Opinion

If you look to the right, you’ll see a lovely photo of me when I was in the best running shape of my life. I always thought I looked pretty good in this action shot (thin, defined), but when I show it to anyone other than runners, they get kind of grossed out. “Too thin,” […]

To the editor, I cannot understand the disrespect and intolerance of people towards the recent concert. Reading last week’s Coast completely blew my mind. To me it was soaked with negativity and a complete lack of respect. I’m not a fan of The Stones, but I attended the concert, watching from the entrance area for […]

To the editor, I take exception to Paul Hannon’s reasons behind boycotting The Rolling Stones (Letterhead, September 21). Since when does music have an expiration date? Who says, “I can’t listen to a song because it was written in 1975”? Who says, “I can’t like that band, their last hit album came out in 1979”? […]

To the editor, I would like to thank Tim Bousquet for his article “Bang for your buck” in The Coast last week. He presents a piece of the untold story that many HRM staff and elected officials rolled over in their desire to bring The Rolling Stones to Halifax. I hope that Tim’s initiative will inspire […]

I was originally going to write to complain about the violent reactions to a “Love The Way We Bitch” online post (Top 5 Reasons why it sucks ass to be a waitress in the airport bar) and to say, what others have said, that it’s a “bitch” column dunderheads, not a love-in. If you must […]

So the gods are giving me mixed signals about running the marathon. This morning a pair of tight fitting pants finally gave way at work, popping the top button off and freeing my ever growing mid-section (I’m not a large guy, but three extra inches on the waist is still three extra inches on the […]

Before I start, I should point out that I used to be an avid runner. I competed regularly between 1999 and 2001, averaging 10-20 races a year, and have dozens of trophies and medals for my efforts. I wasn’t Olympic material or anything, but I was in decent shape, relatively drug and alcohol free, and […]

As I was sitting in my living room last week reading the newest edition of The Coast, I came across Lisa Diana’s letter to the Editor. As I finished the first paragraph I exclaimed out loud “Oh! A rodeo! I’ve never been to one before, I’d love to go and see what these are all […]

I’ve heard too many complaints about the Rolling Stones this past weekend in the Commons. Critics (including this very newspaper) say that the commons is public land not to be used for corporate events, they say the Stones aren’t globally conscious, that taxpayers money should go to more important events, it’s too noisy, etc etc. […]

For the first time in its history, the Maritime Fall Fair in Halifax is introducing a bull-riding event to its lineup. The Professional Bull Riding Canada Rocky Cup Series will take place on October 6 and 7 at Exhibition Park. Rodeo promoters would like us to believe that these animals love to kick and squirm […]