1 The municipality’s in the weeds when it comes to grass cutting this summer. City editor Jacob Boon reports that “tens of thousands of dollars” in fines have been issued by HRM against its grass-cutting contractors over poor service this year. Back in May, Halifax tendered out several three-year contracts for grass cutting at a […]
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Friday’s 8 things Stephen Harper doesn’t want you to read
[Image-1] 1 Anyone who wasn’t watching Donald Trump or prepping for a fond farewell to Jon Stewart was probably live-tweeting last night’s leaders debate. In case you missed it, there’s plenty of coverage today from outlets regional, national and international. Seriously, lots and lots of coverage. As is his wont, Prime Monster Stephen Harper took […]
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Thursday’s 8 things to read during these dog days of summer
[Image-1] 1 This coming Monday is a big deal for the Halifax music scene–– longtime music hub/incubator/rowdy drunken staple $Rockin 4 Dollar$ celebrates its tenth anniversary of making the city a better place. Lewis Rendell rocks us down memory lane in this week’s issue, so you have time to brush up on your history before […]
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Wednesday’s 10 you-gotta-read-this-nows
1 Fourteen abandoned beagles are in need of new homes, reports Metro’s Rebecca Dingwell straight from the news page to my heart. The babies were taken from an East Hants property by the Nova Scotia SPCA Cruelty Investigations team, who say the dogs had been “left by themselves” for a couple of days with no […]
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Tuesday’s 6 things you need to know
1 Today city council votes on the proposed pilot project for Halifax’s first mobile food market, which was green-lighted for a staff feasibility report back in June. Yes, a market on wheels, aimed at making fresh, healthy food accessible to the city’s driest food deserts. Those wheels would belong to a Halifax Transit bus—which the […]
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Friday’s 8 things to read now before the long weekend
[Image-1] 1 Andrea Gunn at the Herald takes a look into the campaign war chests of Nova Scotia’s candidates in the soon-to-be-announced federal election. Incumbent Geoff Regan and the Halifax West Liberal Association have the richest bankroll ($147,452), followed by the Central Nova Conservative Association ($124,588) of outgoing Justice Minister Peter MacKay (who will be […]
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Thursday has 9 things it needs to talk with you about
[Image-1] 1 Slide The City has officially cancelled any plans of coming to Halifax. The giant water slide people say in a statement they haven’t been able to find an alternate location after not clearing Citadel Hill (which they originally announced for their summertime bacchanal). “The good news is that all the crunches, plucking and […]
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Bang for your buck
Basket of Cherries Thirty seconds of sky high cherry blasters. Bury this baby halfway, light the fuse, take cover and prepare for the flaming red shooting stars. This firework is relatively silent, a safer option for neighbourhood celebrations. Army Navy Store, 2660 Agricola Street, $12 The Bandit Cartoon Tom Selleck pulls the trigger on some […]
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Wednesday’s 10 things to read about
[Image-1] 1 Well this is a bit of monstrous bullshit: a condo development has built a wall over the basketball courts used by neighbouring St. Joseph’s A McKay School. CBC’s Brett Ruskin took some photos and looked into the obnoxious wall, put up by Louis Lawen’s Dexel Developments. Originally, Dexel was to provide a new […]
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Monday’s 8 things you need to know
1 Rain. It has one thing going for it—the whole providing-life-giving-water deal—but otherwise needs some serious help in the image department. From the way it blocks the sun, to how uncomfortable it is to encounter, rain sucks. And it’s not making any friends by ruining Argyle Street’s nice new paint job. The city’s pilot project […]
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Friday’s 10 things you have to read
[Image-1] 1 Ahh, summer before an election; when a scared party-in-power turns on the money hose and sprays down voters. Peter MacKay today announced more than $20 million in infrastructure investments for several Parks Canada projects in Halifax. The minister of Justice announced the funding on behalf of Parks Canada minister Leona Aglukkaq. Halifax Citadel […]
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10 things you mustard know Thursday
1 While every summer day is an excuse to break out the barbecue, today is actually National Hot Dog Day, dog. Seeking for advice on making the best wurst, we got grilling with the north end’s latest street food source, T-Dogs. “My dad said something years ago to us,” T-Dogs’ Tony Rinaldo says. “‘A recipe […]
