Evan Humber was laying on his couch one night in 2019 when the idea of selling rare and exotic snacks popped into his head. “That night, as I created the Instagram account, I started getting some traction,” he says. Humber placed an order for Fruity Pebbles, Cotton Candy Captain Crunch, Sour Patch Kids cereal, and […]
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No word yet on whether or not Nova Scotia will start using Health Canada’s COVID Alert app (UPDATE: It’s arrived!)
Update October 15, 2020: Nova Scotia brought COVID Alert online today, trailing most of Canada including Atlantic bubblemates Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island. The only provinces currently lacking app integration are Alberta and British Columbia . You can download COVID Alert for iPhones here, Android here. Health Canada’s sleek COVID Alert […]
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Two HRM properties get heritage status
Halifax Regional Council has approved the request to include two buildings in the Registry of Heritage Property for the Halifax Regional Municipality. At a public hearing on Tuesday—the last step in making a building’s status official—Seamus McGreal, a planner with HRM, presented to councillors followed by each of the property owners. The heritage property program […]
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FIN Atlantic International Film Festival announces its 2020 lineup
Thank god for that bulk box of popcorn you impulse-bought in early quarantine: Today, FIN Atlantic International Film Festival announced the lineup for its virtual festival, slated for September 17-24. The 40th anniversary of the fest will be able to be watched directly from the fest’s own streaming platform, with tickets sold through an online […]
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Taco Tuesday pop-up making waves at The Local
Wave Tacos first began in May, delivering family-style taco kits for people to assemble themselves at home during the pandemic. “We did our first round of deliveries to just like, friends and families on Cinco de Mayo,” says co-owner and chef Oscar Hood. Since that first round of deliveries, Wave Tacos hasn’t slowed down. Hood […]
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Plans are in the works for Canada’s only Black hair school to open in Halifax
It was Jennifer Kpolu’s twentieth birthday and she wanted a pixie haircut. She went from salon to salon but only got bad news. “They were either fully booked or they just didn’t know how to cut Black hair,” she says. After several dead ends, she found a salon at Park Lane Mall that agreed to […]
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Friends of NSCAD are rallying to demand answers to its petitions
Friends of NSCAD is still frustrated with the school’s board of governors about its refusal to give details on Aoife Mac Namara’s dismissal. Today, August 13, the group will be rallying at the NSCAD Fountain Campus to demand the reinstatement of the former president and the firing of the board of governors. On August 11, […]
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Former prisoners in Halifax share their incarceration stories to mark Prisoners’ Justice Day
Sara Tessier was a toddler when her father sexually assaulted her. She says she was sold to a man in Montreal when she was only 3. When she tried to speak up and seek help, her father shot himself. She says the courts later returned her to the custody of her father who was still […]
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The fruit flies in your kitchen are laying about 2,000 eggs a day
It’s summer in Halifax. It’s hot. One morning you wake up and can’t even recognize your kitchen. It’s swarmed with what looks like hundreds of fruit flies. They’re on the ripened bananas you bought yesterday, in your compost bin and on the wine glass from last night. You try to swat them with your hands […]
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Now open in Dartmouth, Maria’s Pasta Bar goes from dough to plate
In downtown Dartmouth, Maria’s Pasta Bar & Pantry is focused on handmade everything, from dough to filling to sauce. “We make everything we serve,” says Michael Dolente, chef and owner of the restaurant. Dolente, whose family moved to Canada from Italy in 1960, says his business is influenced and dedicated to his late Nonna Maria. […]
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My Black hair matters
Around the world, people have been awakened to the police’s unnecessary and incessant violence against Black people. It is inspiring seeing white and brown folks hold up placards and protest systemic racism alongside Black people. But while we’re protesting systemic racism, let’s remember something that’s often discriminated against yet often overlooked. Something so tiny, yet […]
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Friends of NSCAD mean business at Tuesday’s Online Day of Action
The Friends of NSCAD group is protesting online today to request that the NSCAD board of governors be fired—and that recently deposed Aoife Mac Namara be reinstated as the president of the institution. The event, Online Day of Action To Fire The NSCAD Board, comes after the Friends’ petition to oust the current board and […]
