Tim Bousquet

Trump’s war on Iran and its possible impact on Atlantic Canada - Halifax Examiner On Saturday 28 February 2026, the world woke to the news that President Trump had, in conjunction with Israel, initiated a war of choice on Iran. In response to the American and Israeli ongoing attack...

Trump’s war on Iran and its possible impact on Atlantic Canada

by Larry Hughes

Houston unbalanced the books with unwise tax and toll rollbacks, then used massive deficit to rationalize slashing crucial programs and public services - Halifax Examiner As it cuts crucial programs, the premier's budget still contains some generous funding for billionaires, corporations and extractive industries, and seems to be ignoring revenue streams from valuing a...

Houston unbalanced the books with unwise tax and toll rollbacks, then used massive deficit to rationalize slashing crucial programs and public services

by @joanbaxter.bsky.social

Farewell to a Nova Scotia that will no longer tolerate cuts to programs that enrich us all - Halifax Examiner Nova Scotians hit the streets to defend what really matters.

Farewell to a Nova Scotia that will no longer tolerate cuts to programs that enrich us all

Morning File by @suzannerent.bsky.social

He's totally going to win.

We are just going to become a playground for ultra rich people and fuck everyone else aren’t we?

Is that good? I think it's good. Sorta. Maybe not, tho, eh?

NS folks: I am trying to book bloodwork through the NS Health app, and when I tap "blood collection" it takes me to mental health and addictions. Anyone else having this experience?

I don't understand this comment.

I iz old.

The tech assholes are fucking with me.

I wear glasses because I'm old and need glasses but also because I fear sticking contact lenses into MY FUCKING EYE. That's crazy! But now, with these pervert glasses, I'm afraid that everyone will think I'm well, a pervert.

See also: em dashes.

4th (I think) lock of the Shubie canal, up past Shubie Park

It’s right next to the lock

We also want to get out to parks, beaches, trails, and other green spaces. Budget cuts are destroying everything.

Covering the cuts: a sense of urgency, and a commitment to reporting on what will be lost - Halifax Examiner Budgets will never leave everybody happy. But this one is different.

For those who missed it, my @halifaxexaminer.ca Morning File today. More on the provincial budget and its effects, stories by too many Examiner writers to tag, plus, a book recommendation! (Spoiler: it's @elliottgish.bsky.social's debut novel, Grey Dog.)
www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

‘Anxious and angry:’ Advocates share impact of budget cut to N.S. caregiver benefit - Halifax Examiner “When caregivers struggle or burn out, the impact ripples outward, increasing pressure on home care, hospitals, and long-term care."

‘Anxious and angry:’ Advocates share impact of budget cut to N.S. caregiver benefit

reported by Jennifer Henderson, @dartjenhen.bsky.social

The current President of the United States is as fully impaired as was President Woodrow Wilson after his massive stroke on 2 October 1919. Apparently, there is a consortium of administration 'officials' including Vought and Miller who are cos-playing the role of Edith Galt Wilson.

Signs read: Should the cuts pass we the undersigned pledge to BOO TIM HOUSTON and his complicit stooges loudly at every opportunity [signed by hundreds] Culture is critical

Signs read: Ministers please: there's still time to do the right thing. Tim: Maud would be devastated Make it make sense not cents We're the only thing keeping Halifax Hip and interesting

Signs read: Without NS Art we wouldn't have Heated Rivalry Roses are red, violets are blue, defund the arts [f note] you

Signs read: Don't cut NS Culture Reverse the cuts Nova Scotia is nothing without arts culture Doug Ford Simps Art Saves Lives

There are hundreds of signs hung to the fence outside Province House. Here's a sampling.

Asked how he can justify maintaining SailGP funding in the face of budget cuts, Houston told @timbousquet.bsky.social:

“It all comes down to, you know, let’s see, what are the opportunities to grow the province? What are the opportunities? They’re just decisions that are made, always examined..."

Wind in their sails: Billionaires’ SailGP event spared from Houston government’s budget cuts - Halifax Examiner $1 million grant to Sail Nova Scotia to sponsor the event, which allows a handful of rich and mostly white men to come to Halifax Harbour this summer to race their high performance boats, was spared.

Wind in their sails: Billionaires’ SailGP event spared from Houston government’s budget cuts

reported by me

I’m just here to ask the premier a question myself. Article will be published immediately after. Folks might be interested in it.

I’m in Province House for Question Period. The roar of the protesters outside is deafening

I always forget there's a Halifax in Canada and for a moment I thought this might be about Yorkshire folk.

By 'eck! 😂

Covering the cuts: a sense of urgency, and a commitment to reporting on what will be lost - Halifax Examiner Budgets will never leave everybody happy. But this one is different.

Covering the cuts: a sense of urgency, and a commitment to reporting on what will be lost

Morning File by @philmoscovitch.bsky.social

Instead of Googling Epstein, Aaronson, then 29, turned to what he considered an even more reliable source: his mother. She did some checking. “Be careful not to get sucked up in the slime-machine going on here,” she wrote back, adding, “Since you don’t care that much about money, they can’t buy you.” Her wise counsel, Aaronson says, saved him from doing something he later would have greatly regretted. “If not for my mom, I might have gone and talked at a workshop to kick off the project,” he says. “I don’t think doing that would have made me complicit. But, you know, it would have been very embarrassing for me.”

Here's to Scott Aaronson's mom. (And to Scott, who listened to her).

Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein
The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

www.science.org/content/arti...

Halifax councillors say the math ain't mathing in Andy Fillmore's office budget - Halifax Examiner "I don't appreciate it being presented as if this is what council asked for because it wasn't," Coun. Sam Austin said.

Halifax councillors say the math ain’t mathing in Andy Fillmore’s office budget

reported by @suzannerent.bsky.social

Hundreds stand 'Shoulder to Shoulder' at Halifax rally for Indigenous rights, environment, democracy - Halifax Examiner Hundreds of Nova Scotians joined their Mi’kmaq allies to protest Tim Houston’s austerity budget, which has slashed millions in grants to vulnerable groups.

Hundreds stand ‘Shoulder to Shoulder’ at Halifax rally for Indigenous rights, environment, democracy

reported by @mmughees.bsky.social

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What the actual fuck?

We know the worst people in the world are gaming everything, and now it's come to this:

Oh, for sure. This is the second part of my second one. It's fine.

Somehow, we're getting another 6 inches of snow tonight. Enough to have to shovel, not enough to cancel my 9am root canal.

Despite what N.S. environment minister says, Canada–Nova Scotia Nature Agreement does have timelines and unspent funding will be returned to Ottawa - Halifax Examiner Environment and Climate Change Canada spokesperson confirmed that the Canada–Nova Scotia Nature agreement itself will be in effect until March 2030, but current funding expires at the end of March 202...

Despite what N.S. environment minister says, Canada–Nova Scotia Nature Agreement does have timelines and unspent funding will be returned to Ottawa

reported by @joanbaxter.bsky.social

I think that the powers that be all live in the 1980s