[Image-1] “There’s a reason that I love this town.” —Mayor Mike Savage, quoting Joel Plaskett to the assembled Khyber supporters. “The Peggy’s Cove of Barrington.” —Councillor David Hendsbee’s rather strange metaphor for the Khyber. “Hope for the best. Plan for the worst.” —Councillor Waye Mason. THE KHYBER STANDS It wasn’t the best start before yesterday’s […]
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Here’s how Halifax can legalize marijuana
Don’t worry, it doesn’t mean you have to vote for Justin Trudeau. In fact, for all practical purposes, we can legalize marijuana possession and use without involving the federal government at all. Our city, we the people in it, can decide whether small business owners are actually worth arresting. If you missed the news, Halifax […]
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North Street Church under Deep Water
[Image-1] Forgive Jon Stephens his ignorance about the North Street Church’s musical history. The Saint John-born pastor, who’s been living in New York for the last 14 years, only arrived in town a few months ago. Originally a Protestant place of worship, the faded-green venue at 5657 North Street has been a general usage hall […]
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Peter Kelly moves to Alberta for work
[Image-1] The booming Albertan job market has taken another of Nova Scotia’s sons from its undulating bosom. The bright lights, big money of Westlock County has proven too good an opportunity to pass up for ex-mayor Peter Kelly. As published in the Westlock News, the award-winning weekly Westlock newspaper (which also serves the village of […]
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Not just a memory
The Coast: Are you just trying to preserve a memory? Why keep the Khyber? Emily Davidson: I think there’s a really good connection between the very inspiring history of the Khyber building and also the alive and exciting uses of the Khyber in recent years. It’s not as though the Khyber is only inspiring as […]
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Rats and roaches
A nasty infestation of angry voters crowded outside the office of Liberal MLA Joanne Bernard this week, looking for help. The minister of community services remained inside. The political pestering was from supporters and residents of 101 Nova Court, who have had to live with cockroaches and bedbugs for years now. The rally was organized […]
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Stop, drop, Shannon Park’s closing up shop
It was a close call, but the Anchor City Rollers have a practice space to jam, block and whip it in all winter long. The former Halifax Roller Derby Association lost and gained a venue in the same day last week when it was announced Shannon Park Arena would be closing. The Spryfield Lions Rink […]
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Province breaks up with fracking
It’s not you, fracking. It’s us. The province just isn’t ready for that kind of commitment right now, says Energy Minister Andrew Younger, who today announced Nova Scotia will introduce legislation in the fall to prohibit hydraulic fracturing. “Nova Scotians have overwhelmingly expressed concern about allowing high volume hydraulic fracturing to be a part of […]
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Clusterfuck continues on Market Street
[Image-1] Spoke too soon, it seems. Yesterday’s announcement that Market Street would close for two weeks to accommodate Nova Centre construction caught the public, and the street’s businesses, by surprise. But it appeared a compromise had been reached late yesterday that would allow pedestrian access to Inkwell Boutique and Applehead Studios. Then EllisDon Construction had […]
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Market Street shut-down
[Image-1] The businesses along Market Street almost got an extended Labour Day weekend. Earlier today the city announced the stretch of Market between Sackville and Prince streets would be closed to all traffic and pedestrians for the next two weeks. That came as a surprise to Inkwell Boutique owner Andrea Rahal, who only found out […]
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Updated: Antique cross RETURNED to King’s
[Image-1] As reported by the CBC, the altar cross was returned to King’s chapel this week by a young man of about 19 years of age with a tote bag full of laundry. Amen. An “ancient and irreplaceable” altar cross is missing and presumed stolen from the University of King’s College chapel. According to a […]
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The ultimate crime
The Coast: How close were you ever to charges? Tom Martin: Very close, very close. Probably within 2005 we were very, very close. We had that task force going; Jason’s case is one of the main cases we were looking at. What happened? We weren’t close enough, and then the deputy chief shut it down. […]