Obsydian is shredding their way to the top of the local metal scene, even though half the band is too young get into their own gigs. Their brand of smart, fast, loud metal is blowing the pants off their friends and mentors. Metal scene stalwards like Thy Flesh Consumed and Hellacaust regularly ask them onto […]
Neal Ozano
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Possible respite for Victorian hotel
Dexel Developments owner Louis Lawen has offered a respite for at least one of the three historic buildings at the corner of Hollis and Morris streets. The buildings are slated for demolition. Lawen says he’s offered to contribute the value of the demolition of the buildings (about $30,000) to moving the buildings—if the Nova Scotia […]
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DIY eating: how to build an appetite
A plume of smoke rises above a huge box store. No, it’s not the apocalypse, I decide, when the sweet smell of flaming ground intestines in a semi-edible casing enters my flaring nostrils. I’ve found the staple of DIYers everywhere: the barbecue-on-wheels that lives outside building supply warehouses. My assignment: Find the best of Halifax’s […]
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Halifax’s gayest drink
“Your gayest drink, bartender,” I say to the bartender at The Company House as I climb onto a bar stool. She pauses and looks at me, heterosexual poser. I’m out on the town with my queer friend Lee-Anne, former bartender at the now defunct gay-friendly restaurant Mollyz, trying to find the gayest drink in Halifax. […]
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Yo-ho-ho, a pirate cocktail for me!
Weathering a hurricane in the middle of the Caribbean, a pirate watches water rush through the cracks in the hull. A huge cargo of rum, some ginger beer and cases of lime, are crushed, and leak into the salty water. The pirate, resigned to his doom, cries out. The mixture splashes into his mouth. Rum. […]
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Organic basket case
“Garlic, potatoes, onions, carrots, beets.” Geordie Ouchterlony lists the organic vegetables he can’t get locally: “Turnips. Squash, beans…I mean beans, it’s something that’s really easy to grow here. There were no more in November.” Ouchterlony owns Home Grown Organic Foods, a home-delivery food service which does its best to sell local organic produce. Right now, […]
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Sick stable syndrome
The horses at the halifax Junior Bengal Lancers on Bell Road have been coughing for five years, but only now are doctors and management zeroing in on a solution. Jill Barker, stable manager for the Lancers, declined to comment in depth. “There really is no story—we’re not moving them, they’re being treated and we’re dealing […]
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Lorelei Nicholl
Email: Website: engagingcoleharbour.caTelephone: 830-1626 Critical issues: community development, transportation, youth engagement and the environment About Lorelei has lived in Cole Harbour for 22 years, has been a Beavers Leader, and participated in other volunteer activities, including chair and organizer of the Cole Harbour Harvest Festival and Auburn Drive School Advisory Council. Goals and Issues She […]
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Barry Smith
Email: Barry SmithWebsite: noneTelephone: not provided. About Barry Smith has spent the last 20 years raising kids in Cole Harbour, and grew up in the area. With that, he says, came “PTAs, Parks and Recreation, youth leadership programs (Dartmouth Boys and Girls club),” various fundraisers, and the Provincial Bowling Team. He’s a businessman, and mentions […]
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Homecoming
CBC.ca reports: Olympic poll says Canadians happy with athletes, China and TV When rower Krista Guloien led a contingent of 100 Canadian Olympians returning from Beijing down the escalator at Vancouver International Airport Monday she found a country more than satisfied with how the Summer Games turned out.” “Oh, yeah? Was that poll conducted by […]
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Poor Adam Vancouverdan
I’ve never heard a sadder quote than Adam van Koeverden’s this morning on CBC, seconds after choking. “All I have is an apology. I’m sorry. And I hate watching people apologize after bad performance, but now I know why they do it, because there was a lot of pressure on me.van Koeverden floundered eighth of […]
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What’s that you say?
Now that you’re done watching the 800m runners FLY over the ground, there’s some hard-hitting dialogue coming from the sidelines:CBC commentator: “Gary, you said yesterday after you ran that it was a stupid race.”Canadian Gary Reed: “You know, I was mad at myself for a minute, but I just got ready for this race, and […]