The on-going treatment of the Khyber Arts Society (KAS) and now the Khyber Performing Arts Society (KPAS), by the city of Halifax makes me in turn sad and angry. The club has not only hosted innumerable artist talks, panel discussions andpost-opening parties, not to mention performances, including many with SmallWooden Shoe – but most importantly […]
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Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor: I cannot even begin to describe to you the level of horror and revulsion I felt upon seeing the full-page ad you ran in today’s Coast for a smokeless tobacco product. This is absolutely unacceptable. Smokeless tobacco is a major cause of brutal and incurable forms of cancer. Perhaps your readers would like […]
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Furry friends not fashion
To the editor, I have received emails and phone calls about how happy people are that Mitchell Furs on Quinpool Road is closing; asking if I, as a local animal rights activist, know why. The fact of the matter: who cares why it is closing as long as it is? The fur industry has its […]
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Cut to the chase
To the editor, Regarding the article “MacDonald Bridge” in last week’s issue: Andrew Terris has repeatedly stated both in your article and other venues that the Nova Scotia Arts Council being shut down and the Cultural Federations having their budgets cut in 2002 coincided with the launch of the Nova Scotia Music Sector Strategy. In […]
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Brightening the right
Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance. These are what shrinks call the “stages of grief,” steps a person has to go through before fully coming to terms with a traumatic event. Consider the shock of hearing the words “prime minister Stephen Harper” for the first time. I couldn’t believe it (denial), then I expressed dismay about […]
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Not enough
To the editor, I was quite disappointed in your latest issue due to the lack of information about the election. A large portion of your readers are in their late teens and 20s, which means they are of age to participate in the democratic process. The problem is that the majority of them do not. […]
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Old enough
To the editor, A recent article in Maclean’s entitled “Stop Him Before He Votes” argued that “today’s 18-year-olds are too immature to vote,” and that the voting age should be raised. According to the article, because youth are now less likely to be employed and are more likely to be living at home, this warrants […]
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Minority report
I’m down on my knees thanking god for another minority government, even if it will be led by the unholy, right-wing trinity that briefly called itself CRAP, the Conservative Reform Alliance Party. CRAP summed it up nicely, don’t you think? But they dropped that moniker like a hot turd when they woke up and smelled […]
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Letters to the Editor
Hello, I wasn’t sure whether to send this to the Bitch or to Letterhead. Thanks for your time. Olivier JardaVP Academic, Saint Mary’s University Students’ AssociationHalifax, NS I recently read an article in Maclean’s entitled “Stop Him before He Votes”. It argued that “today’s 18-year-olds are too immature to vote”, and that the voting age […]
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Bribezillas
Subject: Bribery articleShape of thinks to come in Halifax?: Mayor convicted on first daySAN DIEGO – A federal jury on Monday convicted San Diego’s new acting mayor and a city councilman of taking payoffs from a strip club owner to help repeal the “no-touching” ordinance at nude clubs, the latest blow to a city already […]
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Bribezillas
Subject: ‘Keep writing, keep complainingImportance: High Shape of thinks to come in Halifax?: Mayor convicted on first daySAN DIEGO – A federal jury on Monday convicted San Diego’s new acting mayor and a city councilman of taking payoffs from a strip club owner to help repeal the “no-touching” ordinance at nude clubs, the latest blow […]
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Christmas leftovers
To the editor, I noticed something that makes me sad and mad again this year, something I’m sure we’ve all noticed before. It was garbage day in the area where I work and the streets were lined with discarded Chritmas trees, ready to be picked up and taken away. Is this how we celebrate the birth […]
