Onna Young’s first memory of gender dysphoria is during a “puberty class” in fifth grade. “Everybody got to write down a question and have it anonymously answered,” she says. “Thirty questions went in the hat. Twenty-nine were answered, and I was held after school.” Young’s question was about whether someone wanting to transition had to […]
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Community rallies to help Souls Harbour after fire shuts down the shelter’s kitchen
Olive Murwin cried when she arrived at Souls Harbour Rescue Mission on Thursday morning. The night before, the Cunard Street shelter was in flames. The building suffered extensive damage and its six residents had to evacuate. But the volunteer was crying tears of joy. What she saw that morning was an outpouring of support as […]
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How bags of bugs might help save some Halifax trees
Last month, researchers started tying white bags around the buds of some trees around the city. If you noticed any of the bags, you’d be forgiven for thinking a strange new landscaping trend is taking off. “We’re big Halloween fans. We wanted to make it look like Halloween year-round,” says Jon Sweeney, a research scientist […]
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Picture-perfect Dartmouth cherry trees are beginning to bloom
At the eastern edge of the Dartmouth Common, AKA Leighton Dillman Park, is Park Avenue. It’s quiet most of the year. Neighbourhood residents walk their dogs, students cut across the common on their way to and from school or the Sportplex. But for two weeks each May, the otherwise calm street is full of tourists […]
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Dalhousie University wants to tear down a 125-year-old home on Edward Street
Dalhousie University is growing. Enrolment numbers for Atlantic Canada’s largest university totalled nearly 22,000 students at the end of 2021, and have been increasing by at least 500 students annually for the past five years. Dalhousie is also expanding as a real estate developer, particularly around its Studley campus in south end Halifax. Last year, […]
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Demolition of Robie Street houses is rooted in renovictions
In March 2019, Vanessa moved into a one-bedroom apartment at 1566 Robie Street, a classic wood house near Bliss Street in Halifax’s south end. The home was old, but its good bones showed through a lack of upkeep. “The interior is what attracted me to that place,” says Vanessa, who only wanted to use her […]
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Jane’s Walk returns to Halifax with 17 events to learn about the city
Jane Jacobs’ fight to save Greenwich Village in the ‘50s and ‘60s, and her later fight to stop Toronto’s proposed Spadina Expressway, inspired a generation of urbanists. A woman who made waves in the male-dominated field of urban planning, Jacobs sought to protect city blocks from being turned into high-rises, to keep mom ‘n’ pop […]
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HRM has a new approach to homelessness (again)
At Halifax Regional Council’s regular meeting on Tuesday, May 3, city representatives will discuss a staff report on housing and homelessness. The report recommends creating designated “overnight sheltering sites” in parks within the municipality and is reportedly part of the city’s changing approach to encampments “based on a reassessment over the last 6 weeks.” The […]
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8 Mother’s Day events happening in Halifax
Mother’s day—Sunday, May 8—is just around the corner, and we’re here to help those looking for inspiration on a memorable way to treat their built-in best friends. Luckily Halifax isn’t lacking in the event department, so there are lots of ways to shop, dine and unwind with, without or for your mom this year. And […]
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Burger Bash begins
Today, The Coast kicked off the 2022 Halifax Burger Bash, a 10-day event where patties take over the peninsula and beyond. The Coast is now in its tenth year of running a burger event for HRM, and this year is bigger than ever before with 138 participating restaurants! Almost all of those restaurants are donating […]
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Two degrees of Mattea Roach
Canadians are a proud bunch. We love to boast about homegrown celebs whenever they’re in the news, whether it’s Ryan Reynolds, Drake or Celine Dion. In the Maritimes, that’s only amplified further. Our undying love of Elliot Page, Sarah McLachlan and Sidney Crosby runs as deep in our veins as our need to say “it’s […]
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Halifax is getting a retro roller rink
Dig out the neon spandex, find your flared pants and prepare for big hair. When Upshaw’s Roller Dome opens at 16 Dentith Road in Spryfield this summer, Halifax will be whisked back to ’70s and ’80s roller rink nostalgia. “I’m putting a lot of thought into the atmosphere, the lighting and the sound,” says owner […]