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Rogue airwaves

Hello, This is not a comment, but more of a question. I am a student at Dalhousie uni. and I have to find an article that I am interested in and post it in my class. First I have to get the permission of the author. I am interested in the article, “Rogue airwaves,” written […]

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Testing malfunction

To the editor, For someone that I don’t know, I’m very fond of Stephen Lewis. He works his butt off to help people, people who are normally pushed aside or ignored especially. If that doesn’t show goodness of character, then I don’t know what would. There was one thing about The Coast’s recent article (“Struggle […]

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Petals vs. pedals

To the editor, Why is it that if the Halifax Regional Municipality doesn’t have enough money to meet the recommendations for implementing its bike plan that it still seems to come up with the money for all those flower beds on Connaught Avenue, between Jubilee and Quinpool Road? Connaught Avenue is a beautiful boulevard already. […]

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Cookie, d’oh

To the editor, What an interesting letter! (“Cookie dough intake related to exclamation point usage,” October 20) From this I learned: 1. Ms. MacDonald has an overweight son and it’s due to his life at home. 2. She likes exclamation points, and has no idea how to use them. 3. She is totally rotted out […]

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Goin for golden

As if Vancouver needs any more ego boosting, early this month The Economist magazine’s research arm named it the world’s best place to live. The city has been at the top of the “Liveability Ranking” before, consistently scoring well in terms of stability, healthcare, education, infrastructure, culture and environment to be the planet’s “most attractive […]

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Take a pill

In 1967, my mother-in-law had to lie to a doctor to get the Pill, saying she was married (she wasn’t), interested in learning more about the rhythm method of birth control (she didn’t care), and having “troublesome” periods (nope). In 1987, my doctor offered it to me — then 15 — after asking a few […]

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