Statement, a furniture store in the north end, has moved down a few blocks to a new location at 2534 Agricola. “We operated at our old location on the same street for three years, but we just sort of outgrew the place,” says the owner, Ray Frizzell. “It’s nice to stay on Agricola Street, too, […]
Guy Quenneville
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Heir Apparrel
American Apparel, the LA-based clothing store, is finally arriving in Atlantic Canada this week. The long-rumoured Halifax location is scheduled to open this Saturday at 1482 Queen. “A lot of people from Toronto and Montreal have recognized the name when they walk by,” says the company’s district manager, Rachel Voss. “But I’m more excited to […]
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Nature watch
A new adult boutique, Naughty by Nature, opened its doors at 6247 Quinpool last Saturday. Naughty by Nature offers the usual sex toys, but it’s not just a sex shop, insists co-owner Nassim Klayme. “We also have a tattoo and piercing parlor. And we really are catering to customers with this. Each tattoo room will […]
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Squared away
The Nova Scotia Liquor Store in the Scotia Square Mall has not only changed locations, it has had a facelift, too. The store is still located near the food court, but has moved into a brand-new space across the hall. As for the new design, Rick Perkins, vice-president of marketing and communications for the NSLC, […]
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Comic timing
For collectors of Spider-Man comic books, the Holy Grail has arrived in Halifax. Calum Johnston, owner of Strange Adventures Comic Book Shop at 5262 Sackville, recently purchased every Spider-Man fan’s dream at an estate auction: the first comic book to feature the web-slinging crime fighter. In 1962, a new copy of Amazing Fantasy #15—chronicling teenager […]
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Happiness is magic
And you thought your job was hard? Imagine being suspended in a straitjacket 20 metres above a bed of flaming spikes as the ropes to your trapeze are set on fire. That’s all in a day’s work for Don Faith, owner, operator and one of the magicians whose illusions are on display at The Magic […]
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Route cause
Now that Sunday shopping has arrived in Nova Scotia, people are turning their attention to another closely related matter: Sunday bus routes. Metro Transit currently provides limited service on Sundays, although the organization has added 210 hours of Sunday service since 2004. Still, with loads of shoppers now likely to fill both stores and buses […]
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Final countdown
The construction company has been selected, the tendering process is nearly finalized and virtually all the funding is in for a sizeable addition to the skatepark currently located on the Halifax Common. The project is a joint venture between HRM and the Halifax Skatepark Coalition, a group of volunteers who have been lobbying for this […]
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Home fires
This past Monday’s Opinions page in The Chronicle-Herald featured a letter from a disgruntled Kelly Smyth of Lower Sackville. Her beef? “There is nothing I despise more than to drive by Robie Street and Quinpool Road and have to look at the delinquent faces of people young and old standing there holding their signs of […]
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John Ralston Saul
Renowned Canadian author and philosopher John Ralston Saul will be in Halifax on Tuesday to give a lecture as part of The Canadian Institute of International Affairs’ annual lecture series. The focus of this year’s lecture series is “Wielding Power in a World Without Borders: Exploring Visions of a Fairer World.” The topic of Saul’s […]
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Fuelling the fire
Not all gas prices were created equal. Often the gas prices at one station can be very different from prices at a station two or three blocks down the street, sometimes by as much as seven cents. For those who simply gas up at the first station they see, it’s a frustrating experience. But a […]
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Live and learn
Joni Stewart is a 27-year-old single mother of two children, aged 8 and 12. Recently, her son TJ had an ear infection and was treated at the IWK by a doctor who saw potential in Stewart and her children. He set the children up in tae kwon do classes and told Stewart about a new […]