No one is happy with the current set of supports available to people living in poverty. We tend to blame people for their problems, despite the growing consensus that health is a combination of things—including income—that are largely outside the person. We need to acknowledge that it is a community responsibility to guarantee each person […]
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Letters to the editor, September 7, 2017
Turn to the treaty The Back to School article “Pjila’si Mi’kma’ki” by Lara Lewis—described as a primer on Mi’kmaw history and culture—highlights how the different narratives involving Indigenous-European relations and related treaties of the 1700s are interpreted. The capture of Port Royal by Anglo forces in 1710 and the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 set […]
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Death of the cinema
The sale of the Oxford Theatre is a sensible business decision for Cineplex Theatres. It was part of the deal when they purchased Empire Theatres in 2013, but the general consensus from talking to family and friends in Halifax—I’ve lived in the U.S. since 2010 and last visited the Oxford in 2015—was that they probably […]
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Letters to the editor, August 31, 2017
Vision for victims This letter is written in response to the recent article by Maggie Rahr, “Domestic violence court fast-tracked,” which did not convey certain information from the conversations she had with us. Halifax domestic violence agencies have been meeting for more than three years to develop a vision of a community/government partnership that would […]
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Bob Bjerke’s dismissal moves Halifax back in time
I’ll preface this article by admitting that I don’t yet know the details of chief planner Bob Bjerke’s quick exit (read: dismissal) from his role at HRM. No one does, not even the rest of HRM’s planning staff or apparently Bjerke himself (according to media interviews). This alone speaks to the culture of elusiveness that […]
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Lessons from Morgentaler
Recent headlines have highlighted that abortion access in Nova Scotia might be the worst in the country. It’s been almost 30 years since the Supreme Court of Canada held that barriers to abortion access may violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and yet in Nova Scotia it’s clear that significant barriers remain. In our […]
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Letters to the editor, August 24, 2017
Brewing trouble I’m concerned about the recent opening of Chill Street, a ferment-on-premise retail outlet located adjacent to the Sobeys in Elmsdale. It has been called the first of its kind, which I would say is accurate. Chill Street has also been repeatedly referred to as a microbrewery. As president of the Craft Brewers Association […]
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Letters to the editor, August 17, 2017
Comics to the max Please always publish an illustrated The Coast (The Comics Issue, August 10). Don’t ever stop. —Zso Michele, Halifax Mind the geese Three years ago, soon after moving from the countryside to Dartmouth, I witnessed an amazing sight: I couldn’t believe my eyes seeing geese actually using the crosswalks in the city. […]
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A nightmare of evocation as Halifax falls to the wrecking ball
One of my dystopian nightmares (I know that term is redundant but I want to emphasize just how scared and disgusted it makes me) goes like this: At some point in the not-so-distant future, everything that makes Halifax livable, lovable and distinct (common lands, public spaces, historic buildings, heritage neighbourhoods) has been razed and replaced […]
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Don’t be a butt to artists
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