Every good ship needs a captain and a compass. Just ask the amateur sailors who regularly navigate the Northwest Arm —it’s a bad idea to leave the dock without somebody at the helm. But who’s at the helm of the Northwest Arm? Property owners along the Arm have been increasingly concerned with that question, especially […]
Michael Fleury
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Best Lawyer
Editor’s note: After racking up a string of Best Lawyer victories, Anne Derrick got a promotion in September 2005 to become a judge. Two months later she got a second promotion, becoming the first inductee into the Best of Halifax Hall of Fame. In honour of her ascension (to the Hall, not the bench) the […]
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Grand ideas
It’s easy to criticize the parking lot in the Grand Parade. As a prime piece of public land and a centrepiece for the city, there are plenty of uses for the square that would be more inspiring than a car park. Now that city council has resolved to stop using the public square as a […]
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Drafty plans
Angela Weal might want to save some of the red tape she’s been buried under—she could use it to fix up her apartment. With winter looming, Weal has found herself in a battle with her landlord over the state of her Bloomfield Street residence, which she claims does not meet the minimum housing standards outlined […]
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Date to skate
It’s going to be a bittersweet winter for Halifax skaters, bladers and bikers. Months ago, before things got so chilly, it wasn’t that hard for optimistic skatepark patrons to envision a shiny new park opening just in time to beat the first snowfall of the year—maybe even afford a chilly ride or two. Unfortunately, despite […]
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Cowboy Show
Dustin Harvey used to be such a trusting young man. One year ago, he happily promoted his new stage production Winding Up Godot, a parody of the classic Waiting for Godot starring wind-up toys. Unfortunately, the estate of Samuel Beckett found out about Harvey’s little spoof (possibly from a Coast article) and threatened to sue […]
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On the line
When Halifax filmmaker Steven James May set out to document the lives of three women working in the phone sex industry, he knew that he would dealing with some touchy subject matter. Sure enough, in the weeks leading up to his film’s premier at the Atlantic Film Festival on September 22, he was busy working […]
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On the line
Laura Linney is the perfect amount of famous. Consider the case of Kinsey, the 2004 biopic of controversial sex researcher Alfred Kinsey, for which Linney received her second Academy Award nomination. She gained 25 pounds to play the doctor’s wife. When Renee Zellweger ate herself to a healthy weight for both Bridget Jones films, the […]
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Pipe Dreams
As Matt Healy bobs up and down in the ocean just off of Lawrencetown Beach, he is completely indistinguishable from the other 20 surfers in the water—they all look the same from the shore. It doesn’t help that every single one of them is covered from neck to ankle in black neoprene to block out […]
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Out and about
The side yard of the Parker home is a pleasant escape from the bustle of the city. Despite being located on one of Halifax’s busiest streets, the vine-wrapped gate at the side of the house leads into a lush green garden surrounded by high fences that manages to create the illusion of tranquility. But the […]
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Ramping up
The history of the Halifax skateboard scene is not available at your local library. It cannot be found on some authoritative website, and there is no dark, musty vault somewhere collecting all of the names and dates that have shaped the local skate community for the past 20 years. But there is Tyler Knowlton’s scrapbox. […]
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Snow job
There are 23,000 students in the Halifax Regional School Board, and most of them unwittingly pray to Ann Bell.Bell is the coordinator of pupil transportation for the Halifax Regional School Board, and these days, she’s keeping a close eye on the skies. Every time a major storm slams into Halifax, Bell is responsible for deciding […]