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CBC political reporter Jean Laroche recently marked 30 years of covering provincial politics. He looks at how the job of reporters at Province House has changed over the last few decades, and why that change is too important to ignore.

Two P.E.I. women involved in a harassment case with the University of Prince Edward Island were at Nova Scotia's Province House on Friday — International Women's Day. They spoke to the CBC's Jean Laroche about their experience with non-disclosure agreements and Nova Scotia's inaction in limiting their use.

In Colonial Days by Nathaniel Hawthorne audiobook. A collection of British aristocrats, soldiers, gentlemen and ladies gather at the Province House inn, as the American imperial possessions crumble around them Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Students from Bay View High School's gender-sexuality alliance and equity team, were present on Wednesday as the Progress Pride Flag was raised at Province House in Halifax to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia. Rayne, a co-leader of the school's Gender-Sexuality Alliance, spoke at the event, and afterwards Jeff talked to Rayne and two other Bay View students about how they've been feeling after their school's pride flag was burned last month.

This week on P.E.I. Pulse Podcast, stories about Islanders working to support one another and build positive change, the family of a P.E.I. man found dead says police, health system failed him and Charlottetown council's frequent closed door meetings.

A group called Protect Our Province Nova Scotia is planning to place a memorial at Province House. It's a visual representation of all the people who've died from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic. Organizer Susan Joudrey talks about the meaning behind the memorial.

He's camped out in front of City Hall to protest a lack of protection for the province's forests. He's held a hunger strike in front of Province House over what he calls "ecocide". And now, Jacob Fillmore has a bicycle lock around his neck, attached to a piece of forestry equipment in Dartmouth. The 26-year old activist is in Eisner Cove, trying to prevent clear cutting of an forest that supporters say needs to be protected. Fillmore says he's there to make a difference, and he's there to send a message.

The house is back in session today for a surprise summer sitting. The focus is on MLA salaries, but the opposition says "we aren't missing THIS chance to hold the government's feet to the fire." CBC's legislature reporter Jean Laroche joins us for a preview.

I attended the launch event for Paul Palango's book on the NS Mass Shooting, entitled '22 Murders'. The launch was held at the Old Triangle in downtown Halifax, the pub to which the statue of Joseph Howe points from it's perch at Province House. Any journalist would be proud to be associated with Mr. Howe, and Palango is just such a fearless journalist that would have fit Howe's hopes for the future. There was a good crowd for the launch, including many people who were previously known to me more by their usernames. Jordan Bonaparte, from Nighttime Podcast was there, as was Andrew Douglas from Frank Magazine. Many from the Portapique and Onslow-Belmont areas were on hand as well. Palango did not read extensively from the book, instead choosing to highlight a certain passage and then invite the subject of the note to come up to speak. This was my first opportunity to meet Palango in person. I have had a few chances to talk with him on the phone, and before that had taken in several of his podcast appearances on The Nighttime Podcast with Jordan Bonaparte. I have also kept up on his journalism since the early days after Gabriel Wortman's killing spree. His reporting has been invaluable for me as an analyst, being detailed and specific about what he has been able to discover, and being unafraid to venture into potentially sensitive material. Knowing that I was going to be attending the launch, I finished the book itself a few days ahead of time, so I would have a chance to digest and reflect on what it contained, and of course so as to be able to converse about it at the event. Palango's writing style is very engaging, drawing you into the story from a first-person narrative perspective. It follows the author's own discovery journey to the facts, and also the perspectives of those he has interviewed, all of which helps give the reader a sense of how difficult it is to get straight answers from the RCMP. In that sense, it is also a good guide for those interested in pursuing journalism as a potential career option.

As a law student, Angela Simmonds started work on helping people in her community gain legal title to land their families had lived on for generations. That continued as she was given the opportunity and funding from the Province to help right the historical wrong dating back to the 1700's. And last year, she decided to continue to support her home community from inside of Province House. She ran for, and was successful in winning as the MLA for the seat of Preston. She has now become the first candidate in the race to replace Iain Rankin as the leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. She discusses her path to this decision, some of the barriers and how she feels about the support she's seen from all members of the House of Assembly.

Suzy Hansen, Brian Wong and Angela Simmonds represent different political parties in the Nova Scotia legislature, but each can claim being a first. They shared their stories of struggle and personal perseverance during their inaugural speeches at Province House.

PART 1 - Morning-after interviews: Hear from three PC MLAs whose stream of votes will lead them to Province House... including new MLA for Richmond, Trevor Boudreau. Plus, insight and analysis from Tom Urbaniak.

We bid farewell to the Province House and the British Empire, as the lady of the house awaits her governor's return...

More posh ladies and gents collect at the Province House and have a bit of a Dorian Gray moment. Whilst the empire crumbles around them...

[A devoted old woman maintains the Province House long after the British depart from New England.]"Old Esther Dudley" by Nathaniel HawthornePerformed and Edited by Joseph WetzelFollow the program on Twitter and Facebook!Story suggestions welcome!https://twitter.com/TheTalesGatehttps://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGateRead along!https://www.thetalesgate.com/

Colleen Jones spoke with guest host Carolyn Ray about the rally at Province House on Monday. Ray also spoke with Robert Berard, a professor of education at Mount Saint Vincent University, who says he can understand why people are nervous about the province's plan for September.

I was saddened to read of the death of former Member of Parliament, Member of the Legislative Assembly, and Speaker Wilbur Macdonald this morning. I could not help but think back to the warm summer afternoon of June 27, 2006 when, from the public gallery in Province House, I witnessed him hold forth at some length so as to keep the Legislative Assembly busy while, behind the scenes, the Pat Binns government sought to put the finishing touches on its electoral redistricting plan, An Act to Amend the Electoral Boundaries Act (the “Cletus Dunn map,” as it had come to be known). With the introduction from the Speaker, “The hon. Member from Belfast-Pownal Bay,” he began (you can follow along in the day’s Hansard, starting on page 3,304): I rise to speak on the budget which we had brought in in the spring. It’s an opportunity for me to talk about my riding and about what is taking place in the province. One of the things that has really happened in this province in the last number of years is the expansion of the economy. I think it all started with the industrial malls a number of years ago and is continuing over the last number of years. The federal government has also contributed to that in Charlottetown and in Summerside. At this point he departed from his prepared notes to address the issue of the lawnmower making noise outside, clearly audible in the background, something that had been on my mind as well: I must say every time that this House opens that lawn mower seems to be going outside. Is the guy going over and over the lawn or what is he doing out there? If it’s under the department of public works, I wish the minister would tell him to take off. Go someplace else. He can cut the grass in the morning, then we can hear one another. But he’s been going for the last two hours and I don’t know where the lawn is. But anyway. From there he continued for more than 4,200 words and 30 minutes, covered topics ranging from the lobster fishery to the Northumberland Strait to Lord Selkirk to wind power to the quality of the roads in his district to the life expectancy of males and females. Eventually the Act to Amend the Electoral Boundaries Act was ready for introduction, and so Macdonald got the nod and finished off with the same good humour he started with: Mr. Speaker, I could go on for a little longer, but I think I have spoke long enough. I will adjourn the debate. While Macdonald was simply doing his loyal best to keep the puck in play, his speech, looking back 14 years, is a thorough survey of Prince Edward Island through his eyes, and we are the better for it, and for his years of service as a legislator. (Audio from the Legislative Assembly of PEI Video Archive).

Back again at the Province House!Read along!https://www.thetalesgate.com/Follow the program on Twitter and Facebook!Story suggestions welcome!https://twitter.com/TheTalesGatehttps://www.facebook.com/TheTalesGateEdward Randolph's Portrait by Nathaniel HawthorneEdited and Performed by Joseph Wetzel

Gerald Regan was the premier of Nova Scotia, the founder of a powerful political dynasty, and one of the most prolific sexual predators in Canadian political history. Even after his death last November, few in the establishment are willing to recognize, let alone reckon with, his crimes.  This episode contains graphic depictions of sexual violence and won’t be suitable for all listeners. Featured in this episode: Stephen Kimber, Maggie Rahr To learn more: Aphrodisiac: Sex, Politics, Power and Gerald Regan by Stephen Kimber  “Uncomfortable silence at Province House” in The Coast by Maggie Rahr “The complicated narrative of Gerald Regan” in The Chronicle Herald by Andrea Gunn This show was brought to you by our patrons. Please consider becoming a monthly supporter.  This episode is sponsored by Wealthbar and Audible.    Additional music: “Clean Soul” by Kevin Macleod, “Cylinder Five” by Chris Zabriskie, and “Easy Life” by Lee Rosevere, adapted. "I dunno" by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: J Lang, Morusque "SUNBIRDS" by BOCrew (c) copyright 2012 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: THEDEEPR / THECORNER / feat : FORENSIC /

Saturday, young people in Halifax's Black community led a conversation at the North Library about Scot Wortley's report on street checks and the effects of street checks on them. After the conversation, there was a march from the library to the police station (and then on to Province House) demanding an end to street checks. At the police station, El Jones read her poem, "Stop Street Checks."

Boston had surrendered. Washington was advancing from the heights where he had trained his guns on the British works, and Sir William Howe lingered at the door of Province House,—last of the royal governors who would stand there,—and cursed and waved his hands and beat his heel on the step, as if he were crushing rebellion by that act. The sound brought an old woman to his side. “Esther Dudley!” he exclaimed. “Why are you not gone?”

Nothing is left of Province House, the old home of the royal governors, in Boston, but the gilded Indian that served as its weathercock and aimed his arrow at the winds from the cupola. The house itself was swept away long ago in the so-called march of improvement. In one of its rooms hung a picture so dark that when Lieutenant-Governor Hutchinson went to live there hardly anybody could say what it represented. There were hints that it was a portrait of the devil, painted at a witch-meeting near Salem, and that on the eve of disasters in the province a dreadful face had glared from the canvas. Shirley had seen it on the night of the fall of Ticonderoga, and servants had gone shuddering from the room, certain that they had caught the glance of a malignant eye. Host Dan ScholzSubscribe to The Folktale Project at http://folktaleproject.com/subscribe

There has never been a Mi’kmaq MLA in Nova Scotia, despite the fact that a seat has been reserved for one in the House of Assembly Act since the early 1990s. This week on Off Script, Sandra Hannebohm explores why. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week’s episode : an update on our production schedule, and a story about learning how the legislature works by protesting what happens inside. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week saw a meltdown at Province House of near epic proportions with Education Minister Karen Casey locking Nova Scotia students out of their own classrooms while insisting that teachers had to show up to teach ... I dunno, the dust motes? Joining us to try to make sense of this colossal clusterfuck is former cabinet minister and current CBC pundit .  

Compelling real political protest in front of Province House meets a fake Father of Confederation and his confused-looking tourist group on a Sunday morning.

This week, alongside a number of international military warships and a crap-ton (sorry, crap-tonne) of cruise ships, the docked in the Halifax harbour, fresh off a tour in Nunavut. Examineradio contributor took a tour of the boat and spoke with some of its crew members. On Thursday, approximately 60 protesters gathered at Province House to demonstrate against natural gas caverns on the banks of the Shubenacadie River by Alton Gas.  Also, prospective councillors propose term limits for all City Council, Chronicle Herald shuts down the , and the Yarmouth Ferry is - unsurprisingly - expected to fall well short of its optimum numbers.