The Halifax Regional Police department is on the hunt for a new chief information security officer to develop and then manage its IT security, strategy and operations. Until the newly-created CISO position is filled, HRP’s systems are presumably more vulnerable to outside cyber attacks. Just how vulnerable, though, the department isn’t saying. “The field of […]
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Matt Whitman worries #MeToo climate could impact how politicians hug
Matt Whitman warns that politicians need to be more careful about who they embrace, given the rising number of sexual misconduct complaints against elected officials. Speaking to reporters Tuesday at City Hall, the Hammonds Plains–St. Margarets councillor lamented how changing times are impacting the behaviour of men like him in politics. “You can’t be quite as […]
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Dalhousie looks at fossil fuel divestment
The province’s biggest university will look at divesting its financial portfolio from fossil fuel companies. The Halifax school’s board of governors approved the motion Tuesday to investigate a new ecological option for its investment portfolio. A third-party financial consultant will be hired to figure out a financial strategy free from climate-changing fossil fuels is viable. […]
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Nova Scotia teachers set strike vote
A year after the first teachers strike in Nova Scotian history, unionized educators are once again at war with the province. On Tuesday the Nova Scotia Teachers Union announced it would hold a strike vote on February 20 for its 9,3000 members. The action is a direct response to the recently released Glaze report and its […]
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Matt Whitman stands by white supremacists’ message
All the people who don’t like Matt Whitman just don’t know the “real” Matt Whitman. So says Matt Whitman. “They just know the guy that criticized an RCMP officer for giving someone a ticket,” says the councillor. “Or the guy that ran around his car with his 19-year-old son after coming from a funeral.” Or […]
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King’s College to examine school’s connection to slavery
The University of King’s College is taking a serious look at its own historical connections to the slave trade. The school announced on Monday it’s creating a scholarly inquiry to examine the direct and indirect benefit King’s has received from slavery in the 18th and 19th centuries. According to an accompanying press release, the inquiry […]
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Hardcore research: Results from our annual Sex + Dating survey
As Carly Rae Jepsen commanded, let’s cut to the feelings. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, it’s The Coast’s annual Sex + Dating Survey. Over 1,200 of you took the time to spill all your romantic fantasies and sexy secrets in this year’s results. Nearly half of those respondents were women, between the ages of […]
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What inaccurate sex myth did you believe for far too long?
Between public health education in schools and Google Dot Com it’s a wonder anyone these days could grow up believing old wive’s tales or playground gossip about sex. But that wasn’t always the case, as these answers to our annual Sex + Dating survey reveal. “People didn’t have sex after 50.” “Oh man, up until […]
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Halifax’s biggest fears when it comes to love and relationships
Better to have loved and lost? Depends who you ask. What we do know is this city is full of fears, concerns and worries about their love lives. Take comfort in the news that behind every happy couple is a knotted tangle of anxieties. We’re all in it together. “I’m going to love someone who […]
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What’s the most cringe-worthy thing someone’s said to you during sex?
This year’s Sex + Dating survey asked readers what was the worst thing someone ever uttered to them in bed. Unfortunately, you all had plenty of answers. But fortunately for the rest of the city reading this post, you all had plenty of answers. we’ve collected the best responses below. “Would you mind if I […]
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Everything you wish you could tell your younger self about dating
Regrets, you have a few, Halifax. Half of the city wishes it had fucked more people. The other half apparently fucked all the wrong people. And absolutely no one realizes how hot they really are. Seize the day and carp some diems with these choice answers to our question on the advice you’d give to […]
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Shubenacadie sham!
The legend of Shubenacadie Sam is built on a wildlife park of lies. Officially the government maintains its beloved prognosticating groundhog is “ageless,” but a year-long The Coast investigation has learned several different rodents have been given the identity over the decades. The animal predicting spring’s arrival this week will be the fourth “Sam” since […]