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Two weeks ago, a plot of land in the south end, on Regina Terrace just off Beaufort, included a grove of venerable oaks. The oaks had seen over a century of human progress, withstanding everything from property development to Hurricane Juan. Some had trunks thicker than two people could hold hands around. Now they’re gone, […]

Pride gets off to a rousing start this weekend with a couple of old favourites and some all-new events. For example, the Dykes vs. Divas baseball game gets underway on the Common at 1pm on Sunday (classic), followed shortly thereafter by the Homo Hopper Tour at 3pm, hosted by Halifax’s own April Showers (new). It’s […]

What a week at council…Not only do our councillors have time to entertain fanciful, secret dreams of Justin Timberlake (and let’s face it, who hasn’t?), they still found time to get down to brass tacks. The real nitty-gritty. The truly pressing… Graffiti! Arghhh! Yeah, you’d better scream, bucko. Graffiti will seduce your children and make […]

It’s always been an uphill battle for Direction 180, but that’s life when you’re serving the city’s most vulnerable and forgotten. There’s no disputing Direction’s struggle. Established in 2001 in association with the Mainline Needle Exchange, Direction 180 is a methadone clinic on Gottingen that provides support and treatment for recovering addicts. The presiding goal, […]

Does anyone really understand Atlantica? I mean, honestly. For all the window-breaking and paint-bombing over the past week, who among us has a clear picture of what Atlantica proposes? What did last weekend’s conference actually accomplish? John Jacobs has spent quite a bit of time struggling with such questions. Along with Scott Sinclair, Jacobs was […]

The Alliance Against Atlantica has been busy preparing for the Atlantica Conference, which runs for three days starting today (June 14-16). Not surprisingly, they aren’t rolling out the welcome mat. As reported in last week’s Coast (“Business displeasure,” June 7), Dave Ron and fellow members of the Alliance Against Atlantica aren’t pleased with the implications […]

You know what’s better than a ride on the ferry? A free ride on the ferry. And you know when you can get a free ride on the ferry? Right freakin’ now. It’s true. All you need is a bicycle and a smile. Although you may not have been aware of it, you’re now smack […]

Last Friday night, a crowd of people gathered on Cunard Street near Robie to gawk at the fallout after a sidewalk beating. The attack happened at roughly 1:15am; news tipper Francis Gerard lives in a building adjacent to the alley where the fight took place.”There’s a group that all live in a house across the street, they’re known as a rowdy bunch of people, they’ve threatened people before…this time things really got out of hand. The story goes there was them, partying, and then some other party happening up the street. Words were exchanged, and somehow the people from the

Last summer, Halifax saw it fit to rename a portion of Gerrish Street after local boxing hero and first black sergeant-at-arms, Buddy Daye, who passed away in 1995. Good move. Not only was Daye thoroughly deserving of the honour (Daye helped set up the Black Cultural Centre in Nova Scotia, and offered guidance and support […]