Brett Ruskin

Reporter & VJ for @CBCNews Network [email protected] // [phone]

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My wife and her friends ran the NYC marathon with Ashton Kutcher, and made it in Casey Neistat's vlog.
https://t.co/egD9mJYQuy

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Another year, another pumpkin drop. This time it was a 1,330-pound gourd smashed from 200 feet up.
(@Q104Halifax)

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@RWJBoon Jacob

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Eastern sunrise over Westin.

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It’s National School Bus Safety week… and yesterday an F-150 driver hit the flashing stop sign of a bus picking up kids.
(Pic: Public note from NS RCMP.)

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NEW: Fiona was a billion-dollar storm:
$660m (insured damage, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada)
$300m (federal recovery package)
$50m (PEI provincial support)
$40m (NS provincial support)
$30m (NL provincial support)
$__ (other uninsured damage)

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Police in Halifax caught a man accused of stealing a milk truck and placed him udder arrest.

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(This has now officially been announced.)

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Barrington-Hollis-Terminal bike lanes coming.
https://t.co/Pm9hfBrZSn

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Got old COVID masks laying around? The federal government has millions of them. The focus now is to keep them out of landfills.

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NEW: In the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona’s phone outages, Nova Scotia’s provincial government has tabled legislation that would require telecommunications companies to do more before, during, and after the next storm. Penalties for non-compliant companies could be $250,000/day.

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Five cruise ships visiting Halifax today.
(Busiest day of the year in terms of ships. Most total passengers in a day was Oct 6th.)

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When you’re live on TV under a leafy branch and the audience gets to watch a treeclipse.

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Proud to watch Meaghan come across the line this morning, first-place woman at the Valley Harvest Half-Marathon. (1:22:13)

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i mean, if you can accidentally centre your company van that perfectly in the shot, you almost deserve the free advertising.

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@tdduker They were great to chat with, too! :)

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NEW: “State of Emergency” declared in parts of Nova Scotia, which will allow military personnel to assist with more tasks, like civilian road work.

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@callondabulshit Great question! (I didn’t realize it looked weird until now.) All has to do with the main camera’s shot. Moving her farther from the lens lets me zoom to a longer focal length which distorts faces less than a wide shot. And it tightens the depth of field for softer backgrounds.

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VIDEO: Four faces from Fiona's aftermath.
- The American
- The Resident
- The Arborist
- The Executive

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NEW: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces $300 million in federal support for post-Fiona cleanup and repairs.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in Nova Scotia, announcing a federal support package for Atlantic Canadians impacted by Hurricane Fiona.