New local clothing label emmi has released its first collection, featuring size-inclusive, comfy basics from co-founders Thanh Phung and Lauren Hill. “We like to say that emmi was born over a coffee date between two friends,” Phung tells The Coast. The lifestyle blogger teamed up with Hill, children’s clothing designer of MoneyPenny Designs, to create […]
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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Holiday season shoptalk
On Halifax’s waterfront, the Muir Hotel will operate the exclusive BKS Bar, a speakeasy-style, upscale spot accessible only by a “secret elevator.” Further down the boardwalk, Pane e Circo, the new take-home meat, cheese and crudite shop e delicatessen from Bertossi Group, has opened next to the Bicycle Thief, offering imported morsels like olives and […]
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UPDATE: Halifax modular units heading to Centennial Pool parking lot
Update: On Friday, Halifax released an update confirming the site for the Halifax modular units will be in the parking lot adjacent Centennial Pool. It’s been over two months since Halifax first announced modular units were in the works as winter shelter for unhoused locals. In mid-November, the location for the Dartmouth units was announced […]
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Shelter siege protesters going back to court Wednesday
Twenty-four Haligonians are heading back to court for charges stemming from the August 18 shelter siege. That’s when protesters at the old Spring Garden Road library site were arrested after police showed up to pepper spray and disperse the crowd, which had gathered against the eviction of unhoused people living at the site. The charges […]
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Dartmouth community meeting about modular housing brings out the NIMBYs
Last night at the Zatzman Sportsplex, community members from downtown Dartmouth gathered to air their complaints to, and ask questions of, Halifax officials about 24 modular housing units, the location of which had recently been announced as just off Alderney Drive. The community meeting kicked off in the Nantucket room just after 7pm, with more […]
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Catholic archdiocese building up to 20 tiny shelters on church land this winter
Last fall, when Roman Catholic archbishop Brian Dunn moved into his position, replacing longtime archbishop Anthony Mancini, he wrote a pastoral letter outlining four priorities for his sphere of influence, the Halifax-Yarmouth archdiocese. Three of those are very specific to church affairs, including the religious teaching called catechesis. The other priority is homelessness. “It was […]
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100 days after shelter siege, modular units still stalled
Today marks 100 days since Halifax police and city employees were ordered by staff to take down crisis shelters and tents at the old library grounds. Between the August 18 shelter siege and now, November 26, the city has promised hotel beds (revoked), modular units (delayed), and temporary shelters (not enough). While the optics of […]
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Housing advocates hosting a rally outside Province House on Sunday
People are invited and encouraged to gather outside the Nova Scotia legislature building on Sunday, November 28 to rally in support of housing for all. The event at Province House, titled “call back the house until we all have one,” will take place from 1-2pm and is being organized by members of P.A.D.S. (Permanent, Accessible, […]
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Halifax considers taking over housing from the province
On Tuesday, Halifax Regional Council met to discuss a motion on whether the municipality should do more when it comes to housing, among other things. The four-part motion originated from a report council requested back in January 2018 by downtown Halifax councillor Waye Mason. Two city staff, Jill MacLennan from planning and development and Scott […]
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12 things you should know about Halifax’s 2021 resident survey
HRM’s latest resident survey was released last week, and the results tell citizens and politicians alike a lot about the people living in the municipality. This survey is the tenth since amalgamation in 1996, and was conducted between September 1 and 24 by phone, online and on paper. Questions range from who takes the bus […]
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Rural craft brewery goes urban with Gottingen Street taproom
Until September, if you were looking for Tusket Falls Brewing Company, you’d have to travel a bit off the beaten path. “It’s definitely in the country,” says Melanie Sweeney, co-owner of the brewery located seven minutes from Yarmouth in southwestern Nova Scotia. The reason behind such a secluded location? It’s home for both Sweeney and […]
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First look at the new Woozles on Shirley Street
During the half hour Liz Crocker sits on a window seat inside Woozles’ new location, two eager customers come to the door. “Are you open yet?” one woman asks from beneath a mask. “I really need an advent calendar,” says the second, peering expectantly at the LEGO toy calendars on a shelf just a few […]