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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
It’s time for part two of your mid-year checkup, says Rob Brezsny.
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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Break the silence and keep it broken, Aries, says Rob Brezsny.
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Outdoor swim guide
LAKE BANOOK Getting there: Turn right after crossing the Macdonald Bridge to Dartmouth, then left up Thistle Street past Dartmouth High until Maple Street. Turn right, then left onto Ochterloney, which becomes Prince Albert Road. Turn left on Hawthorn, and then make a sharp right onto Banook Avenue, which ends up behind the clubhouse. Bus […]
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Easy streets
Ah, summer in Nova Scotia. That glorious 10-week window of sunshine between the long stretches of frigid dampness so seldom mentioned in our tourism ads. A time for us to “come to life,” as it were, and maybe take a break from watching DVD box-sets and eating ketchup chips from bags we’ve rested on our […]
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Fresh Paint
A recent issue of Good, a new American magazine dedicated to the “merger of capitalism and idealism,” contains an article about a project in New York called Gardens in Transit, which will cover 13,000 city cabs with 14 football fields worth of flowered decals, painted by more than 30,000 children and adults from schools and […]
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Hiking the line
BLT TRAIL Getting there: Head out St. Margaret’s Bay Road, turn into the Lakeside Industrial Park to the trail parking lot next to the Coca-Cola building. Alternatively, access the trail via Silver Birch Drive in Hubley, or any of the several cross streets along Highway 3. Buses 21, 23. What to do: Hike/bike/run/wheelchair. Dogs on […]
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Going places
If you saved a few pennies this year, or own a credit card with room to burn, it’s time to skip town. Wondering where to go? Tuck this handy guide into your fanny pack—and if you’re flying, calculate how much you should donate to environmental projects to offset the greenhouse emissions: www.greenmyflight.com. ARTS Bring your […]
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June
Written by Caley Baker, Jodie Barnaby, Sue Carter Flinn, Sean Flinn, Victoria Foley, Austen Gilliland, Stephanie Johns, Carsten Knox, Lindsay McCarney, Kate Watson and Shannon Webb-Campbell. ARTS BURNING RUBBER AT SAINT MARY’S UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY Show curator and documentary filmmaker Ariella Pahlke is attuned to the world, the details that tell a bigger story. Around […]
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August
Written by Caley Baker, Jodie Barnaby, Sue Carter Flinn, Sean Flinn, Victoria Foley, Austen Gilliland, Stephanie Johns, Carsten Knox, Lindsay McCarney, Kate Watson and Shannon Webb-Campbell. ARTS ACTUAL AT DALHOUSIE ART GALLERY Emerging artists find a welcome home at Dalhousie Art Gallery, whether in solo or group shows. This summer a new group of young […]