Jun 23-29, 2016

News + Opinion

• City

  Centre Plan takes centre stage

  City hall wants your help planning for development on the community’s terms.

  By Uytae Lee

  Jun 23, 2016

  
• City

  HRM development’s critical masses

  Outspoken planning watchers consider the city’s direction.

  By Ashley Corbett and Mitchell Mullen

  Jun 23, 2016

  
• City

  Continuity errors

  The Halifax Regional Police department has high rates of missing evidence and numerous security risks inside its drug and money vaults, casting doubt on years of criminal cases.

  By Jacob Boon

  Jun 23, 2016

  
• City

  Democracy's other Bernie

  Nova Scotia's municipal elections officer spills the beans on what to expect come October.

  By Michael Lightstone

  Jun 23, 2016

  
• News

  Jennifer Watts takes job with ISANS

  Halifax councillor leaving politics in November to work with immigrant services association.

  By Jacob Boon

  Jun 24, 2016

  
• News

  Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes a "sham of a process"

  Report on the wilderness area's development receives intense backlash from the public.

  By Michelle Cameron

  Jun 23, 2016

  
• News

  Halifax police release statement about drug exhibit audit

  Report from September, viewed by management in February, released to public in June.

  By Jacob Boon

  Jun 23, 2016

  
• News

  City council to look into Halifax’s rat problem

  Waye Mason asks for staff report on rodent control.

  By Jacob Boon

  Jun 27, 2016

  
• News

  Agricola development could displace axe-throwing Timber Lounge

  Seven-storey proposal being discussed by HRM Planning Advisory Committee.

  By Jacob Boon

  Jun 27, 2016

  
• News

  Downtown businesses launch legal action against Nova Centre

  Mayoral candidate Lil MacPherson's Wooden Monkey amongst local businesses going after HRM.

  By Jacob Boon

  Jun 27, 2016

  
• News

  Board of Police Commissioners calls special meeting about drug exhibit audit

  “No,” the board wasn’t aware of the report, says chair Russell Walker. “Yes,” they should have been.

  By Jacob Boon

  Jun 28, 2016

  
• News

  Nova Scotia still missing key privacy protections says report

  Public bodies may have breached privacy laws up to 154 times last year.

  By Jacob Boon

  Jun 28, 2016

  
• Shoptalk

  Agora opens to Agricola in July

  A new Mediterranean restaurant and bistro aims to bring people together over healthy eats

  By Allison Saunders

  Jun 23, 2016

  
• Shoptalk

  Guided Tour - Bedford

  Bedford is on the rise. From Sunnyside Mall to Hammonds Plains Road, Larry Uteck Drive to the Bedford Common, this is one of the fastest-growing communities in Atlantic Canada

  Jun 28, 2016

  
• Shoptalk

  11 Street Boutique opens this weekend

  The Hydrostone gets a women's and men's clothing store

  By Allison Saunders

  Jun 29, 2016

  
• Shoptalk

  Haskapa hits Bishop's Landing

  The berry boutique opens on the waterfront this Friday

  By Allison Saunders

  Jun 30, 2016

  
• Shoptalk

  Food Wolf adds a new truck to its pack

  The beloved food truck serves from both Timber Lounge, and a new truck, this summer

  By Allison Saunders

  Jun 30, 2016

  
• Opinion

  Letters to the editor, June 23, 2016

  These are the letters and comments from the print edition

  Jun 23, 2016

  
• Opinion

  Faith in government not enough to protect our environment

  Climate town hall a chance to demand real action.

  By Laura Cutmore

  Jun 23, 2016

  
• Environment

  SCIENCE MATTERS: Broken records define the climate crisis

  By David Suzuki

  Jun 29, 2016

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Meryl McMaster turns inside out

  The photographer brings her self-examining portraits to Anna Leonowens.

  By Brennan McCracken

  Jun 23, 2016

  
• Arts & Culture

  Sistine Chapel is a theatrical miracle

  Take advantage of your chance to catch the Stages Festival hit.

  By Kate Watson

  Jun 23, 2016

  
• Arts & Culture

  Local artist says Damien Hirst ripped her off

  Colleen Wolstenholme suing British art superstar for copyright infringement.

  By Ashley Corbett

  Jun 28, 2016

  
• Arts & Culture

  Prismatic Arts Festival to feature exclusively female acts

  Eclectic festival is coming back to Halifax September 21-25.

  By Ashley Corbett

  Jun 29, 2016

  
• Music

  Weekend Dads making it big in Europe, not here at home

  Punk band tries again for local breakthrough with new album.

  By Morgan Mullin

  Jun 23, 2016

  
• Music

  Not your great-grandfather’s choir

  Cappella Regalis makes good—not only sacred—music.

  By Brennan McCracken

  Jun 23, 2016

  
• Music

  10 totally-on-fire weekend ideas.

  We got your back with tea parties, star gazing, all-night hip-hop, a punk record release and more!

  By Morgan Mullin

  Jun 23, 2016

  
• Music

  Five unmissable events at Halifax Pride 2016

  What we're most excited about for this year's Pride festival.

  By Morgan Mullin

  Jun 24, 2016

  
• Comics

  Hey You Guys

  By Paul Hammond

  Jun 23, 2016

  

Food + Drink

• Restaurant Reviews

  Flying Apron soars in Summerville

  A summer road trip reveals a fiercely local country kitchen that’s as charming as it is relaxing.

  By Melissa Buote

  Jun 23, 2016

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  Live by design, Libra

  By Rob Brezsny

  Jun 23, 2016

  
• Savage Love

  Puppy playtime

  Is it cool for my co-worker to ask me to call him by his puppy-play name? Plus: Dan on Orlando: “Get out there and fight.”

  By Dan Savage

  Jun 23, 2016