Profile for Michael Lightstone

Michael Lightstone

An expatriate Montrealer, freelancer Michael Lightstone has been a staff reporter at newspapers in the Halifax region and Toronto area. During a general-news career lasting close to 30 years, he covered such things as politics, health matters, courts, labour issues and jazz concerts. Semi-retired, he’s lived and worked in Nova Scotia since 1988.

Recent Work by Michael

What's next for former mayoral candidate Max Taylor?

Max Taylor has had six months, which included a pandemic winter, to reflect on his first shot at municipal politics

Apr 17, 2021 1:44 PM Read more >

Virtual course to help Haligonians prepare for citizenship test

Halifax Public Libraries’ next citizenship-preparation course is to start April 21

Apr 5, 2021 10:59 AM Read more >

Atlantic Jewish Council hiring part-time social worker

The successful candidate will provide support to community members in the four Atlantic provinces

Apr 1, 2021 12:08 PM Read more >

Remembering Canada's treatment of Japanese-Canadians on International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

In 1946, close to 4,000 members of this country’s Japanese community were deported to war-torn Japan

Mar 21, 2021 7:00 AM Read more >

Halifax Pride hiring an elders’ coordinator

Duties are to include developing a training module to help improve 'elder inclusivity efforts' at other nonprofit, 2SLGBTQ+ organizations

Mar 17, 2021 1:05 PM Read more >

Black and Indigenous issues must be included in political platforms, panel discussion hears

One way to help racialized residents is to form citizen-led groups that would work closely with governments, a panelist said during the virtual event hosted by Dalhousie University

Mar 11, 2021 5:05 PM Read more >

Halifax Forum redevelopment planning still in the early stages

In November 2019, Halifax council voted 7-6 for a planned, multimillion-dollar redevelopment of the venerable Halifax Forum

Mar 8, 2021 3:49 PM Read more >

COVID-19 spending and community corrections among audits coming this spring

Others include examinations of the provincial government’s effort to improve rural internet, the pre-primary program and the second phase of an audit of the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation

Mar 2, 2021 2:35 PM Read more >

HRM issues tender for safety gear maintenance on Halifax Transit ferries

Safety gear on the fleet includes life jackets, 10 life rafts and five evacuation slides

Feb 25, 2021 4:54 PM Read more >

Canadian jazz legend reflects on career, Africville roots

Jazz musician Joe Sealy — who won a Juno award for his 'Africville Suite' and lived in Halifax— reflected on his past in a virtual African Heritage Month event

Feb 14, 2021 12:05 PM Read more >