Nov 28 - Dec 4, 2013

News + Opinion

• News

  "X-rated hypnotist" Tony Lee performs at frosh week events across Canada

  Dalhousie University recently stopped using him, but other area universities still hire him to get new student to simulate sex acts.

  By Clare Shrybman

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• News

  Rooming houses are disappearing in HRM

  We've gone from 153 in 2007 to just 25 last year.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• News

  Police chief Jean-Michel Blais wants earlier cabaret closing times

  But moving closing from 3:30am to 2am will only make matters worse, says Reflections owner Mike Schmid.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• News

  Joachim Stroink's Zwarte Piet problem

  Plenty of nice people cluelessly embrace racist "traditions."

  By Tim Bousquet

  Dec 2, 2013

  
• News

  Rainmen hire former NBA star Craig Hodges as coach

  Three-point shot leader was awesome off the basketball court, too, working with Louis Farrakhan and pushing teammate Michael Jordan to do more for the black community.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Dec 4, 2013

  
• Shoptalk

  KEW oughta know

  With a long combined history in the biz, Ray Frizzell and David McQuaid open a new furniture store

  By Allison Saunders

  Dec 4, 2013

  
• Shoptalk

  Seeing read with Orphan Books

  A Buy-Local-inspired-profile

  By Allison Saunders

  Nov 30, 2013

  
• Shoptalk

  Fresh Goods is turning three

  A Buy-Local-inspired-profile

  By Allison Saunders

  Dec 5, 2013

  
• Opinion

  Halifax Water should stop poisoning us

  Adding fluoride to our drinking water is unnecessary, harmful and expensive.

  By Dana Landry

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Opinion

  Letters to the editor, November 28, 2013

  These are the letters and comments from the print edition

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Environment

  Halifax’s garbage wars

  Changing waste management in HRM may be a great way to save millions, or it might trash a community.

  By Sam Littlefair-Wallace

  Nov 28, 2013

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  The Book of Jezebel: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Lady Things

  Anna Holmes

  By Whitney Moran

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Rage of Poseidon

  Anders Nilsen

  By Whitney Moran

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Writing the Common: Poetry Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the Halifax Common 1763-2013

  Edited by the Friends of the Halifax Common

  By Whitney Moran

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Omens

  Kelley Armstrong

  By Zoe Migicovsky

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Puss in Boots

  CAKE DRESS

  By Kate Watson

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  A Christmas Carol

  Zombie dance, prepare yourself

  By Kate Watson

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Oldboy

  Not your best joint, Lee

  By Jacob Boon

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Philomena

  Boon pleads

  By Jacob Boon

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Book Thief

  Many movies in one

  By Jacob Boon

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Blue is the Warmest Colour

  Also the longest

  By Tara Thorne

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Arts & Culture

  Frozen

  Sisterhood of the Travelling Snowpants

  By Tara Thorne

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Music

  Love for Scott Jones

  Gottingen Street for Scott Jones is a multi-venue fundraiser taking place Thursday, bringing the community together with compassion and love.

  By Adria Young

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Music

  Good jeans

  Wet Denim’s great band genetics produce a stellar new album, released this Saturday

  By Hugh Stewart

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Music

  Small town boy

  Don Brownrigg’s latest album is about being (more) grounded, with a melancholic, epic tone. Soak it up

  By Elaine Corden

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Music

  Greg MacPherson Band

  Fireball

  By Doug Taylor

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Music

  Grump

  Love Punk Hate Punks

  By Stephanie Johns

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Music

  Duane Andrews & Craig Young

  Charlie's Boogie

  By Doug Taylor

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Music

  Deltron 3030

  Event II

  By Doug Taylor

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Music

  Duelling videos: Jay Mayne's "My Addiction" and Like A Motorcycle's "Hitting The Bottle"

  What do they have in common? PARTY FUEL.

  By Stephanie Johns

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Music

  Review: Obsolescence and Inscription

  Ilan Sandler and Robert Bean's artistic conversation about objects and ideas at Saint Mary's University Art Gallery

  By Kathleen Higgins

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Music

  So long, herohill

  Prolific music blog hangs it up after 10 years

  By Stephanie Johns

  Dec 4, 2013

  
• Comics

  Haligonians

  A day at Newcombe’s Ink #1

  By Russell Jackson

  Nov 28, 2013

  

Food + Drink

• Food

  Raw and roll with Fruition

  Fruition, The Seaport Farmers’ Market’s raw food bar and vegan grocer, takes over a new storefront space next month.

  By Whitney Moran

  Nov 28, 2013

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  gather raw materials, Virgo

  Nov 28, 2013

  
• Savage Love

  Depressing reset

  Was I wrong to break up with my depressed girlfriend? (Featuring guest advice from Rob Delaney!) Plus: Diaper fetishes.

  By Dan Savage

  Nov 28, 2013