[Image-1] The sun is setting on Solar City’s leadership, but departing Halifax staffer Richard MacLellan says not to worry: The city’s award-winning energy program continues unabated. For the moment, MacLellan is Halifax’s manager of energy and the environment. Soon he’ll be leaving the city behind and taking a position as CAO for Queens County. MacLellan […]
Jacob Boon
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Baby guinea pigs dumped in Point Pleasant Park
Watch where you step, Point Pleasant Park-goers! A lesson learned to Jennifer Ferguson, who was walking her dogs through the park on June 20 when she noticed a man crouched by the side of the road. He appeared to be letting what she thought were his rabbits have a romp in the grass. When […]
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Lawyer alleges Dalhousie advised dental grad to lie on licensing exams
[Image-1] The lawyers for Dalhousie dental grad Ryan Millet claim university administrators advised Millet to say he had never been suspended when applying for his dentistry license. It’s an accusation included as part of a lengthy statement sent out to media this afternoon by Bruce T. MacIntosh (of firm MacIntosh, Macdonnell and MacDonald). The lawyers, […]
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Market Street closed for three weeks because time is a flat circle
[Image-1] Progress, my friends, is an illusion. We pile bricks upon bricks, hoping for a wall. The only Sure Thing in this life is entropy. We delude ourselves into thinking any effort has been made to stave off the oncoming darkness. The Nova Centre remains under construction. Market Street closes for a crane. It’s all […]
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All of June’s stupidest press releases
[Image-1] Summer is when brands hit the beach. June is the perfect month to scare kids about outdoor safety, or barf out the latest fetishization of Canadian culture. For example, here’s a small sampling of some of our favourite weird press releases from the past four weeks. Please enjoy responsibly, as we all try to […]
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How to ride, and watch, this weekend’s Naked Bike Ride
1. Remember to wear sunscreen on all that skin not normally exposed to daylight. Our riders recommend slathering it on and letting it dry before attempting any body paint. 2. Scotch tape will not keep pasties on in the wind. 3. It can get cold down by the waterfront. “You’ve been warned,” says veteran naked […]
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Everything Scotiabank got for buying the Metro Centre’s name
[Image-1] How long ago last summer seems. Twelve months past, it was all the news could talk about when Scotiabank bought up the naming rights for what we then called the Halifax Metro Centre. It was a 10-year, $6.5-million agreement with HRM which will help fund major capital upgrades. Six months after being announced, the […]
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Where to cry in public in Halifax
[Image-1] Blessed is the individual who hasn’t felt the need to shirk public decorum, crumple to the sidewalk and drown in a puddle of hot snotty tears. For the rest of us normal folks, crying in public is an inescapable eventuality. The body’s natural reaction to modern life, crying can burst forth from any number […]
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Welcome to the summer of the Khyber
[Image-1] Last summer, friends of the historic Khyber Building on Barrington Street came together with artists, musicians, members of the queer community and heritage-loving Haligonians to save the Khyber from being forever lost. It didn’t really work. True, 1588 Barrington Street was removed from the city’s surplus property list and more study was done looking […]
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Let’s take a look at Halifax council’s expenses
[Image-1] A month after the city’s auditor general presented a compliance review of expenses for city councillors and staff, The Coast finally got a copy of all those travel claims. Local travel is broken down by financial years, but we’ve only counted expenses since the November 2012 election (when several new councillors took office). Unsurprisingly, […]
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Check out Halifax Pride’s new logo and event lineup
[Image-1] Halifax Pride today debuted its new logo and 2015’s lineup of events during a media event at Pier 21. Festivities will run ten days, kicking off on July 16. Included this summer are a rainbow of activities, featuring the Queer Acts Theatre Festival, cosmic drag queen bingo, Pride’s second annual dog show, nearly naked […]
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Council approves Irving tax deal, grumbling all the while
[Image-1] Yesterday, city council approved a hotly-debated property tax deal with Irving Shipbuilding. It did not pass without criticism. The Irving shipyard had previously been paying $1.6 million a year on their waterfront facility. The new 25-year agreement (with a possible 10 year extension) drops Irving’s payment down to $563,000 with an annual one percent […]