Gottingen Street is one of Halifax’s busiest, most historic sections of road. Once stigmatized as unsafe and crime-filled, Gottingen is now in transition to a vibrant, dynamic and livable neighbourhood. A major component of that transition is how people move into, out of, and around the area. Where people can go and what places people […]
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P3 schools debacle, lessons not learned?
Last summer, my organization published an evaluation of the 39 P3 schools built in the late 1990s. We concluded that it was a failed experiment marred by cost overruns, massive private profits, mismanagement and an overarching lack of evidence-based decision-making (echoing the Auditor General). We recommended that the province take the discount rate (43 percent […]
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Letters to the editor, July 27, 2017
Angels & criminals I actually agree with you that the return of the Hells Angels is a bad thing, but your attempt to turn this into a race subject is pathetic (“Hells Angels resurgence not something to celebrate,” City story by Christy Somos, July 20). I also agree there is racial bias against Black criminals, […]
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Is there a non-creepy way to ask someone out when they’re working?
Hey Ask Hole, I’ve got a major crush on the barista at my local coffee shop. I know it’s part of the job to be friendly—and I remember how gross it was when dudes would hit on me back when I was a server—but there’s a serious flirtatious vibe between us and I want to […]
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Pride is political and Pride is a party
The east coast is bustling in July. Anyone who’s spent a winter on our fair coast knows that the two months of summer we get are used to their full potential as best we can. Pride week is no exception to that and is always one of the best times to be in Atlantic Canada. […]
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Letters to the editor, July 20, 2017
Oh my landlord David Kennedy of Top Flight Property Management did the exact same thing to me as happened to the woman in your story (“Good luck getting that damage deposit back,” The City story by Jennifer Henderson, July 13)! I filed a claim after repeated attempts to connect with him, but my case was […]
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Letters to the editor, July 13, 2017
Statue statements I don’t necessarily agree with the protesters who want to tear down the Cornwallis statue on Saturday (“Mayor and Mi’kmaq Chiefs oppose plans to topple Cornwallis statue,” The City by Jacob Boon, posted July 11 at thecoast.ca and printed on page 5). I’d rather it be removed in a way that wouldn’t play […]
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Letters to the editor, July 6, 2017
deadmau5 to me I love Canada and I particularly love our city. That’s why I was so excited to take in the free Canada Day concert on the Common. But unfortunately I came away, overall, disappointed. Not with all of the performers, but with some. And unfortunately I couldn’t stay for deadmau5. Best artist of […]
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Proud Boys are a microcosm of the unchecked violence in Canada’s military
The July 4 opinion piece in The Coast on the “Proud Boys” left out a small but important detail about the members of this fascist right-wing group: they are all members of the Canadian military, as confirmed by Royal Canadian Navy. As an Indigenous person with close ties to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), I think that […]
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Pathetic, dumb and dangerous: The Proud Boys make their debut in Halifax
On July 1, a group of Indigenous activists and their allies gathered at the statue of Edward Cornwallis that inexplicably still stands in downtown Halifax to commemorate and mourn the genocide of Canada’s First Nations. In the midst of the sombre ceremony, a group of five idiots in matching polo shirts showed up singing, waving […]
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I ended up celebrating: My first year as a Canadian
People stood in the doorway, the hallways and, of course, the kitchen. Dozens of eyes and smiles greeted my sister and I with warmth and a touch of understanding. It was a party to celebrate our one-year anniversary in Canada. More than two dozen refugee sponsors were there—people who had been working hard to help […]
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Our people refuse to be broken
When I was a kid, I used to play “Indian.” I would put a feather in my hair, wear whatever fringed leather jacket my mother had kicking around from the ’80s and I would run around war-whooping outside. When I was a teenager, I dressed up as Pocahontas for Halloween. When I was in my […]