Self-taught cook Andy Hay is the runner-up of MasterChef Canada, but he’s managed to snag the top spot in the hearts and bellies of people in his hometown. Tuesday’s season finale saw Hay, who hails from Dartmouth, go head-to-head with 19-year-old Beccy Stables. Although Stables is the youngest competitor to appear on the show, a […]
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Film review: Hereditary
Hereditary has been hyped to hell. The hype is justified. The film opens just before a funeral. Artist Annie Graham (Toni Colette) is about to bury her mother, with whom she had a stormy relationship. Annie’s husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne), her son Peter (Alex Wolff) and even Annie herself appear largely unshaken by the death. […]
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Steele my Sunset
Matt Steele & The Corvette Sunset album release w/The Kents, Lazeez, Nick Faye & The Deputies Thursday, June 7, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern 2037 Gottingen Street $10 eventbrite.com Matt Steele is accustomed to taking the stage with various musicians behind him.”It was a lot of moving the guitar neck up and down to signal, ‘Here […]
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Draft picks: nine Canadian Brewing Award-winning beers from Nova Scotia
Congratulations, Nova Scotia brewers. Nine beers from five local brewing companies took home Canadian Brewing Awards this year. For the full list of the 2018 Canadian Brewing Award-winners, go here. For our homegrown champions, look no further. Gold winners Category: 53 — Wood and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer Beer: Bonanza! Foedre Aged Wheat Wine Brewery: 2 […]
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Halifax Bengal Lancers crowdfunds to cover costs during closure
After the outbreak of a contagious bacterial infection at Halifax’s only equestrian school, horses are quarantined and the barn is closed until further notice. Staff are now turning to the public for help. On Sunday, Halifax Junior Bengal Lancers—which has been a local fixture for more than 80 years—launched a GoFundMe with the goal of […]
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Lake City Cider blossoms this summer
Lake City Cider 35 Portland Street Opens in June Poet Comeau had a realization just over a year ago, when the company she worked for dissolved. “I was lucky. The company that took on our company gave me a job,” she explains. Comeau worked in alcohol retail, education and sales—mostly imports—for 12 years. “But I […]
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In a sour mood? Here’s 7 superb beers you have to try
“People’s taste buds evolve and the trends evolve,” says Jeremy Taylor, head brewer and co-owner at 2 Crows Brewing. “A few years ago it was all about the super big IPAs that have a billion IBUs, and then in the past year or so it’s more on the juicy IPAs with less IBUs and people […]
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Fab beers to sip in the spring sun
1. Mojito Kettle Sour 
 Roof Hound Brewing Co. (4.3% ABV, 17 IBU) Available now “We have made it before, but it has been reinvented with a new souring technique and a warm fermenting Norwegian yeast strain that creates citrus characters,” Roof Hound owner Les Barr explains via email. This beer is kettle soured, dry-hopped […]
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ECMA30: KINLEY
East Coast Music Awards w/KINLEY, Classified, The Once, Port Cities, Joel Plaskett Emergency and more Thu May 3, 8pm Scotiabank Centre, 1800 Argyle Street Kinley Dowling isn’t one to perform solo, but she’s no stranger to taking the stage. The Charlottetown-born musician and vocalist has played with the likes of Jenn Grant and Rose Cousins. […]
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ECMA30: Rose Cousins
East Coast Music Awards w/Rose Cousins, Measha Brueggergosman, Neon Dreams, Makayla Lynn and more Thu, May 3, 8pm Scotiabank Centre, 1800 Argyle Street Songwriters’ Circle w/Rose Cousins, Jenn Grant, Reeny Smith and more Sun, May 5, 2pm The Schooner Room, 1983 Upper Water Street To say Rose Cousins had a big year is an understatement. […]
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King & North’s chocolate works of art
King & North Chocolate facebook.com/kingandnorth “Chocolate is so fun. It has such a sense of fun attached to it,” says Jesse Gallant. “From the moment you’re a kid and you try it the first time, it’s something that’s so exciting and playful.” Gallant is the owner of a small-batch chocolate business called King & North, […]
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Laugh with Martha Chaves
Comedy Brew Ha!Ha! Friday April 27, 8pm Brewsters Bar & Grill, 961 Bedford Hwy $20 halifaxcomedyfest.ca When Martha Chaves first got into comedy, she was worried she wouldn’t make it in the stand-up scene because of her accent. She was wrong. “I had to learn how to accept myself that way and not be shy […]
