | Halisky

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So they think we should all have to buy their oil, but they aren’t willing to support other Canadian products. Got it.

07.08.2025 18:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New Episode Available!
@dartmouthderek.bsky.social @halifaxdave33.bsky.social and myself break the loss to Vancouver. Derek also gives his Tides round up.
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Pics courtesy of Trevor MacMillan/Hfx Wanderers #coyw #coyt #canpl #cpl #cansoccer #nsl

06.08.2025 12:41 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Great event! Check it out!

07.08.2025 02:09 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It’s vintage 2024 wanderers

07.08.2025 02:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

North brewing?

04.08.2025 14:39 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Strange that PC MLA’s claim to be getting so many letters opposed to bike lanes when the vast majority of letters to mayor and council are in favour of them.

04.08.2025 14:37 — 👍 10    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

Ok, will correct.

04.08.2025 14:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I miss Andy Bowers’ drunk neighbours tweets more than anything else on Halitwitter.

04.08.2025 14:34 — 👍 15    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Their idea of affordable housing solutions is to hand the city over to their developer buddies

04.08.2025 13:01 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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03.08.2025 02:15 — 👍 2604    🔁 2793    💬 56    📌 224

This. The plan is to increase our provincial population to 2 million, which means Halifax is likely to be a city of 1 million or more, and our provincial and municipal governments can’t even effectively plan for half that size.

03.08.2025 20:50 — 👍 47    🔁 8    💬 1    📌 0

💯

03.08.2025 20:42 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Give me the super mayor powers and I will make it happen.

03.08.2025 19:51 — 👍 26    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Aaand the Woodside ferry should be running!!

03.08.2025 19:19 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Weekends like this are a chance to showcase transit to people that don’t ordinarily use it. And @hfxtransit.bsky.social is massively dropping the ball.

03.08.2025 18:47 — 👍 38    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

This is the kind of congestion the mayor and the premier should actually be working to solve.

03.08.2025 18:28 — 👍 50    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
Picture of the interior of the Dartmouth ferry terminal with a long line of annoyed people waiting for the ferry.

Picture of the interior of the Dartmouth ferry terminal with a long line of annoyed people waiting for the ferry.

@hfxtransit.bsky.social: this is ridiculous.

On weekends when you know the bridge is closed and there are major events on the waterfront, ferry service should be every 15 mins.

Sort it out @andyfillmorehfx.bsky.social

03.08.2025 18:26 — 👍 102    🔁 20    💬 9    📌 6

Remember folks: Jazz is anti-fascist.

03.08.2025 18:17 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Jazz haters suck

03.08.2025 18:14 — 👍 395    🔁 94    💬 4    📌 9
From above everything looks grey or black. Smoke is seen rising from building ga at the top of the photo. In the foreground many buildings have collapsed entirely. Photo credit to Heidi Levine taken for the Washington Post.

From above everything looks grey or black. Smoke is seen rising from building ga at the top of the photo. In the foreground many buildings have collapsed entirely. Photo credit to Heidi Levine taken for the Washington Post.

Photo of the Day.

Israel threatened reprisals if the press filmed Gaza from above during airdrops.

This is why. A scene of destroyed & burnt out buildings in what is left of Gaza City, the pre-war home to 800,000 people.

Credit to Post photographer Heidi Levine who defied the ban & took this.

01.08.2025 22:09 — 👍 1279    🔁 820    💬 47    📌 50

They are playing Bachata. *chef’s kiss*

02.08.2025 15:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Game day! Let’s go!

02.08.2025 15:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

You guys weren’t wrong about the New Robot Beer Garden. Great spot on a day like today!

02.08.2025 15:32 — 👍 15    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Thanks to everyone who made it out. It was a great time!

02.08.2025 15:06 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Tonight at 8 PM!

01.08.2025 21:54 — 👍 9    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

I beg your pardon…

01.08.2025 21:41 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 1

I’m sure their PC MLA’s will, of course, do the responsible thing and let them know they are misinformed.

01.08.2025 11:31 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

They legitimately think they are paying for them.

01.08.2025 11:28 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Super helpful. Thanks.

31.07.2025 19:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If you’re serious about dealing with congestion and want to make evidence based decisions, then share the evidence with the public

31.07.2025 15:13 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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