Those cats over with the HRM sure are sensitive about how they’re protrayed in the media. Last week, a release from Deputy mayor Russell Walker, and then another from communication manager John O’Brien were sent out in immediate succession, explaining to local media how the city wasn’t being fairly treated by the local media. I […]
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Oui. Non. Ouiiiii!
With so much emotion and bias clouding perspective on the conflict in the middle east, it can be difficult to engage in a honest, unfettered debate about the most recent fighting between Israel and Lebanon. Western governments in particular seem uncertain of what role they should play in resolving the conflict. Fortunately, two of the […]
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We’re not going to take it
werenotgonnatakeit.org is an interactive art project that allows pissed off people to call up a number and record their own protest song, karaoke-style, to the Twisted Sister classic. Mostly Toronto-based and actually pretty annoying, but there are a few gems buried in there, like the dude singing about Toronto restaurants: “They use shitty Ikea furniture […]
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Road to ruin
“We’re standing in the middle of an old growth red spruce forest,” says Chris Miller. “The oldest trees are probably about 150 years old.” Miller orients himself, moves a few metres farther down a rough trail, and comes to a stop. “Right here. This would be the centre of the highway.” We’re in the Blue […]
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Something in the air
Andrew Wright is a brave man. On a sultry June day, the manager of Chebucto Community Net is scaling ladders to the highest part of the roof of Fenwick Tower, Halifax’s tallest building, sussing out the best spot for an antenna. He’s rolled his blue shirt sleeves high up his thick arms. A white Chebucto […]
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Kelly Ripa!
I haven’t seen Scrubs much this year. It didn’t come back until mid-season, and CTV put it on against Gilmore, so I missed its poignant irreverence. (Yes I am on the Zach Braff is Hot train. I see pictures and know why I shouldn’t be, yet there it is.) The one I did see changed […]
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The spirit of ’96
Sloan, the band that can be blamed for most of that Halifax-next-Seattle stuff in the ’90s, just confirmed it’s coming to town to play LCDapalooza September 23. (Also secured on the bill are the Rolling Stones and Alice Cooper; stilll rumoured are Nickelback and Great Big Sea.) The gig coincides with the Sept. 19 release […]
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Dishcrimination
Even if it wasn’t happening in the middle of summer, Ahmed Assal’s human rights tribunal would be a media circus. To put his case one particularly lampoonable way, Assal says he needs a satellite dish to exercise his religious and cultural rights. To put it another way… well, that first way pretty much sums it […]
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False starts
I though posting a bit of as-it-happens news from Ahmed “satellite dish guy” Assal’s human rights case would be fitting way to innaugurate our new blog. Silly me. I forgot the hearing is happening at the Dal SUB, and you never know what’s going to happen when you’re dealing with the Dalhousie University behemoth. Even […]
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A dream deferred
Irvine Carvery has reason to be cautious. And he is. But he could be cynical too. And he isn’t. Since 1976, when the birth of his first son taught him the “true meaning of Africville,” Carvery has been on a seemingly doomed quest. He wants the City of Halifax to acknowledge it screwed up in […]
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Last house standing
Beholding 5517 Spring Garden invokes that Sesame Street song: “One of these things just doesn’t belong.” The old Victorian-style house has pink, purple and blue chipped paint on its original wood facade and is squeezed in between big box record store HMV and the wholesale optical chain Hakim Optical. It’s the only homey looking house […]
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Fireworks info
If all goes well, the fireworks go off at 10:00pm, July 1st. That’s Saturday and it’s also Canada Day. The best place for up to date information is to call the fireworks hotline: 490-6776 The Molson Canadian Canada Day concert begins at 4:30pm at Alderney Landing on the Dartmouth waterfront. The concert features performances by […]
