“Of all the cases I was involved in, Jason’s would be one of the ones that I would say is the most solvable,” says Tom Martin. Fifteen years have crawled by since the random murder of a Dartmouth teenager shocked the city. Investigators are as close now to an arrest as they always have been— not […]
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Plenty of ground left to cover this year at SMU
Changing an entire culture isn’t easy, but that’s the task Saint Mary’s University has taken on after the controversial events of last fall. That was when hundreds of new and returning SMU students gathered in public for a traditional frosh chant encouraging sexual assault. “Y is for your sister, O is for oh-so-tight, U is […]
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Liberals remove VLT tracking system
[Image-1] In a rare move, the provincial government has admitted shit’s not working. The Liberals announced today they’re removing the My-Play system from video lottery terminals after finding the program to reduce problem gambling wasn’t meeting objectives. “It did not reduce play by people with gambling addictions, and in fact, the vast majority of play […]
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Consul General Richard Riley won’t meet with protesters
[Image-1] American consul general Richard Riley won’t be joining today’s Halifax solidarity march, organized in response to the ongoing crisis in Ferguson, MO. “Probably not,” says a media contact at the U.S. consulate when I ask if Riley will take part in the peaceful gathering, noting that he hasn’t been invited to anyway. The solidarity […]
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Patricia Arab serves hot dogs to Muslims, says it’s halal
A Liberal MLA mistakenly thought she could make hot dogs halal, misleading Muslim guests at this past weekend’s Fairview Community Barbecue to chow down on the forbidden foodstuffs. Patricia Arab, Liberal MLA for Fairview-Clayton Park, reportedly told Muslim attendees at Titus Park on Saturday that the chicken hot dogs being served to them were halal. […]
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Remembering Raymond
[Image-1] A permanent, likely colourful tribute to Raymond Taavel will be coming to Gottingen Street. Last week, a small group of community members gathered at the Halifax North Memorial Branch Public Library to brainstorm ideas for a permanent memorial to replace the current Raymond Taavel Healing Garden. “People liked generally including rainbows as part of […]
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One hundred days to make a change
[Image-1] Student group Divest Dalhousie is launching their “100 Days of Action” campaign to pressure the south end university to divest its endowment from fossil fuel companies. In June, Dal’s board of governors’ investment committee announced they’d be looking at the specifics of fossil fuel divestment based on research presented by student group Divest Dalhousie. […]
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“Not everyone is familiar with my CV, I guess”
After two weeks of intense public meetings, the final report on fracking in Nova Scotia will be released by the province’s advisory panel later this month. The head of that panel, and president of Cape Breton University, Dr. David Wheeler took time away from his print deadline to speak with The Coast about what he’s […]
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City isn’t sure how many security cameras it has
[Image-1] Mysteriously, Halifax doesn’t know how many security cameras are on public property, and they wouldn’t tell you even if they did. “They’re overseen by a number of different companies contracted for security purposes,” writes city spokesperson Jennifer Stewart-Stairs in an email. “Even if we had the number though, we wouldn’t disclose that or the […]
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Q&A: Phil Otto says “stop being assholes”
As senior brand strategist for Revolve, Phil Otto helped usher in Halifax’s “be bold” branding. He was one of three author’s behind a recent full-page newspaper ad imploring Heritage Trust to stop obstructing the city’s new convention centre. Otto spoke over the phone with The Coast about being “bold.” The Coast: You helped create the […]
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Khyber Art Society names new artistic director
[Image-1] Even with all the recent news about their former home, the Khyber Art Society itself has been relatively quiet lately. That’s likely due to the difficult task of finding a replacement artistic director after the recent departure of Daniel Joyce for greener pastures. Today, the Khyber’s board announced that out of 20 applicants and […]
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Halifax wants an open data relationship
If you love something, set it free and maybe it’ll come back as a cool app. So hopes city council, which today will give first reading to a proposed administrative order designed to release multitudes of imprisoned data from within the city’s towering servers. It’ll mean Halifax will finally formalize an “Open Data” program which […]