Natascia Lypny

The Seaport Farmers’ Market is a community hub for downtown Halifax, that is, unless your community has a political message. In an emerging string of similar incidents, market management has given the cold shoulder to unrelated local activist groups. Most recently, the artistic collective Puppets Et Cetera had to relocate its Mayworks Festival performance to […]

Marginal Road by the piers. Spring Garden in front of the Law Courts. The Quinpool rotary. All of these are locations of street harassment that have gone unreported—until now. Halifax is one of the newest additions to the Hollaback online movement against street harassment, joining the likes of 52 other sites around the world with […]

Halifax council approved $385,000 in funding for hallmark events this week. This category of grant funding targets recurring events with large impacts on the the city’s image, identity and economy, whether for the traditions they represent, the attention they garner outside the city or their mere ability to draw large crowds, like the Blue Nose […]

Halifax council approved $385,000 in funding for Hallmark Events this week. This category of grant funding targets recurring events with large impacts on the the city’s image, identity and economy, whether for the traditions they represent, the attention they garner outside the city or their mere ability to draw large crowds. Like the Blue Nose […]

As Haligonians emerge from their winter hibernation, they see one area where spring has not sprung: The Oval. The gravel-rimmed concrete track sits barren on the otherwise bustling public arena leaving Common crossers to wonder: With the ice gone, what use is this to me? “We’re excited about the potential and the possibilities,” said Oval […]