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Here's everyone who won at Theatre Nova Scotia's Merritt Awards this week

Spoiler alert: Neptune's production of The Color Purple cleaned up.

By Morgan Mullin

Open and shut: pandemic polygamy

By Dan Savage 04.02.20

Foreign exchange

By Morgan Mullin 04.01.20

Voice of the city: Making the case for play 1

By Crystal Watson 04.01.20

Voice of The City: Exposing privilege during a pandemic 1

Advocating for social justice should not stop because of COVID-19—it should get stronger.

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Friday, March 27 COVID-19 in NS news update

More booze delivery, more time away from schools and 17 more cases.

By Kyle Shaw

The Coast postpones Burger Week to June 2020

By Team Coast 03.13.20

A cut above the rest

By Fadila Chater 03.12.20

Meet the new Ostrich Club

By Matthew Halliday 03.12.20

Community Meal

@ Fairview Family Resource Centre

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Love the way we bitch

Silent fireworks 1

By Team Coast 03.16.20

Sick as hell thanks to germ bag

By Team Coast 03.16.20

Bridge-crossing blues 2

By Team Coast 03.15.20

Love the way we love

Pete's Frootique juice-bar guy

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Music

Six ways to broaden your mind wider than social distance requirements

Your body might be atrophying on the couch but your brain doesn't have to.

By Morgan Mullin

East Coast Music Awards get COVID-cancelled

By Morgan Mullin 03.17.20

Junos cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns

By Morgan Mullin 03.12.20

Rose Cousins is dancing on her own

By Jade Nauss 03.12.20

Open Mic With Noah Tye

@ Rockbottom Brewpub

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Arts + Culture

Here's everyone who won at Theatre Nova Scotia's Merritt Awards this week

Spoiler alert: Neptune's production of The Color Purple cleaned up.

By Morgan Mullin

Now's the time to start a socially distant, low-maintenance book club

By Morgan Mullin 03.27.20

James Mullinger tells us a joke

By Morgan Mullin 03.24.20

Six ways to broaden your mind wider than social distance requirements

By Morgan Mullin 03.23.20

Trivia Night at Dooly's

@ Dooly’s, Sackville

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Best of Halifax

The 25th annual Best of Halifax Readers' Choice Awards winners

Six Halifax acts to support on Bandcamp today

Nova Scotia farmers aren’t going away amid COVID-19

Six ways to broaden your mind wider than social distance requirements

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Forty percent of Halifax households are supposed to pay rent tomorrow 1

Tenants are stressed about not being able to pay–landlords are stressed about getting paid. We're all stressed about all of it.
- by Caora McKenna
- Mar 31, 2020
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Voice of the city: Making the case for play 1

School won't be back in session until at least May 1, so Crystal Watson says "let your kids rediscover what was normal: leave them alone and let them play."
- by Crystal Watson
- Apr 1, 2020
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Federal government promises around $2,000 a month for Canadians who can't work because of COVID-19 8

Those who don't qualify for EI can hope to see money in their bank accounts in mid April.
- by Caora McKenna
- Mar 26, 2020
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Spoiler alert: Neptune's production of The Color Purple cleaned up.

Advocating for social justice should not stop because of COVID-19—it should get stronger.

More booze delivery, more time away from schools and 17 more cases.

@ Fairview Family Resource Centre

On March 6 I...

I can barely believe that...

Your body might be atrophying on the couch but your brain doesn't have to.

@ Rockbottom Brewpub

Spoiler alert: Neptune's production of The Color Purple cleaned up.

@ Dooly’s, Sackville

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Tenants are stressed about not being able to pay–landlords are stressed about getting paid. We're all stressed about all of it.

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Those who don't qualify for EI can hope to see money in their bank accounts in mid April.

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