Speaking for The Coast: Pressing concerns 2

By Kyle Shaw and Christine Oreskovich
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Paramedics have a simple code—you call, we come—that means you’re supposed to get help in an emergency. But Nova Scotia’s overburdened health care system can’t always deliver, and first responders are getting burned out and misused.

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News + Opinion

Home run! HRM says yes to $20 million for a CFL stadium in the municipality.

Home run! HRM says yes to $20 million for a CFL stadium in the municipality.

Schooners Sports and Entertainment carry the puck over the blue line with a three-on-one breakaway to secure conditional funding.
By Caora McKenna

One step closer to Uber, baby, is one step closer to you 1

By Caora McKenna 12.13.19

Six local gifts for $60 or less

By Jade Nauss 12.12.19

Wood Street Secure Care rejects appeal saying placements aren’t given enough cultural consideration

By Moira Donovan 12.12.19

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Opinionated Clinic 554 has institution status in Canada’s abortion access history—why the changes it propelled shouldn’t spell its demise.

Clinic 554 has institution status in Canada’s abortion access history—why the changes it propelled shouldn’t spell its demise.

The only non-hospital surgical abortion clinic in the maritimes is in danger of closing.
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Food + Drink

Eight free Christmas dinners in the HRM

Eight free Christmas dinners in the HRM

Staggers Pub & Grub is one place to turn for a free meal and someone to talk with this holiday season.
By Victoria Walton

Rozina Darvesh walks the walk

By Melissa Buote 11.28.19

First look: The Stillwell Freehouse

By Allison Saunders 11.21.19

Halifax Taco Week is on!

By Team Coast 11.14.19

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Family/Food & Drink

Community Cafe

@ Fairview Family Resource Centre
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Music

Boney M., the original bop star

Boney M., the original bop star

The German supergroup brings its dripping-in-extra breed of disco to Halifax.
By Lezlie Lowe

Behind the setlist with Matt Mays

By Morgan Mullin 12.12.19

Kids Losing Sleep are gaining hits

By Morgan Mullin 12.12.19

Five questions I wish I could ask Geddy Lee 1

By Morgan Mullin 12.09.19

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Live Music

Joe Murphy & The Water Street Blues Band

@ Your Father's Moustache
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Arts + Culture

Reid K. White and the art of the everyday

Reid K. White and the art of the everyday 2

Meet the man behind the north end’s most life-affirming street art.
By Stephanie Johns

The week in Nova Scotia film

By Morgan Mullin 12.14.19

Art Brat Comics

By Mollie Cronin 12.12.19

Who Let the Dogs Out now available on iTunes

By Morgan Mullin 12.10.19

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Dance/DJ + Dancing

Dance Nights

@ Newfoundland Social Club
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News + Opinion

Six local gifts for $60 or less

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Six local gifts for $60 or less

Six local gifts for $60 or less

Shoptalk

Six local gifts for $60 or less

SHOP THIS: Shad Bay Weaving

Homes Halifax

SHOP THIS: Shad Bay Weaving

Dalhousie University’s Corporate Residency Master of Business Administration: Growing from Individual Strengths and Backgrounds

Career Minded (Sponsor Content)

Dalhousie University’s Corporate Residency Master of Business Administration: Growing from Individual Strengths and Backgrounds

Six fall foods and the local wines to drink with them

Fall Wine Guide

Six fall foods and the local wines to drink with them

How to recycle and compost properly in HRM

Back To School

How to recycle and compost properly in HRM

Halifax drink specials friendly to student budgets

Halifax Drinks

Halifax drink specials friendly to student budgets

Eight free Christmas dinners in the HRM

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Eight free Christmas dinners in the HRM

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