Most of The Beatles’ catalogue, at least as history remembers it today, started with what remains the most successful songwriting duo in all of popular music: John Lennon and Paul McCartney. So prolific were the two at their craft—and so symbiotic was their relationship—that even today, reciting their names rolls off the tongue like a […]
Martin Bauman
Martin Bauman is an award-winning journalist and interviewer, whose work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Calgary Herald, Capital Daily, and Waterloo Region Record, among other places. In 2020, he was named one of five “emergent” nonfiction writers by the RBC Taylor Prize. As host of the Story Untold Podcast, he has interviewed some of Canada's most notable figures, including Paralympian Rick Hansen, cave diver Jill Heinerth, and Juno Award-winner Shad. A passionate speaker and mental health advocate, Martin has been a youth panellist for the Canada-wide Spotlight on Invisible Disabilities Partnership and bicycled solo across Canada to raise funds for services in his hometown of Waterloo, Ont.
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The playoff table is set for the Halifax Wanderers. How far will they go?
Eleven months ago, on the day the Halifax Wanderers announced Patrice Gheisar as the second head coach in the club’s short history, the new man of the hour paused for a moment to talk about expectation. It was the elephant in the room: Despite leading the Canadian Premier League in attendance through four seasons—and by […]
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The Grand Parade podcast: Here lies the Integrated Mobility Plan. It was nice while it lasted.
Remember the Integrated Mobility Plan—that vaunted guide that was meant to usher Halifax into a new era of transportation? The one where people could walk, wheelchair, bike or take the bus from their home and feel safe doing so? The same one that was meant to help the HRM slash its carbon output amid a […]
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Comedian Dave Merheje has a soft spot for donair—and Halifax, too
Dave Merheje knows his way around Halifax. As a cast member of CBC’s Mr. D in seasons 7 and 8—Merheje played economics teacher and errant hockey coach Dave Bechara—the Los Angeles-based comedian and actor spent time wandering around the city in between shoots and even got to make friends here. Until next week, he’s calling […]
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Every big show happening in Halifax (and beyond) in October 2023
Fall is officially in full swing, and along with the return of pumpkin spice lattes and Dalhousie, King’s, Saint Mary’s University and NSCAD students, we’ve got a full lineup of shows, festivals and events coming to our corner of the province. Here, The Coast has got you covered with all the big show announcements, from […]
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North Preston R&B artist JupiterReign embraces her star turn
JupiterReign is having a year to remember. Eight months on from releasing her debut Intergalactic EP, the soft-spoken North Preston R&B artist—otherwise known as Thaydra Gray—is enjoying a star-touched moment of her own: The 27-year-old is in the running for four African Nova Scotian Music Association Awards, including Rising Star and Artist of the Year. […]
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Halifax’s Leanne Hoffman embraces fear and risk on the expansive The Text Collector LP
Leanne Hoffman is not short on ambition. The Halifax singer-songwriter’s latest project, the dazzlingly pop-fuelled The Text Collector, is far from a conventional 15-song LP: Not only has Hoffman accompanied her album’s release with a poetry book—365 entries over the course of a single year—but the 31-year-old artist has also turned each of her songs […]
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The Wanderer Grounds podcast: The Halifax Wanderers are playoff-bound—and damn, it feels good
Triston Henry must be tired of seeing Dan Nimick lined up at the penalty spot. Three times this Canadian Premier League season, the Halifax Wanderers centre-back has bested the Forge FC goalkeeper—and on Saturday, Sept. 30, Nimick made his third penalty count, lifting the Wanderers to a 2-1 victory over the defending CPL champions and […]
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Halifax’s Sydney Hayden vies for cake crown on The Great Canadian Baking Show
It was 1am in February, and Sydney Hayden was baking up a kitchen flurry. The goal: A three-tier, eight-layer snowman cake that would impress the judges enough to nab her a spot on the upcoming season of The Great Canadian Baking Show. Auditions were the following morning at Marriott’s Residence Inn on Grafton Street. The […]
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Halifax sees two of the busiest cruise ship days of the year this week
As many as 35,000 cruise ship passengers could filter through Halifax this week. And no two days are busier than Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 26 and 27, when four ships—the Liberty of the Seas, Norwegian Pearl, Mein Schiff 6 and Carnival Venezia—will bring an estimated 12,500 visitors through the Halifax Seaport and into downtown. Each […]
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Daniel James McFadyen’s Songs to Show Your Friends lives up to its billing
Picture yourself under the night sky at Kejimkujik, staring up at a blanket of stars as bright as the campfire warming your feet. That’s the feeling of listening to Daniel James McFadyen’s “Find My Way to You,” the latest single off his forthcoming Songs to Show Your Friends EP. The Hortonville, NS-based indie folk artist […]
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The Wanderer Grounds podcast: The Halifax Wanderers and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day
Nothing good happens in Langley—at least, that is, if you’re the Halifax Wanderers. Twice in 2023, the Canadian Premier League soccer club has made the trip west to British Columbia’s Fraser Valley and left empty-handed, despite holding the better record. On Saturday, Sept. 23, the Wanderers seemed to be well in control of the game […]