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Anger Is a Poor Architect: On Protest, Politics, and the Forgotten Power of Joining In
We’ve grown up with the idea that real change comes from protest—that confrontation is more authentic than collaboration, and standing outside the…
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John Wesley Chisholm
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The Dispatch - Stacked in Nova Scotia
A new Hive of The Bee devoted to gathering, curating, and sharing stories from Nova Scotia’s Substack voices—news, views, essays, interviews, visitor…
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John Wesley Chisholm
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The Secrets of the Sea - The Fine Art of Surfacing
Lost in the opportunity I hadn't taken time to see where we were or what else was going on. I didn't really care about anything. Even the hunger seemed…
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John Wesley Chisholm
The Secrets of the Sea — The Gathering
Tell me, could you ever tell the secret of the sea?
The Secrets of the Sea
They lost everything—the ocean gave them each other. Two lost souls. One boundless ocean. A wild, true story of killer whales, kinship, and the fight to…
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John Wesley Chisholm
Zodiacs, Killers, and Green Peace
They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
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John Wesley Chisholm
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Nova Scotia's Clean Cars Have A Dirty Little Secret
What do we have to do to give every Nova Scotian a reason to believe that plugging in their car isn’t just a gesture—but a genuine leap toward a…
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John Wesley Chisholm
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One If by Land, $200 Million If by Sea - Phantoms, Ferry Tales and Fictional Figures
Ten years in, it's time for a final economic accounting. A fact-based look at whether the Yarmouth ferry delivers what it promises.
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John Wesley Chisholm
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The End of the Road (Is a Bike Lane)
Entropy, not outrage, is coming for Halifax’s fantasy planning model. You can’t build a functioning city on ideology, fantasy, and bad bike lanes…
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John Wesley Chisholm
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Progressive Nationalism - A New Canadian Century Is Coming
Progressive nationalism reclaims love of country from cynics and nostalgics and puts it in the hands of builders, stewards, and dreamers. It’s the…
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John Wesley Chisholm
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Nova Scotia’s 13 Economic Opportunities: Ranked from Pipe Dream to Power Play
We put every economic idea on the table — old, new, sacred, and stupid — and asked one question: could this actually work? The answers might surprise…
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John Wesley Chisholm
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The Proof Is In the Playground
When the 8 year old asks, "Who lives in 'the Towers' Papa?", I don't have a good answer.
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John Wesley Chisholm
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