If you’re walking around downtown this week, chances are you’re a sailor after a stiff drink or sailors are asking you where to find one. Luckily, plenty of bars will be catering to our thirsty visitors. Sailors can get a taste of their naval history if they head to The Seahorse Tavern (1665 Argyle Street). […]
Lizzy Hill
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Halifax on the rocks
All I hear is grunting, crashing waves and the overexcited yapping of miniature dogs on the beach. My scraped, sweaty hands lose their grip on the crevice I’m clutching. I don’t fall far, because I’ve only managed to climb a few feet. Feeling like the chubby kid in gym class, I take a seat in […]
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HRM buys Cow Bay lot for surfer access to ocean
Seeing a line of surfboards stacked against parked cars on Cow Bay Rd., while surfers cling to the roadside in a scramble to pull on their wetsuits, is something most locals are used to. The surfing community has been trespassing through Cow Bay residents’ yards for years to ride one of Atlantic Canada’s few world […]
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Telling new stories about Dartmouth North
Camera crews and trouble come hand-in-hand in Dartmouth North. Reporters swoop in chasing the day’s headlines, whether they’re gunshots, beatings or robberies. But one group of locals decided they were sick of outsiders focussing on the negative. With the guidance of their mentor, director Ariella Pahlke, and support of United Way, nine novice filmmakers and […]
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Traffic reporting
The Nova Scotia Human Trafficking Awareness Network held a symposium Monday to increase awareness about human trafficking in Halifax. Members of the network, including the RCMP, Halifax Regional Police, the Canada Border Services Agency and the Canadian Red Cross, met in hopes of developing more streamlined guidelines to ensure the health and safety of human trafficking victims. I’d like to tell you what happened at Monday’s panel discussion, but could only have done so if RCMP communications officials looked over my article first, a condition I refused to meet. After the day-long event, where I self-identified at as a reporter
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Bluewashing swordfish?
Grocery fish counters may soon fill up with eco-certified swordfish. The Marine Stewardship Council, an independent certifying body, is assessing the sustainability of the Atlantic surface longline swordfish fishery. But the Ecology Action Centre, The David Suzuki Foundation and Green Peace consider the potential eco-certification of the longline swordfish fishery a form of eco-fraud. Shannon […]
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Game on: the Play conference
Michael Gordon, a senior city planner from Vancouver, isn’t your typical government bureaucrat: He skateboards to work, thinks parkour is cool and wishes kids could play more in the streets. The Dalhousie School of Planning is bringing this free-thinking government employee to Halifax on March 19 in hopes that he can teach us a thing […]
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Tanya Bloomfield to run Bluenose Marathon barefooted
[image-1] Tanya Bloomfield plans to raise money for Halifax’s LGBTQ community by ticking off one thing on her bucket list: running a marathon, barefoot. Bloomfield, sponsorship coordinator for Halifax Pride, hopes to raise $10,000 for Safe Harbour Metropolitan Community Church when she runs the Bluenose Marathon this May. Safe Harbour (3115 Veith Street) is a Christian organization, embracing the “Rainbow Community.” Though not religious, Bloomfield, a transgendered woman herself, is impressed by the church’s inclusiveness. Safe Harbour plays a key role in Bob Fougere’s life, who was hurt by the Catholic church’s rejection of him as a gay man. Fougere,
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I spy: Nina Levitt at SMU Gallery
Odds are, when we imagine a female spy it’s a busty James Bond temptress or Jennifer Garner in Alias, flirting with terrorists in conspicuous disguises. Toronto artist Nina Levitt hopes to portray something a little closer to the truth in her exhibition at Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery. Little Breeze pays homage to the lives […]
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Naked Sushi
A woman and a man lie eerily still on two long tables. They’re completely naked, with the exception of a few strategically placed flowers, seashells and a colourful pile of sushi. A crowd of drunks swarms the duo with chopsticks, picking their supper off their arms, legs and stomachs. Eating raw fish off of naked […]
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Trusting Women
Last February, a group called Saint Mary’s Students for Life invited Jose Ruba, co-founder of the Canadian Centre for Bio-Ethical Reform, to bring his anti-abortion message to SMU. Ruba juxtaposed images of aborted fetuses and Holocaust victims to illustrate his group’s motto, “When personhood is denied, the unthinkable becomes reality.” His presentation was met with […]
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Diane Landry’s beautiful ordinary
A cluster of umbrellas springs to life: the objects appear to be breathing, folding and unfolding of their own free wills. As the umbrellas move, they compress accordions to emit eerie, otherworldly music. Light shines through their tops, casting kaleidoscopic shadows on the gallery ceiling. Quebec artist Diane Landry is at Mount Saint Vincent University […]