In the BOH survey we asked “What makes Halifax special to you?” and we got back a pile of answers on the same theme: It’s the perfect size. Whether readers say it “feels more like a neighbourhood than a city,” or is “too small for a secret affair,” they agree it’s the epitome of a […]
Victoria Walton
Victoria was a full-time reporter with The Coast from April 2020 until mid-2022, when the CBC lured her away. During her Coast tenure, she covering everything from COVID-19 to small business to politics and social justice. Originally from the Annapolis Valley, she graduated from the University of King’s College School of Journalism in 2017.
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Crafters in a dangerous time
What was the nicest thing you saw during the pandemic? “Local craft stores switching to online delivery, making it easier for everyone to keep their hands busy and their minds occupied.” When word got out that masks could help slow the spread of COVID-19, Halifax’s crafters rose to the task. And local craft shops were […]
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Basha gets benevolent
In late March, Basha Mediterranean Cuisine co-owner Chico Al-Rashaydeh began hearing stories of pandemic layoffs. “We found that a lot of people have no money and no income, they lost their job, and nobody knows what to do,” he tells The Coast. Along with his two brothers, Al-Rashaydeh decided to do something. Since then, Basha has […]
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The government still hasn’t made contact tracing mandatory
Editor’s Note: As of Monday, November 23, contact tracing will be mandatory in Nova Scotia. Read more here. I n the past two weeks, Halifax has been warned of a slew of potential COVID-19 exposures at local bars and restaurants—from Montana’s in Bayer’s Lake to Gahan House in the Nova Centre to The Bitter End […]
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Station Six pumps out the patties for Burger Week
In March, around the same time the first case of COVID-19 was reported in Nova Scotia, triggering a province-wide shutdown, over 150 restaurants were preparing for Burger Week. The annual foodie festival typically brings out meat lovers in droves, packs restaurants to capacity, and donates thousands to Feed Nova Scotia. But when the 2020 festival […]
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How Halifax Halloweens in 2020
The scariest part of Halloween this year may be the rising case numbers outside the Atlantic bubble. But here in Halifax, children and adults alike are asking whether the scary season’s big day will make a comeback this fall. On social medial sites like Facebook, Reddit and Nextdoor, swaths of parents are asking whether children […]
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The school where plants fill the halls
Due to Covid, schools and workplaces alike have had to increase sanitization and decrease high-touch surfaces. “Over the last few months, and even before kids returned back to school, we had to clean out a lot of classrooms, and a lot of teachers had to bring home or move a lot of their personal things, […]
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Obladee celebrates a decade of sophisticated style
In October 2010, brother and sister Heather and Christian Rankin were returning to their hometown of Halifax after each spending time in Europe. “At the time I was working in software and had been for about 15 years, and I just wanted to move back home and I wanted to change careers,” says Heather. “Christian […]
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A transformation for Truly Tasty
When Truly Tasty opened in 2012, the city of Halifax barely knew what ramen was, let alone the different styles, flavours and iterations served. “To be honest we were the first ones to be open in the city, and I feel proud because my husband make the standard of the ramen in Halifax higher,” says […]
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Breweries leave craft brewing association after controversial comments by executive director
Plenty of people have unpopular opinions about plenty of subjects. Pineapple on pizza, lettuce on donairs, and how to properly refill the toilet paper holder. This past weekend, the executive director of the Nova Scotia Craft Breweries Association took to social media to voice his opinion about lobsters and the folks who fish them. Kirk […]
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Hungry for more
It’s Monday morning at 11. The Dalhousie Student Union Food Bank doesn’t open for another hour, but Michael-Davies Cole and about a dozen volunteers are already on site preparing food boxes. As the food bank manager for the past five years, Davies-Cole is a wealth of knowledge, spouting off facts about the history of the […]
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On the phone with acclaimed councillor Tim Outhit, District 16
It’s been 12 years since Tim Outhit was first elected as the representative for Bedford-Wentworth. This time around, he’s got no competition for the seat. “I was acclaimed, so I haven’t been filling out a lot of surveys and that because I don’t want to influence other people,” he says. But Outhit is still happy to […]