Between working her 40-hour-a-week co-op job and studying at Mount Saint Vincent University, Sarah Linders is already pretty busy. But the public relations student has taken on another challenge—competing, once again, in National Novel Writing Month. Linders took some time away from her lunch hour to chat with The Coast about NaNoWriMo, word counts and […]
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Dangerous crowd threatens medical clinic
[Image-1] One of the city’s busiest health clinics is at risk of gang retaliation after expanding its operations to new neighbourhoods. Direction 180’s mobile clinic has been helping some of the most vulnerable members of the HRM for the last two years. They’ve been able to increase their service to four different locations around the […]
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Police creepin’ on you
[Image-1] A couple of weeks back the city got around to issuing an RFP for public Wi-Fi. It’s part of a $50-million capital upgrade plan, and is designed to “enhance the experience of residents” while supporting “Halifax’s growing reputation as an innovative, forward-thinking city.” Okay, sure. There’s already 20 Canadian cities and plenty of other […]
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“Mike Weir Takes a Swing for Arthritis”
[Image-1] We get a lot of communications during our day. Some of them useful, others not so much. Presented without judgment or context, this past month’s weirdest releases… “Just in Time for Hockey Season, SUBWAY Restaurants Steps Up its Sandwich Game With its New Prime Rib Melt Sandwich!” “Media Advisory—Dare to Tell the Truth About […]
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Herald lays off 20 workers
[Image-1] UPDATE: Herald reporters have pulled their bylines on tomorrow’s weekend newspaper in protest of today’s layoffs. According to sources, several reporters have taken their names off their stories after 20 layoffs were handed out to new and senior newsroom talent. The mood in the office is one of confusion, say staffers. “I think people […]
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Ghomeshi’s history of violence
[Image-1] Eight women, including local actor Lucy DeCoutere, have now come forward in the media with allegations of physical violence by Jian Ghomeshi. How many more stories are still out there, remain to be seen. Last night, the Toronto Star updated their investigation into the ex-CBC radio star and his alleged history of sexual violence. […]
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Ghosts of Barrington
Silhouettes flicker on the pale white of St. Paul’s Church, shadows lit by the floodlights of Grand Parade. On a foggy Friday night, they’ve paid $10 each to gather for a dramatic tour of Halifax’s spookiest haunts. Yarns are spun of shipwrecked sailors and vengeful spirits. Here, overlooking Barrington Street, the tour guide turns to […]
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Murder at the Halifax Club
Recently, I was lucky enough to attend a function at the Halifax Club. The swank Hollis Street space has been where the city’s most distinguished gentlemen (and, since 1986, women) can meet to toast their successes and discuss whatever it is the upper classes discuss behind closed doors. During this event, the assembled crowd was […]
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Chatting with spirits at the pub
Since the spirit of his father visited him as a teenager, Shawn Leonard says he’s been able to communicate with the dead. He’s helped families find closure, and worked with the police to solve murders. The Coast wanted to shoot the shit with a real live ghost, and Leonard was game, so we met at […]
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Financial thriller
[Image-1] “Councillor Walker has both my interest and my sympathy now,” —Barry Dalrymple, on Walker’s Canada Games Centre woes. “If council agreed with every petition they got, there’d be no convention centre,” —Steve Adams, on the thousands of people against the development on Wellington. “Bring this out in the open.” —Reg Rankin, about the Blue […]
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There are already Ottawa shooting conspiracy theories
[Image-1] Proving again the Internet was a mistake, several actual people, who all probably have jobs and things to do, have taken to the web arguing last week’s shooting on Parliament Hill was a government conspiracy. The theories stem from this repurposed video of live CBC footage. For some, a heavy RCMP presence captured by […]
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Journalism still awful
[Image-1] The horror movie that is the current journalism landscape continues to eviscerate any college coeds dumb enough to enter its dilapidated farmhouse of an industry. Just yesterday, CBC president Hubert Lacroix met with union leaders to detail the expansion of corporate cuts first announced back in the summer. The national broadcaster will lose an […]