Timelapse is an amazing new project from Google, Time magazine, NASA et al, that’s basically Google Earth animated with satellite photos from 1984 to 2012. In case you don’t get how watchable that is, the Timelapse lords suggest you check out cities that have experience development on steroids over the last 30 years, like Dubai […]
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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Coast up for Canada’s biggest journalism prize
After nearly 20 years of coming out on Thursday, The Coast has lots of good memories associated with this day. There’s Thursday, June 17, 1993, when the first-ever issue came out. And Thursday, April 24, 1997, when we graduated from biweekly publishing to come out every week. And a bunch more. But today might just […]
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Coast scores another award nomination
Hot on the heels of the Atlantic Journalism Awards making The Coast’s day, the Canadian Association of Journalists keeps the party going with its national awards nominations. The CAJ’s prestigious prizes are for “outstanding investigative journalism in Canada,” and one of those outstanding pieces of investigative journalism is Coast news editor Tim Bousquet’s February 16, […]
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Kudos for The Coast
In an awesome kick-off to the weekend, yesterday the Atlantic Journalism Awards announced the list of finalists for this year’s awards, and three members of Team Coast made the cut. Coast news editor Tim Bousquet is up for the Enterprise Reporting (in print) prize, for “A trust betrayed: Peter Kelly and the estate of Mary […]
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An open letter from arts leaders to political leaders
The following letter was sent to every mayor and council candidate from the Greater Halifax Arts and Culture Coalition. The Coalition wants to know how candidates feel about the arts industry, which is a valid concern. Old-fashioned industrial economies were easy for politicians, because investing tax dollars in something like a factory was big and […]
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Top 5 apps for camping
iBird Explorer Canada 99¢ (limited time), by Mitch Waite Group You don’t have to be a serious birdwatcher to enjoy iBird. Actually, it’s probably better if you’re not already a bird nerd, because then you won’t be mad about the app rendering the hobbyist’s hours of study and fieldwork obsolete. When you see a bird, […]
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A summer place
The Abyss The perfect antidote to the oppressive heat and humidity of a summer’s day is the oppressive cold and dark, deep down in the ocean where Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio are with a crew in an undersea oil rig under siege by a hurricane, navy SEALS gone loco and aliens. This is […]
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Where the bodies are buried
Pigeon Forge is a small town in Tennessee, close to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Savvy development has helped the town become a full-blown tourist mecca, offering a range of diversions from the Dolly Parton-themed amusement park Dollywood, to indoor skydiving, to shopping in umpteen outlet stores. Pigeon Forge is the sort of place people […]
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The Coast is finalist for two Atlantic Journalism Awards
Journalism awards are curious things. On the one hand, journalists tend to develop ADHD in their constant search for the next story, so it’s good for the profession to look back and reflect on what makes excellent work. On the other: Who knew a bunch of navel-gazers could get even more self-absorbed? Journalists usually go […]
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Fred Connors is running for mayor
Fred Connors was an honoured guest at tonight’s Courage to Give Back awards, where he was receiving the Family SOS Ambassador Award. But instead of just basking in glory, he used his turn at the podium to show what courageous giving back is all about by announcing he’s running for mayor in the October 20 […]
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From Silicon Valley to Silicon Hali
Anchored by the likes of Apple and Google, the collection of tech companies based around San Jose, California deserves its reputation for fostering innovation and success. Silicon Valley is such a powerhouse that even the idea of naming a clump of businesses Silicon Something has swept the globe. While stealing another place’s name usually doesn’t […]
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Brightest ideas
Livability Court (Charleston, South Carolina) Neighbours are a fact of city life. And with neighbours, inevitably come some neighbourhood disputes. Unmowed lawns, unsupervised pets, loud parties you weren’t invited to—councillors hear about these troubles all the time. “Very often people’s first call is to their councillor, so the councillor can be the bad guy,” explains […]