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You were simply the most toxic person I have ever involved myself with. Every day was a battle. Lots of love, though. I hope you’re at least somewhat happy now. But if you could please stop speaking so poorly of someone who only tried to help? I don’t expect it to happen—I am aware that…
The program is not doing enough for people with physical and mental health disabilities. If a person tries to go get help on their own, like for the proper therapy in helping with PTSD, well, community services considers going to school work, not therapy, so they make you sign up for employment works! If a…
Not a Bitch but an apology to the couple riding in Shubie on Saturday afternoon. My daughter wiped out as we met you on a blind corner. I was rude to you and I had no reason to be, nor excuse. I’m sorry. I hope my behaviour didn’t detract from your ride on what was…
NOTE: Click here for The Coast’s current Halifax patio guide, complete with map. The following version is from 2019 and is out of date, although you’re welcome to keep on reading for inspiration or a trip down pre-COVID memory lane. WATERFRONT Afrite Andrew Al-Khouri’s restaurant is all about creativity and rule-breaking, but it still knows…
We’re caught in a bad cycle. Global greenhouse gas emissions are still rising, causing more extreme weather events and temperature swings. Hotter than normal weather in some places and colder in others means more people are using heat and air conditioning, which creates more emissions… According to a statistical review by oil and gas company…
To the guy with the curly hair and glasses who works at one of the NSLC’s dope counters: I play the line game trying to get you but I always end up at the other guy’s tilt. Such a bummer as you are lovely. I wonder if you’re single? —Can I have a receipt…
Dear alcoholic woman person who keeps drinking her wine in the women’s mall washroom: Why the bloody hell do you have to fucken sneak your dumb-ass wine in the mall washroom to get so fucken drunk? Why do you have to drink so fucken much! We all know you have an alcohol PROBLEM! We all…
To the shark-suited guitar-playing guy and his amazing entourage on Inglis Street on Bluenose marathon Sunday: thank you! Your singing and dancing gave me a well-needed boost to climb that hill during the marathon. It cheered me up for several kilometres and I still smile just thinking about it! You guys rock! —Sweaty McRedface
Finally folks are back on the Common in force, enacting their right to chill and not be messed with. It’s a special preserve that no rich developer can buy, no bank can rename in their glory and no advertising will be seen. It’s great and for the most part people do a pretty good job…
To the intoxicated girl who felt obliged to violate my personal space and attempted to steal my hat in a dramatic and drawn-out public fashion. I have some unapologetic and heartfelt words of wisdom for you. The way you conducted yourself as an “adult” in a public space was embarrassing and rude in a truly…
Why is the government reneging on their promises? We the people in poverty are still waiting, since 2006. You can see it every time a story hits the news about how people living on income assistance are in dire straits and going hungry. When those reporters ask questions about what is going on, the answer…
After a few years away from Halifax, I’ve only grown to love it even more. I’ve talked about Halifax so positively and extensively that almost every single one of the friends I’ve made in Vancouver is dead-set on visiting. The Seaport Market, bike routes in Dartmouth, the Frog Pond, DeeDee’s, Trident Coffee, the Hydrostone… People…
I love your attitude. We can all learn something from you! Thanks for making my day! You were just leaving the breast-screening clinic when you turned to the rest of us waiting, smiled, and proudly exclaimed that it only takes half the time when you only have one breast. Your comment provoked many smiles…
It’s been years since we sat on the bed, eating applesauce hand-in-hand. Then, the other day, you welcomed me home with an apple cider and it was like an ocean of time but also only a drop had passed since that morning. I love you. I love you. I love you. —still mushy
I went into an NSLC that sells cannabis for the first time to make a purchase. I started at the iPads that they had to use. I thought that I was to search for the strain I wanted and then get in line to make a purchase but that’s not what they’re set up for.…
WTF Halifax? Long Lake Provincial Park, over 2,000 hectares and nary a centimetre dedicated for dogs to run and swim, unless you risk being fined. There is room for all. FTL (Free the Leash). —Johnny FTHC
There was a bill passed unanimously in December of 2007 by the House of Assembly: bill 94. This bill was to establish the Poverty Reduction Working Group (PRWG), whose mandate was to prepare a report for the government by June 30,2008. You’d think the government would act on the recommendations of the PRWG, after all…
you’re in my class and I like what you talk about when you talk about love. your tenderness is refreshing, and your ability to be vulnerable is rare. I hope you find a love worth dying for. —the poet
The 44th president of the United States—best remembered for working hard to save the oceans, being restrictive towards the press, being America’s first Black president (obvs) and, well, being way better at his job than Trump (double obvs)—Barack Obama is setting out on a coast-to-coast tour to talk about leadership, civic engagement and, ever on-brand,…
I couldn’t fathom calling you pathetic. How hurtful would that be? How deeply would it cut? I’ve never been in a place where I wanted to cut you that deeply. Pathetic, maybe I am. When you roll the word around in your mouth it starts to lose its sharp edge, that same edge it sliced…
I started writing this long rant debunking every single point that people make about why it’s bad to give money to homeless people, and I just got really fucking sad that I felt it was necessary. The other day I gave a $10 bill to a guy who panhandles downtown near the ferry terminal. I…
When someone is pointedly ignoring you while slouching home at the end of a hot day, take the hint and move on to the next rube. Whistling at me and shouting “Hey!” like I’m a fucking stray dog isn’t going to convince me to buy your bullshit in the best of moods. —No I’m not…
If ya’ll losers want to get some this spring fling season, get off Tinder and join the land of the living. Bring back chivalry and etiquette, the art of courtship. Carry yourselves with class. If you want to date me, you will need to ask me out on a date 48 hours in advance. So…
I’ve been feeling so much power recently. Knowing I’ll see you again soon makes everyday more exciting than the next. Your bright blonde-haired beauty is unique for a man, but you make it work and my heart is full and inquisitive and pure bliss. —Yes or no
I urge you to love yourself more than that guy. He might seem complimentary to your culinary skills, but I can assure you he’s not the right fit. I went back for seconds because he said he changed the whole menu; new, improved, full of heaping amounts of respect, apologies; by his accounts a changed…
It’s not quite the Raptors’ NBA Championship trophy, but the 2018 Major League World Championship trophy won by baseball’s Boston Red Sox is coming to Halifax this weekend. The Bluenose BoSox Brotherhood is bringing it all the way from Boston for a tour of the town on Sunday and Monday. Unfortunately, Bluenose Brotherhood’s Jim Prime…
this guy at my work decided to start smelling my toes from the next cubicle over and i feel like he is trying to lick them now —creepy steve
Thanks to the Memorial Cup, Bluenose Marathon Weekend was three weeks later than usual. I am not used to running in the heat so I adjusted my pace accordingly. I still wanted to finish strong. We held hands and crossed the Finish Line together, even though I was completing the 15K and not the…
Yes Raptors, goddam YES! Making history with the win, and sending the Warriors home in style. We the north! To celebrate I want to get a tattoo of Kawhi holding his two trophies. It’s a great idea now—but he might not even be in Toronto next year. Am I gonna end up with regrets like…
So this weekend an absolute psycho who had their dog off-leash in PPP during a marathon caused a runner to trip over it. Said psycho then got in their car, chased the runner, and then assaulted them. A lot of people will rush to say this kind of behaviour is not indicative of the average…
I love the time we have together every Wednesday. The break from the office, the drive to Citadel Hill to look out over the ocean and talk about cruise ships and the new construction in the city. Then off to the waterfront to walk along to Bishop’s Cellar to pick up our Wine Wednesday deals.…
There are many misunderstandings about the female reproductive system and the various forms of birth control available to people with uteruses. Here’s what you need to know right now if you’re living in Nova Scotia, and helpful information about the process and who gets it for women living across Canada. Getting an abortion in Nova…
T he pill, an IUD, condoms, plan B, nuvarings, abortion, pulling-out, tracking your cycle–these are all equally valid choices of birth control. And they should all be equally available and offered to those who want birth control. Abortion isn’t always just the last-ditch effort if other forms of birth control failed or if you’re a…
Stop those trains The feds recently announced a $47-million port infrastructure plan that will send mile-long freight trains, 24 hours a day, through the south end to replace container trucks downtown. Halifax Port Authority president Karen Oldfield, and politicians Waye Mason and Andy Fillmore, have adopted an incredibly cagey manner of not talking about what…
I have not had an abortion. I am not a doctor. I am a white woman with immigrant parents who is a settler in Halifax. I benefit from a healthcare system that is optimized for people who look and speak like me. But when I was around 17 years old, I often repeatedly punched myself…
One of the biggest misconceptions about abortion, says Lianne Yoshida, a Nova Scotia physician and medical co-director of the Women’s Choice Clinic in Halifax, is that people think it’s a rare or unusual procedure. “It’s very common,” she says. In 2018, there were 1,690 reported abortions at the four Nova Scotia Health Authority sites offering…
Q I’m a straight cis woman in my early 40s and a single mother. I have not dated or hooked up with anyone in years. While I miss dating, the biggest issue right now is that my sex drive is off the charts. While watching porn and masturbating once my child goes to sleep helps,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GEMINI (May 21 – June 20) In the 1960s, Gemini musician Brian Wilson began writing and recording bestselling songs with his band The Beach Boys. A seminal moment in his development happened while he was listening to his car radio in August 1963. A tune he had never heard before came on: “Be…
T he Coast invited readers to share their experiences with abortion by emailing stories to myabortion@thecoast.ca. Submissions are published on the following pages, anonymously, with the time the email was received. They all do not depict the state of access in Nova Scotia today. They do depict, however, the entrenched shame and stigma surrounding sexual…
Prince Edward Island In the early ’80s, the provincial government decided there would be no surgical abortion services in PEI: Those seeking an abortion would have to travel to Nova Scotia or New Brunswick. A legal challenge by Abortion Access Now PEI, supported by the Woman’s Legal Education and Action Fund, prompted the government to…
