The Globe and Mail published this Animated view of Halifax’s Nova Centre yesterday with its story about the convention centre. Unlike the video, the story looked at the pros and cons of the centre, including developer Wolfgang Thiel’s issue: Thiel Group took the Nova Scotia government to court last year arguing that the Nova Centre’s […]
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.
Posted inNews + Opinion
Is this what being bold is really about?
Business mag Forbes published a glowing report recently on their website about Halifax’s “Be Bold” branding. The thing is, writer Victor W. Hwang was able to make the strategy sound kinda important and, yes, even bold, in a way that local boosters haven’t. The other thing is that Hwang’s company is an advisor to the […]
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No texting while driving is only the beginning in NS
A new Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruling says just holding a cell phone while driving is illegal.
Posted inLifestyle
Organ is the new snack
Shawna O’Handley is in the shrinking business, and it’s growing. Fast. What started in her kitchen, with the sort of food-drying appliance George Foreman might sell, has expanded to turn the large garage into a small factory. Crazy Dog Dehydrated Treats is now O’Handley’s more-than-full-time job, with her father, mother, brother and sister-in-law playing various […]
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The Coast responds to Halifax Regional Police’s response
[Image-1] Earlier today The Coast published a thoroughly-researched, investigative article written by Hilary Beaumont looking at the harassment faced by two local women. You can, and should, read the full piece here if you haven’t already. The story outlines how police and health services have mishandled these women’s cases for over two years. About an […]
Posted inFood + Drink
Halifax’s white night
A $30 ticket is on the spendy side for any Halifax entertainment, but when that ticket is for a dinner event in a public place, where you have to bring your own food, cups, plates, napkins, forks, water and chairs, it seems outrageous. Oh, and you have to dress all in white or you’re not […]
Posted inFood + Drink
The oyster champions of the world
2002 Year a French team set the Guinness World Record for oyster shucking, when 10 people opened 8,472 oysters in an hour. If that team was serving Colin Shirlow, who holds the record for eating 233 oysters in three minutes, Shirlow would have to nearly double his pace to keep up. 1964 Year the PEI […]
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Former mayor Peter Kelly’s new career?
We just received a press release from Target Pest Control, saying they have an announcement to make because of “the number of calls Target Pest Control has been receiving.” That announcement is that Halifax’s former mayor Peter Kelly has joined the business. Target president Stephen Taylor says “His business and public sector background, as well […]
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The empire strikes deck
After months of being sworn to secrecy, today the crew at Pro Skateboards got to reveal the limited-edition line of Star Wars-themed decks by legendary skateboard maker Santa Cruz. This made for a bit of an unwrap party at the Quinpool Street store, as stock that’s been sequestered in the back room until the official […]
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The Coast’s 17-year switch
In 1996, three years after its launch, The Coast was a bi-weekly paper without a staff. Most of the founders had departed Halifax for jobs that paid a salary, leaving just myself and Christine Oreskovich from the original group of six. Figuring it would be good to get advice from our alternative publishing peers, we […]
Posted inArts + Music
Atlantic Film Festival unveils Atlantic Focus early
It’s been a big day for Canadian movie news, with first the Atlantic Film Festival then the Toronto International FF unveiling parts of their lineups. As is its wont, TIFF waved around a big old deck of major movies—Life of Crime with Jennifer Aniston, 12 Years a Slave with Brad Pitt, Jason Bateman’s Bad Words—making […]
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Letter from the Founders
In the beginning, we were part of a team of six friends at university, most of us working together on the school paper, all facing a post-graduation world—like today’s—of dim job prospects. So when esteemed journalist and professor Stephen Kimber planted (or didn’t, see page 5) the idea of a new publication for Halifax, we […]
