Tears stream down an old man’s face as he remembers Africville. “It was a heaven, a home, a real home,” he says of the tiny black community on the Bedford Basin that was bulldozed by the city in the 1960s. “I’ve been around this world twice. I never met a place like Africville. Never.” That […]
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42Ks in 42 Days
Since today was a rest day, I figured it would be a good chance to give you a few stats compiled from my first nine days of training: Running days – 7Cross-training days – 1Rest days – 1Fun runs – 4Not-so-fun runs – 3Total kilometers run – 64Total time running – 4 hours and 32 […]
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42Ks in 42 Days
Long runs and wedding receptions don’t mix. I arrived at yesterday’s party parched and starving, and the first thing I saw was a tray of appetizers and wine. Next thing you know I’ve downed two glasses of white and handfuls of bacon wrapped scallops. I didn’t get boozed or stuffed (I wanted to, believe me), […]
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Letters to the Editor
Why hosting the Stones doesn’t add up I think it was fantastic to have the Rolling Stones play in Halifax. But HRM funding and hosting the concert on the Common doesn’t add up. Besides breaking the 257 year principle of the Common being a free and open space to all citizens, one is still left […]
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42Ks in 42 Days
Now I know that some of you are thinking, “If you took a day off, then how come you’re updating your blog?” Let me explain. My first day of training was also the day I wrote my introduction to the page, and ever since then I have written my recap the day after it happened […]
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Letters to the Editor
Anyone passing by the Robie/Quinpool intersection Sunday afternoon was not likely to have missed the the large group of Pro-Life advocates lining the sidewalk with signs reading, “Abortion kills babies” and, “Abortion is murder”. As a Christian, I would consider myself to be Pro-Life, yet I was deeply offended by the approach taken by this […]
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42Ks in 42 Days
Okay, so I lied. Last time I ran on the treadmill I said it would be the last time, but here I am again, writing about another trip to the gym. I apologize for this grievous lapse in judgment, and I assure you it won’t happen again. How did this happen? Well, after my superb […]
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42Ks in 42 Days
My gym bag smells terrible. Actually, let’s clarify: My backpack smells terrible. It’s an old, blue piece of ECMA swag I picked up in 2002, and ever since then it’s been carrying a wide array of dirty gym clothes – wet shoes, damp socks, sweaty shorts and ratty old tops. It’s gotten to the point […]
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Letters to the Editor
In a Province that was the birthplace of Reasonable Government, I am surprised that we are talking about turning a portion of Argyle Street into a parking lot for our venerable City Councillors. Actually that’s a lie; this doesn’t surprise me at all. About 8 years ago I had the chance to meet a fine […]
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42Ks in 42 Days
Let’s get one thing straight: I hate treadmills. Don’t get me wrong, I find them handy – in fact, I run on a treadmill more than I run outside – but there’s something about working hard and going nowhere that hits way too close to home. If there’s something good on TV while I am […]
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Accident prone
The death of a bricklayer at a construction site in Lower Sackville this week followed a familiar and disturbing pattern. The worker fell four metres from a scaffold, hit his head and died. The provincial labour department then ordered his employer, Darim Masonry of Bedford, to ensure that the scaffolding and guardrails were installed properly. […]
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Gone to the dogs
No one on the street cares about organized crime, former Halifax Regional Police chief David McKinnon told me in 2000. People care about dangerous dogs. It was a moment of hyperbole easily understood—most people care more about the little things that affect their lives every day than the big issues. I was interviewing McKinnon (who […]