Last week, Frank magazine reported that Halifax’s HMV location (5523 Spring Garden Road, 425-1082) is closing. Such a closure wouldn’t be unexpected: When’s the last time you bought a new recording at a brick-and-mortar store? It’s 20-frickin’-12, for dog’s sake. No one buys CDs or DVDs anymore in the age of the interwebs. But staff […]
Tim Bousquet
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Update 2 BREAKING NEWS: Peter Kelly provides accounting of Thibeault estate
As ordered by the probate court, Mayor Peter Kelly has filed an accounting of the Mary Thibeault estate for the seven-year period he served as executor of the estate. The accounting shows that on March 2, 2012, Kelly deposited $145,000 into the estate account. Just two weeks before, on February 16, 2012, The Coast published […]
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Angela Jones ruling imminent
The judge should be ruling on Angela Jones’ suit against the city this morning. We have a reporter at the courthouse, and will have an update as soon as she writes it up. In the meanwhile, I just received the city’s brief to the court. You can read it here
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Roger Taylor doesn’t know what he’s talking about
Chronicle-Herald business columnist Roger Taylor this morning penned one of the most ill-informed screeds ever to appear in those pages, which is quite an achievement, in a perverse kind of way. Taylor’s column was nominally about what he characterizes as the waste of money spent on the new Bridge Terminal. I’ll get to that in […]
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Argyle Fine Art gets a new sign
Back in March, we reported that Argyle Fine Art (1559 Barrington Street, 425-9456) had its sidewalk sandwich signs stolen. The gallery-ists sent out the hounds, called in the cops, scoured the back alleys and garage sales, but all these months later have given up the hunt. What kind of people steal art gallery sidewalk sandwich […]
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Mortal Kombat II and other ’90s arcade games coming to Halifax
When the folks at Daily Sweets (2850 Oxford Street) were closing down the business, they were looking for something to do with an old arcade game, and that’s how vintage arcade enthusiast Danny Baldwin became involved with them. Fast forward to next week, and up and opens something loosely called Halifax Vintage Arcade (a real […]
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Another north end restaurant to open
Ludovic Eveno, who has worked as a chef in France and locally at Bish and its reincarnation, Bicycle Thief, has purchased the building at 2540 Agricola Street, just across from the liquor store at the corner of Charles Street. He intends to open a restaurant in the space next spring, taking his time “doing it […]
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How secure is internet voting?
John Driemen has lived in the same downtown Halifax building for five years. His partner, Nancy Roberts, has lived in Dartmouth for 20 years. They each live alone, but when voter notifications were sent out this week, they received five notifications between them. Driemen received his own notification, but also one for someone named Helen […]
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Back to school
Monday, Supreme Court justice David MacAdam overturned the city’s sale of the former St. Pat’s-Alexandra school site to Jono Developments. The ruling is a victory for three non-profit groups in the north end that want a chance to put together a proposal for the property. Already I fear that we’re learning all the wrong lessons […]
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Fid adapts
Besides being masters of serving high quality meals, Dennis Johnston and Monica Bauché, proprietors of Fid Resto (1569 Dresden Row, 422-9162), have proven themselves keenly aware of their place in the Hali restaurant market, and have extended their core business into interesting and creative side lines. Last spring, the restaurant started serving “back door Pad […]
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Dr. Sketchy
Dr. Sketchy’s Halifax is here! Dr. Sketchy’s is a anti-art school, started by New York art students who were tired of, you know, the bullshit. All artists, regardless of ability, credentials or fame, are free to come and draw the models. Underscore the fun and openness. Halifax’s Dr. Sketchy took the summer off, but fear […]
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Finally, some candidate sparring in District 11: Spryfield—Sambro—Prospect Road
Sunday night I drove out to the Prospect Road Community Centre to catch a debate between the District 11 council candidates. (Yes, I broke my pledge to bus to all the events because Google maps told me it was an hour and a half walk from the end of the #22 bus line to the […]