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View this post on Instagram 🔥THE INCINERATOR🔥is this week’s special sandwich! charred chkn w/ smoking hot sauce, tomato burnt to crisp and a blackened bun. 🔥🔥🔥 Avail: today – unknown. #hotchknsandwich #chknchopdryerfire #getitwhileitshot🔥 A post shared by CHKNCHOP (@chknchop) on Feb 26, 2019 at 7:49am PST CHKN Chop (6041 North Street), the north end charcoal…
Hey all you hipsters and newbie advice columnists! Did you know weed isn’t a new thing? Did you know the black market has—and always will—outshine and out supply legal stores? The legal stores can’t even keep weed in stock and its shitty product at that. What, the cannabis store charges $75 for crap ditch weed…
To the couple blocking the accessible parking spots outside a local community fitness centre, who, after I honked at you to move, yelled to me that ”patience is a virtue”: The rest of our confrontation is a bit of a blur, but let me tell you, I am the example of patience. I needed the…
Why would anyone want to stay in this province? You can’t make enough to pay rent here. All the employers in this province want you to work for nothing, contract positions with no vacation, breaks or lunches. You’re not even allowed to talk to fellow employees or customers. Nobody has any social skills because all…
There is an ease to being with you That I hope doesn’t dissipate Even after you have to leave here I know you said there are flights But I worry that knowing there’s an end Is what has made all this work And in the moments before you leave Don’t speak with honesty I need…
I think I’ll start a February tradition, for me, because I doubt anyone will take the effort to write for me. A Special Thing? (I love reading the Loves in every Coast, wondering about the lives of these beautiful people). Yet I still want to write to you Sweets, not for myself. My poor heart…
I am a cashier at a store in Halifax. Today we were collecting donations for the Bahor family, a Syrian family whose seven children died in a tragic fire earlier this month. I was so happy that people readily opened their hearts and their wallets to make a donation on behalf of the family, including…
It’s up to city council to decide on recommendations for Common Roots Urban Farm’s relocation plans passed by the community planning and economic development standing committee. If passed, the community garden, which has called the land outside the QEII Health Sciences Centre Emergency Department home since 2012 will be broken up, with 110 of the 200…
Halifax leaders who spoke up about a racist incident at Parliament this month got their apology in a big way yesterday. Prime minister Justin Trudeau met with Halifax activists Trayvone Clayton and Kate Macdonald in a closed-door meeting at the Black Cultural Centre in Dartmouth yesterday. Clayton, a Saint Mary’s University student in Halifax, spoke…
Music Nova Scotia has announced that its executive director Scott Long has stepped down after a decade’s tenure. “When I took the job a lot of those issues that the industry is now facing, they weren’t at the forefront at the time,” says Long of the inclusion and diversity pushes in the cultural (and all) industries in…
Mads Mikkelsen has just an awful time in Arctic, a beautifully photographed, bracing addition to a survival genre that includes Gravity, Cast Away, 127 Hours, last year’s Adrift and, let’s be real, The Shallows. Mikkelsen’s Overgard is a pilot stranded in the titular land area. We don’t know for how long, but it’s been enough…
The days are getting longer and, lucky for you, there’s lots to fill those extra hours with—like Neptune’s #metoo-feeling play Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells), Jah’Mila’s roots-reggae African Heritage Month showcase at Alteregos and an all-night bop sesh courtesy of Discwoman’s Ciel. Start texting the squad now. “R” is for Reparations book launch Saturday A…
The new year has brought new growth to veteran florist Props Floral Design (5533 Young Street). After 20-plus years at the helm, owner Susan MacIntosh has sold the Hydrostone business to her niece and longtime employee Ashley MacNeill and the Halifax’s garden doula herself, Jayme Melrose. Recently returning from maternity leave, MacNeill—who at just 35…
Liz and Hannah are known to their customers as The Girls. On a Sunday afternoon, in their apartment in Halifax, they wear ladybug socks, stir candy cane hot chocolate and answer the door to conduct a mellow drug deal. “What can I get you?” Liz asks a new customer, who was referred to The Girls…
The further we dive into the age of information and learning, the harder it is for our qualifications to stand out on their own. Candidates can look perfect on paper, having completed any number of degrees, and turn out to be a complete dud in person. That’s why the personal touch still matters. A great…
Resumes have to strike a fine balance. Too much fluff, and employers will see right through you; not enough fluff, and your resume gets lost in the crowd. We’ve got five tips to help you figure out just what to include (and what to leave out) so that your resume helps you stand out for…
To February 24 Neptune Theatre Scotiabank Stage 1593 Argyle Street $30-$46 Closing this weekend on Neptune’s second stage is Rose Napoli’s magnificent study on the issues of consent and the abuse of power from those we trust most. Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells) follows the story of Laura (Celia Koughan), a troubled 15-year-old who discovers newfound…
Meet LoffieAnn. She always thought about going to university and obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree. LoffieAnn was enjoying working as a secretary but was starting to feel stuck – like something was missing. “My children were all grown up, and I had more time on my hands to be ‘selfish.’ I wanted to make…
Two weeks ago, a longtime reader challenged me to create a new sexual neologism. (Quickly for the pedants: You’re right! It is redundant to describe a neologism as “new,” since neologisms are by definition new: “ne·ol·o·gism noun a newly coined word or expression.” You got me!) Neo-Neologisms, Please! was too polite to point it out,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20) Cartographers of Old Europe sometimes drew pictures of strange beasts in the uncharted regions of their maps. These were warnings to travellers that such areas might harbour unknown risks, like dangerous animals. One famous map of the Indian Ocean shows an image of a sea monster lurking, as if…
Lydia Zimmer, SONDERLING as part of Kinetic Dance’s Open Studio February 23 and 24, 8pm DANSpace, 1531 Grafton Street, $10/$8 When does the methodical and organized become a form of derangement? How do our actions accumulate over a lifetime? These are the ideas dancer Lydia Zimmer hopes to explore with audiences during her performance of…
Entering the New Year with holiday credit card debt and the next round of student-loan payments, we couldn’t have expected the good news about the current employment increase in Canada. While experts were only expecting the economy to grow by 5,000 jobs in January, the latest numbers from Statistics Canada say it actually gained 66,800…
Prior to registering for the IT Database Administration program at Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC), Olivia Brine was working for a payday loan company and had no prior experience with information technology. She originally thought she would take Core Programming, but after hearing more about the courses though a family friend, she realized databases, security…
Energy is inextricably linked to a range of community issues, from health to housing. That was one message that emerged from a four-day gathering in Calgary of more than 200 young Indigenous leaders from every province and territory, organized by Disa Crow Chief of the Siksika Nation and Cory Beaver of the Stoney Nakoda Nation.…
Human nature abhors a vacuum. In the absence of a definitive official response to allegations of abuse and misconduct by senior teachers of Shambhala teachers and the group’s leader, Mipham Mukpo (known as Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche), survivors and others are taking matters into their own hands. Pam Rubin has tried for years to help Shambhala…
To May 12 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis Street In 2017, a series of projects were commissioned and performed by contemporary artists in and around National Parks and Historic Sites. In contrast to the Canada 150 celebrations that took place that summer, the artworks that were a part of Landmarks 2017 / Repères…
A n external review has begun at Phoenix Youth Programs, a Halifax non-profit that works with youth aged 15 to 24. Phoenix executives say the review is not prompted by any one issue, but rather to ensure Phoenix maintains best practices going forward. “I think we’re going to see some areas that we’re doing really…
When it came to choosing schools, Virg Iredale picked Dalhousie twice. The first time, she was thinking of enrolling in Dal’s acting program. She then switched programs, schools and provinces on an entirely different venture. But after receiving a message from one of her favourite teachers, Virg went back to Dalhousie because she knew that…
After spending two years working in the music industry in Montreal, Bronwyn Worrick was ready to go back to school. She already had an undergraduate degree in Sociology and International Development Studies, pointing to an obvious path for further studies. But luckily a former classmate from McGill guided Bronwyn towards a less-obvious choice for grad…
A Baptist Minister walks into a bar and then – think you know what happens? Think again. It was 25 years ago that God started tugging on Halifax Distilling Co. owner Arla Johnson’s heart strings. She wasn’t sure where she was being pulled, but God kept tugging. She finally said “yes” and enrolled in the…
Mount Saint Vincent University’s co-operative education program is celebrating 40 years of shifting students’ learning from the classroom to the workplace, and helping to break the “you need experience to get a job, but you need a job to gain experience” cycle. After completing paid work terms in industries related to their fields of study,…
Cynthia Sawatzky didn’t go searching for her program. Instead, geology found her. She registered at Saint Mary’s University, but had signed up late for first semester. Some courses she wanted to take were full, so she added an intro geology course to fill a science slot in her schedule. “I had no previous introduction to…
Each summer, Clean Foundation hires interns for a nine-to-15-week period to work various positions across multiple organizations throughout Nova Scotia. Clean provides these interns with the knowledge and tools to inspire and encourage actions that lead to positive environmental change, through their Clean Leadership Program. Daniel Robinson, a student of Environmental Sustainability at Acadia University,…
Jenna LeBlanc knew from a young age that she wanted to grow up to become a teacher. But becoming a teacher in Nova Scotia seemed impossible – there were no job openings and her own high school teachers were discouraging of the profession. Jenna then spent a year working in an after-school program and confirmed…
Rhonda Kaassamani is in the first wave of students taking the new Intercultural Studies program at Saint Mary’s University. This new major dovetails perfectly with other areas of study, including Rhonda’s prior experience as an American Sign Language/English interpreter. “I want to be that person who can help mesh all the worlds together,” says the…
Shawn Craik had very little teaching experience before finding Université Sainte-Anne. He taught a few undergraduate lectures as a graduate student at McGill, and as a PhD student, he had the opportunity to teach some undergraduate courses and labs. He decided then and there that he wanted to teach at a small undergraduate university, where…
When Tracy Roach was completing high school, she didn’t think she would ever pursue a career in health care. Even though she always knew she wanted to help people, nursing was never on the table. “After a few years of being home, my family had been affected by many cases of cancer. I spent so…
Tackle the stadium If trust in public officials is at an all-time low, it is because of deals like the CFL stadium. When Halifax city council met privately with the Canadian Football League’s promoters and agreed to be bound by the promoters’ non-disclosure terms, they gave the promoters too much control over the deal. The…
I’m among those who cherish poetry as the highest literary genre. So, I was delighted to discover, after moving to Halifax from BC, The Door of My Heart, a poetry collection by Maxine Tynes. A beloved African Nova Scotian educator and writer, Tynes died from complications of post-polio syndrome in 2011. I never met her.…
