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If I am to respect your one-metre distance, then will you please PLEASE respect mine? If there is a line at a light, WAIT. YOUR. TURN. IN. LINE. If you don’t have a full meter to pass on the right, please don’t try to squeeze by. A cyclist hit my side mirror this morning…
To the young man at Vegfest with the half manbun: You thought you were the first in line to get the coffee from Just Us!—but you weren’t. You actually cut right in front of me. I was in the line much longer than you. When the barista asked who was next, I went ahead and…
I was scrunched up, wrestling with the tire gauge and valve stem at the gas station. A young woman walked by and asked “All OK?” She saw from my face I was struggling. She plopped right down and joined in wrestling. I figured she worked there. After some minutes filling the tires and getting weird…
Antifa really isn’t against fascists, at least no more so than the vast majority of people in western countries whose ancestors fought against them three-quarters of a century ago. Rather they have convinced themselves (and many others) that everyone even remotely similar to the individuals who bullied them or their friends and family members when…
Attention voters: Ask yourselves this, as you try to figure out which political party deserves your support on October 21: Will your party really, truly attempt to address child poverty in this country? Health care? Climate change? Public safety? Veterans’ mental health? Electoral reform? Will it matter if the Conservatives form the next government, or…
Can some Dartmouth coffee shop please sell coffee in bulk so I don’t have to get it in a plastic, non-recyclable bag every time?? I’m sure the downtown Darkside crowd would show up with their Tupperware. —Jeff N
Sorry for stepping on your heel! I was obnoxiously distracted by my phone, not paying attention to my surroundings, and didn’t even see you in front of me. I wanted to apologize, but you kept on walking and had headphones in. Hope your heel is healthy and your shoes are not scuffed up. —Distracted Student
I wanted to take a moment out of my busy schedule to lambast the food truck that has been acoustically assaulting me these past few weeks. All the food trucks I have encountered around the HRM are for the most part nice and quiet, yet you folks feel the need to drag around a small…
Anyone who’s ever stood at the edge of the ocean shore and gazed over a roaring Atlantic at night can attest to its eerie nature. What lies beyond the rocks, where we can only catch glimpses of whitecaps, small changes in grey shades of darkness? Add a storm and the tension of survival sets in.…
Grinding it out in the indie landscape since the mid-2000s, Shotgun Jimmie (real name Jim Kilpatrick) has carved a niche in the pop-tinged, singer-songwriter landscape. With nine albums under his belt and his heart forever on his sleeve, his is the jangly sort of sound that tickles your eardrums—as sugary and energetic as Pop Rocks…
Niagara Falls, with its gambling and theme park gaudiness sidled up beside one of the country’s most majestic natural wonders, is rife with potential for Lynchian strangeness. It doesn’t take director Albert Shin long to tap into that disquieting feeling with Clifton Hill. Just past the intense but terrifically understated opening sequence—in which the protagonist,…
Sandals season isn’t completely over (so sue me) but technically fall has arrived—it’s just about time to wear rust-coloured sweaters, eat tiny chocolate bars and avoid turning the thermostat up. As the slow-cooker meals and blended soups start to trickle their way into our minds and onto our weekly menus, we reached out to three…
Some places are so special, an entire community forms around it. Radstorm is one of these places. A volunteer-run, not-for- profit all-ages community space, Radstorm has hosted wild and wonderful music, comedy, art and activist events—highlighting queer and youth-centred creative programs—for the past 15 years. Its resources include over 7000 zines in the Anchor Archive Zine Library…
Travis Lindsay Thu Sep 26, Sat Sep 28 Yuk Yuk’s, 1181 Hollis Street, 8pm $12.18 Travis Lindsay is headlining this weekend at Yuk Yuk’s. But, before he takes the stage, the 27-year-old observational storyteller from Lower Sackville opens up about being self-conscious and superstitious. The Coast: “You’re headlining at Yuk Yuk’s—that’s unusual for a local.…
The Last Black Man in San Francisco Fri Sep 27, 6:30pm & 9pm Carbon Arc, 1747 Summer Street $8.75 When watching The Last Black Man in San Francisco, the most striking aspect of the film is how beautiful it looks. Sublime lighting and shots of the city’s vast landscape make the flick feel, at first,…
Generations flooded the streets of Halifax as thousands of Nova Scotians united on Friday afternoon to call out government inaction and make their voices heard. The main event of K’jipuktuk- Halifax Sept Climate Action Week, strikers marched throughout the city and died-in at Nova Scotia Power before reaching their final destination: City Hall. “I feel…
Q I’m a 35-year-old bisexual man in a LTR with a man. My question, however, has to do with my parents. As an adolescent/teen, I was a snoop (as I think most of us are, looking for dad’s porn stash, et cetera). I was probably 12 or so when I found evidence of my dad…
Though I’m reluctant to “air my dirty laundry in public,” to quote my grandmother, I do so in hopes it may help in some way to ameliorate others’ circumstances. The facts are brief and similar across the board. Much of my backstory is in the documentary My Week on Welfare by Jackie Torrens and Jessica…
Election readiness I am a student studying conservation biology, learning about the consequences of human action on our climate and biodiversity every day. I am lucky that I am educated on the urgency of this climate emergency, however, not everyone understands what is at risk and what must change to evade this crisis. In a…
Portrait of a Lady on Fire takes place on a secluded island in 18th century Brittany, France, where Marianne (Noémie Merlant), an ndependent young painter, is commissioned by a Countess (Valeria Golino) to paint a wedding portrait of her daughter, Héloïse (Adèle Haenel). As Héloïse has refused to pose for previous painters, Marianne masquerades as…
After surviving last year’s late spring frost and record-breaking warm summer, Nova Scotian growers recently faced off with Hurricane Dorian’s 120-kilometre-an-hour winds. “It’s been a double whammy,” says Victor Oulton of the extreme weather events in the past two years. Oulton is the president of the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture, which recently sent out…
Nicole Raufeisen, manager and sommelier at Little Oak (recently named one of Canada’s Best 100 Restaurants for the second year in a row) and The Ostrich Club, sure can sell a person on wine. Her enthusiastic, unexpected fantastical or pop-cultural descriptors can bring the mere idea of a drink to vibrant life before a drop…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 22) “I just cut my bangs in a gas station bathroom,” confesses a Libran blogger who calls herself MagicLipstick. “An hour ago I shocked myself by making an impulse buy of a perfect cashmere trench coat from a stranger loitering in a parking lot,” testifies another Libran blogger who refers…
What’s the #1 job of a HRM councillor? Paul Russell: I used to think: Infrastructure. I now think: Helping our community and our society at the most grassroots level possible. Tony White: To improve their community in general. You’re advocating on behalf of the people who, by voting for you, have trusted you to do…
Against the backdrop of a week marked by international climate conversations and action, a group of Nova Scotians who care about the natural environment and keeping it protected took the province’s minister of lands and forestry to court over what the group says is a failure to uphold the Nova Scotia’s Endangered Species Act. Bob…
Myth: Red wine has more sulfites than white, which is why I get a headache when I drink red wine. Truth: Red wine generally contains less sulfur dioxide than white wine, not more. If you get headaches from red wine but not white, this is likely because you are reacting to histamine, produced by lactic…
Nova Scotia Harvest Wine Festival Inspired by harvest season, and our fruitful local wine industry, this six-week event—presented by Taste of Nova Scotia and Wines of Nova Scotia—has restaurants, wineries and tour providers working together to host experiences across the province. Since September 15, Nova Scotia Harvest Wine Festival has been toasting the various growers…
Run this Town wants to say a lot of things. Unfortunately, it says nothing at all. A slick and entertaining hot-mess of a tale from writer-director Ricky Tollman (Enfant Terrible), Run this Town follows reporter Bram as he tries and fails to land the story that led to the downfall of Rob Ford. (Watching the…
What started out as a seemingly unattainable dream and inside joke between friends has become a reality for Anna Tremblay and Ashley Cluett, creators of Nature Folk Wellness Studio (88 Portland Street). After meeting as servers at a restaurant, the two bonded over a shared passion for wellness, design and an interest in entrepreneurship. It…
