A. Zwissler
@antonihfx.bsky.social
Freelance reporter in Kjipuktuk Published mostly at Grand Parade but also the Halifax Examiner, BBC, and The Signal
I wrote about the psychological impact of having one's village erased by Israel. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...
Psychological toll mounts as Lebanese villages erased by Israel’s war
Displaced Lebanese face a void as war annihilates the physical and emotional anchors of their past and identity.
aljazeera.com
@grandparade.bsky.social www.grandparade.news/rcmp-investi...
RCMP investigating Mayor
A timeline of the mayor’s sketchy spending by Antonia Zwissler HRM’s auditor general, Andrew Atherton, has sent an audit of four transactions from mayor Andy Fillmore’s office to be investigated by ...
grandparade.news
Hello! I am at the audit and finance standing committee meeting. The auditor general is here, we are still a few minutes until the start of the meeting, so I'm gonna go lurk and eavesdrop. I will be live posting this meeting because it promises to be spicy!
Parched, Harassed and Dispossessed: A Montrealer’s Correspondence on Violence in the West Bank therover.ca/parched-hara...
Parched, Harassed and Dispossessed: A Montrealer’s Correspondence on Violence in the West Bank – The Rover
I volunteered with the International Solidarity Movement in the West Bank in October 2025. It was the most violent year to date in terms of settler attacks against Palestinians.
therover.ca
Parched, Harassed and Dispossessed: A Montrealer’s Correspondence on Violence in the West Bank therover.ca/parched-hara...
Parched, Harassed and Dispossessed: A Montrealer’s Correspondence on Violence in the West Bank – The Rover
I volunteered with the International Solidarity Movement in the West Bank in October 2025. It was the most violent year to date in terms of settler attacks against Palestinians.
therover.ca
So today marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. I don't really like to talk about my education since people tend to get a bit weird when I mention I did a masters degree in Soviet History. But it's wild looking back and seeing that during Covid this disaster was my focus
I have returned from my unwilling hiatus. And in style! Jenna McConnell is a great person to write with, especially in this year of shared bylines. Here’s a picture of what our story is about.
Grand Parade Newspaper@grandparade.bsky.social · 3mo agoNo fancy preview cards on Ghost, but there is a new paper out tomorrow @kingsbookstore.bsky.social, Atlantic News and at www.grandparade.news On the front @antonihfx.bsky.social and the Intern bring you a story about a deadly bus stop. On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social has a Transit update
Nova Scotians can speak to the perils of a majority government
Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 4mo agoAlmost a year after the federal election, Mark Carney’s Liberals have secured a majority government. But what does that actually mean for average Canadians? And uh, is it…okay that he did this, primarily through floor crossings, a year after the election? I have thoughts:
New paper out tomorrow in Atlantic News and @kingsbookstore.bsky.social. On the front @katynotie.bsky.social brings us a dispatch from the last days of the #PylonWars. On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social opines Halifax's fiscal future and questionable subsidies.
Dartmouth woman works full-time but says she still can't afford a home www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Dartmouth woman works full-time but says she still can't afford a home
She emerges from a nearby path, near the Green Road Park homeless encampment, and asks to tell her story.
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Fitting timing for me to have finally framed my interview with @thechronicleherald.bsky.social & my mention in @grandparade.bsky.social for my participation in Halifax's budget debates on the day of its ratification. I never dreamed I would be this invested in municipal politics, but here we are!
When shifting your laptop a little on your desk is a semi-reliable way to make it freeze and need a hard reset, are you calling that a bug or a feature?
Go read words by the legendary Gabrielle Drapeau!
Grand Parade Newspaper@grandparade.bsky.social · 4mo agoNew paper is out tomorrow at Atlantic News and @kingsbookstore.bsky.social! On the front, a story by Gabrielle Drapeau about council secretly (in camera) cutting (reallocating) HRCE librarian funding. On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social covers a decade of HRM's IMP failures with FUN MATH.
I think the key to taking the bus is taking a breath and accepting that if you’re not 30 minutes early you will be 15 minutes late. And then hope your colleagues/ friends/ date/ boss has also taken transit before.
Company wanting to infill Dartmouth Cove places 'No trespassing' signs, blocking public access to waterfront trail www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Company wanting to infill Dartmouth Cove places 'No trespassing' signs, blocking public access to waterfront trail
One Dartmouth Cove installed No Trespassing signs on its property on Thursday morning.
saltwire.com
Goood morning! Are you going to plant a garden this spring? Perhaps just some herbs on your windowsill? Or a flower pot with something that makes local pollinators love you? Could you use advice? Seeds? A cup of coffee? Come to 2177 Gottingen this Saturday. 11am to 3pm :-)
HRM! Seedy Saturday at Radstorm this Saturday, 11am-3pm. Seeds, workshops, and snacks! Saved seeds, prepackaged seeds, or no seeds, you are welcome. Just no NS invasives. Hope to see you there :)
HRM! Seedy Saturday at Radstorm this Saturday, 11am-3pm. Seeds, workshops, and snacks! Saved seeds, prepackaged seeds, or no seeds, you are welcome. Just no NS invasives. Hope to see you there :)
New paper is coming out tomorrow in Atlantic News and @kingsbookstore.bsky.social! On the front @katynotie.bsky.social has a recap about the past 109 years of Forum debates, up to last week On the back @landofsticks.bsky.social has two budget stories. Good news in the short term. Long term? eh...
It’s a risky beat but it’s not going away, I’m glad Gilmore hasn’t been deterred by these intimidation tactics.
Jen St. Denis@jenstden.bsky.social · 5mo agoA Canadian journalist documents a group of white nationalists who’ve been meeting at a gym in Montréal, unbeknownst to the owner of the business. What happens after the story comes out? thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Here’s my (frighteningly vulnerable!!) follow up on my reporting that exposed a white nationalist active club. On the professional and personal costs of this work:
Jen St. Denis@jenstden.bsky.social · 5mo agoA Canadian journalist documents a group of white nationalists who’ve been meeting at a gym in Montréal, unbeknownst to the owner of the business. What happens after the story comes out? thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
media.sipiapa.org/adjuntos/186... Here’s Canada’s page from the Inter American Press Association’s new press freedom report
Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com · 5mo agoA press freedom index has given the Americas its lowest ranking since it started recording results six years ago.
