If you wanted to know anything about the people who classify films for audiences in Nova Scotia—whether they’re parents or singles, young or old, heathens or pearl-clutchers—you’re plum outta luck. We’re allowed to know the names of the 17 appointees to the Maritime Film Classification Board, but not much else about them. As Service Nova […]
Mairin Prentiss
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Gun crazy
Thirty minutes after Halifax rang in the new year, a 16-year-old boy refused to turn over his earrings to a stranger at the Bridge Terminal in Dartmouth. Eighteen-year-old Jerrell Shephard allegedly pulled out a gun and shot the younger boy twice. Once in the chest and once in the head. Kyle Gallupe survived the gunshots. […]
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Irving workers want higher pay
The workers who painted the scenic backdrop for prime minister Harper’s braggadocio-filled re-announcement of the coming ships’ money are currently in contract negotiations with Irving Shipyard, hoping to land a new contract with competitive wages. Karl Risser, union president of Local 1 of the Canadian Auto Workers-Marine Workers Federation, says it’s too early to divulge […]
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New fire chief Doug Trussler takes the reins
Incoming Fire Chief Doug Trussler is following suit with mayor’s proclamation of an Era of Openess, saying the key to working through the department’s challenges is in good communication. The keen and cheery 55-year-old has served as a firefighter for 26 years, starting out in Toronto in 1985. Trussler retired as North Vancouver’s fire chief […]
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St. Pat’s-Alexandra sale violated policy
The city may have left more than just sore feelings when they dumped St. Pat’s-Alexandra school. It appears staff also violated their own policy for getting rid of schools. According to a 2000 document, the city must first ask for community pitches 90 days in advance and review them before inviting commercial bids—and any feasible […]
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St. Patrick’s-Alexandra development OKed
Civil rights activist Rocky Jones strolled up to the podium at the Peninsula Community Council Monday, with a newspaper in hand, and read a headline with disappointed defeat, “Winner emerges in bid for the St. Patrick’s Alexandra site.” City staff recommended a residential and commercial proposal from Jono Developments, trumping two other residential pitches from […]
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Former cop Dalrymple scared of lone Occupier
City councilor Barry Dalrymple took it upon himself to snuff out a Fall River community discussion group’s choice to invite a speaker from Occupy Nova Scotia to discuss the meaning behind the global movement. Dalrymple, who represents Fall River, sent an email saying he doesn’t object to most of their chosen speakers, but this one […]
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The story of Mills’ holiday window display
For some, ringing in the holidays in Halifax is marked by the first sighting of the forest wake in the Mills window—a tradition that first popped up in the late 1940s. Snow White lies in a woodland tomb as her seven pals weep diamond tears and robotically dry their eyes. The dwarfs are rotund and […]
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Santa is the one percent
Masquerading as a benevolent folk hero for centuries, one clever capitalist has us all hoodwinked: Santa Claus is one of them. Witness: He sips brandy and dines on Beluga caviar, reclining in a fur-trimmed smoking jacket while a factory teeming with elves tirelessly handcraft Lego and Barbies. That’s why he’s so jolly. The North Pole […]
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Condo residents object to proposed Reflections move
Some north enders received a note in mail last week urging them to “maintain the integrity” of the neighborhood by signing a petition to reject Reflections’ application for cabaret license on Gottingen Street. The bar is applying for the license as part of their move to the old Marquee location, after their Sackville Street spot […]
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Implausible Detroit-Halifax link proposed
A Detroit economics professor is looking to get cordial with Halifax to create a new shipping route to the US Midwest via rail—hoping to transform his city’s crumbling infrastructure into a bustling inland port bringing in trade from Asia. Armed with a vintage website and big dreams, Michael Belzer, the CEO of the non-profit Great […]
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Genetically modified fish in the works
Get ready, mutant lovers! The production of the world’s first genetically modified food animal is waiting on Environment Canada’s approval of a GM fish hatchery in PEI. The US company, AquaBounty, plans to grow redesigned Atlantic salmon eggs in PEI, then fly them to Panama where they would be raised and processed, eventually arriving […]