Halifax, Nova Scotia Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348,634 people in its urban area. The ...

is the largest population centre in

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and contains the region's largest collection of media outlets.

Radio

As of 2009, all radio stations in Halifax broadcast on the FM dial. Halifax's last AM radio station 780 CFDR moved to the FM dial at 92.9 MHz in the summer of 2009, becoming

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. CFDR had previously been licensed to move to 88.9 FM, however the subsequent purchase of CKUL by parent company

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made this conversion impossible due to

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rules. Sale to

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was approved by the CRTC on November 24, 2008, and the station has moved to FM 92.9 and started up August 7, 2009 at 12:00 pm AST. On July 29, 2016, CJCH-FM was rebranded to "Virgin Radio" marking the first ever entry into the Atlantic Canadian market for that branding.

Television

Locally produced shows

Several television shows are created in Halifax including the CBC news satire show ''

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,'' the children's program ''

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'' and the mockumentary show ''

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''.

Television stations

Several

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stations operate in HRM; however, due to the large size of the municipality they have to be retransmitted: The CTV and Global stations broadcast to the entire region of

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broadcasts to all of

. HRM was formerly served by CBHFT-TV, a rebroadcaster of the

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station

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, but the transmitter was shut down in 2012 due to budget cuts. Several specialty digital television channel licenses have also been developed in HRM in recent years by

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services are provided by Eastlink.

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provided by

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Print

Newspapers

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'' is a daily

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and the provincial newspaper of Nova Scotia with news bureaus across the province. The paper is independently owned, and usually has a moderate

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editorial policy. It is considered Nova Scotia's

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. '' StarMetro Halifax'' was the city's other daily paper, which was launched as a free handout by

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on February 14, 2008. It replaced '' The Daily News'', a daily tabloid paper, focusing primarily on Halifax, which published from 1974 until February 11, 2008. Transcontinental had purchased ''The Daily News'' in 2002, and closed the publication saying the paper operated at a loss. '' The Coast'' is a free "

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" focused primarily on HRM's urban core, especially the

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. The independently owned paper is known for its generally left leaning or progressive editorial policy. ''The Trident Newspaper'' is a bi-weekly publication of

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and Canadian Forces Base Halifax that focuses on the military community of the Halifax area. There are also several student newspapers in the city's universities and colleges: ''The Sentinel'' at

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, the ''Gazette'' at

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, and ''The Journal'' at St. Mary's University. The ''Transcript'', ''The Signal'', and the ''Halifax Commoner'' are published by students attending the award-winning journalism program at the

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Magazines

Magazines published in Halifax include the locally themed
Unravel Halifax
', ''Faces Magazine'',
East Coast Living
',
Our Children
' and
Saltscapes
'. Halifax's Buddhist community publishes '' Buddhadharma'' and '' Lion's Roar'' (formerly the ''Shambhala Sun''). A Maritimes gossip tabloid '' Frank Magazine'' was established in Halifax and subsequently expanded into central Canada; it has since retracted to focusing on the Maritimes. ''

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'', an

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outlet, produced print magazines from 1983 to 2012, and now publishes solely online. '' YGA'' was a magazine published for LGBT youth.

Online

In addition to the significant online presence of all traditional Halifax news outlets, the city is home to several online newspapers. ''

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'' is a daily news website founded by

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with a focus on business and political news throughout the province. It has a reputation for investigative journalism and had a newsroom staff of 18 in February 2016. The subscription-based service operates behind a

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and has nearly 10,000 subscribers. It is popular among those in the business community and in government. The ''

Halifax Examiner The ''Halifax Examiner'' is an online newspaper based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was founded in 2014 by Tim Bousquet, former news editor of ''The Coast (newspaper), The Coast'' Alternative newspaper, alternative weekly paper. Bousquet, known for ...

'' is another subscription-supported local news website run by investigative journalist Tim Bousquet, former news editor of ''The Coast''. The outlet is a self-described "independent, adversarial news site devoted to holding the powerful accountable". ''Haligonia.ca'' is a free website with a more blog-like format that focuses on light local news. The ''Halifax Media Co-op'' was founded in February 2009. It published "grassroots news" that often aimed to amplify underrepresented voices. The outlet went on "indefinite hiatus" from June 2016 due to a limited budget and the fact that some of their core volunteers had moved on to other work. ''Halifax ReTales'' is a free website that focuses on retail-related news in the Halifax Metro region. The website publishes weekly, and each "Weekly Recap" is spilt into 6 segments. These segments include "Coming" (includes retail businesses coming to the Halifax region), "Open" (includes recently open retail businesses to the Halifax region), "Closing" (includes retail businesses closing in the Halifax region), "Closed" (includes recently closed retail businesses in the Halifax region), "Updates" (includes updates to retail businesses coming/leaving the Halifax region) and "HodgePodge". The "HodgePodge" segment is written at the end of the weekly newsletter and usually features stories or reviews of retail businesses.

References

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