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Maggie MacCormick moved and we are reaping all the benefits. The Halifax designer known for Maggie Jayne—her dreamy line of made-in-India dresses, flightsuits and skirts—is warming her brand new west end studio space by selling off all of her factory seconds, samples and leftovers. This Saturday, February 3 get a blast from seasons past at…
It was just about four years ago when Julien Rousseau-Dumarcet and Nathalie Morin opened Rousseau Chocolatier (1277 Hollis Street) after moving from France to Halifax and getting their start selling handmade chocolates at the Historic Farmers’ Market. This weekend the pair celebrates the next wave of their business with their grand reopening at a gorgeous,…
The picnicker’s paradise known as Spectacle Island is currently for sale, and the site’s private owners wouldn’t mind seeing it transferred into public hands. The small island in Purcells Cove, within eyeshot from Point Pleasant Park, has been owned by Barry Mosher and his family for the last decade. But the investment advisor is looking…
Seven Bays Bouldering (2019 Gottingen Street) is peaking in size thanks to a basement expansion that will feature additional space and activities for climbers. “From the moment we started building Seven Bays, the possibility was always there,” owner Geneviève de la Plante says of the renovations, which will make use the massive parking garage underneath…
God bless you, Wray…you were always a friendly face in front of the old library. Very sad the way you went. Hopefully some good will come of it. —Bluenoser
The Halifax taxi driver acquitted on all charges of sexually assaulting an intoxicated passenger in the back of his cab will face a new trial. A decision released Wednesday by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal found that Judge Gregory Lenehan “misdirected himself as to the legal meaning of consent” in his ruling last March.…
The 1588 Barrington Street Building Preservation Society is one step closer to taking over the former Khyber building after council’s vote to move the sale along at this Tuesday’s council meeting. While the original motion on the table asked for more information from the non-profit group before deciding on the sale, deputy mayor Mason instead…
Edward Cornwallis is coming down off his pedestal, at least for a while. Halifax Regional Council voted Tuesday to remove the controversial bronze statue of the city’s founder and place it into temporary storage. There it will remain until a more permanent solution can be agreed upon in the spirit of truth and reconciliation. “We…
Canada is losing a lot of its wildlife. The World Wildlife Fund’s 2017 Living Planet Report Canada found half the monitored mammal, bird, reptile, amphibian and fish species declined from 1970 to 2014. Threatened and endangered species continue to disappear despite federal legislation designed to protect them and help their populations recover. What’s going wrong?…
Turns out I have the superpower of invisibility when trying to cross a certain marked walkway. there is this red triangle with a white triangle inside. does it need a flashing emoticon to get your attention in broad daylight to realize there is a pedestrian crossing? I am in a bit of hurry myself so…
Whatever is going to happen to the old Bloomfield Centre, thanks to the province it won’t be a new school. Caroline Arsenault, a parent who lives near the abandoned north end property, isn’t impressed with that decision. “It’s just so disappointing that this government just doesn’t seem to be willing to think differently and think…
The 2018 East Coast Music Award nominations were announced this morning at Paul O’Regan Hall, featuring performances by Daniel Walker aka Owen Meany’s Batting Stance and country teen phenom Makayla Lynn, who had to reschedule a math exam to make it. (Also announced: The Trailer Park Boys’ new bar, in the old Seahorse space, will be…
It is 1990. I am so young that my face looks like a blank slate in my official Legislature ID photo. I am so excited about this part-time job. I am a student of history and journalism, and being on the floor of the Legislature as a page will let me feel like I’m part…
I’d like to send a shout out to all the lousy, self-centred drivers out there. You see them daily. Texting while driving and taking up both lanes. Those doing 70 on the 103 in the fast lane. The ones who change lanes five times and cut everyone else off so they can get to Timmy’s…
The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs wants immediate action. Halifax mayor Mike Savage, however, is looking forward to more conversation. On Friday afternoon the Assembly officially walked away from participating in HRM’s historical panel on the legacy of Edward Cornwallis. The Chiefs cited ongoing delays in dealing with city hall and called for the statue…
The Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq Chiefs will no longer work with city hall on a solution to how Halifax commemorates its problematic founder, Edward Cornwallis. According to a press release sent out Friday afternoon, the Chiefs unanimously agree that the process to form the joint historical committee has “taken far too long and have…
The fight for the former Khyber building continues next week at City Hall. The 1588 Barrington Street Building Preservation Society is urging Halifax Regional Council to push forward with the sale of the former Khyber building, despite a staff recommendation to wait the process out a little longer. This Tuesday’s Regional Council meeting will consider a…
To the stupid lady who took the time out of her commute to yell at me from her window at a rotary just now: The big yellow sign that says “SINGLE FILE” and has a picture of a bike and car in single file, that means cars and bikes should be in SINGLE FILE. There’s…
For the second time, the province of Nova Scotia won’t be buying Halifax’s Bloomfield Centre. The deteriorating former school and community centre is once again facing an uncertain future according to an update heading to Regional Council on Tuesday. Council voted last August to sell a portion of the 3.3-acre site to the provincial government…
It’s been nearly two years since the province lifted regulations requiring NS Power’s biomass plant to run around the clock. Nevertheless, the facility has been operating non-stop for over a month now due to soaring natural gas prices. Nova Scotia Power spokesperson Tiffany Chase confirms the Point Tupper plant has been running “fairly consistently” over…
I see you a few afternoons a week at the gym in Clayton Park. You’re super tall, fit, always have your hat on backwards, and these days you’re sporting a beard. Just wanted you to know that I think you are ridiculously attractive. —An Admirer
The social justice scene in Halifax is getting out of control and I want to point out some the glaring inconsistencies in the logic of these warriors. They seem to target many local businesses and hold them to standards that are extreme. If a local business has a target demographic or a niche clientele they…
Known for its dreamy, decedent soundscapes and haunting vocals, Stars have been building sonic castles in sad-core style for over almost 20 years. Here, the band celebrates its impressive back catalogue (we hope “Take Me To The Riot” and “Your Ex-Lover Is Dead” make the encore set list) and its latest effort, 2017’s There Is…
New Scotland Clothing Co. is taking the whole “new year, new you” thing pretty seriously in 2018. The start-up apparel company, founded by brothers Kevin and Scott Saccary, will leave its tiny spot at 20 Wentworth Street and launch its new flagship location in downtown Dartmouth next month. “The Wentworth store location has been a…
See below for homophobic post…shame, shame, shame Coast…not cool. –Pedantic Podiatrist
Don Connolly’s last Information Morning Friday, January 26, 5:55-8:37am Cunard Centre, 961 Marginal Road or hear it on CBC Radio, 90.5FM Don Connolly still remembers his worst interview of all time: Frank Zappa. “I’m not a big fan, but I had a significant amount of his vinyl,” says Connolly. “He was a notoriously difficult man,…
Ask Shawn Cleary about his friendship with Joachim Stroink and he’ll tell you something this town already knows. “In Halifax, it’s one-and-a-half degrees of separation,” he says. “Everybody knows everybody.” The councillor’s platonic relationship with Armco’s latest hired gun doesn’t raise any ethical or legal conflicts, he says, even as the development firm tries one…
The provincial inquiry into systemic abuses at the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children shouldn’t be granted any extension on its work until they acknowledge another, currently ongoing injustice of the department of Community Services’ own creation. So says Irvine Carvery, who believes the systemic failures that lead to decades of abuse at the Dartmouth…
Rinaldo’s 2186 Windsor Street Tue-Thu 11:30am-10pm, Fri 11:30am-1am, Sat 10am-3pm and 5pm-1am, Sun 10am-3pm and 5pm-10pm As I walk down Cunard Street towards the bus stop, two little boxes sitting as heavily in my bag as the slowly digesting carbs sit in my stomach, I make a promise to myself: I will never go back…
A new parlour game launched in late November when Don Connolly announced his retirement. “Who’s going to be the new Information Morning host?” is based on the premise that CBC has one chance to get this right, as precedent tells us the person filling Connolly’s chair could be a public face of the corporation for…
Can you imagine how it feels to be only 24 years old and you need to wear an adult diaper to catch the gushing blood dripping between your legs? Do you know how it feels to have cracked and bleeding nipples upon a rock hard chest, beneath a frantic newborn baby stuffed into a baby…
Melanie Authier, Contrarieties and Counterpoints To March 4 MSVU Art Gallery 166 Bedford Highway When you think about “drama” in relation to abstract painting, what may first come to mind is controversy. The art form has had its fair share: More than 60 years since painting first concerned itself with abstract formalism (line, colour and…
Salt-Water Moon January 30-February 18 Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street $29-$36 neptunetheatre.com Many would call Salt-Water Moon one of the best plays in the Canadian canon, and Martha Irving would agree. It was written in 1984 by Newfoundland ex-pat David French and has graced countless stages ever since. For Neptune’s production, previewing Tuesday and opening…
Liane Tessier says she decided to start the Equity Watch group because she doesn’t want anyone else to go through what she did. Tessier is a former firefighter who fought for 12 years to receive a settlement for her human rights complaint. She has recounted the instances of bullying and gender-based harassment she experienced while…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) The pawpaw is a tasty fruit that blends the flavours of mango, banana, and melon. But you rarely find it in grocery stores. One reason is that the fruit ripens very fast after being picked. Another is that the pollination process is complicated. In response to these issues, a…
A burning rage An alarming email today tells me the biomass furnace at Port Hawkesbury Paper, run by Nova Scotia Power, has been operating at full blast, 24-7, for months. This in spite of what premier Stephen McNeil told us just a few months ago, and even while the mill itself was closed for two…
Made with Local owners Sheena Russell and Kathy MacDonald went from producing 1,000 bars a month in 2012 to 20,000 a month in 2017 and are now aiming to make it 50,000 by the end of 2018. “I never thought I would be a business owner or entrepreneur,” says Russell. The special ingredient that makes…
INGREDIENTS 1oz Pisco ½oz Irish whiskey ½oz Lillet ¾oz fresh lemon juice ¾oz Blood orange and sumac cordial** 1oz egg white dried sumac powder DIRECTIONS Add all ingredients except sumac powder to shaker tin. Dry shake. Add ice and shake ’til cold. Double strain into a coupe. Sprinkle sumac powder on top and serve. **Blood…
Q My father left my mother abruptly when I was 14 years old, and he hasn’t contacted either of us since. It was a crushing blow for her, and she retreated from the world. She was never bitter about it, but it was devastating. She lost the love of her life for no apparent reason…
Which sexual minority smokes the most weed? Score top marks if you said bisexual women. That’s one of the things Dr. Margaret Robinson talked about when she presented High/Functioning: Bisexual Women and Cannabis earlier in January at the Dalhousie Feminist Seminar Series. (The series, led by Erin “Notes From a Feminist Killjoy” Wunker, isn’t always…
The urge to return home hit Nicole Turlo when she was working at a spa in Toronto, pregnant with her second child. She didn’t have a job in Nova Scotia, and she told her husband he didn’t have to come, but she knew moving felt right: “As long as I’m in Halifax, I’ll be happy.”…
10 Tell It To The Mic presents Jessica Leblanc Friday Poet Jessica Leblanc shares some verses at this Alteregos Cafe open-mic session, where audience members are encouraged to share their stories, songs or even read blog posts at the mic. 9 The 2nd annual Garrett Mason Extravaganza Saturday The local blues legend shares a swath of…
