Trade Centre Limited presented the city of Halifax with a bill for $359,550 related to concerts on the Halifax Common on September 30, 2010—that was 20 months ago—but still the issue hasn’t been resolved. Some of that delay related to former acting CAO Wayne Anstey and mayor Peter Kelly keeping the bill secret from anyone […]
Tim Bousquet
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Dartmouth refinery to close
Premier Darrell Dexter announced last week that Imperial Oil will close its Dartmouth refinery next year, putting 200 people out of work. Besides the immediate impacts on workers and their families, it’s too early to say what will result from the closure. Imperial vaguely speaks of a sale, but the economics of refineries evidently don’t […]
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Inkwell has a birthday
“I never knew so many beautiful things could exist in one place without causing the world to implode in a series of rainbows and unicorns.” That’s how one voter described Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique & Letterpress Studio (1658 Market Street, 405-8309) for The Coast’s Best of Halifax contest last year. With that sort of enthusiastic support, […]
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Deans Flowers opens garden centre
“This flower shop opened in 1919,” explains Holly Winchester, owner of Deans Flowers (6025 Stanley Street, 454-0900). “Back then of course they weren’t flying in flowers, so they grew everything on site. We’ve got 4,000 square feet here, where the typical flower shop is about the size of a master bedroom. We were looking for […]
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SunME Swimsuit Spa expands to Halifax
SunME Swimsuit Spa has been operating in Bedford (1600 Bedford Highway, Suite 102, 404-7007) for just less than a year, but the operation is already expanding—to Historic Properties downtown (407-8808). “It’s a complete duplication,” says owner Chrystal Saulnier, but we think of it as more of an express location.” By that, she means she’s added […]
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Promoting transit as riders
“Riding the Metro Transit one day,” writes Gillian Wesley, “we noticed an HRM ad that pictured three walking trails that could be reached by bus. We thought this was a brilliant idea (props to @hfxtransit) and have been inspired to take it one step further with a series of posts on all the cool HRM […]
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Halifax Record Fair 3
The third time is the charm, evidently. With two successful events under their belts, organizers Kevin Beal and Phil MacDonald are now planning Halifax Record Fair 3, an all-day (10am-4pm) event, on Saturday, June 2, at the Halifax Forum’s Maritime Hall. They’ve lined up 35 vendors, promising to bring 75,000 LPs. The fair is also […]
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Consultant report lays out plan to save Seaport Market
Project for Public Spaces, Inc., the consultant hired by the City Market of Halifax Cooperative and the Halifax Port Authority to study operations and management of the Seaport Farmers Market, has released its report to market investors. I haven’t had time to read the entire 67-page report, but at first glance it appears to be […]
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Iron Dog Fitness Equipment closes
A reader writes to say that Iron Dog Fitness Equipment has closed, and sure enough, the store’s website confirms it. The reader says Iron Dog was the place for hard core gym rats to get supplies locally.
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In search of the sacred underwear
My European vacation brought me to Bielefeld, Germany for a few days (more on that later, perhaps), and then I had the idea to visit Luxembourg, Belgium and The Netherlands. But, looking on line for a hotel room in Luxembourg, I decided that city was simply too expensive for an overnight stay. Instead, I looked […]
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Lorelei Nicoll
2012 grade: C- 2011 grade: C 2010 grade: C 2009 grade: C- Lorelei Nicoll voted for removing the Hydrostone from the north end BID, but against the sale of St. Pat’s-Alexandra. She voted in support of both the stadium and setting a hearing for the Skye project. “We could do a hell of a lot […]
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Sue Uteck
2012 grade: B- 2011 grade: C 2010 grade: C 2009 grade: C+ 2008 grade: B- 2007 grade: B For years, Sue Uteck’s obvious disdain for Peter Kelly has been written off as politicized—Uteck just wants to become mayor, so the story went. But events have clearly vindicated Uteck: Her low opinion of Kelly was dead-on. […]