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A year isn’t a year until you start making lists, checking ’em twice and remembering all of the good, bad and ugly things that came together to make and/or break it. In the world of local business, we saw lots of growth—especially in Dartmouth and north end Halifax—dealt with some really bad bosses and thanked…
Just in time for the holidays, we’re back for one last special episode of 26 for 25. Past audience favourites Stephanie Johns and Allison Saunders join Tara and Jacob for a boozy reflection on the year 2018 in the city of Halifax. Breach teen! Agaves! Smoking bans! Chelsea Peretti! Plus, a special Christmas-rewrite of Lady…
You’re probably a thief. If you’re not a thief, you have knowingly benefited from the work of another thief. Watch porn much? Maybe you aren’t a thief and you do buy your porn. Maybe you do support the creators whose content you’ve long enjoyed on Tumblr for free. Excellent! Keep paying for your smut. Changes…
“You know, the beauty of being a chef is that you get to touch on a lot of things,” says Carlos Bonilla. “Everything that I’ve done is because I love this business. Anything that can help you grow in the business, and help you get better, is just a plus.” Bonilla is the head chef…
Nova Scotia, I’m quite fond of you, but we need to talk about your driving habits. Let’s start with the tailgating. You should always keep at least a two-second following distance in the best circumstances, more in adverse circumstances. Some adverse circumstances are environmental (like bad weather or fog), some are mechanical (like balding tires,…
I tried to hold the door for you at the Bridge Terminal on Sunday. You vehemently refused and told me to just fucking go. When I said I was just trying to be nice, you claimed YOU were the nice one. Your rudeness was the cherry on a shit-pie of a weekend.—Fuck being nice
It was titled “a rose of words for my lady in rose” regarding a lady riding the ferry who read spy novels. I think I might me your reader. I’ve been looking for you for quite some time.—Maybe I like dorky
I’ll write this here, since things are over now. You weren’t perfect, you weren’t for me, you were many things that I despise—and often, you treated me horribly. Yet, I still loved you as a person. As someone I felt I had known in a past life. I would have put up with the one…
My friend Willard died on Friday. He was hit and killed by a truck, just around the corner from his home. His home. I loved to walk by his house, I did it on purpose. Would there be a ragtag band of old fellas cracking cold ones on the stoop? Would he be listening to…
I thought paying five bucks for a cup of coffee in NYC was bad, until I came to your neighbourhood where they serve a $12 grilled cheese sandwich. No, I didn’t order one as I’m over the age of ten—this was a special advertised outside of the eatery. You want $12 for two pieces of…
Could the Bitch who posts the Bitches do their damn job and post the new bitches already? Tired of coming here for the same old crap! Update your shit!!!—Ex-bitcher
This is lunacy. I find that finding someone who is committed to a relationship, someone who’s sweet and trustworthy, seems to have dried up in all aspects. Like, my dearest friend can’t get a guy because they either show their true intentions, get bored or just can’t wait to get to know her. From personal…
I’m checking out things on Kijiji and all I keep seeing are pages and pages of overpriced listings from stores dominating the listings. If I wanted to pay store prices, I would go to a fucking store. I’m trying to find private sellers letting stuff go for cheap. Why does every good get ruined by…
What has happened to our world where common sense and decency prevailed? We have people begging for money in Halifax for food, clothing and shelter. We have judges not providing support to woman with children. We have employers who allow employees to be rude and disrespectful to their customers and fellow staff. Everyone is struggling…
An often overlooked chapter of Halifax’s history will be published next fall. Journalist Rebecca Rose is documenting the “narrative history of the foundations of Halifax’s queer community” in Before the Parade: Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Halifax from Nimbus Publishing. The book will focus on the city’s first generation of out lesbian, gay and bisexual elders,…
A holiday cookie swap shakes up The Khyber, Reeny Smith’s Christmas concert makes you hum along, Kent Monkman’s revolutionary Art Gallery of Nova Scotia show wraps and more weekend fun awaits! Khyber cookie party Saturday An all-ages fundraising spectacular sees The Khyber hosting the city’s (arguably) best and (definitely) biggest cookie swap. How it works: Upon…
On the bright side of another crappy year, the local patriarchy had a bad time. Powerful men who abused that power were called to account, and from the margins came heroes. The Coast’s editorial team has come together for our Year in Review to highlight 25 local stories (in no particular order) that we couldn’t…
The workers at the Smiling Goat’s Spring Garden Road location weren’t given much warning the day their cafe closed last April. The building’s landlords—Just Us! Coffee Roasters, which sold its two unionized HRM cafes to Smiling Goat’s scorned owner Kit Singh in September 2017—changed the locks just a few hours after letting the staff know…
The drug cartel machinations that make for such great binge-watching played out in real life around the legalization of cannabis. Kingpin Justin Trudeau, a glamorous jet-setter protected by armed guards, issues the game-changing orders: Weed is legal now, and for my tribute, I’m taking a dollar-per-gram “excise tax” kickback. On a rung below him, the provinces…
It’s been a year since Liane Tessier got her apology. A lot has changed since then, but not much is different. For 12 years, the former firefighter battled city hall looking for justice. Her human rights case was finally settled last December with a muddled sorry-not-sorry from chief Ken Stuebing. Tessier experienced systemic gender discrimination,…
Halfway through The Coast’s 25th anniversary year, with six months to go until birthday number 26 in June, I can only look back in awe. The Coast has always been a small business that, thanks to the hard work and outsize ambitions of its talented staff and freelancers, has a big influence. It was true…
Q Straight and married but not boring, and heading to my parents’ house for our first family Christmas since my asshole MAGA brother “stumbled over” the Tumblr blog where the wife and I posted about our sexual adventures. (Pics of MMF threesomes and cross-dressing/pegging sessions, plus some dirty “true enough” stories.) My brother has always…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21) “What is the point of being alive if you don’t at least try to do something remarkable?” Author John Green asked that question. I confess that I’m not entirely comfortable with it. It’s a bit pushy. I find I’m more likely to do remarkable things if I’m not trying…
Mailed it! With Canada Post filing a legal challenge this week to the government’s back-to-work legislation, I want to thank Heather Grant for her story about the strike (“I am a small business owner and I support the postal workers,” Voice of the City, December 6). Anyone I have spoken to in person while in…
