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[Image-1] Simply put, Government employees are paid too much. Perhaps not in comparison to other government employees but to the average Nova Scotian taxpayer, it’s an astounding amount of difference. Especially when some of the individuals within our government decide what to do with our taxes. The film tax credit, so much has been said…
You’re not the only gourmet food shop in town, but even if you were, it wouldn’t give your staff carte blanche to be so rude to the ones I love. You’re turning your nose up at people who appreciate your stuff, people who want to try things and learn more about food. That’s not cool.…
[Image-1] Holy Crap! Does anyone in this province know how to produce, manufacture, or mine anything anymore? It is amazing how many of you actually make a living in some obscure artsy fartsy field or in an academic venue that have no value except academic value. News flash! This is a have not province. If…
During a hot sexting session, “I wanna slither my tongue around you like a sssssnake” totally did not work. Why did it get Jerry so hot and bothered. I got no response! Fuck@! —Co-Stanza!
A man is violently robbed and assaulted on August 28 off of Waverly Rd. and a certain local reporter posts several photographs of the victim’s home on social media. I asked the reporter if she thought the man had been through enough, without having photos of his home posted on the internet. They told me…
I live in a small community. It has a terrific general/convenience store there. Only one thing spoils the experience of going there. It’s the middle-aged, tiny lady with the worst attitude a human being can harbour serving the public. If she’s not throwing your stuff or money at you, she sneers at any cheerful ‘good…
Okay Halifax, before I get slammed for this, just let me tell you first… I believe in sharing the road with cyclists as much as anyone out there, I really do….BUT!!!…it’s not just the people driving cars who need to be responsible motorists. I don’t know how many times I’ve witnessed cyclists up on the…
Look, I’ve bummed my share of smokes. I used to give out one or two. But despite the public all thinking I’m a fat public servant, I can’t afford it anymore. I don’t mind someone asking, but if I say no, don’t ask for the butt. It’s disgusting. I’m on a smoke break and won’t…
To the girl who screamed at her boyfriend for 3 hours straight in the middle of woods in the middle of the night on Layes Lake Road…I think you have really bad anger and drinking issues! To her boyfriend…grow some balls! How did you just let her scream at you for that long?? I felt…
Last Friday night I was in a psychedelic haze, and decided to look you up on Instagram. I found you, finally, at around 2:30 am, and noticed you post three of the most beautiful and fascinating photos (it may have been the magic, but I don’t think so), and then take them down again ten…
To the stunning young woman in the yellow sundress at the gas station: You made my day when you turned around and remarked on us being piercing twins. I was already dreaming of meeting you, and your comment left me flabbergasted as you disappeared, which was evident by my failure of a playful reply. My…
Recently, there has been a lot of hate towards a convicted animal abuser which include threats of violence and death. It’s not cool. Especially when most of you eat, wear and use products that are tested on animals. You should look at the animals you pay to kill before you threaten someone else’s. Be the…
Thank you to the gentleman at the Central Library on Saturday. We shared an elevator ride and you complimented my tattoos. And I proceeded to blather on nervously about them for the rest of the descent. What I SHOULD have said was thanks for brightening my day! And I was wrong, some of them do…
You took money from my roommate and I as an ‘application’ fee for your apartment. When I asked for it back you denied me and told me I was an ignorant fuck. You refuse to let me serve you hearing papers. I have a mental illness and I am on welfare. I need that money…
Just wanted to send some love to my vet clinic for all you’ve done for me and my cat who recently passed away. When his battle with kidney failure was lost and the time came to put him down, you guys made everything as easy as possible. I had him just shy of 18 years,…
Perhaps you paid in advance, but I doubt it. Sitting enjoying coffee at the Halifax Forum Farmers Market, I (an older black woman) watched you (a younger white woman) grab a bunch of carrots from a table staffed by Elmridge Farm, stuff it into your Sobeys bag and keep walking. Yes, Sobeys, recently cold-busted for its…
[Image-1] Over the last couple years a disturbing trend has unfurled of rents skyrocketing. What the fuck is this? I can’t afford this shit; and it has gotten so out of hand I am taking the time to learn how to build a ship for the ocean; because that is cheaper than paying $600+ for…
I haven’t heard your wicked tunes strolling down the street for a few weeks. I hope you’re still in town because you’re a great musician with very talented vocals. Hope you stroll your songs around the south end —Music Appreciator
[Image-1] HRM staff are willing to play hardball when it comes to protecting the Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes lands from private development. A staff report published Wednesday afternoon is recommending Regional Council ignore Justice Heather Robertson’s facilitator report and come up with a new plan to purchase and protect lands in the proposed Blue Mountain-Birch Cove…
[Image-1] Now that that other election is out of the way, let’s talk municipal politics, baby. The most recent “Urban Report Survey” from Corporate Research Associates has incumbent mayor Mike Savage with a 70 percent lead over challenger Lil MacPherson. The telephone survey of 400 HRM residents, conducted between July 26 and August 6, found…
Lisa Roberts is the new MLA for Halifax Needham. Roberts won yesterday’s by-election, maintaining the New Democratic Party’s 18-year dominion in the riding. The first-time political candidate—a former CBC journalist and current executive director of Veith House—won by an 831-vote margin over Liberal party candidate Rod Wilson. “I am honoured that the people of Halifax…
To bitch or not to bitch! I don’t know?! Inbound on 103 today around 3pm, dragging the camper back from circumnavigating the lower end of the province – (in a hated by Coast readers big, mean truck that consumes the filthy diesel), a lady in a black Hyundai Sonota blows the horn as she passes…
[Image-1] I consider myself a patron to the gay scene in Halifax, but right now your choices involve a sketch fest or a dive. The least any bar can play is good bumpin’ music. I love going out downtown but big cover and lame music = no crowd and lame music. There is no way…
Why do the doors at the ferry terminals not open automatically? You get like 50 people walking on and off the ferry and everyone needs to hold the doors open for the person behind them (if you’re decent enough). I hit the wheelchair button every time to make things easier. —Unnecessarily Unsanitary
I’m really tired of getting tons and tons of job interviews but when I finally go in they rush and later tell me I’m not qualified. Even in shitty fast food places. I know why, because there’s no way with 10years experience working kitchens that I’m ‘under qualified’ and what it actually comes to is…
A giant THANK YOU to the very kind woman who surprised us by paying for our vegetarian lunch on Sunday August 28th. You made for a very happy morning! —xo From the family of three at the table near thee!
And I will until my last breath. The biggest mistake I ever made was walking away from you that day. I’m working on things, an I’m sure the right path will present itself. I wish we could take every path, but I just think about the one that has to do with you. —A Czech
This goes out to the juiced-up, jar-headed, jackasses at the Dartmouth gym this morning. You may have thought your misogynistic, demeaning, degrading, and disrespectful comments went unheard and unnoticed. They weren’t. You bunch are a fucking disgrace. I hope you’re biceps and pecs garner the attention you so desperately and pathetically crave because your personalities…
Dear Mr. Judgemental: Today you shook your head and scoffed at me for being “SAD”. I can only infer that you shouted over that I was “SAD” not once,but twice because you took issue with my daughter busking on the waterfront. Perhaps, Sir, you could have at least paused to read her sign as she…
You had a great little band. Recently, you added your new wannabe ‘super-star!’ wife to the lineup, a 50 yr. old who dresses like a 20 yr. old & sings like a startled goat. I certainly hope she doesn’t play guitar like she warbles off-key. Listening to her at one gig was positively painful and…
The drivers are terrible in this city, so are the cyclists, the pedestrians and the all forms of terrible social interaction. Not withstanding I love this city and I am staying. —JW
[Image-1] The local contingent of our national broadcaster should be embarrassed by their lack of production expertise for our National Celebration. The monitors in Parade Square were set too low providing poor sight lines. Two of the three monitors were poor quality projection screens. There was no audio for Gord for the first 5 songs,…
A huge thank you to the kind gentleman at the transmission company on Windmill who not only diagnosed my dead alternator and lent me a power source, he also drove my wonky van to the dealer while I followed in his vehicle. Exceptional service. Exceptional kindness. Gotta love the maritimes. —Damsel in distress
Alex Lee loves a good cortado. To make it right, the seemingly simple drink— two ounces of espresso and two ounces of milk— requires precision pouring. “If you mess up on any variables the drink turns really bad really fast—every single aspect has to be perfect,” he says. That attention-to-detail is something Lee and his…
Survivors of sexual assault at Dalhousie may only have until November 3 to call the university’s helpline. The Dalhousie Student Union says right now it can only offer the sexual assault and harassment phone line service for the first eight weeks of classes after being offered inadequate funding from the university’s administration. Students at Dalhousie…
Ask the right people, and you’ll discover Halifax is about to get a lot bigger. Looking at recent statistics, the population of HRM rose from 359,111 in 2001 to 390,096 in 2011. That’s an average growth rate of nearly 1% every year. While past performance is no guarantee of future results, at that rate we’re…
It’s been a long summer of renovations for Nicole Tufts and Sonia Gillies-da Mota but they’re finally ready to debut their farm-to-table fast-food joint, Riot Snack Bar. This weekend the restaurant will open at a barely recognizable 6293 Quinpool Road (the former Garden of Eat’n, which has undergone some major TLC) serving up quick but…
[Image-1] Are we going to live up to our Paris commitments and act decisively to stop climate change? If the recent meeting of environment ministers is any indication, it depends on whom you ask. Federal minister Catherine McKenna clearly understands that urgency and opportunity have converged to create a potent moment for reducing carbon emissions,…
[Image-1] Humans are fast becoming city dwellers. According to the United Nations, “The urban population of the world has grown rapidly from 746 million in 1950 to 3.9 billion in 2014.” Sixty-six percent of us will likely live in urban environments by 2050. The number of mega-cities (more than 10 million inhabitants) is also skyrocketing,…
[Image-1] A by-election for the vacant Halifax Needham riding is just around the corner, and we wanted to give readers a chance to better know each candidate before hitting the voting booth on August 30. We emailed a series of questions to Rod Wilson (Liberal), Lisa Roberts (NDP), Andy Arsenault (PC) and Thomas Trappenberg (Green).…
Beauty and the Beast To October 9 Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street $30-$84 The closing show for Neptune Theatre’s 2006-07 season was a blockbuster hit. Beauty and the Beast was so popular it was held over, closing after 16 weeks only because actors had previously booked engagements. Beauty is again gracing the Neptune stage as…
King Lear Thursday, August 25; Saturday, August 27; Tuesday, August 30; Friday, September 2, 7pm Cambridge Battery, Point Pleasant Park PWYC (reserved seat $25) It’s no surprise the stage is littered with bodies at the end of King Lear—this is a Shakespearean tragedy, after all. However, what actually surprised me was how much I cared.…
Terroir: A Nova Scotia Survey To January 1 Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1723 Hollis Street When we think about Nova Scotian art, our reference points tend to be traditional—folk art, Alex Colville, seascapes–but, of course, we have a vibrant community of artists producing contemporary work in every medium. As the first exhibition of its…
Touring the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia with Bruce Johnson is an exhilarating, intellectual ride—as he saunters around the gallery, he invokes computing, quantum physics and industrial architecture to discuss the artworks that compose Terroir: a Nova Scotia Survey. “I think there’s a real temptation when you come into the provincial art gallery to try…
I went to Shuck wanting to love it. Expecting to love it, frankly. But I didn’t. It’s a good restaurant, but even with the creativity and rare-in-Halifax modernist point of view that chef Luis Clavel brings to the table, and as much as it tries to innovate, it doesn’t reinvent the wheel in a way…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Virgo (Aug 23-Sep 22) Suggested experiments: 1. Take a vow that from now on you won’t hide your beauty. 2. Strike a deal with your inner king or inner queen, guaranteeing that this regal part gets regular free expression. 3. Converse with your Future Self about how the two of you might collaborate…
So you got yourself a condo. A modern blank slate upon which you’ll attempt to draw the home of your dreams. But whether you’re decluttering and downsizing, or celebrating the ride to becoming a first-time homeowner, starting from scratch and deciding how to turn your flat into a stylish, comfortable, space-efficient home can be challenging.…
DEAR READERS: This is the final week of my vacation—but you’ve been getting a new column every week, all of them written by Dan Savage, none of them written by me. Our final guest Dan Savage is an independent designer, illustrator and animation director based in Brooklyn. He created Yule Log 2.0 (watchyulelog.com), a collaborative…
Bard to basics I’d like to address the Love the Way We Bitch by Julius C. in last week’s issue (“Et tu opportunism?”). Shakespeare by the Sea has always been, and strives to remain, a company that is accessible to all theatregoers. Since our founding in 1994, we have had a pay-what-you-can by-donation policy in…
Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal Thursday, August 25 to Sunday, August 28 King’s Theatre, 209 St. George Street, Annapolis Royal Individual shows $18 and $12 The Festival of Dance Annapolis Royal—that’s FODAR to you—is growing up. With this weekend’s edition, it celebrates three years of bringing contemporary dance to the valley. Running Thursday through Sunday…
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