Feline lover and photographer Jody Hushard-Vannorden is tackling the province’s feral-cat-colony problem by asking photographers to post images of homeless cats to her Facebook group, “Dumped cats of Nova Scotia.” The Shelburne resident is trying to raise $2,000 for her local animal-welfare organization, PET Projects. Haligonians concerned about this city’s feral-cat problem could take a […]
Lizzy Hill
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Two worlds for Tulku
When Gesar Mukpo walks into a room, he towers over most people in stature, and the sound of the filmmaker’s deep, booming laughter bounces from wall to wall. What strikes you most, however, is Mukpo’s gentle, unassuming nature. He speaks slowly and carefully, as you would expect of someone the Tibetan community sees as the […]
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Where the eastern goths are
A strange scene is unfolding in a small dark room adjacent to a downtown Chinese buffet: Fortune tellers, clowns, scantily clad zombie girls, mimes and the devil himself dance happily together and swig cheap beer. Fluorescent lights reflect off skin wrapped in tight latex and leather, while eardrums absorb trance, EBM, goth-rock and industrial music. […]
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Charlie A’Court busks for housing
Charlie A’Court may be a two-time East Coast Music Award winner, but he paid his dues getting there. When the Truro blues man arrived in Halifax fresh-faced at 21, he struggled to make rent. “I spent that whole summer busking and that was the money I’d live off,” he explains. “Sometimes people would bring a […]
Posted inFood + Drink
Assembling a local picnic basket
Sunday August 30 is the Incredible Picnic, the province-wide celebration of local food. At the Halifax location, on the Garrison Grounds, onsite vendors will have samples, but the truly adventuresome will bring their own picnic baskets. You can’t, however, rely on imported picnic staples like watermelon. Fortunately, savvy Maritime entrepreneurs make eating locally easier. Starters […]
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Canoes, pogos and slimy science
One hundred thousand visitors are expected to attend the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships being held this weekend on Dartmouth’s Lake Banook. On the water, participants from over 70 countries will charge neck-and-neck at full-force in 1,000- and 500-metre races. “This is huge,” says Stacey Jones-Oxner, the event’s spokesperson. “Haligonians should be excited because […]
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Momma’s death: fowl play or old age?
A prominent figure is missing from the Public Gardens. Mother Goose, called “Momma” by her friends, passed away this week under mysterious circumstances. Momma was over 20 years old, which in goose years made her a senior citizen. Though she may have died of old age, Police and Gardens staff haven’t ruled out foul play. […]
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Where to find the best ice cream
As days get colder and shorter, what better way to savour the last weeks of summer than by slamming copious amounts of ice cream down your throat? But even the simplest pleasures can lead to confusion in today’s consumer culture—we have a slew of frozen treats to choose from and all are not created equal. […]
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Nepalese refugees welcomed to Halifax…
A group of Nepalese/Bhutanese refugees will start new lives and form a new immigrant community in Halifax, after spending nearly 20 years in refugee camps. Twelve government-sponsored refugees arrived last week, joining the 20 who arrived in May. “We’re assuming that we will get more,” says Sarah Cooper, settlement worker at the Metropolitan Immigrant Settlement […]
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Teenage swabbies take to the high seas
Many teenagers’ goals revolve around finding someone to buy them their next eight-pack. But some teens have loftier ambitions, like risking storms, squalls and potentially deranged cabinmates to sail across the Atlantic. With the help of Seastar, a local non-profit organization, 47 youth will spend a month at sea aboard tall ships participating in the […]
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How to pick up a sailor
No one ever said picking up a sailor was rocket science, but there are ways to make seduction even easier. My friends and I crash the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron (376 Purcell’s Cove Road) at 21:00 hours. The club is members and guests only, but fortunately no one asks for our credentials. Common themes […]
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Better off dead
What better way to appreciate our seafaring history than get acquainted with the spirits haunting our shores? Andrew Aulenback, The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic’s ghost story “guru,” is interested in uncovering tales few Haligonians know about. Aulenback tells the story of The Duc d’Enville, a French admiral who, in 1746, gathered his entire fleet […]