The penultimate episode of any Bachelor or Bachelorette season is always a fun one, with high stakes and great drama. It’s the first time couples get to have romantic overnight stays (free of cameras!), meaning they get to know one another a little more intimately, to say the least. It’s often a breaking point for […]
Gabrielle Drolet
Gabrielle is a writer and cartoonist based in Wolfville. Her work, which focuses on health and culture, has appeared in The Walrus, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and more.
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The Bachelorette episode 7 recap: There’s no place like hometown
Spoiler alert: The Coast will be recapping episodes of The Bachelorette every week this season. If you missed our introduction to this series, click here. Please stop reading if you don’t want to know what happened in the episode. When we get down to the final four in The Bachelorette, it’s usually obvious that there’s […]
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The Bachelorette episode 6 recap: To win over kids, try building them a blanket fort
Spoiler alert: The Coast will be recapping episodes of The Bachelorette every week this season. If you missed our introduction to this series, click here. Please stop reading if you don’t want to know what happened in the episode. Well folks, we’re nearing the end. After starting the season with dozens of dudes a few […]
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The Bachelorette episode 5 recap: everybody goes home…to Michelle’s hometown
Spoiler alert: The Coast will be recapping episodes of The Bachelorette every week this season. If you missed our introduction to this series, click here. Please stop reading if you don’t want to know what happened in the episode. There’s a feeling of loss in the air as episode five of The Bachelorette’s 18th season […]
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The Bachelorette episode 4 recap: Halifax hunk heads home heartbroken
Spoiler alert: The Coast will be recapping episodes of The Bachelorette every week this season. If you missed our introduction to this series, click here. Please stop reading if you don’t want to know what happened in the episode. When The Coast agreed to commission this recap series, it was for one sole reason: Chris […]
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Villains are sent packing in The Bachelorette episode 3
Spoiler alert: The Coast will be recapping episodes of The Bachelorette every week this season. If you missed our introduction to this series, click here. Please stop reading if you don’t want to know what happened in the episode. There are often villains on The Bachelorette who feel producer-manufactured. Their lines are taken out of […]
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The Bachelorette episode 2 recap: There’s a rat in our midst
Spoiler alert: The Coast will be recapping episodes of The Bachelorette every week this season. If you missed our introduction to this series, click here. Please stop reading if you don’t want to know what happened in the episode. The second episode of The Bachelorette’s 18th season aired last night, and it’s a good one. […]
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The Bachelorette recap: Halifax hunk Chris G. survives episode 1
Spoiler alert: The Coast will be recapping episodes of The Bachelorette every week this season. If you missed our introduction to this series, click here. Please stop reading if you don’t want to know what happened in the episode. Last night The Bachelorette premiered its 18th season, which follows 30-year-old Michelle Young’s search for true […]
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Get ready to fall in love with The Coast’s recaps of The Bachelorette
In July, The Coast reported on one of the most exciting, significant pieces of Halifax news this year had to offer: Haligonian hunk Chris Gallant would be a contestant on the 18th season of The Bachelorette. As a serious journalist (who became a little too obsessed with the Bachelor franchise during the pandemic), I’d be […]
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A perfect matchmaker
Anyone who’s experienced Halifax’s dating scene can tell you: It’s rough out there. In such a small city, the dating pool is limited. It can feel like every potential match has gone out with a friend of yours, is friends with your ex or comes swaddled in red flags. Luckily for those who are serious […]
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Garry Neill Kennedy, the artist who put NSCAD on the map, dies at 86
Garry Neill Kennedy, the conceptual artist and educator who revolutionized the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, passed away Sunday morning in Vancouver at the age of 86. Kennedy spent the last seven years of his life in British Columbia, where he moved to teach at UBC with his partner, artist Cathy Busby, after […]
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Where the parties stand on Owls Head Provincial Park
Judging by the lawn signs during this election, the most popular cause in some neighbourhoods around the province isn’t a political party, but “Save Owls Head.” That’s the slogan on those bright-red signs protesting the Liberal government’s willingness to sell off Owls Head Provincial Park for golf-course development. Between the strong public support and the […]