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Halifax Regional Municipality is planning to open new designated sites for people experiencing homelessness. Staff say the four current encampment sites are overcrowded and people have been setting up tents in other spaces. Portia speaks with Max Chauvin, HRM's Director of Housing and Homelessness.

Halifax's Muslim community gathered for the funeral of Ahmad Al Marrach. The Citadel High School student was killed outside the Halifax Shopping Centre. Police are still investigating his homicide. The CBC's Taryn Grant spoke with people after the funeral and prayer service.

This week, the Halifax Regional Municipality announced its new poet laureate. Anna Quon is a poet and novelist. Her books include "Where The Silver River Ends", "Low", and "Migration Songs".

The Respectful Terminologies Platform Project is a new information system for Canadian libraries, archives and museums. It's trying to address harmful language toward Indigenous people in those institutions. We hear from the co-leads for the project.

The demand for spaces in Nova Scotia daycares has gone up. While funding in the federal government's budget may help, private daycares have been left out. Portia checks in with the owner of a for-profit daycare operation.

Leona Burkey is a songwriter, host and founder of WomenFolk, a project to help get more women and women-identifying musicians on stage, get them support, and get them paid.