In all relationships, communication is key. That’s especially true if the relationship is between local small business owners and the neighbouring construction projects that keep shutting down their street. “It’s been a pretty messy spring and summer, and now fall,” says Marshall Haywood, owner of Barrington Street sex emporium Venus Envy. Haywood’s shop is right […]
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Shooting on Parliament Hill
[Image-1] Canada is on high alert after a man or several men opened fire today on Parliament Hill. At least one soldier who was standing guard at the National War Memorial was shot in the chest. CBC reports his condition is not known at present. The shooting has caused a lockdown in areas around downtown […]
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A beacon of fiscal hope
[Image-1] “I find it interesting.” —The reason Graham Hicks (pictured above) gave for why he’s been attending council meetings for the last four decades (give or take a year). In recognition of Hicks’ efforts as a “dedicated observer,” Mike Savage presented a small plaque with Hicks’ name which will be affixed to a chair in […]
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Armco being difficult again
[Image-1] It’s hard getting things built in this town. Sure, there’s more cranes in the sky than there’s been in decades, but municipal policies still often get in the way of a property owner’s god-given right to vomit out mixed-use residential. Perhaps that’s why APL Properties Ltd., “an Armco Capital company,” has taken an unusually […]
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Fall fashion: Ebola
[Image-1] Just in time for Halloween, Capital Health is ordering new safety gear and outfits for health-care workers who conceivably could be exposed to Ebola. The province is buying about $100,000 of impermeable gowns, pants, and accessories for front-line workers. “We didn’t have those already?” You, certainly I, wondered. Apparently not! Capital Health says the […]
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Everything now renamed Scotiabank
[Image-1] Cineplex Entertainment and Scotiabank, one of the top eight or 12 banks in Canada, today announced that Cineplex’s Bayers Lake location will be christened the new Scotiabank Theatre Halifax. “We are proud that our long-standing partnership with Scotiabank now extends to Halifax,” said Cineplex president and CEO Ellis Jacob in a release. “We look […]
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Pop Explosion or bust
All of the volunteers at the Halifax Pop Explosion work hard, but likely no one puts as much effort in getting to the festival as Hugo van Dun. For the third year in a row, the Dutchman has left home in Utrecht (about 40 kilometres south of Amsterdam) to travel Canada and volunteer at HPX. […]
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Not ALL police officers
[Image-1] Quite the couple of weeks for Halifax Police, eh? First, they took the “unprecedented step” of releasing to the public HRP’s full response to Hilary Beaumont’s Coast cover story (a move we had some issues with). Now, another lengthy essay has been penned by the police after the shocking story of a violent home […]
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Big savings on postage
[Image-1] Last week The Coast published an investigative cover story on community mailbox placement in Halifax. It was met with strong public outcry, including such comments as “clickbait trash” and “who cares?” Something that didn’t make it into the article, because I only found out about it late last week, is the list of “corporate […]
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Local food movement under attack
Thanksgiving is over, but turkey is still on the menu at Province House. Tomorrow a group of “concerned Nova Scotians dedicated to ensuring Food Sovereignty” will present a petition of over 3,000 signatures to the legislature. The move comes from what some are calling “questionable actions” by Minister of Agriculture Keith Colwell and the actual-thing-that-exists […]
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The turkey rebels of Nova Scotia
[Image-1] Bria awoke. Her eyes, still fuzzy from the battle, adjusted to the small fires lighting the hall. Where was she? Underground? Dead? She remembered being on the Capital steps, the people cheering for her. She had won the Turkey Games, but it had cost so much. “Hello?” she cried out, afraid. The only replies […]
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Halifax’s mail fail
Right now it’s quiet on Chandler Drive. There’re no squealing tires or screeching brakes—no crash of metal into metal. Not yet, anyway. There’s still plenty of traffic up above, on Glendale Drive. The point where the two streets intersect may be one of the most dangerous turns in Lower Sackville. Less than 30 metres down […]