In 2023, the provincial and federal governments put together a group called the Progress Monitoring Committee. Chaired by former Nova Scotia lieutenant-governor Myra Freeman, the PMC was an oversight panel, a way to monitor, report on, provide accountability and exchange knowledge and information as the governments implement a response to Turning the Tide Together, the […]
Julie Lawrence
Julie Lawrence is a journalist, communications specialist and intersectional feminist from Halifax, N.S. She is the Editor of The Coast Daily.
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“You’ve turned your back on women in this province”
On December 27, 2005—still in the warm glow of Christmas and one week from her daughter Anna’s first birthday—36-year-old Paula Gallant was violently murdered. Her lifeless body was put in the trunk of her car and driven to the parking lot of the elementary school where she taught Grade 3. The crime shocked the community […]
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Training + education = healthy province + less death
In 2002, Nova Scotia became the first province in Canada to establish a specific government body dedicated to preventative healthcare. At that time, it was called the Office of Health Promotion, and its goal was to educate people on ways in which they could adopt a healthier lifestyle and reduce chronic illness and premature deaths. […]
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New book When the World Fell Silent confirms women have always been doing it all
Halifax-based author Donna Jones Alward’s latest work of historical fiction confirms exactly what she’s always believed: women make the world work. Since 2006, the New York Times bestselling author has enchanted readers with romance novels that have chronicled happy endings (literally and figuratively). But her latest book, When the World Fell Silent, is her first […]
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A family affair
The thing you need to know right off the top is that the Legere family is different. I’ll never forget the first Christmas I spent with them, which is the core memory my brain always conjures up when I think of them as a family unit. I arrived a little late, expecting to walk into […]
Posted inFood + Drink
First female-led beverage events company reimagining wine fair
Finding a gap in the market and being sharp enough to fill it with your product or service is every entrepreneur’s dream, and the smartest way to identify that gap is by solving your own problems. That’s exactly what Shevaghn Darcy is doing with Cellar Events—her self-proclaimed “business baby”—and the event company that is bringing […]
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Immersive and interactive theatre production is a “goosebumpy” experience
After 9/11 happened, things changed dramatically at the border. What used to be simple and carefree became complicated and scary; there was an air of paranoia about travel and about who could and should be allowed to cross the border into the United States. After that fateful September morning, Tim Carlson had a very difficult […]
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Woman on Top (Chef)
Any good misogynist will tell you that a woman’s place is in the kitchen. But that exact same misogynist will tell you that a professional kitchen is no place for a woman. It’s one of the more perplexing sexist paradoxes. Moira Murray is proving that a woman’s place is actually wherever the hell she wants […]
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How NDAs are perpetuating a culture of gender-based violence
Picture this: You’re about to board a cruise ship for a two-week vacation. You’ve worked your butt off for months to be able to save up the money and you can’t wait to start enjoying the fruits of your labour. But before the guy hands you the key to your room, he pulls out a […]
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New immersive art installation puts you in the spotlight
Two things I did not expect to have happened as I rolled up to The Craig Gallery in Alderney Landing this week: to walk a red carpet and to receive an award (albeit one I gave myself). But that’s the experience everyone will get at Celine Gabrielle’s new art show, I’M A WINNER/LOSER BABY—a playful […]
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The future is the new nostalgia
Hearing Rich Aucoin’s voice on the phone takes me back. To Mr. Seely’s Grade 11 English class, to dozens of house parties and dances with Ja Rule and Nelly—of course—to Aucoin’s very first show at the late, great Tribeca in 2007. In a lot of ways, he and I grew up together, and despite the […]
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2024 Best of Halifax Nominations Open
The Olympics are winding down this week in Paris, but here at home the medal hunt is only getting started. Nominations just opened for the 30th annual Best of Halifax Readers’ Choice Awards, meaning you—and other Coast readers like you—get to pick the people, places and businesses that go for BOH gold, silver and bronze. […]
