Emma Davie

Reporter

Emma Davie is a video producer in Halifax. She loves telling stories from people in the Maritimes. You can reach her at emma.davie@cbc.ca.

Latest from Emma Davie

New Plate Special: A celebration of Nova Scotia's growing and diversifying food landscape

Join CBC Nova Scotia News host Amy Smith as she tastes her way through the province's changing food landscape — one plate at a time.

Your new favourite #BookTok read was written in Nova Scotia

Local authors say there's a growing number of romance writers in Atlantic Canada, including the woman behind the viral TikTok novel Butcher & Blackbird.

A Nova Scotia craftsman makes replicas of the Peggys Cove lighthouse. His business is booming

Vito Forgione, 64, creates models of Nova Scotia's most famous lighthouse for people to enjoy at home.

For sports groups, much has been learned from racist incident at P.E.I. hockey game

The big takeaway for many Nova Scotia sports groups from a racist incident at a hockey game this fall is that continuing education on equity, diversity and inclusion must become commonplace in sport — especially when young players are involved.

Nova Scotia reports 611 new cases as province urges people to conserve rapid tests

The province says it is changing its approach to testing and how cases are managed, due to the high numbers driven by the Omicron variant. There are 611 new cases as of Friday.

'One-woman factory': Ceramic tree craze keeps Christmas crafter busy

For 34 years, Edna Meisner of Blandford, N.S., has been making ceramic Christmas trees. She says people have become "fanatic" about these trees in recent years.

In the summers without summer camps, staff get creative to stay afloat

As summer camps face the uncertainty of a second pandemic summer, they're hoping to take lessons learned from last year — which included finding creative ways to stay afloat.

Halifax woman calling for more protections on RRSPs after husband's sudden death

Dianne Taylor is urging others to check their listed beneficiaries routinely for things like RRSPs and life insurance policies after her husband's sudden death left her and her teenage daughter faced with losing the bulk of their family's savings.

N.S. dissolves gambling awareness organization, reallocates funds from VLTs

The Nova Scotia government has quietly dissolved a non-profit arm's-length government organization dedicated to funding gambling prevention and research groups, moving the money to a more general mental health pool.

Province to begin COVID-19 vaccinations for long-term care residents Monday

Some long-term care residents in Nova Scotia will receive the COVID-19 vaccine on Monday.