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Why in the fuck are all the liquor stores closed just because there are a few inches of snow down!? We live in Nova Scotia. Why are you so surprised that it snows here? All the buses are running and most of the other stores in the city are open. WTF is your problem, NSLC? There’s no reason…
Dear neighbour on Fuller Terrace: It’s snowing and your dog would like to come in. He has been out there barking for over 30 minutes. I am a block away and I hear him begging to come in out of the cold and wet. You do this every day. Every day you ignore your poor…
Shout-out to whomever was responsible for the beautiful holiday decorations off of Doyle Street. It is a visual treat that always seems to catch me by surprise. It gladdens my heart while travelling the neighbouring streets, and feels and looks as if I’m journeying through a blue and mauve shimmering wonderland of snowflakes. —K.F.
I am looking for a man that I had a brief moment with at a New Year’s Eve party many years ago. We were at a house party in Bedford where he played the bagpipes. We watched each other all night, or at least I think we did. We were never introduced. He hugged me when he…
Dear Students: When you are on a crowded bus, look up from your phones, and when you see an older commuter on the bus standing, get up and offer them the seat! It is called being polite. It won’t hurt you, and it might also make you feel good as the older person sits and you,…
How accessible are Halifax’s dancefloors? The Coast went on a bar crawl to find out. Only downtown Halifax bars with a dancefloor are included in this survey (but you can find inaccessible watering holes and restaurants all over the city). Establishments earn one star (⭐) for having an accessible entrance, one if a wheelchair can…
Before The Parade (Nimbus Publishing, $19.95) Available now In 2016, journalist and queer activist Rebecca Rose sat down to coffee with local gay elder Robin Metcalfe. He told her that his friend and lesbian elder Anne Fulton had recently died. Fulton was a founding board member of the Gay Alliance for Equality—the first gay and…
To the guy at ’90s Night NYE who took my favourite Weathermate brand vintage grey wool coat instead of your own from coat check that night: please please please return it the coat check there, they have my info. You found my eyedrops in one of the pockets, and I know your coat is still…
If you’ve ever wondered what exactly a professor of food philosophy thinks about every day, make a date for Wednesday, January 15’s homecoming lecture by King’s College grad Megan Dean, now a food-philosophy prof at New York state’s Hamilton College. While we all know that eating should be about more than shovelling calories down your…
While yesterday Vice said it was surprising Robert Eggers’ second major feature, The Lighthouse, only got one Oscar nod, Nova Scotia’s film industry will take it, thanks, as a sign that good things are ready to keep coming (and being filmed) in this province. As Matt Likely, who helped with set creation on the flick,…
I just saw an apartment listing for a vegan apartment for rent. I thought it was bad telling people to smoke and not have pets, now these landlords are trying to control what you eat! Crazy shit going on in the HRM. No wonder nobody can find a place to live with lunacy like this going…
It calls itself “the little ol’ band from Texas,” but ZZ Top has gone on to prove it’s an act with legs (which, naturally, knows how to use them), outlasting many of its glam-rock peers and riding a red-hot rod into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Now, it’s bringing hits like “Sharp Dressed…
View this post on Instagram JUST PLAYED DRUNK ON @hkcronline LOL GO LISTEN A post shared by chippy (@chippyxnonstop) on Jan 6, 2020 at 6:31am PST [Above: Chippy Nonstop, Toronto DJ du jour, will come to Halifax as part of the fest’s expanded off-season programming.] OBEY Convention has long helped Halifax keep it weird, bringing…
Q I have a question about porn, and I can’t think who else I can ask that will give me an intelligent, educated answer. In modern porn, anal on women is gaining popularity. I’m a fan of anal with my boyfriend. However, in porn, it seems like the gaping asshole is a thing, a sought…
City slickers Thanks for highlighting the special problems of people like Brian George (“Winter is here, are HRM’s sidewalk clearing contractors ready for it?,” City story by Victoria Walton, December 26, 2019). As a senior pedestrian, I have problems, but nothing compared to his. There is one specific problem I have that was not mentioned in…
A new recycling model aims to make manufacturers responsible for processing products at end of life, rather than taxpayers. Extended producer responsibility (EPR) has already been put into legislation in five out of 10 provinces (Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba), and has been used in Europe for over 30 years. But, Nova Scotia…
Advocates say the province is taking the wrong approach in its quest to cut homelessness and make housing more affordable. They suggest making sweeping changes to grow the non-profit housing sector. Over the next 10 years, Nova Scotia will put close to $400 million of federal and provincial dollars into affordable housing, following the tenets…
Regional council kicked off the new year with budget talks this week. Councillors heard from Jane Fraser, HRM’s chief financial officer, about how the dollar bills the municipality has, earns, spends and loans are all connected—and a new tax rate. Fraser explained what allows HRM to make money moves: The operating budget (revenues minus expenses—keeping…
T he crowd of friends knocking around pool balls and chalking cue sticks don’t know who Morgan Davis is. Their laughter bubbles and expands, filling the bar on an otherwise quiet night. The sound threatens to drown out Davis and his modest Ampro amp after he flicks through his mental songbook and begins playing on…
CAPRICORN (December 22- January 19) Let’s get 2020 started with a proper send-off. According to my reading of the astrological omens, the coming months will bring you opportunities to achieve a host of liberations. Among the things from which you could be at least partially emancipated: stale old suffering, shrunken expectations, people who don’t appreciate…
The Song Of Names Opens January 10 Cineplex Park Lane, 5657 Spring Grden Road In 1998, François Girard burst onto the scene with The Red Violin, an award-winning film that quickly earned the love of critics by using music to convey the three-century -long journey of a priceless violin. Over 20 years later, the acclaimed…
“I’ve been cooking since I was eight years old,” says Clara Frances Dadin-Alli, AKA Frances Ally, owner of online-only Nigerian take-out and catering business Franyz Kitchen (instagram.com/franyzkitchen). Now Dadin-Alli is 28, and has been cooking in Canada since 2010, when she moved here from Nigeria. Her food—dishes like jollof rice, ofada stew and goat-meat pepper…
There’s a new resident on Quinpool Road, and they’re ready to kick up their heels and meet everyone. Taking over the old location of Relish Gourmet Burgers, Cheeky Neighbour Diner pays tribute to old-fashioned brunch classics while offering a playful spin on the iconic diner genre. Drew Voegeli, owner of Cheeky Neighbour and former owner…
Picture the scene: a busy Halifax sushi restaurant, Friday night. The waiter greets a couple at the door. The server seems to use English as an additional language, or EAL—it might be her second, third or fourth. The server responds to the couple’s request to sit at a particular table, telling them it wasn’t available…
On a 26-acre parcel of land outside the Nova Scotia coastal village of Chester is a spa unlike any other in the province. Instead of minimalistic white rooms with high ceilings, scented candles and in-ground hot tubs, you’ll find ice-cold waterfalls, Turkish hammams and cozy fireplaces. “Offering a pause, a break in your busy life,…
The Dome Chronicles (Nevermore Press, $24.95) Halifax Signing Coles Scotia Square Thu Jan 9 noon-2pm “It wouldn’t be fair to say that everything that happens around here is funny, but anything that wasn’t, I’d shy away from,” explains Garry Leeson. “This is meant to be a humorous book.” The Dome Chronicles is Leeson’s first…
