Vol. 20, No. 8
Should the city be responsible for Fred MacGillivray's million dollar pension?
The ticket scandal raises the question: what happens to Trade Centre Limited's $40.7 million deficit?
By Tim Bousquet
No amount of spin can hide ticket scandal facts
Auditor general's report is definitive, despite officials playing pass-the-blame game.
2010 audit of Trade Centre Limited called for straightening out Ticket Atlantic mess
But city asked for delay, says TCL.
Tall ships come to Halifax
Ships, pirates and food, food, food.
By Rachel Bloom
Tony Robbins was in Halifax
Firewalking motivational speaker got 200 bucks a pop from Hali-rubes.
How this city works
Obscure Olympic Reality appeal to the UARB underscores which developers have pull, and which don't.
Province is paying half of $200,000 "public consultation" costs for Nova Centre
Spoken word artist Tim Merry touring the province for input on convention centre.
Student jobs are elusive
Unemployment figures for young people are soaring.
Bucket of chicken!
Coastal@Night gets serious.
Orphan Books comes to the north end
Agricola Street store now open.
Jenner Cormier is going to New Orleans
Hali mixologist showing off his stuff.
Melissa Buote takes in Tall Ships' Food Fare by the Sea
And blogs and posts pretty pictures over at Passable.ca
By Stephanie Johns
HB Studios Medal Bound's Olympic dreams
Get in the coach's corner
Mother's hits the Hydrostone this fall
I want pizza. P-I-Z-Z-A.
Rocco's restaurant now on Baker Drive
Relocation give Dartmouth eatery more elbow room.
Morally bankrupt
The convention centre announcement shows what really matters to the city's business and political class, and, more importantly, what doesn't.
Smooth Moving
Mike Clattenburg’s newest film, Moving Day, is a world of backbreaking labour and belly-busting laughs opening Friday.
By Jacob Boon
Weird, wonderful Alice
Shakespeare by the Sea's new take on a classic
By Kate Watson
Parks and recreation
NSDCC brings craft to Victoria Park this weekend
By Tara Thorne
Moving Day
A melancholy tableau with hits of blue humour
Sympathy Loophole
by Jaime Forsythe (Mansfield Press)
The Dark Knight Rises
The last hour, packed with action, smoothes over any wrinkles
By Molly Segal
The power of culture
The organizers of Halifax Pride’s Queer Acts Theatre Festival talk definitions, theatre, community and standing outside of the mainstream.
More Queer Acts
Staged readings of powerful new works are drawing a crowd
Opening night at Queer Acts
Hot theatre/cool space
Sissydude is fine and dandy
trrrash Productions presents a camp rock musical bringing all the best of local music, the north end, hoarding and over-the-top characters.
A beautiful discovery
Years of relentless touring have paid off for Newfoundland juggernaut Hey Rosetta!. The sextet is spending its summer playing Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Sasquatch, and this weekend, giving the first-ever performance on Georges Island.
By Carsten Knox
Do the Evolve
Special effects, confetti, international bands and camping come together at this year’s Evolve festival
By Adria Young
Snakes, why’d it have to be snakes?
Will the garter snake population on Georges Island rock out to Hey Rosetta? Or are they too hipster for that?
By Colin Chisholm
Cam Smith’s Blue heaven
Cam Smith is stepping out of the studio and into the spotlight with his new album, Ocean Blue.
Campbell's homecoming
Folk singer Amy Campbell brings Halifax her new LP
In-Flight resumes flying
With a new record in the works, the band hits the waterfront for a free Tall Ships show
Best emails of the week: July 14-20 edition
Charlie Sheen, Juggalos and what a waste of time praying is
Monday video round up
Some old, some new, all for you
By Geordon Omand
Five Things You Should Not Miss This Week in Halifax
Get busy
Southern Shores drift home
For a bit, anyway
Nominate or abominate for NSMW
Before the Monday, July 30 deadline
True Story by Mark Rose
By Mike Holmes
Everyone's a Centaur
By Miriam Gibson and AJ Morales
Sweet scapes
Garlic scapes, that is
Jincheng turns up the heat
Delicious flavours with depth, and a significant belt of heat, define the dishes at Jincheng Chinese Cuisine.
By Melissa Buote
Free Will Astrology
Tend a festering wound until it heals, Virgo.
By Rob Brezsny
Bad blowjob behaviour
Destructive criticism deserves a healthy dose of Tabasco justice, Savage Love wins again and fake letter apologies to devotees.
By Dan Savage
Halifax Transit planning for a ridership decrease
By Matt Stickland
The many faces of Hawksley Workman
By Martin Bauman
Everything you need to know about HRM council's March 26, 2024 meeting
King’s invites Jewish and Palestinian co-authors to campus for open discussion with students
By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter