Jon Claytor 

Corner stores can be cornerstones of a community or street. They're the cream for your coffee, Popsicles on a hot day and movie rental memories. And, of course, there are the familiar faces behind the cash.

Artist Jon Claytor visited a few corner stores in Halifax, and created an illustrated series inspired by these conversations.

Love, loyalty, family: The story of Joe Thomeh's Market

This is the first piece in artist Jon Claytor's illustrated series Corner Store Stories.

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Sisters, change, ice cream: The story of Point Pleasant Grocery

This is the second piece in artist Jon Claytor's illustrated series Corner Store Stories.

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Now We're Convenient: The store at the heart of Herring Cove

This is the third piece in artist Jon Claytor's illustrated series Corner Store Stories.

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Analyst had copy of evidence he said RCMP destroyed in Assoun case, documents say

A former RCMP constable who accused his bosses of destroying physical evidence in a high-profile wrongful conviction case had a copy of the document in question when interviewed about his allegations, wrote a member of the force in a review obtained by CBC News through freedom of information laws.

Glen Assoun at Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax on March 1, 2019. 

Glen Assoun

UN peacekeepers won't monitor Sipekne'katik fishery, says expert

An international expert on conflict resolution says there is "zero chance" the United Nations will provide a Nova Scotia First Nation with peacekeepers to police its contentious lobster fishery.

RCMP officers stand on the Saulnierville wharf in front of supporters of a Mi'kmaw fishery on Sept.20, 2020.

Saulnierville Sunday

RCMP officers stand on the Saulnierville wharf in front of supporters of a Mi'kmaw fishery on Sept. 20, 2020. The Sipekne'katik moderate livelihood lobster fishery launched three days before that.

Small business owner wants N.S. to close lockdown loophole that benefits big retailers

Linda Finigan is willing to make sacrifices when it comes to her businesses and trying to help stop COVID-19. What the Lunenburg County resident has a problem with is when those sacrifices are greater for small businesses than large chains.

Linda Finigan and her husband operate Woods Wise Outfitters and Choice Awards in Lunenburg County.

Woods Wise Outfitters and Choice Awards

CBRM gives up, waives $43K access-to-information fee

Cape Breton Regional Municipality is reversing its stance and waiving the charge for a five-year-old freedom of information request that the Nova Scotia privacy commissioner has said likely included the "highest fee estimate ever issued in the history of the province."

The front of a red brick building with plenty of glass windows is shown.

In addition to the tax hike, councillors voted to take money from CBRM's reserves, increase the transit tax and slightly decrease the fire hydrant rate.

CBRM city hall

Cape Breton Regional Municipality has given up and is waiving the fee in a five-year battle over a $43,000 access-to-information request.

Families remember those lost in Cyclone helicopter crash on one-year anniversary

Family members of Six Canadian Forces crew members who lost their lives in a 2020 Cyclone helicopter crash in waters between Greece and Italy held subdued observances on the one-year anniversary of the crash.

Sailor First Class Shane Cowbrough, stepfather to the late Sub-Lt. Abbigail Cowbrough visits a display at the Shearwater Aviation Museum at 12 Wing Shearwater in Dartmouth, N.S. on Monday, April 26, 2021. Abbigail Cowbrough was killed when a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter crashed into the Ionian Sea on 29 April, 2020, killing all six personnel aboard.

Helicopter Crash Remembrance 20210428

The family and friends of the six Canadian Forces members who were killed in a helicopter crash are grieving in private today. 
The Cyclone helicopter went down in the Ionian Sea one year ago.

More Than Lotto And Snacks: Corner Store Stories by artist Jon Claytor

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