At the corner of South Park Street and Sackville Street, across from the Public Gardens and sandwiched between Halifax’s Citadel Hill and Spring Garden Road, is the new YMCA building. Although the building is set to open to the public sometime this fall, it already has some residential and commercial tenants, including one set to […]
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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Frosh weeks move (mostly) online in the age of COVID
On Thursday, Premier Stephen McNeil announced that all students returning to Nova Scotia from outside the Atlantic bubble for school will need to receive three negative COVID-19 test results before heading to any in-person events on campus. This applies to both students in residence and living off-campus. “If students are asymptomatic, these tests should help us […]
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Labatt qualifies for $750,000 annual tax break with ‘local brewer’ status from NSLC
In April, the provincial alcohol regulator quietly passed the new Local Beer Production Policy, which means a 40 percent reduction on the markup for local producers selling beer to the NSLC. In theory, the policy gives more profits to “local” brewers and less to the NSLC-slash-government, by giving the brewer a higher percentage of the […]
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What’ll it take to see someone other than an old white man running this province?
We’ve seen the names of elected officials. Stephen, Brian, Jason, Doug. Now that Nova Scotia’s Premier has announced his departure, names getting tossed into the ring for the next Nova Scotia election include those like Zach, Geoff and Sean. But what if we brought a new set of names to the list? The Amys, the […]
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Bulwark Cider House opens on Dresden Row
New Ross-based Bulwark Cider opened a taproom in Halifax this week, opening Tuesday for pints and patrons. “It’s been a little bit of a long haul but we’re very happy that we got to this stage and now we can open,” says cider house manager Shauna Krasuski. The soft opening has been staggered over the […]
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Halifax Wanderers kick off 2020 season in PEI this week
Halifax’s top soccer team won’t be on the field at Wanderers Grounds this year. Instead, they’re bubbled up with seven other Canadian Premier League teams on Prince Edward Island, slated to play their games with no spectators and minimal risk of COVID. “Prior to arriving in PEI, all members of the Canadian Premier League delegation […]
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Halifax is losing one of its last antique shops
After 25 years in business, McLellan Antiques & Restoration on Agricola Street is closing its doors to customers. Owner Jim McLellan will still spend his semi-retired days restoring furniture, but only on a part-time basis. “My restoration will continue on a smaller scale. I won’t be doing pianos, dining sets, I won’t have employees — it’ll just […]
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Zero waste Tare Shop to expand to Dartmouth this fall
When Kate Pepler opened the Tare Shop in October 2018, it was the first independent zero waste store in Halifax. Inside the Cornwallis Street shop, walls are lined with clear containers of oats, dried mango, basmati rice and cleaning supplies. Since those early days, Pepler has always dreamed of expanding, as many small business owners […]
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David Bowie’s son traces Canadian heritage through Pier 21
On Thursday, the child of legendary rockstar David Bowie tweeted about Halifax’s own immigration museum, Pier 21. Filmmaker Duncan Jones, 49, is the only child of Bowie and his first wife Angie (nee Barnett), who were married from 1970 to 1980. “I am officially 1/4 Canadian by way of grandma being born in Argenta B.C.!” […]
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What you need to know about wining and dining with a mask
Last Friday, premier Stephen McNeil and doctor Strang announced that starting July 31, non-medical masks would be mandatory for most people in most indoor public places. “We cannot become complacent. COVID is a reality, we are going to have to learn to live with it,” said Premier McNeil during the announcement. This includes retail stores, […]
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Activists won’t rest until official public inquiry into shootings is called
On Monday July 27, over a hundred people gathered at Victoria Park in downtown Halifax to protest the lack of an official public inquiry into the Nova Scotia shootings that took place on April 18 and 19. Just four days before the protest, on July 23, the federal and provincial governments had announced a joint […]
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Protest Monday to demand official Portapique inquiry
Arally in support of an official public inquiry into the events of April 18 and 19 in Nova Scotia will take place Monday in Halifax. “A public inquiry must include independent experts in domestic violence and use a feminist lens that considers the cultural, systemic and structural issues that may have led to this mass […]