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Marika Bouchard is Halifax's next big bartender

Black Sheep’s cocktail queen represented the entire east coast at Canada’s Most Imaginative Bartender finals last week.

By Haleigh Atwood

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Rich Aucoin bike blog wrap-up: Impressions from cycling across America

Guided Tour - Downtown Halifax

Bailly Perfume smells like good spirits

Cafe Lara is moving in on the corner of Agricola and Woodill

Coming Out Ministries preys on LGBTQ+ youth through guilt and shame

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This week’s print Coast is the official-ish Halifax Jazz Festival program, so you really should get your jazz hands on one. But you can get a feeling for the fest’s great line-up here: Charlotte Day Wilson, Chaka Khan, Daniel Caesar and then some.

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Politicians turn down cannabis town hall 1

Nova Scotia Medicinal Association of Cannabis Dispensaries says it's disappointed no city councillors or MLAs came to hear their stories.

By Sandra C. Hannebohm

Guided Tour - Downtown Halifax

07.12.18

Bailly Perfume smells like good spirits

By Morgan Mullin 07.12.18

Free Will Astrology

By Rob Brezsny 07.12.18

Voice of the City

Christ preached love, not intolerance

When are religions going to accept and embrace LGBTQ+ people as they are?

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Food + Drink

Marika Bouchard is Halifax's next big bartender

Black Sheep’s cocktail queen represented the entire east coast at Canada’s Most Imaginative Bartender finals last week.

By Haleigh Atwood

Cafe Lara is moving in on the corner of Agricola and Woodill 1

By Allison Saunders 07.11.18

The patience of Janie Bogardus 1

By Jessica Emin 07.05.18

Afrite hosts My Syrian Momma Restaurant Takeover

By Dina Lobo 07.05.18

St. Practice Day

@ Finbar's Irish Pub, Bedford

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Love the way we bitch

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Monday Morning After

By Team Coast 07.16.18

Accident on the Mackay Bridge

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Wait for people to cross on a red light

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Jazz Fest: Daniel Caesar

One of the country’s hottest R&B stars brings his fire to Halifax to close out the festival.

By Brandon Young

Rich Aucoin bike blog wrap-up: Impressions from cycling across America

By Tara Thorne 07.12.18

Jazz Fest: Land of Talk

By Morgan Mullin 07.12.18

Jazz Fest: Charlotte Day Wilson

By Brennan McCracken 07.12.18

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Live Music

Diyet & The Love Soldiers w/Braden Lam

@ The Carleton

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Arts + Culture

Movie review: Leave No Trace

Debra Granik's long-awaited followup to Winter's Bone is quiet and affecting.

By Tara Thorne

Theatre review: The Woodcutter at the Bus Stop

By Carey Bray 07.13.18

Blood Will Out’s dark matter

By Lindsay Gloade-Raining Bird 07.12.18

Matchstick Theatre goes into the woods

By Tara Thorne 07.12.18

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Theatre

North Mountain Vanya

@ Ross Creek Arts Centre

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Best of Halifax

Your Best of Halifax 2017 Readers' Choice Awards winners

Best Massage Therapist

Best Social Media Presence By An Artist / Band

Best Activist Organization

Best Jazz Artist / Band

Best Furniture Store

Best Restaurant

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Headline brews: the Canadian Brewing Awards land in Halifax

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Solitha Shortte walks the walk

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Milking the Student Cash Cow

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Hardcore research: Results from our annual Sex + Dating survey

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Six ways to stay warm and chill out this winter

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Rejected Cineplex holiday trailers

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Inside my digs: Alderney Drive

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Marika Bouchard is Halifax's next big bartender

Black Sheep’s cocktail queen represented the entire east coast at Canada’s Most Imaginative Bartender finals last week.
- by Haleigh Atwood
- Jul 12, 2018
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Politicians turn down cannabis town hall 1

Nova Scotia Medicinal Association of Cannabis Dispensaries says it's disappointed no city councillors or MLAs came to hear their stories.
- by Sandra C. Hannebohm
- Jul 12, 2018
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Graphic new details emerge about Shambhala sexual assault 2

Halifax-based Buddhist leader is accused of multiple sexual assaults, including of a Chilean student in 2002.
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- Jul 11, 2018
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Nova Scotia Medicinal Association of Cannabis Dispensaries says it's disappointed no city councillors or MLAs came to hear their stories.

When are religions going to accept and embrace LGBTQ+ people as they are?

Black Sheep’s cocktail queen represented the entire east coast at Canada’s Most Imaginative Bartender finals last week.

@ Finbar's Irish Pub, Bedford

I can’t say I’ve ever...

I'd like to nominate my...

One of the country’s hottest R&B stars brings his fire to Halifax to close out the festival.

@ The Carleton

Debra Granik's long-awaited followup to Winter's Bone is quiet and affecting.

@ Ross Creek Arts Centre

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Black Sheep’s cocktail queen represented the entire east coast at Canada’s Most Imaginative Bartender finals last week.

Nova Scotia Medicinal Association of Cannabis Dispensaries says it's disappointed no city councillors or MLAs came to hear their stories.

Halifax-based Buddhist leader is accused of multiple sexual assaults, including of a Chilean student in 2002.

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Thanks to the sewage, you can’t swim in the Harbour. No biggie, there are still plenty of ways to cool off. So wade in and get your toes wet with The Coast’s guide to Metro Halifax’s finest lakes and ponds.

Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin and Barbara Adams have since apologized for their remarks.

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