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UPDATE: On Wednesday, April 17, justice minister Mark Furey directed police across NS to suspend street checks of both pedestrians and passengers in vehicles until further notice. The Halifax Board of Police Commissioners put its weight behind ending the practice of street checks at this week’s meeting following Scot Wortley and the NS Human Rights…
So, I’m searching medical web sites for my symptoms to try to ease my worries. Lots of people have written in to share their opinions and symptoms. But, there is always the majority of annoying people who have to repeat the obvious: “Go see your doctor”. Fuck off, will you? Does every second person really…
It took me a while to get around to this, but I want to say thank you. Thank you to all the kind people who stopped when my car broke down on the corner of Woodlawn Road and Mount Edward Road in Dartmouth a few weeks ago. Although I had it under control and was…
There is something deeply powerful and profound about feeling seen, heard and valued by another. Our understanding regarding the importance of physical touch and social connection is greater than ever—and so is the need.—Cuddles Halifax
Thanks for flooding the world with the lowest common denominator and for training them to claim they are artists. Also, fuck this city.—GTFO of the way
You were exactly what I needed. We met through a dating app. Hung out for an hour, had sex and that was that. You were lovely. Thank you.—XO
…both in downtown Halifax and Dartmouth. It’s quite obvious by now that the folks in charge have no intention of enforcing the new smoking ban. Rather, by making the ban complaint-driven only (noxious phrase!), these people at the top are offloading their job tasks and responsibilities onto the ordinary citizen: The one whose taxes pay…
To entitled dog owners: It is very uncool you think your canines are so obedient that you walk them off-leash in public spaces. In these public spaces are people who are afraid of dogs, people who have dogs with issues and children. It’s obvious that these entitled owners have no respect for others. I feel…
Once a respected neighbourhood, Halifax’s south end has turned into a slum yard of half-empty take-out containers and dog shit. The garbage disposal leaves much to be desired, as most of the bags are rejected and left to feed a family of pigeons. Populated by students and landlords, the south end is anything but historical.—Taking…
But this bitch is for myself, because I still love you. I will never, ever, say it, but I do.—Dumb bitch
The Halifax Jazz Festival continues to brighten your summer: On the heels of its First Aid Kit/Bahamas back-to-back comes the news that the rapper Common will open the event on the waterfront stage Tuesday, July 9. Tickets to see Common, who won the Oscar for Best Song for “Glory” from 2015’s Selma (he’s actually a…
The Halifax Hurricanes lost a harrowing game 105-94 in overtime Wednesday night after a last-minute scoring push by the Cape Breton Highlanders. The National Basketball League playoff series now stands at two games apiece. The tie will be broken Saturday night, the winner advancing to the Atlantic division finals. Tickets at the Scotiabank Centre went…
Dalhousie’s international students are fighting a yearly 11.1 percent tuition increase in the upcoming 2019-2020 budget. On Tuesday, the budget will go to a vote—if it passes, new Dalhousie international students will be paying up to 44 percent more for tuition in their fourth year than students pay now. “Regardless of the high tuition we…
Last Thursday disability advocacy groups presented a letter to the premier, calling on the provincial government to address systemic warehousing of people with disabilities. “The fact that there are thousands of people with disabilities still living in institutions shows that Nova Scotia is not doing enough to keep these promises and support our rights,” says…
The Color Purple: The Musical To June 2 Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street $30-$86 neptunetheatre.com On a sharp and sunny Tuesday morning, the lobby of Neptune Theatre is quiet. Behind the doors of Fountain Hall, backed by a six-piece band, a choir swells. After three weeks of rehearsal, it’s the first day in the theatre…
Tokyo Police Club w/Sorrey Saturday, April 13, 8pm The Marquee Ballroom, 2037 Gottingen Street $20 Greg Alsop knows what burnout feels like. By 2016, he’d been doing the same job for years. He was sick of repetition, tired from overworking and unsure whether the path he was on was really right for the long haul.…
Adam Baldwin Record Store Day Taz tour Saturday, April 13 Taz Records, 1239 Bedford Highway, noon 45 Portland Street, 2pm 1521 Grafton Street, 4pm Atrip to Taz Records is nothing new to Adam Baldwin, but what he’s doing for Record Store Day is a little unusual for a music lover: On April 13 he’s playing…
Friday, April 12, 7pm Carbon Arc Cinema, 1747 Summer Street $8.75 carbonarc.ca Ciro Guerra’s Academy Award-nominated Embrace of the Serpent (2015) was gorgeously photographed in black and white, spanning 40 years in the Amazon, whose main character was a shaman and lone survivor of his tribe. That is to say: Ambitious. For Birds of Passage,…
HaliFIX—a group of activists, academics, former addicts and community leaders committed to bringing the first overdose prevention site to Halifax—is moving forward in lieu of the province’s immediate support. The GoFundMe launched last week has already raised $2,700. Matthew Bonn, 28, a former addict who volunteers for HaliFIX, says Halifax is more than ready for…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19) The Qing Dynasty controlled China from the mid-17th century to the early 20th century. It was the fifth-biggest empire in world history. But eventually it faded, as all mighty regimes do. Revolution came in 1911, forcing the last emperor to abdicate and giving birth to the Republic of China.…
Q I’m a heteroflexible married cis woman in my 40s. I’m also a POS cheater and a catfish. I really fucked up. One year ago, I met an older man in an online fetish forum. He sent me an unsolicited PM, and we have talked for hours every day since then. My husband, whom I’ve…
More NS film jobs An open letter to Geoff MacLellan, Nova Scotia’s minister of business, I am beyond frustrated with a number of your responses to questions posed by Tim Houston in the legislature this week. Your ill-informed commentary illuminates the fact that this provincial Liberal government has no real concept of how the film…
Stadium-bashing has evolved into a far more popular and fun sport around here than football ever will be. The flames of public ridicule and horror are amply fanned by the announcement of some eye-watering costs to be taxpayer-funded, followed by the protracted absence of any firm business proposal from Maritime Football. The latest: Shannon Park’s…
When Taylor Alexandra first started practicing yoga, it was a solo journey—a coping mechanism that allowed her to connect with herself in a way she’d never experienced. It wasn’t until years later that she finally brought her practice into a studio setting, testing out a class at downtown Halifax’s Shanti Yoga for no other reason…
When Kristi MacDonald, fashion fiend and co-owner of rchmnd (1869 Granville Street), was getting married last year, she scoured shops for the right barrette only to continuously come up empty-handed. When she finally landed on a look she liked, MacDonald—thanks to her wide-spanning connections in the fashion world—ordered a whack of hair accessories from Australia,…
