After hitting the stop button five years ago, Jesse Keeler and Sebastien Grainger are back as two halves of everybody’s favourite two-headed elephant in the room, Death From Above 1979. In August of 2006 the well-loved noise rock duo penned a note to its fans announcing its split, saying they had met every goal they […]
Michaela Cavanagh
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Ottoman Cafe opens
Tucked away beneath Lily’s Lingerie (5411 Spring Garden Road), a new cafe is born. Ottoman Cafe is set to open next week, and owner Can Hicyilmaz says he’ll serve shisha, Turkish coffee and tea and other delights. The cafe has been a few months in the works, and Hicyilmaz says he’s just waiting on countertops […]
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TAMMACHAT
Usually when we hear that a product has been imported from somewhere like Thailand, our good consumer radar starts going off: “How do I know the person who made this was paid a living wage for their labour?!” we rightly ask ourselves. For the people behind TAMMACHAT Natural Textiles , though, working with women’s artisan […]
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Pete’s turns 20
Everyone’s favourite gourmet grocery, Pete’s, is celebrating a whopping 20 years in Nova Scotia next month, and to mark the occasion, owner Pete Luckett and company are pulling out all the stops to show us how much they appreciate our business. A lot can change in 20 years—starting off as a modest market in Sunnyside […]
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Tender loving
Old Man Luedecke speaks softly over the phone, making the bearded banjo-picking troubadour’s home in Chester feel very far away. He has two 15-month-olds sleeping nearby, he says, and he just got home from the west coast last night, where he was playing a show in Vancouver. “It was great, one of the best shows […]
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Brothers of invention
Sage Mixology’s bottle within a bottle proves to be Dal students’ dream within a dream. by Michaela Cavanagh The enlightened student’s constant quandary: how to make alcohol consumption harder, better, faster, stronger. From shotgunning beers to alcohol enemas, it seems like young people have gone to the ends of the earth (or off the deep […]
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Aaron Archibald
I’m an electrician. I took the electrical construction program at the NSCC and now I apprentice with Expert Electric & Alarm in Dartmouth. I’m writing my red seal interprovincial exam at the end of October, which will make me fully certified to work anywhere in Canada. Becoming an electrician is a long process, but if […]
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Dave Hung
I’m a primary care paramedic. I work for the HRM division of Emergency Health Services, a privately-owned company responsible for managing ground ambulance, medical communications centre and air medical transport operations all over Nova Scotia. The best part of my job is the adrenaline rush I get from dealing with life and death every day. […]
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Leah Skerry
I work as a managing partner of a successful web design company. I studied commerce at Saint Mary’s, and I started my own business while I was still a student. I’ve always been really independent—I moved out of my parents’ house when I was 16—and learning the ropes of starting a business on my own […]
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Glenda Keenan
I’ve always been interested in the issues seniors face in my community. My mother was a home support worker for the provincial home-care program when I was growing up, and during high school I volunteered at a long-term care facility. While I was doing my undergrad at Dal, I worked as a summer student in […]
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Learn outside the box
Sure, Halifax may be home to at least seven institutions of higher learning, but if you’re looking for some info about ants farming aphids, menopause or Initiative 2045 (look it up, it will BLOW YOUR MIND), look no further than the Roberts Street Social Centre. The Roberts Street Social Centre has long been a hub […]
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Melissa Oldreive
I love my job because it’s full of opportunities for real change, and little by little, what I do helps ensure a sustainable future for Nova Scotia. I’m really excited by the possibilities for reshaping the public service as more young people join in, and I love knowing my education was totally worth it. I […]