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If, while riding down the street in your car, you are unable to resist the urge to bark like a dog at female pedestrians, then you may want to consider scheduling a visit to your local veterinarian and asking about whether getting neutering might help curb some of your problem behaviours. To the other gentlemen…
[Image-1] It’s sad when I run into people who are poor or homeless in this city who’ve never once ventured beyond Nova Scotia’s borders. Some have spent considerably long-lives here, walking the same circuit daily, revolving around the petty pleasantries that their poverty allows them to. It’s an isolationist-culture here that has its own distinguished…
[Image-1] I miss you too. Every day. There are a couple of loved here that might be directed my way, and if they are, I want you to know that this has not been easy. I think of you every single day, and it’s hard to believe it’s been months since I’ve seen you. But…
To the folks working the deli counter at the big chain grocery store that seems to think you can do the work of three regular human beings: you are saints for not throwing rotisserie chicken legs at me every time i come in asking for assistance. I will make it my life’s mission to let…
I still think about you all the time. I know I said we weren’t ready to “go to the next level,” but I often wonder if I made a huge mistake. You were so damn good to me, we had so much in common, and the sex was the best I’ve ever had—not just hot,…
[Image-1] Enough. My parents didn’t name me “dear,” “sweety,” “darlin,” “Hun” or “honey.” I’m a grown woman, almost 30. If all you customers can come in and speak to my male counterparts with a degree of formality and maturity, then you can show me the same courtesy. Don’t use east-coast charm or good intentions as…
I realize it’s a long winter with pets that need walking. It’s been a long hard winter…But is it really acceptable to allow your dog to piss all over a child’s snow fort when it is OBVIOUS they had spent hours building it? Come on! They were so proud and excited with their little snow fort. The…
What the fuck people!?!?! When will you just accept that Lady in Red is probably the best song ever written? Yes I know, Take my Breath Away is a close second, but I’m tired of debating this with you. For fucks just pour yourself a glass of wine, close your eyes and think about that…
Am I wrong, or am I entitled to choose not to disclose personal information to customers? When perfect strangers come in and ask where I live, how many hours I work, what days I work, how much I’m paid, etc. Is it not perfectly reasonable that those things are none of someone’s business? I’m asked…
Just after we finish building a snow fort for our kids, you come along and let your dog pee all over the entrance to the fort. The dog was on a leash, why couldn’t you pull him around the corner where no one plays? Ignorance is piss, I guess! —Your dog is not a child
Kudos to wheelchair amputee urban hero for shaming and embarrassing HRM with his one-man li’l ice pick removal of an ice barrier! You have proven it’s not that winter maintenance guys CAN’T clear it–it’s that they WON’T. I live in a street off South Park, and my street and sidewalks are a glacier: 100% ice.…
[Image-1] “I just kept telling them, ‘I don’t know what’s going on.’” Drew Butler didn’t get a lot of sleep last night. The 24-year-old had been playing video games yesterday at his Clayton Park apartment while Halifax Police were frantically trying to arrest him. Someone had anonymously sent in a tip to the cops that…
[Image-1] Thank you, dear person who found my wallet and put it in my mailbox. You took the time and effort to save me all the time and effort it would have taken to replace all the things I would have lost, and more, if it were not for your anonymous kindness. You reminded me…
Symphony Nova Scotia is putting on one of the best concerts of all the concert types. A free one. At LUNCHTIME. Wednesday, March 4 at 12:30pm at the Rebecca Cohn, Symphony NS will launch its 2015/16 season with a free lunch, door prizes, an hour long preview of the classical-packed season and a special appearance…
[Image-1] The disciplinary prosecution he’s facing is “unprecedented and unfair” according to Ryan Millet. The former member of the Class of DDS 2015 Gentlemen Facebook group which dominated the news earlier this year is asking for his suspension to be expunged and his reputation cleared. Meanwhile, his 12 former group members returned this week to…
John Sylvan—the inventor of the K-Cup—feels bad about what he’s done, sometimes. And Halifax might have had a hand in that occasional guilt. Sylvan’s admission comes from a very Halifax-heavy piece in The Atlantic, which looks into exactly how bad the billion dollar coffee pods are for our planet. The Atlantic folks also had Egg…
Though we might have to wait until April for the full line up, The Halifax Jazz Festival (July 8-12) sure knows how to tease. Today’s first artists announced are a diverse and rad bunch. 2014 Grammy nominee Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings will kick off the festival on the main stage at the Halifax waterfront…
To a certain North end business owner – get a fucking real job. Your business is going under. Buh bye. —POC
[Image-1] Editor: Thanks for all your votes! Results are now being tabulated to be published in our April 2 edition of The Coast. Stay tuned! It’s almost that time of year again. The Coast is getting ready for our annual Halifax city council report card. Our expert judges have been sequestered, and the data is…
[Image-1] So you want the city to be accessible but you protest at 4:00pm on a Friday afternoon walking down the street during rush hour? You guys are the biggest fucking joke… seriously though, you’re probably all unemployed hippies who are on social assistance or EI sucking money from the government because you’re a bunch…
[Image-1] I guessed your WIFI password, I accessed your network without your consent. I needed time to afford my own. You caught on quickly and did nothing. You deserve an apology, and a payment. What I did was wrong and undignified. —Faith in Humanity
[Image-1] It’s still snowing. Just look outside. It’s falling right now. Snow on top of snow on top of ice on top of snow on top of our hearts. #Halifax is a pretty nice place in the summer. pic.twitter.com/A8En9zgKcm — Walter Forsyth (@walterforsyth) July 18, 2014 The roads are slippery causing all sorts of accidents.…
People wear jerseys repping their favourite hockey player, and East Coast Lifestyle hoodies because they love this side of the country a lot, but Dartmouth Clothing Company wants to help you take pride in what you eat. Or what you wish you were eating. Another classic design, the Breakfast Meats Are Magic t-shirt and its…
If I ax u how ya r; don’ be sayin’ good good….one will do —trailer park supervisor
[Image-1] One popular grocery store chain has these convenient grilled chicken pieces that I love, but it is the worst feeling in the world going to buy them from the chronically overworked employees behind the counter. Just standing there and watching them you get the impression every hour is their rush hour. They are clearly…
[IMage-1] I had lost my coat which unfortunately had my car keys in it and was stuck in a t-shirt dreading about how to get across town. You had offered me a spare jacket you had and even offered to give me a drive. It worked out in the end, but regardless thank you so…
[Image-1] We get a lot of press releases during our day. Some of them are useful, others not so much. Presented without judgment or context, February’s weirdest releases. Action heats up in Canadian bedrooms as the temperature drops “Hockey isn’t the only activity that keeps Canadians busy in the winter. More than half of Canadians…
Rapper-minister Ma$e will perform in Halifax April 2 at the Halifax Forum in a ’90s throwback bonanza. Tickets on sale soon via ticketpro.ca, see event page for details. Will he play the hits? One would hope. Presented by AFTRDRK and Surefire Entertainment, expect “BBoys, Hip Hop Dancers, DJ Showcase Strictly 90s: Vinyl Encouraged, Wild Outfits,…
This time last year, heckled by a thin man in a plaid shirt and a cowboy hat with a swagger and his loudmouth Australian sidekick going through security at Halifax Stanfield Airport, I unknowingly joined the Steve Poltz circus. Just after passing through security, Poltz and his longtime friend Dean Gifford, who was then acting…
[Image-1] What’s wrong? There’s a drought of drinking fountains at the Alderney Ferry Terminal. Thirsty travellers are perfectly free to enjoy a refreshing drink at the Halifax and Woodside terminals. Only Alderney remains inexplicably dry. The only option for paying customers on the Dartmouth side who want H2O is the lukewarm, fecal-infused liquid coming from…
[Image-1] Sharp-eyed readers may have noticed a series of articles in the Chronicle Herald about the Chronicle Herald’s ongoing labour lockout. Thirteen pressroom employees belonging to the daily paper of record have now been locked out of their jobs for close to a week. “So who’s printing the papers?” you might ask ironically while reading…
Wake up and smell the diner coffee: breakfast is the most important meal of the day. With that wisdom in mind, our annual Cheap Eats issue pays homage to—and very few dollars for—classic bacon and eggs, and cheap morning meals. Runny yolks, homemade pop tarts, Nutella-coated crepes…why would anybody eat anything besides breakfast food? Click…
[Image-1] The amount of snowfall this winter has been hard on all of us. I have cerebral palsy, and have had to work from home multiple days to avoid injury. When you have existing balance problems, ice isn’t just slippery—it’s disastrous. Think doing the shuffle without control. There are many of us in Nova Scotia…
[Image-1] Aliens have been known to communicate with John Roswell. In the throes of severe psychosis, Roswell often thinks of himself as an alien here on earth. He chuckles when he says he was born on New World Island, off the Newfoundland coast in 1952. He even changed his name from Rowsell to Roswell several…
After a fruitful weeklong residency at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic during African Heritage Month last year, where El Jones, Jacob Sampson, Valerie Mason-John and Afua Cooper interpreted the stories of historical black pioneers, the group realized that their project was destined for more. First approached by John Hennigar-Shuh, president of the Canadian Maritime…
[Image-1] We learn that our personalities are pretty much set by the time we are four or five and that the best predictor of future behaviour is our past behaviour. We are taught and learn early in our childhood about the challenge of change: Can a tiger change its stripes or a leopard its spots?…
In 1981, young art educator Tim Rollins was assigned to a classroom in South Bronx, New York, where he began art collaborations between marginalized youth and literary classics. The collective, Kids of Survival, has been active for the last 30 years. On Thursday at The Khyber and on Friday at NSCAD, Rollins will talk about…
If “Vile Passéist Theatre” never rolled easily off your tongue, you’ll be happy to hear that Halifax’s Renaissance-loving theatre company has changed its name to the infinitely more pronounceable The Villain’s Theatre. “After five years as a company, we’re experiencing a kind of rebirth,” explains artistic director Dan Bray “We decided that a new name…
WHO SHE IS “Recently I let my wall down and joined TMG Entertainment. My decision is solid, a lot of people don’t like it but they have no choice but to respect it. I feel my music will continue to mature and develop as I speak about my ongoing struggles with life, love and relationships—which…
Hannah Cheesman headlines the fifth Women Making Waves conference, the annual networking event presented by Women in Film and Television-Atlantic. Cheesman is excited about meeting other women in the industry. “It’s hard to connect all the individuals working from coast to shining coast,” says Cheesman, “so I hope to do that here.” Cheesman, a 30-year-old…
Starfresh Modern Diner 20 Wright Avenue Dish: Plate Breakfast Served: Monday-Friday, 6:30-11am Price: $5.95 Medium coffee: $1.50 After years catering for TV and film, Lisa Barry knows how to keep people well-fuelled. Her little Burnside diner arrived on the scene just before Christmas, offering home-cooked eats and in-house baked goods to the hardworking business park…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20) British rock band The Animals released their gritty, growly song “The House of the Rising Sun” in 1964. It reached the top of the pop music charts in the US, Canada, UK and Australia, and was a hit with critics. Rolling Stone ultimately ranked it as the…
For whatever reason, unemployment was the norm for the roommates during the academic off-season in Halifax. Perhaps it was the exhaust-rich air that attenuated the constitutions of the student class, turning them to slugs seeking society’s shade, or an entitlement created by creditors and entertainment industry’s subjects with lives full of upper-urban decadence, constantly entrenched…
Gold Crisp Belgian Waffle A classic waffle + strawberry topping + whipped topping. WWLKD? Sub the strawberry for more whipped cream, preferably from a can. Smitty’s 1490 Martello Street Bread Puddin’ French Toast French toast with a croissant, topped with whipped cream. Dessert for breakfast. Robie Street Station 2394 Robie Street The Euro Crepe Bananas,…
Systemic issues Loved your article on solitary confinement (“Getting used to isolation,” Feature by Jacob Boon, February 5). As a longtime worker with homeless youth, the prison system is the holding dump for all sorts of mental health youth. I’d love to see The Coast also look at addiction services in this province, and how…
Q I have been reading your column for years, Dan, and now I’m writing you for the first time to ask for a favour. I met this dude online in December and I felt like we had a good connection. He “dumped” me, though, because he was busy and was going through career shit and…
“It all started with a beautiful range,” says Sappho Griffin of the stunning appliance that inspired this renovation. One-half of henhouse—creators of handcrafted furniture and custom kitchens—Griffin came onto the Bedford kitchen project mid-demo, after two walls had been taken down to open the small space to a dining area and front room. It was…
Homemade Pop Tart Feed your nostalgic cravings with Anchored’s flaky and filled take on the Kellogg’s Pop-Tart. Sweet and savoury options have included pancetta and swiss, apricot and sweet cream, but you’re looking at a classic cherry jam. Anchored Espresso Bar and Toastery, 6451 Quinpool Road Fruit smoothie Here’s more evidence that mom always knows…
Pars Restaurant arrived at 3559 Robie Street in 2012, bringing truly great northern Iranian food to the north end. But then, it vanished. There’s a happy ending to this restaurant closure though, it’s not permanent. Pars’ owners tell us it’ll re-open mid-March at 1261 Barrington Street, Talay Thai’s former location (don’t freak out, Talay Thai…
Subletters are always a gamble, but in the case of Kent McGuire it was a perfect fit. He became fast friends with fellow Dalhousie student Nikki Richards in 2008, when he moved into a house full of her close friends. It stayed that way for about a year, before Kent finally asked Nikki on their…
