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The province is making sure health care workers and the residents of long term care homes being vaccinated first, As much as we'd all like to have our shot now, this is why I think we need to trust the experts and wait our turn. Photo Credit - Communications Nova Scotia More great local content at www,SaltWire.com

For one Dartmouth resident, photography has really gone to the dogs ... literally. Cassie Latta-Johnson has been busy after starting their own dog photography business called Wet Nose Images Halifax.

Kyle Jackson - Halifax Thunderbirds Kyle is the only Halifax Thunderbirds' player who lives in the Nova Scotia capital year-round, has occupied his time while the National Lacrosse League has delayed the start of its new season until April. Jackson, who became a first-time father in September, has developed a virtual reading program for local elementary school students, has created a workout and t...

SaltWire multimedia journalist George Myrer chats with Dartmouth Steele Subaru U18 forward Kian Bell about his season so far. More great local content at www. SaltWire.com

“The Crocodile Song” sung by Naaman Payne. This archival track was recorded in 1966 by Herbert Halpert and John Widdowson in Cow Head. It is a tall tale about a shipwrecked sailor who encounters a 500-mile-long crocodile. More great local content at www. SaltWire.com

“Thomas and Nancy” is a contemporary performance by Anita Best, based on the music and text notated by folklorist Elisabeth Greenleaf from a performance of Bryant Gallant of Sally’s Cove, in 1920. Anita’s performance was recorded by MMaP’s Digital Audio Studio Coordinator Spencer Crewe in 2019. More great local content at www. SaltWire.com

SaltWire multimedia journalist Stephen Cooke chats with Newfoundland’s bold balladeer Alan Doyle. Doyle had a blast with his recent socially distanced Atlantic bubble shows, including four nights in Halifax, and now he’s taking his music back online for a multitude of good causes.

2020 was going to be a big breakthrough year for Neon Dreams, and in the band’s own unique way, it was still able to make big things happen in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. The duo of Frank Kadillac and Adrian Morris hit the ground running that first week of January with a new single Turn Back Now, and ended the month with their first-ever Juno Award nomination, eventually winning the breakth...

Housing Crisis - Saltwire reporter Andrew Rankin talks to Jim Graham, executive director of Affordable Housing Association of Nova Scotia, about why we’re facing a housing crisis in Halifax and where we go from here. More great local content at www. SaltWire.com

Long-time Journalists and Opinion Editors, Laurent Le Pierrès of the Chronicle Herald, and Russell Wangersky of the Telegram, weigh in on the U.S. election night. The virtual interview takes place with SaltWire Host, Kate Walker. Both journalists give their take on how to stay informed while staying sane, how to gage misinformation in the "fake news" era, and what it means to not yet have a final...

You can’t fall in love with reading if you don’t have access to books. The Indigo Love of Reading Foundation was formed in 2004 to combat this exact problem. “We really exist to ensure that all kids have equal access to books,” says Rose Lipton, the Executive Director of the foundation. “There is a huge inequality in Canada around education and access to literary resources.” Full story at www. Sal...

Bahamas’ Afie Jurvanen may be a one-man-band at the moment, but with his brand new fifth album Sad Hunk, he’s no one-trick-pony. The record’s easygoing blend of crooning soul, modern folk, global groove and campfire county is full of the singer’s self-effacing humour and cautious optimism, and much of it originated in songwriting that took place after the Barrie, Ont.-raised performer moved his fa...

SaltWire Multimedia Journalist John McPhee chats with noted astrophysicist Victoria Kaspi about the works she's doing with short burst radio waves and her lecture at Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia CHIME Telescope - https://chime-experiment.ca/en More at www. SaltWire.com

Nova Scotia’s Chief Public Medical Officer Dr. Robert Strang talks openly to columnist John DeMont about what motivates him, his notion of public health, living life with a purpose … and his tie collection.

Nova Scotia’s Chief Public Medical Officer Dr. Robert Strang talks openly to columnist John DeMont about what motivates him, his notion of public health, living life with a purpose … and his tie collection.

John McPhee of the SaltWire Network talks with Dr. Marsha Campbell-Yeo Dr. Campbell-Yeo is a Professor at Dalhousie University’s school of nursing and a neonatal nurse practitioner and clinician scientist at the IWK Health Centre. Focus of the discussion is about how Halifax neonatal researchers are seeking feedback from families on how the pandemic affected their experiences in the NICU SURVEY LI...

P.E.I. band "Moment of Eclipse" releases their first single, "Obsessive Compulsive", on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020 More on the story at SaltWire.com

Dan Bray Dan is a prominent, local artistic figure who wears many hats in the artistic community; multidisciplinary artist, artistic director, visual artist and more. His newest project was inspired by artwork that he saw online, created by artists including Robin Lewallen (@robinthisjoint on Twitter). If you are interested in supporting Dan and his efforts to support the community you can reach o...

N.S. filmmaker Taylor Olson makes a triple play as writer, star and director of first feature Bone Cage ​ One of the top East Coast titles to watch at this year's FIN Stream online film fest, Taylor Olson directs his first feature, and plays its conflicted lead Jamie, in his adaptation of the Catherine Banks play Bone Cage. More great content at www.saltwire.com ​

The Chronicle Herald's Stephen Cooke talks to Dartmouth-raised filmmaker Aisling Chin-Yee about the new documentary No Ordinary Man, which was part of FIN Stream, the online edition of FIN Atlantic International Film Festival. The film chronicles the life of 20th century jazz pianist and trans icon Billy Tipton, and examines his experience through the lens of trans lives in 2020. More great conten...

Exclusively from the SaltWire Network Cape Breton-born actor Allister MacDonald talks to the Chronicle Herald's Stephen Cooke about his new role as drag queen Joan of Arkansas and working with Jacki Weaver and Lucy Liu in the new Thom Fitzgerald feature Stage Mother, opening on Aug. 21. Look for the full story in next week's Diversions section and with video at thechronicleherald.ca & saltwire.com

From the SaltWire Network Leach's Storm-Petrels on Mark's Island, part of the Tusket Islands in Argyle Visit www.saltwire.com for more great multi media content Find more from Carla Allen here - https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/author/carla-allen-7874/