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Five Films, Five Stories: A Francophone Cinema Evening Not to Miss

November 6 at Dalhousie: Discover the Stories Behind the Lebanese Film Festival’s Special Short-Film Screening Five films. Five different stories....

Halifax’s Lebanese Red Carpet Returns: From a Watershed Success to a Tenth-Anniversary Celebration

Last year proved what Halifax could do. This year, let’s take it even further! On Saturday, November 7, the Lebanese...

Ten Years, Two Countries, One Silver Screen: Halifax Celebrates a Decade of Lebanese Cinema

From November 6 to 10, 2026, the Lebanese Film Festival in Canada returns to Halifax for its 10th anniversary. With...

A Touch of Beirut Chic on Halifax’s Waterfront: Peggy Elias Opens JM Gems in Style

Music, elegance, hospitality and an extraordinary gathering marked the grand opening of JM Gems Boutique by Peggy. Beyond the diamonds...

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الثامن والعشرون من أيلول هذا العام ليس بيومٍ عاديٍّ. عيد الميلاد الثامن والخمسون طبعاً. يومٌ كان ليكون بداية حياة جديدة....

Powering Partnerships: NSPI Engages Halifax Developers

by Simon Yammine Nova Scotia Power’s Powering Partnerships Forum, held on September 25, brought together developers, builders, engineers and industry...

From Beirut to Halifax: Peggy Elias, JM Gems in a City Built by Newcomers

After leaving Lebanon in the years following the Beirut port explosion, jewellery designer and gemmologist Peggy Elias began again in...

Can Modular Construction Help Nova Scotia Build Faster and Cheaper?

A recent Washington Post article, “Once banished to trailer parks, manufactured homes are moving to suburbia,” describes a quiet change...

The 2026 Lebanese Festival Welcomes Halifax Again and Again

By Simon Yammine Come once for the food. Return for the music. Come back with your children for the games....

Halifax’s Affordable Housing Strategy: From Promises to Partnership and Construction

Halifax Regional Municipality has proposed a new 10-year Affordable Housing Strategy designed to move the municipality from broad policy commitments...

On the 81st Anniversary of the Lebanese Army

After more than years decades in uniform, it pains me more than I can express to be far from Lebanon...

Patriarch Elias Hoayek: God’s Purpose Stands, A Man Shape The Path.

By Simon Yammine There are moments in the history of nations when the hour does not ask for crowds, but...
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