If your favourite beer could tell a story, what would it be? Roger Mittag, the creator of Prud’homme Beer Certification, believes that everything done in the beer industry is about storytelling. “Beer goes back many, many thousands of years, and gives us a tremendous amount of history and adds to conversation,” he says. “Beer is […]
Brooklyn Connolly
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958 days without medical assistance in dying policy
It’s been 958 days since Bill C-14 passed federal legislation, yet Nova Scotia still lacks a program for medical assistance in dying—MAiD—as well as MAiD policy and regulation. Without policy, physicians and nurse practitioners have no way of governing MAiD, creating a series of loopholes and lack of general knowledge surrounding the subject. The Nova […]
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Sidewalks from hell
Halifax’s winter sidewalk conditions continue down a slippery slope. Last week, Halifax Needham MLA Lisa Roberts fell on the ice and broke her wrist, almost sliding onto the road in the process. “When I was picking myself up, I was virtually on the street,” she says. It was more than a single bad patch of […]
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Heritage status granted to Dennis Building
After months of debate, consultation and meetings, the Dennis Building has been granted heritage status. Regional council approved the designation this week after a short public hearing, making the Dennis one of the city’s only successful third-party heritage applications. Paul Armstrong, on behalf of the Maritime Institute of Civil Society, appeared before HRM’s Heritage Advisory […]
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Unendorsed Nocturne exhibit vandalizes Halifax waterfront
An anonymous photo-booth cutout of John A. MacDonald was drilled down into the Halifax waterfront during Nocturne last Saturday night, standing for a brief period in opposition to the art festival’s anti-colonialism theme. The cutout was a defence of John A. MacDonald and his relations with Indigenous peoples. It featured an “I’m OK with John […]
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Heritage status sought for Dennis Building
Halifax’s Heritage Advisory Committee voted this week to move forward with a third-party application for preserving the historic Dennis Building, going against the wishes of the property’s owner—the province. Paul Armstrong, on behalf of the Maritime Institute for Civil Society, has applied for HRM to include the location at 1740 Granville Street as a municipal […]
