[image-1] Saskatchewan’s Conservative candidate Brad Trost said last week that he felt “proud” of denying funding to the International Planned Parenthood Federation, an organization promoting safe access to abortion worldwide. Prime minister Stephen Harper denies that any decision has been made about Planned Parenthood funding, but in the wake of Trost’s comments, local pro-choice advocates are asking voters to consider Harper’s track record of denying funding to organizations promoting women’s reproductive and sexual rights. Since his 2006 election, Harper has also axed project funding to the Canadian Federation for Sexual Health, the Canadian arm of Planned Parenthood, forcing the organization
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Berry, berry good
We can hear the sounds of traffic whizzing down the 102, as we clamber up the rocks behind the Bayers Lake IMAX to a grassy bank of earth. The snow has thawed, revealing shredded plastic bags clinging to the bare branches of trees, old decomposing department store flyers and scads of wild blueberry bushes. Decked […]
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Dalhousie cuts accessibility services
[image-1] Dalhousie University is slashing some of its accessibility services, as the administration faces a budget shortfall of $14.6 million in 2011-12. This July, Dalhousie plans to stop funding the position of Neera Datta, a learning disabilities specialist who serves students at Dalhousie, the University of King’s College and NSCAD. “This decision was made in the larger context of the university’s budget situation this year,” explains Bonnie Neuman, Dalhousie’s vice president of student services. “This area of learning support is a very valuable service to our students, and we are reluctant to make this reduction.” For Grant Pardy, a Dalhousie
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Authentic Forgery
Next time you’re scarfing a donair in Venus Pizza or riding the bus, look out for a discreet pamphlet, folded neatly and printed with the words Open Heart Forgery. Founded by Donal Power, a former journalist and editor at the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council, this monthly journal brings the voices of local poets and songwriters […]
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Six hacks for a six pack
Hairspray Back in my short-lived childhood ballerina career, I once ran out of hairspray before a recital. In a flash of genius, my mother remembered a trick from the old days. She cracked a beer and began touching up my topknot. It worked, but I stunk like a brewery. Slug killer If your garden is […]
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Magazine scene
When Toronto-based artists Tony Romano and Jay Isaac launched their quarterly arts and culture magazine, Hunter and Cook, they admittedly didn’t have a clue how the magazine industry worked. “Going into it, we knew nothing about magazines. I don’t even really look at magazines,” says Isaac. But their lack of industry knowledge seems to have […]
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Shaking it up
Daniel Libeskind, the architectural pioneer responsible for monuments such as Berlin’s Jewish Museum and the master plan for New York’s World Trade Center, will critique NSCAD jewellery students on their salt and pepper shaker-making abilities this week. It’s not really a stretch for the architect, in Halifax giving a public lecture Thursday at the Pier […]
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Finding value on the menu
Brooklyn Warehouse 2795 Windsor street, 446-8181 If you’re hoping to impress a dinner date without breaking the bank, hit Brooklyn Warehouse for BYOB night on Wednesdays. Most joints that allow you to bring your own bottle of wine charge a corkage fee ranging from $5 to $25, but Brooklyn Warehouse will cork your bottle for […]
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Inexpensively international
Just head to the International Farmers’ Market, Fridays between 10am and 6pm at the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market (Pier 20, 1209 Marginal Road, halifaxfarmersmarket.com). You’ll find unexpected flavours from around the globe and an abundance of friendly vendors eager to share their favourite dish from back home. Indus 49 Rakhsana Aslam brings the mouthwatering dishes […]
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Exit plan
It’s a familiar dream: You’re chasing a train because you need to go somewhere important, but can’t run quite fast enough. You wake up in a cold sweat with a pounding heart. Nightmares like this inspired Cornelia Hediger’s black-and-white photography collection Exit, on display February 2 to 27 at ViewPoint Gallery. The collection serves as […]
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Halifax cocaine is cut with levamisole
[image-1] When Dave, a local cocaine user, spotted white and hairy-looking patches on his tongue, he was understandably “freaked out.” Doctors diagnosed him with oral thrush, but were puzzled as to why he, an otherwise healthy young man, would have an infection that typically affects those with compromised immune systems. “I was terrified. I thought I might have HIV,” says Dave (not his real name). After ruling out HIV, he now suspects his infection may have been caused by a bad batch of cocaine. He’s right to express concern. Cocaine cut with levamisole, a drug used to deworm pigs and
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And if you’re not into the Games, we can still help you
360fit 900 Windmill Road, Suite 107, Dartmouth, 407-2525 360online.ca Maybe you’ve quit working out at the gym because you find it too impersonal. If so, you’ll find everyone knows your name at 360fit. Best of Halifax-winner Devin Sherrington opened 360fit with his wife Geena because he found that at conventional clubs, “Nobody cared. They just […]