Emma Convey

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Associate Producer and Editorial Assistant at Global News

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New plan aims to shape future of tourism in Halifax area

1 day ago | ctvnews.ca | Emma Convey

The agency that promotes tourism in Halifax has a master plan to draw visitors to the area. Discover Halifax has updated a plan, first developed five years ago, called the Integrated Tourism Master Plan 2030. “Why are we calling it integrated? Because it’s not just a plan for an individual institution, it’s really a plan for the entire industry. The suppliers in the industry, everything from the airport to the convention business to the taxi service, it’s all related.
New expanded Ronald McDonald House in Halifax to open its doors next week

2 days ago | ctvnews.ca | Emma Convey

Ronald McDonald House Charities Atlantic is set to open the doors to a brand-new facility next week in Halifax. “The need for a new facility is to double the number of families we support and make sure they have a relaxing place to stay while their child is on medical journey,” says Lori Barker, Ronald McDonald House Charities Atlantic CEO. The new facility will welcome families starting April 29.
Churches, businesses get ready for Easter Weekend in Halifax

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Emma Convey

From church services to Easter egg hunts, many Maritimers are preparing for a busy long weekend. Easter Weekend is the holiest holiday on the Christian calendar. “The meaning of Easter is that the son of God came to bring us home and that is why he rose from the dead to gather us up so he might take us to our heavenly home,” says Father Gary Thorn with Saint George’s Round Church, which has had services since holy week began last Sunday.
Club Inclusion members learn leadership, employment skills during training program

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Emma Convey

Every Monday, Club Inclusion in Halifax runs a leaders in training program for their members. Club Inclusion provides day programming to adults and youth with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The program is in its fifth year and teaches essential leadership and employment skills to members and puts them into action right away.
Chezzetcook Inlet Acadian Centre in N.S. holds open house

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Emma Convey

An open house was held Sunday from 12:00pm until 4:00pm at the Chezzetcook Inlet Acadian Centre, which will open soon in West Chezzetcook, N.S.“We want the community to see that we are giving a second life to this centre, and we are bringing it back to the community so everyone can share it together,” says Rebecca Potvin, Executive Director of L’Acadie De Chezzetcook. The centre will be in the former St. Anselm’s Roman Catholic Church.
Dartmouth Heritage Museum hosts 3rd annual antique roadshow

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Emma Convey

The third annual Antiques Roadshow took place Saturday at the Dartmouth Heritage Museum in Dartmouth, N.S.“Today people are coming in and bringing items that they have had or collected over the years,” says Shannon Baxter, Dartmouth Heritage Museum collections manager. She said family heirlooms and other collectibles will be evaluated by one of the roadshow’s two appraisers. The roadshow had a full turnout in 2024. The popularity of the event meant not everyone got their items appraised.
Tipping point: N.S. tax drop could impact restaurant industry

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Emma Convey

An HST drop of one per cent started April 1 in Nova Scotia, impacting tabs at restaurants. “Anything that makes business or just going out to eat less expensive, especially these days, is a plus,” says Brendan Doherty, owner of The Old Triangle Irish Alehouse. Doherty says there has been a bit of a conversation around the reduction in tips that they may see.
Recruiters say more U.S doctors, health-care workers are looking to move to Canada

3 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Emma Convey

Nova Scotia Health conducted a campaign in November to attract United States health-care workers to the region, generating more than 500 nursing leads and five new hires. “The purpose of the campaign was to heighten our engagement directly with the U.S leads as a direct result of the current political climate.
Halifax firefighters union raising concerns about traffic blocking fire station

3 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Emma Convey

The Halifax firefighters union is sharing a video of traffic blocking a fire station on University Avenue. “The vehicles are backed up and blocked in front of the tarmac where the truck has to leave the station,” says Brendan Meagher, Halifax Professional Fire Fighters Association president. Meagher says it’s not just the morning and evening rush blocking the driveway of Station 2 in the city’s south end – it lasts all day. “From 8 a.m. until late in the evening.
‘No one is investing’: N.S. woodland owners concerned tariffs will negatively impact industry’s future

3 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Emma Convey

Julia and David MacMillan own 1,000 acres of woodland in West Tatamagouche, N.S. They currently grow around a million trees annually, consisting of around 35 to 37 commercial tree species, including spruce, maple, hemlock, ironwood, and balsam fir. “My ancestors left Scotland in 1983, and this is where they came to, so almost 200 years.