It was the twilight of COVID-19 lockdowns in Nova Scotia, and Keith Maddison and Jeff Mosher were doing what lifelong rock ‘n’ rollers do: Playing some tunes. The two veterans of Halifax’s music scene—the former, a frontman for Maddison Avenue; the latter, a lead singer and saxophonist with The Mellotones—were at Maddison’s home “in the […]
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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Customer Service has a new EP—and it’ll get your head banging
Owen Harris and Max Hayden were working the customer service desk at Quinpool Road’s Canadian Tire, dreaming about making a record. The longtime friends and next-door neighbours had grown up together where Halifax’s south and west ends meet, bonding over emo and punk music, and jamming as teenagers when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down their […]
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Two If By Sea Cafe joins Best of Halifax Hall of Fame
Seventeen years ago, amateur baker-turned-entrepreneur Tara MacDonald picked up a new hobby when she moved from Ottawa to Dartmouth: Baking croissants. It wasn’t always a fun hobby. “Temperamental little buggers” is how she referred to her rich and flaky viennoiseries, which she would labour over in her home kitchen, tinkering with butter, salt and flour. […]
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How Aysanabee’s late grandfather sparked the singer-songwriter’s latest tour
Aysanabee isn’t superstitious, but these days he’s having a hard time chalking some things up to mere coincidence. Fresh off an Australian tour, the two-time JUNO Award-winner from Sandy Lake First Nation is embarking on his first headlining trip across eastern Canada. It’s a big moment for the Oji-Cree singer-songwriter, who had a banner year […]
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Halifax Alehouse, HFX Sports Bar & Grill facing demolition
Three months after the Halifax Alehouse poured its last draught, the pub—and the 132-year-old building it called home—could soon meet its end with a wrecking ball. Months after the property and its neighbouring bar, HFX Sports Bar & Grill, changed hands amid a homicide investigation involving an Alehouse bouncer and the two venues’ forced closures […]
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Police board still dodging blame for 2021 shelter siege
Five months after a bombshell report laid the blame for Aug 18, 2021’s shambolic shelter siege at the feet of Halifax Regional Police and the HRM, the oversight board that’s supposed to police the former on behalf of the latter seems to want nothing to do with it. On Monday, Feb 3, Halifax’s Board of […]
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What’s with Andy? Frustrated Fillmore turns to Facebook after losing Windsor Exchange vote
One thing has become rather clear in the three months since Andy Fillmore was sworn in as Halifax’s latest mayor: The man does not like to lose. Can’t accept it, it seems. Since taking over from Mike Savage on November 6, 2024, riding a campaign where the former Ottawa backbencher claimed 42% of the mayoral […]
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Rising Tides: Meet the first-ever pro women’s soccer players in Halifax
Seventy-six days. That’s all that remains before the whistle blows and the Northern Super League kicks off its first match, one that will mark the arrival of Canada’s first-ever professional women’s soccer league—and for Halifax, the first pro women’s soccer team in Halifax Tides FC. The weeks, days and hours are bleeding away so quickly […]
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Every big show happening in Halifax in February 2025
The New Year isn’t so new anymore—but as the calendar turns from January to February, there’s a brand-new lineup of shows coming to Halifax. And from weekend jams packed with surprise guests to some of the best in Canadian theatre, there’s plenty on offer that’s worth venturing out into the cold for. As always, The […]
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This Nova Scotian’s podcast has become a queer hit—and it’s coming to Halifax for a live show
There is some kismet involved in Dane Stewart’s path to podcast prominence. Long before the Truro native’s show, Resurrection, claimed the top spot on Apple Podcasts’ Arts chart in Canada—and eventually reached #13 in the world—he met a man at a gay bar in Montreal. The year was 2016. It was Montreal Pride, and Stewart, […]
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Halifax Water lifts boil advisory for 200,000 Haligonians
Two days after Halifax Water issued a boil-water advisory for roughly 200,000 residents across the HRM, the utility says it’s safe to drink water from the tap again. The advisory, which initially covered all residents serviced by the Pockwock water treatment facility—and included all of peninsular Halifax, along with large swaths of Bedford, Middle and […]
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Comedian Julie Kim brings Doing Too Much tour to Halifax
Julie Kim is used to doing it all. Before the Toronto-born, Vancouver-based comic made a name for herself doing sold-out theatre shows with Ronny Chieng and writing for TV’s Run the Burbs and Kim’s Convenience, she made her stand-up start as a “one-time” thing to help further her other careers. At the time, she was […]