When I moved to Halifax in 2007, the first apartment I went to see was a $750 bachelor in the south end with no windows. The landlord told me he could put a window in “if I really needed one.” My friends and I joked about that experience for ages; it seemed ludicrous at the […]
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What Canada can do to help the Hong Kong protesters
In a little while it will be over. We may fail. But the rights for which we contend will not die. –Louis Riel To love our neighbour as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.–John Locke This is an open […]
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Lisa Cameron tells us how to get ahead of our bad bosses
With low-wage and precarious work on the rise, many workers in Halifax are struggling to maintain decent employment while sustaining themselves and their families. For those without adequate wages and legal protection, addressing workplace inequality can be exhausting, risky and costly with little reward. During university, I monkey-barred from job to job and, while each […]
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Letters to the editor, August 8, 2019
My heroic hobby After reading the article by Morgan Mullin about the benefits of having a hobby, I want to tell you of a great hobby I have had for 10 years (“A life less monetized,” cover story, May 16). And I am in full agreement about the rewards of hobbies that Mullin describes, such […]
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Dear Halifax developers: be more creative
Halifax Regional Council has recently approved a slew of developments within the downtown, south end and Quinpool areas of the city. All the developments are either high rises or exceed previously stated limitations on height in the city. The 8-storey development on Wellington Street exceeds the 6-story height limit despite the local outcry. The most […]
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Letters to the editor, August 1, 2019
Towers and power I loved Devin Radcliffe’s message in last week’s Coast (“Ground zero,” Voice of The City). It was a positive and inspiring look at Nova Scotia’s intrinsic wealth and natural beauty, and how we could address the current climate crisis by switching from our fossil fuel-powered plants to sustainable options like wind and […]
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Letters to the editor, July 25, 2019
Statue quo Archaeologist Jonathan Fowler dug deep to denigrate Edward Cornwallis, pointing out “many of our citizens fail to recognize the image of Pharaoh in the sword-clad, bronze Cornwallis with his puffed-out chest” (“Why Halifax’s Cornwallis should follow Montreal’s lead on the path to reconciliation,” Voice of The City, July 11). I suspect career soldier […]
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Why Nova Scotia is the perfect place to fight for climate justice
Nova Scotia is a perfect battleground for the fight for climate justice. This place is not characterized by ease or sensationalism. The ways that our gentle hills rise from our 7,400 kilometres of coastline became spectacular to me only after years of reflection. The wealth of plant life that inundates everything only became remarkable when […]
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Finding a place and a voice as a queer PoC artist
Iam a white-passing Japanese Canadian queer cis-woman born and raised in the north end. However, I haven’t gotten to live there as a queer adult yet—I left Halifax almost immediately after coming out at 20, during my first year of my BFA at NSCAD. I often feel this leaving as a kind of loss. Yet […]
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Letters to the editor, July 18, 2019
Pro movie choice Katie Telford, prime minister Justin Trudeau’s chief of staff, is appalled that Cineplex is showing the anti-abortion film Unplanned at several theatres across Canada. Funny, but I wasn’t aware that Katie was being forced to watch it. Here’s a solution for you, Katie: Live and let live, while exercising your right not […]
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Letters to the editor, July 11, 2019
Foreclosure racket Something is wrong with the entire real estate system in Nova Scotia (“Canada’s foreclosure playground,” cover story by The King’s Investigative Workshop, July 4). My father owned a lakefront lot in HRM for 40 years. When he passed his property was supposed to migrate to my mother, but the lot didn’t. Not realizing […]
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Why Halifax’s Cornwallis should follow Montreal’s lead on the path to reconciliation
The Mohawk word atateken, meaning “relatives” or, loosely, “brothers and sisters,” suggests equality and fraternity among peoples. Last month it officially replaced British general Jeffrey Amherst’s name on a downtown street sign in Montreal. A sharp commemorative contrast compared to Amherst’s support for infecting his Indigenous enemies with diseased blankets. Meanwhile last month in Nova […]