Angela Capobianco

2 months ago | globalnews.ca | Angela Capobianco

Having worked in restaurants before opening their own, Vincent Morley and Kristyn Green always hated losing tips while not getting paid consistently. So, they came up with a new idea: to pay their staff more and get rid of tips entirely. “We have done away with tips because we don’t believe that our customers should have to subsidize the wages of our employees. That’s kind of the base level of what we’re doing,” says Vincent Morley, one of the co-owners of The Bonfire restaurant in Halifax.

2 months ago | globalnews.ca | Angela Capobianco

For many, it’s long overdue for the municipality to take action on the old Halifax Memorial Library site, which has sat vacant for 10 years. In this year’s municipal budget, $100,000 was set aside for a consultant to determine how to move forward. “This plan should have been in the works probably as soon as they decided they were going to build a new library. So we’re glad that they’re finally moving forward,” said Emma Lang, the executive director of the Nova Scotia Heritage Trust.

2 months ago | globalnews.ca | Angela Capobianco

Nova Scotia’s North Brewing Company has joined more than 40 other breweries across Canada in the Glorious and Free campaign. The campaign has breweries from coast to coast to coast brewing their own version of Ottawa’s Dominion City Brewing Company Glorious and Free IPA using local ingredients. “Making things better and being a positive force, you know, on a local scale,” said North Brewing Company president Peter Burbridge.

2 months ago | globalnews.ca | Angela Capobianco

Animal shelters across Nova Scotia are struggling to keep pet food pantries stocked, highlighting a 50-per cent increase in demand since last year. Bide Awhile, a shelter in Dartmouth that runs a pet food pantry to support low-income families and students in taking care of their pets, noticed its pantry began to run low last week. It reached out to the community for help and was quickly inundated with almost 200 Amazon packages.

2 months ago | globalnews.ca | Angela Capobianco

For residents of Ocean Breeze Village in Dartmouth, N.S., the slow destruction of the community is a tragedy. Céline Porcheron, who's lived in Ocean Breeze Village since 2017 and is the president of the Ocean Breeze Residents Association, finds it heart-wrenching to watch the community where her friends once lived get evicted and torn down. "It's just absolutely devastating," Porcheron said. "It's stressful; I spend my time at work thinking about it.