Nova Scotian artist Colleen Wolstenholme is suing British artist Damien Hirst for copyright. The suit was filed in the New York Southern District on June 10. According to the court documents, Wolstenholme claims that a selection of Hirst’s jewellery mirrors her work. Both the artists’ jewellery designs feature charms inspired by pharmaceutical pills. Wolstenholme alleges […]
Ashley Corbett
Staff Reporter
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HRM development’s critical masses
The sound of drills, the sight of construction cranes and the annoyance of closed sidewalks: This scene is familiar to anyone who’s spent time in Halifax lately. It’s getting hard to walk anywhere in the urban core without seeing some sort of high-rise construction. There’s plenty of speculation about the cause of all this building, […]
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What’s the First Nations economy worth?
The performance of Atlantic Canada’s Indigenous economy is worth $1.14 billion, according to a new study released Wednesday. The pan-provincial assessment, completed by the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat, aims to shift stereotypes about Indigenous communities and their contribution to the economy, says secretariat executive director and study co-chair John G. Paul. […]
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Inside the lines: Halifax designers to watch
Victoria Eva Victoria Kristofic’s line of casual loungewear will make you want to sit on your lawn with your feet up, sipping lemonade. Inspired by a recent backpacking trip through Portugal and Spain, this clothing is made for leisurely relaxation in the sun. Having only learned to sew last year, this is Kristofic’s first line. […]
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Nova Scotia government aims to please with balanced budget
The Liberal government announced its 2016-17 provincial budget today, predicting a surplus of $127.4 million in revenue—but not in cold, hard cash. Most of that surplus is coming from federal and municipal contributions to the Halifax Convention Centre. That one-time $110.3 million influx will be eaten up to finance the replacement costs for the Victoria […]
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Halifax Cycling Coalition wants protected bike lane on South Park
[Image-1] Improvements are coming to the South Park Street bike lane, but what form they’ll take is up for discussion. The municipality is holding an open house next Monday to consider changes to the existing bike lane, which currently runs from Sackville Street to Morris Street and University Avenue. According to HRM, those potential changes […]
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Little Oak hits the waterfront this summer
Meet the waterfront’s newest bar, Little Oak. Owners of Agricola Street Brasserie Michael Hase, Rachel Knox and Ludovic Eveno decided to start it up about a year ago, and they’re jazzed to be opening it’s doors at Bishop’s Landing this summer. Hase describes the bar’s 27-seater size as “a footprint that would fit in the […]
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Made-in-Halifax feature Across the Line hits theatres Friday
A million dollar-budget feature film, shot entirely in Nova Scotia, is about to hit Cineplex Theatres. But this cause for celebration is also cause for concern. Opening almost exactly a year after the Stephen McNeil Liberals announced the end of the provincial film tax credit, Across the Line is a bittersweet anniversary marker—a film that […]
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Oysters inspire Sober Island Brewing’s start
While across the Atlantic at a pub in Wales, Rebecca Atkinson was reminded of home. As she sipped on an oyster-infused beer, Atkinson asked herself, “‘Why don’t we have this?’” “It really inspired me,” says Atkinson, a native of Sober Island, a community in Sheet Harbour, and the owner of Sober Island Brewing, a new […]
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Transit services fall short on accessibility
[Image-1] On a blistering winter evening at the Halifax Shopping Centre, wheelchair user Gerry Post makes his way to a bus stop. It is snowing at 9pm during the Christmas bustle of shoppers—Post just wants to get home. When the bus arrives, all able-bodied passengers pile in. But the driver says he cannot let Post […]
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A call for representation
Last month at the King’s campus bar, student Meg Shields noticed something was missing. A few pints deep, Shields found herself staring at a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. She was suddenly struck with anger. “I noticed that the wall adjacent to her [the Queen] was totally blank. I was sitting with the King’s Students’ […]
