ENVIRO Marine Animal Response Society c/o Museum of Natural History, 1747 Summer Street, 1-866-567-6277 “We primarily respond to live and dead cetacean strandings, anything that’s coming ashore—whales and dolphins,” explains Andrew Reid, coordinator of MARS. “We’ll try to assess the animal, see if it’s healthy, or whether it’s diseased or malnourished. If it’s healthy, we’ll […]
Lizzy Hill
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Hot type
It’s a familiar Hollywood scene: Someone clambers up into an attic, dusts off a rusty trunk and discovers a stack of yellowed letters addressed to a relative. They untie a mouse-eaten ribbon and unfold tales of romance and intrigue. But scenarios like that are becoming obsolete, as love letters give way to smutty emails and […]
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Sex workers trapped
Steven Laffin, a 39-year-old Dartmouth man, appeared in court last week on charges of murdering sex worker Nadine Taylor. If Laffin, who was also charged with assaulting a different sex worker in the past, is found guilty, one more violent criminal could be off the streets. Still, those working in the street-based sex trade will […]
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Hobo with a costume
Jason Johnson sits in his studio surrounded by dangling mannequin parts, suits of armour, a bizarre assortment of masks and animal fur. Strange plastic dolls, dressed in leather and endowed with robotic arms, gas masks, skeleton limbs and anatomically correct genitalia stare menacingly at their creator as he works. Hobo with a Shotgun‘s costume designer […]
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Jal’s mission
At the age of 16, Saa Andrew spent three days hiding in the woods from the rebel soldiers who’d raided his village in Sierra Leone. “The rebels were going from house to house to destroy,” says Andrew. recalling scenes from Sierra Leone’s brutal 11-year civil war. “They were raping. They were killing young women. They […]
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The Student Body
Devin, a recent Dalhousie graduate, sometimes earns over $1,000 in a single day. She vacations in Europe, has a house cleaner and enjoys frequent shopping sprees at Betsey Johnson. The key to this psychology major’s uncharacteristic financial security? Sex work and lots of it. Like it or not, plenty of students find the best way […]
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Organic Meet
Residence Your tiny dorm room can serve a multitude of uses. I’ve known students who’ve held seances, brewed vodka from old potatoes, recorded albums, shot short films, launched opera-singing careers and made sun-dried tomatoes all from their dorm rooms. If your room is an inviting hub of activity, potential lovers will be more likely to […]
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Bawdy crimes
“I’m an organized criminal,” mutters Valerie Scott in utter disbelief. Scott, a sex worker and executive director of the Toronto-based activist group Sex Professionals of Canada, doesn’t see herself as your typical organized criminal. But new amendments to the Canadian Criminal Code are lumping sex workers in the same category as violent criminals. The Conservative […]
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City orders Fred Connors to get rid of his chickens
Fred Connors, owner of the cafe/art gallery/salon FRED, has become the stylish new spokesman for keeping backyard hens in Halifax. Just two months after Connors transformed a “dilapidated crack house” into an urban farmhouse with a self-contained chicken coop, the city served him with a “Notice to Comply” with the bylaw prohibiting hens in residential […]
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Boylesque thrills
She’s voluptuous, bursting out of a skintight leopard print dress, as her tiara jiggles in a nest of bleach blonde hair, bigger than Dolly Parton’s. She scrunches her ruby red lips, shooting audience members furtive glances. She has impressive nipple dexterity, twirling the tassels on her bosom in choreographed time to the Duelling Banjos. Her […]
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Catch your share of sustainable fish
Finding fresh seafood is no easy feat in our province, despite being almost entirely surrounded by water. We export over 75 percent of our seafood, and seafood in grocery stores locally has switched hands so many times that it might have been dead for a week by the time it lands on your plate. But […]
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How to pick up, or put off, a sailor
Lock up your sons and daughters! Having been cooped for months at sea, the thousands of sailors in port this week will most assuredly be on the prowl, and who could blame them? For some landlubber locals, picking up a sailor from a faraway country may sound exciting. But for others, the extra dosage of […]