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Our quaint fishing village is at the heart of a couple business stories that are getting international attention (one about phones, the other malls). A local is an expert on a gambling scandal in Ohio. And we’re still using that old Sarah McLachlan connection Full links below. EASTLINK MAKES THE CALLfrom New YorkTwo Nova Scotia […]

Responding to a Globe and Mail news item about an outbreak of mumps in Halifax, a reader with the handle Dr. Mephistopheles says: “The problem is the hygenic conditions and the sheer poverty of people living in Halifax. People there are so poor and public restrooms backward and dirty there is no wonder we are […]

“The Community Art Pilot Project brings together youth and emerging urban artists in the creation of murals (and other creative art works) as a deterrent to graffiti vandalism. It also aims to engage young citizens and communities in raising awareness of the strong connections between graffiti management, community art and civic pride.” The message is […]

For the 14 or so years of its life, The Coast has done a predictable dance with the Atlantic Journalism Awards. The steps of this dance are simple. 1) We submit a bunch of stories to the awards. 2) We get completely shut out of the nominations. 3) We get pissed off and complain that […]

At last, at last, a mention of our dear city in England’s Halifax. Plus cruising for bargains and making the fiber-optic connection with New York. Full links below. THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASSfrom Halifax, UKOn a quick first skim of this article, I thought I was reading yet another obituary from a certain sleepy local paper. […]

I wasn’t sure how to categorize this sad news–(and I just realized Kyle already mentioned it…) I put it under Halifax, but Dr. Myers’ impact was felt well beyond it city’s borders. This is from the Dalhousie website: “Ram, as he was known, captured the world’s attention time and time again with breakthrough research on […]

A slow news day for Metro comes off a slow news weekend. The “delusional Calgaria” thing is earning a spec of attention, as is the Casino’s nascent union. Then there’s the upcoming Canadian ringette championship. And so the wait for headlines like “Cure for cancer found in east coast city-town” and “Nova Scotia premier shot” […]

If only the Commonwealth Games would go extinct instead of the sharks. Full links for both stories below. SHARK WEAK, SCALLOPS WEAKERfrom New York, Baltimore, Boston, Orange County (California), Manchester (UK) and likely moreFor attracting attention, you could do worse than a report about how humans are driving sharks to extinction. Witness the media feeding […]

This is not the way I like to start the day. According to a press release sent this morning, vandals damaged two sculptures in the gallery’s Ondaatje Court. “Vandals were able to move Greg Forrest’s Molecule sculpture and use it to hit John Greer’s Origins sculpture.”–two of our province’s best artists–“Molecule measures more than 5 […]

According to the movie’s ad. And apparently, according to me. But not really. The day I’ve dreamed about for so long, the day I see my own dumbass quote used for marketing purposes, and it’s not really about the movie. You see, I saw Mary Walsh’s Young Triffie’s Been Made Away With at the Atlantic […]

Influential local biologist Ransom Myers passed away Tuesday, and the world is paying its respects. Plus Faith Hill, props from the capital city of Indonesia and more. Full links below. Ransom Myers, RIPfrom Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, Seattle, St. John’s and Manchester (UK)The untimely death of the Dalhousie University fisheries biologist — victim of brain […]

City council has approved a plan to widen Chebucto Road by adding a third reversing lane. They city’s traffic manager has said that the lane is necessasary to help commuter traffic flow through the rotary. The only thing we’ve ever seen “flow” through rotary is pain and suffering. But, don’t let us sway you. Have […]