The Halifax Wanderers are left wondering what could have been this week—and for more reasons than one. In front of a sellout crowd at the Wanderers Grounds, in a tense match between the Canadian Premier League’s second- and fourth-place teams, the Wanderers fell 2-1 to visiting Langford, BC side Pacific FC in a Natal Day […]
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The Board of Police Commissioners is updating the HRP budget process
Halifax’s Board of Police Commissioners met Wednesday, Aug. 2 with a deceptively important motion on the agenda: 10.2.1 Budget Process Refresh and Board of Police Commissioners Policy Update [PDF]. Last year there was major scrutiny around the Board of Police Commissioners’ abysmal failure in doing the bare minimum of the job required of them by […]
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Three blank sailings in Halifax this week. Are the leftover effects of the floods to blame?
The washed-out CN rail line linking the Port of Halifax to the rest of Canada was finally repaired last Friday, but looking at the weekly container and cargo ship arrivals into Halifax offers a slightly muddier picture—not unlike the aftermath seen across Nova Scotia following July’s historic floods. The reason? Cancelled sailings. The Port of […]
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The Wanderer Grounds podcast: João Morelli is back—and he isn’t done scoring yet
When Brazilian forward João Morelli found the back of the net for the Halifax Wanderers on Sunday, July 30, not only did it mark his first goal for the club in 479 days, it also represented a triumphant return from an ACL injury the forward wasn’t sure he would ever fully recover from. You could […]
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4 ways to mark Emancipation Day in Halifax in 2023
This Tuesday, Aug. 1 marks Nova Scotia’s third annual Emancipation Day—a day to reflect on the history and impacts of slavery in Canada. On that day in 1834, the Slavery Abolition Act took effect across the British empire. It freed over 800,000 enslaved Africans across the Caribbean, South Africa and here in Canada, too. Halifax’s […]
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Nova Scotians are being governed very badly when it comes to climate
In the past few years it seems like tragedy has piled on Nova Scotia, which has only been compounded by recent—likely now normal—climate changed weather. In the fires of Tantallon, the flaws and vulnerabilities of suburban sprawl were on full display: Related And now, after the biblical floods of July 2023, we are about to […]
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What do the floods mean for Halifax’s shipping industry?
There is some irony in Monday’s arrival and departure of the Atlantic Sun container ship, given how little sun Halifax—and most of Nova Scotia, for that matter—saw this past weekend. Friday and Saturday’s torrential rain and flash floods washed out roadways, destroyed bridges and prompted a provincewide state of emergency. It also threw a sizable […]
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UPDATED: Here’s what you need to know about the flooding in the HRM right now
Halifax mayor Mike Savage has not minced his words about the historic flash floods still receding across parts of the HRM. On Saturday, he described this past weekend’s downpour as “biblical proportions” of rain, and yet more evidence of the “awful force and unpredictability… of a changing climate.” More than 300 millimetres of rain fell […]
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The Wanderer Grounds podcast: Halifax has built its home stadium into a fortress once again
Make that five home wins in a row for the Halifax Wanderers. On Sunday, July 23, in front of an ebullient Halifax crowd, the Wanderers looked comfortable in beating reigning regular season champions Atlético Ottawa 1-0 behind a magnificent goal from striker Théo Collomb. In this week’s episode of The Wanderer Grounds, Coast reporters Matt […]
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Glitter Bean’s workers turn to crowdfunding to save queer-centric co-op cafe
It’s the end of a hot and sweltering day, and Alex Marchand and Minnow Holtz-Carriere are closing up shop. There are counters to wipe, glasses to clean and stubborn appliances to fix. All in a day’s work at Glitter Bean Café, the queer-owned worker’s co-op that has served coffee at 5896 Spring Garden Road since […]
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Every independent grocer in Halifax (and beyond)
As the cost of living continues to soar, people are finding it increasingly hard to afford food. Normally when unemployment is low, food bank use is also low. When levels of employment are as high as they are now, food bank use should also be down. However, the demand is still on the rise. The […]
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Canadian international Doneil Henry “willing and ready” to make his mark with HFX Wanderers FC
He is considered a “big brother” to Canadian soccer superstars Alphonso Davies, Jonathan David and Tajon Buchanan. One year ago, Doneil Henry helped Canada’s senior men’s national soccer team qualify for its second-ever FIFA World Cup appearance. Today, he is a Halifax Wanderer. On Tuesday, July 18, the 30-year-old Brampton, Ont. native practiced for the […]
