Dec 12, 1996 – Jan 16, 1997

Dec 12, 1996 - Jan 16, 1997 / Vol. 4 / No. 13

Best Local Athlete

He has been boxing for 16 years. He fought for Nigeria in the ‘92 Olympics, moved to Halifax four years ago and won a silver medal at this year’s Olympics. And now David Defiagbon has to start up all over again. Senator Walter Twinn sought him out for professional management shortly after the Olympics. Defiagbon’s…

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What Could We Do Without

1. another coffee shop 2. the Liquor Dome 3. John Savage/politicians/politics/government 4. the Westin sign 5. prejudice against the north end

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Best Place To Skateboard

Though pitifully small for our skateboard-crazed colony, The Bowl is the best (legal) place to skate in Halifax. Located in the old drained duckpond on the Commons, the smooth concrete crater was planted, along with a nice paved run up, by the Recreation Dept in the autumn of ‘95. Since then, skateboarders have been happily…

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Best Professor

And the Shiny Red Apple™ Award goes to Ursula Kelly. To what does she attribute her success with students? “I think they like my dog,” says Kelly, an associate professor in the department of education at Mount Saint Vincent University. She laughs and then explains her golden retriever Julie has been known to walk around…

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Worst Job In Halifax

sanitation worker who cleans up pizza corner on fri, sat & sun mornings That waving clown on Quinpool Rd (Grower Direct)

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Best Small Theatre Company

Neptune Theatre Shakespeare by the Sea (Ed. note: the question asked for a small theatre company, not one undergoing multi-million dollar renovations)

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Best SuperCity Councillor

He used to fight city hall as a lawyer in environmental and labour cases. He saw people on the outside spending money and energy trying to reverse bad council decisions, and too often he saw little results. Now Howard Epstein’s fighting from the inside, trying to help council make good decisions in the first place.…

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Best Reason To Stay In Halifax

1. “the quality of life”: the people, parks and ocean 2. three degrees of separation 3. 12-month lease 4. most bars per capita 5. “I haven’t been laid off yet”

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Worst Telephone Company

A friend always pays his phone bill a month late, always giving mt&t a little bit in interest, and never gettting one of those disconnection warnings. But last month, the day after he walked into the mt&t office and paid his bill, his phone was disconnected. A flurry of calls—luckily he has a cellular phone—got…

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Best Columnist

Does a straight-laced town like Halifax really need a foul-mouthed sex advice columnist? According to a small group of whiny citizens, the answer is definitely not. This moral minority has been complaining about Dan Savage for nearly a year now, phoning and writing to The Coast, The Coast’s advertisers—even the police—to get the Seattle-based Savage…

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