What do you get when you mix a celebrity jewel thief with the Halifax Explosion, and then throw in a few tales of family secrets, Haligonian oddities and bike-bound hijinks? Well, you end up with this: The Coast’s end-of-year list of the best books written by local authors in 2024. Last year’s book roundup went […]
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Response from Andy Fillmore
In The Coast’s mayor voting guide, published on Oct. 13, city hall reporter Matt Stickland wrote that Andy Fillmore’s flagship promise in the affordable section of his platform to freeze the municipal tax rate for two years will likely struggle to pass at council. Fillmore provided a response to this, we have published it in […]
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Every big show coming to Halifax (and beyond) in 2024
Thanks to some medical issues that sidelined a big part of The Coast’s tiny staff for most of 2024, this year’s list of major shows—music, theatre, comedy and events—suffered. But we’re trying to wrap the year on a strong note, and have already started the 2025 edition, so we hope you’ll still let us know […]
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Everything you need to know about the 2024 Halifax Burger Bash
Alittle more than week ago, we wrote that April in Halifax is marked by three things: Cruise ships, potholes and Haligonians emerging from hibernation. But there’s a fourth thing that really signals spring has sprung in our wind-blasted city. And that, of course, is Burger Bash. For 12 years running, The Coast has teamed up […]
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Coast readers share their most awkward run-ins with exes
April in Halifax is a time marked by three resurgences: Cruise ships, potholes and Haligonians venturing out of their homes for the first glimpse of sun in weeks. It’s a cold, wet and windy place to live from December through March, which makes Halifax a good place to hunker down if you’re looking for a […]
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EXCERPT: Martin Bauman’s Hell of a Ride wades into depression, family legacy and cycling across Canada
Writers and alt-weeklies, it goes without saying, have a bit of a co-dependency arrangement. One cannot exist without the other. (May it always be so.) And best believe that in 30 years of telling Halifax’s stories, The Coast has had its share of writers. That includes writers who have gone on to produce books, films, […]
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We asked: How would you solve journalism in Canada?
Don’t become the story…don’t become the story….don’t become the story. This journalism-school adage for reporters feels as important as it is impossible to avoid amid yet another round of mass layoffs across the media industry. Earlier this month, Bell Media made the “garbage” decision of cutting 4,800 jobs across all levels of the company—the media […]
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Catfished: Halifax talks sex and dating on the internet
Nearly 30 years after the dawn of online dating, we’re still making fools of ourselves when it comes to finding love—or a bit of lust—on the internet. One in seven respondents to The Coast’s 2024 Sex + Dating survey say they prefer to meet potential lovers online. And nearly two in three say they’ve dated […]
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Bedroom blunders: Haligonians dish on the most cringe-worthy things they’ve said—and heard—during sex
It’s often been said that men only have enough blood for one head at a time, which would explain some of the out-of-left-field things they say in the bedroom. But it seems they’re not alone in that regard: Based on The Coast’s 2024 Sex + Dating Survey, it seems all of us get a little […]
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Pillow talk: The results of The Coast’s 2024 Sex + Dating Survey
Just as February means three-foot snowbanks and a Tim Houston scrum leads to unfortunate soundbites, Valentine’s Week in Halifax can only mean one thing: The Coast’s annual Sex + Dating Survey results are here—and as usual, the responses more than deliver. Hundreds of you took the time to spill your saucy (and 100% anonymous) secrets […]
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Naked truth: confess a sexual secret you’ve never told anyone
Anonymous catharsis. That’s what The Coast’s Sex & Dating Survey offers Halifax every year, the 2024 edition being no exception. Let it out. Get it off your chest. Spill, vent, discharge. And one of the most popular questions for that release is simple: “Confess a sexual secret that you’ve never told anyone else.” Sure, there […]
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Thinking ahead: What Halifax wants to try next in sex
It turns out some private, personal, intimate thoughts are widely shared. Three answers kept coming over and over for the Sex & Dating Survey question “What’s the next thing you want to try?” The big three are bondage, anal and threesomes—a lot of people in Halifax would like to explore these options. Which is good […]