Between the two bridges linking the harbour’s separated-at-birth cities, the matchy-matchy towers of Purdy’s Wharf and the local predilection for strong drink, Halifax is often seeing double. But this summer it’s deja vu all over again. Since the end of May, loads of Haligonian screens have been tuning in to the second coming of Twin […]
Francesca Handy
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Halifax and Hakodate, sisters from different continents
In Hakodate, Japan there’s a star-shaped fort that overlooks the harbour and busy boardwalk. The port city boasts universities, colleges and a successful fishing industry. Sound familiar? Long before amalgamating with Dartmouth and Bedford in 1996, Halifax became twin to another city much further away. In 1982, mayor Ron Wallace signed a twinning agreement with […]
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My friend, my doppelgänger
Neither Emma Richter nor Kelsey Carey think they look alike, but for their colleagues in NSCC’s public relations program, keeping them straight is a challenging feat. From nearly passing back assignments to the wrong student, to confusion at networking events, the two are often mistaken for one another. “We had one instructor who couldn’t tell […]
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Peeking at Twin Peaks with a professor of David Lynch’s films
Before its revival this spring, Twin Peaks fans spent more than a pair of decades wondering whether anagogic detective hero Agent Cooper (played by Kyle MacLachlan) had been taken over by an evil doppelgänger. In an attempt to boost ratings back in the ’90s, ABC pressured the show’s creators, David Lynch and Mark Frost, to […]
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Are twins who share the same dreams telepathic?
Around the time Twin Peaks first aired, identical twins Gary and Neil Peacock shared a dream. They were about 11 years old when Gary told his brother about his visions from the night before. It was then that Neil began describing the dream back to him. “My brother would be like ‘Wait, then did this […]
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Wrong Natalie and the curious call from the hospital
Natalie Rosen was 19 years old, going through a breakup and had a one-way ticket to Iceland when she got a call from the IWK Health Centre telling her she was pregnant. “I immediately started freaking out,” says Rosen. “I asked ‘Are you sure it’s me?’ and she repeated my name and I thought ‘Oh […]
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Atlantic Book Awards’ reading week
Atlantic Book Awards Festival May 11-19 atlanticbookawards.ca The eighth annual Atlantic Book Awards Festival draws attention to Atlantic Canadian writing, which can be “overwhelmed by the huge amount of books coming out of Ontario and Quebec,” says Heather MacKenzie, president of the Atlantic Book Awards Society. “The wealth of talent that’s coming out of this […]
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Brews you can use
Nova Scotia Craft Beer Week See full listings at nscraftbeer.ca/craftbeerweek Lazy Bear Brewing When Erin and Andy Norman moved to Smith’s Cove after he got a job as an engineer, the couple started Lazy Bear Brewing so Erin would have work in the rural area. She picked up brewing while completing a master’s in food […]
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Mayworks paints a picture of worker’s rights
Mayworks Festival of Working People & The Arts various locations April 28-May 10 free-$25 (festival pass $50) Over 130 years after workers protested for an eight-hour workday at Chicago’s Haymarket Riot, the Mayworks Festival of Working People & The Arts is using art instead of picket signs to push for fair working conditions. While Mayworks […]
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My favourite room: Andrea Tsang-Jackson’s bright bedroom
What makes this room your favourite? The kids are rarely in the bedroom so it’s a sanctuary for me. The room holds my favourite furniture pieces: A four-post bed, mid-century modern nesting tables, a mid-century credenza dresser and a mirror I bought at a yard sale. All the pieces are black, white or natural woods […]
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My favourite room: Maurice Meagher
What makes this room your favourite? It’s nice and bright—lots of sun comes in. We opened all the walls up and now the area opens onto the kitchen. We added large windows because it was a southwest-facing bright part of the property. We also added a nice garden door. Now, all the light that comes […]
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My favourite room: Raj Kapahi
What makes this room your favourite? We have an awesome dining room table. It’s from India and it’s got a nice simple contemporary design. There’s a lot of natural solid wood in the space, but at the same time it’s very contemporary with simple clean lines. The feel is really contemporary and rustic—it’s filled with […]