Think back. Before The Tragically Hip was an icon. Before Gord Downie’s brain cancer diagnosis became another reminder how hard 2016 has been on legendary musicians. And long, long before The Hip’s farewell concert in Kingston turned into a much-anticipated national live streaming event. Back in 1990, The Hip was just a good rock band […]
Kyle Shaw
Loving the arrival of this mysterious climate event people are calling "spring".
Kyle was a founding member of the newspaper in 1993 and was the paper’s first publisher. Kyle occasionally teaches creative nonfiction writing (think magazine-style #longreads) and copy editing at the University of King’s College School of Journalism.
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Lezlie Lowe quits Chronicle Herald over refugee school story
Updated: See below. A week after it published that pathetic story about Chebucto Heights school, the fallout for the Chronicle Herald continues. Lezlie Lowe—the award-winning journalist, j-school professor and Coast contributing editor—used her column in today’s Herald to announce she is quitting the columnist job. Effective immediately. Because the Chebucto Heights story made her lose […]
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Lauryn Hill playing 30th anniversary Halifax Jazz Festival
The Jazz Festival turns the big three-oh this summer, so it’s fitting a big act is headlining: Lauryn Hill will play the festival’s opening night. The official announcement just happened, and the $68 tickets go on sale this Thursday for the Tuesday, July 12 concert. (Check the fest’s site to get tix and/or festival passes […]
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Atlantic Book Awards nominees 2016: Read ’em and reap…
Nominees for the 2016 Atlantic Books Awards were announced today, and Nova Scotian authors were well represented. Locals Dean Jobb, Janet Maybee and Sarah Mian are the only writers on the list to be nominated in two different categories, and a new award has been created in honour of Cape Breton’s late literary legend Alistair […]
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Everybody’s response to Ghomeshi verdict: We believe survivors
The court of public opinion long ago ruled that former CBC star Jian Ghomeshi is guilty of sexual assault, and has long been a serial sexual assaulter. Today’s dissenting opinion from the criminal court—in the form of Ontario Court judge William Horkins—does little for Ghomeshi save keeping him out of prison, but it has people […]
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Yes, a “full size” IKEA is opening in Halifax in 2017
Haligonians have been pining for the impossible furniture store’s return since its Burnside outlet closed late last millennium. Today’s announcement from IKEA Canada’s president, Stefan Sjöstrand, earned media coverage as if it was the biblical Second Coming—which might happen before IKEA’s new shop in Dartmouth Crossing is built. The press release says the giant (328,000 […]
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Halifax goes for the jackpot with Trudeau’s election victory
Thank god the dust is settling a bit on this week’s epic battle for the hearts of the nation. It’s been hard to think about anything else, what with those three home games in Toronto offering more ups (Marco Estrada!) and downs (game 4?!?!) than the Tree Topper. Now that the Blue Jays are heading […]
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NSCAD’s downtown dilemma
The Board of Governors sealed the school’s fate Friday night, approving this resolution: “Be it resolved that NSCAD management proceed with the planning of an exit strategy from the Fountain Campus facility on or before the year end 2019.” Even BoG member Margaret Fountain, NSCAD’s great benefactor and namesake of the beloved Granville Mall rabbit […]
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Can you tell which Atlantic Film Festival premier is which?
Film festivals love premieres—showing a movie for the first time. But in Canada, they also tend to love premiers, the politicians whose provincial government pays some of the fest’s bills. The Atlantic Film Festival is no exception on the premier front, and Nova Scotia’s top dog always gets their face on a welcome letter in […]
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NS Music Hall of Fame’s first legends
The casino just announced the very first members of the Casino Nova Scotia Music Hall of Fame. “These individuals are an excellent representation of the diversity of the music that represents Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada culturally and historically,” the casino’s interim general manager Gary Moore says in the press release. “They have been amazing […]
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Mills closes its doors for the last time
Mills, the retail anchor of Spring Garden Road for almost 100 years, shut down Tuesday night. Given how often over Mills is cited as the exemplar awesome local company that proves downtown is a great place to do business, its closure is an ominous portent. If Mills can’t make a go of it, does that […]