Rank of “mittens” on Google’s list of the most popular searches done from Halifax: 1 Number of adoptable kittens’ photos posted online by the NS SPCA Metro Shelter in Dartmouth: 36 Number of raised bathtubs at Metro Dog Wash on Cunard: 5 Approximate number of catalogued entries in the Natural History Museum’s zoology collection: 300,000 […]
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Life aid
Not everyone is good at holding sick hands or running a charity marathon, no matter how worthy the cause may be. Still, there’s no denying that volunteering experience helps pad a weak resume and is helpful for networking (a terrible but important word in the working world), making friends and getting acquainted with new city, […]
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Rather ripped
Student life: Two words seemingly con-tradictory, but every student must try to strike a balance between the two. It’s a vital skill to manage, if you are to, as Van Wilder put it, “get out alive.” Fact is, when you’re subject to the mental strain of absorbing five classes worth of material—often in fewer than […]
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Faking it
It’s a busy Saturday night at a downtown club. The evening is cool and there’s a whiff of fall in the air. A gaggle of young women in night-club-requisite tight jeans and high heels approaches the club. One of the women is decked out in a tiara and veil. Working the door, Geoff Thompson is […]
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Calls waiting
Acadian bus Lines: 454-9321Alcohol and Gaming Authority: 424-6160Atlantic lottery winning numbers: 468-1072Animal control: 468-9219bicycle nova scotia: 425-5450 ext. 316Canadian Security Intelligence Service: 420-5900The Coast: 422-6278Copyrights/patents: 1-800-668-1010Crime Stoppers: 422-8477Dial-a-Law: 420-1888Dial-a-Message: 425-8787Dial-a-Tire: 456-7098Environment Canada Weather: 426-9090Equifax credit checks: 1-800-465-7166Food Bank Metro: 457-1900Halifax Regional Library reference desk at Spring Garden: 490-5710Halifax Regional Water Commission’s emergency number: 490-4810HRM Emergency […]
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Writing off the map
Godspeed, sojourning storytellers. Some learners go it alone and against the current of students coming back to Halifax for school. These eager young minds seek out new surroundings and challenges in all manners of study. They’re to be commended for hitting the books in cities where they often don’t know a soul. The aspiring young […]
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Promo Bios
Check out character profiles for Mark Palermo’s movie LATER THAT STEVENING, which will premiere at the Atlantic Film Festival. Add them as your friends. They love you. www.myspace.com/laterthatsteven www.myspace.com/laterthatashley www.myspace.com/laterthatchainsaw www.myspace.com/laterthatjamie
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There’s no such thing as a free song
So Universal Music plans to offer its North American catalogue for free. It’s a “compliment” — not competition — to iTunes, which sells songs for 99 cents a pop, and which has taken over the music industry at a rate that alarms the dinosaurs still stomping around. Always slow to come around, major labels have […]
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And the Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Irrelevance goes to the 2006 Emmy Awards
Look, I love television. And I love awards honouring television. But the Emmys can officially suck it. New voting rules were put in place this year as a way to allow new names. The Emmys are notorious for handing successive noms and nods to the same handful of people in each category every year, until […]
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Saving Pluto, one product at a time
It didn’t take long – the Pluto-is-too-a-planet movement has begun. Get your Pluto-promoting <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/product/235703365657092027" target="_blank" tshirt , <a href=http://www.cafepress.com/buy/pluto/-/pv_design_prod/p_storeid.71612518/pNo_71612518/id_14161318/opt_/pg_/c_/fpt_" bumper sticker, and the “Pluto, we hardly knew ye” <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/buy/pluto/-/pv_design_prod/p_1901469.71636887/pNo_71636887/id_14164630/fpt_/opt_/c_360/pg_" target="_blank" mousepad. Poor, poor Pluto. The little planet that couldn’t.
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Survivor: Out race? Out of their minds?
Honestly. CBS annouces that next season’s Survivor is going to <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/08/23/earlyshow/series/survivor/main1926528.shtml" target="_blank" divide the tribes by race. My god, what a fantastic idea. Finally, an answer to the age-old question: which race really is superior? I can’t wait to find out. Fortunately, host Jeff Probst offers some Sociological context: “I think it’s very natural […]
