[Image-1] There is a bullshit cultural milieu surrounding the use of cannabis. The general perception seems to be that marijuana is not only a completely harmless substance, but actually a panacea capable of alleviating/curing a vast array of medical conditions. However, its use is hindered by mean, moralistic politicians who are kept in the back […]
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Letters to the editor, August 20, 2015
Efficient career building Love stories that show there are other routes than killing your financial future with university (“How to be a crane operator,” The City by Thoshlae Smith, August 13). Great topic. —posted by Brandon Wilcox at thecoast.ca Heft on the left Hey Isaac, we can make this happen (“It’s time to merge Canada’s […]
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It’s time to merge Canada’s progressive parties
[Image-1] Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. I write this on behalf of all Canadians who voted anything but Conservative in 2011. And 2008. And 2006. And 2004. This election need only focus on a single issue: Canadian democracy is no longer functioning. By merging the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties in […]
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Letters to the editor, August 13, 2015
Canadaarrrr votes The Pirate Party of Canada was founded by a group of people including university students who would normally have avoided politics. However, the continuous erosion of rights and freedom, and the security of the new information infrastructure, by the copyright monopolist and the corruption of government officials, roused these individuals from their comfortable […]
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Be the change this city needs
[Image-1] I am here to initiate change for the city I love, the City of Halifax. I am here as part of a wider group of people, such as Gerry Post and Gus Reed, to help shape the tone and form our beloved city takes in the future. This winter I became “The Asshole With […]
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Group homes won’t ruin your neighbourhood, Dartmouth
Councillor Darren Fisher of Harbourview-Burnside-Dartmouth East recently caused a controversy which caught my attention on Twitter. Acting on behalf of local residents who had concerns about the number of group homes in their neighbourhood—while admitting he didn’t know specific numbers—Fisher said: “It’d be the same if a small neighbourhood had one convenience store, they’re fine […]
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Letters to the editor, August 6, 2015
Flagging energy I find this title and most of the article extremely offensive as a white person (“New garbage regulations called for dealing with white trash,” News + Opinion story posted at thecoast.ca by Jacob Boon, July 29). I assume you are not white based on the fact you wrote this article. It’s unacceptable as […]
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Saving our cities and ourselves from the automobile
Anybody who has waited far too long on a street corner for the privilege of boarding a lurching, overcrowded bus, or wrestled luggage onto subways and shuttles to get to a big city airport, knows that transit on this continent tends to be underfunded, ill-maintained and ill-planned. Given the opportunity, who wouldn’t drive? Hopping in […]
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Letters to the editor, July 30, 2015
<pNorway are these good trees for us In response to your story and video about what trees the city plants (“Norway maples should make like a tree and leave Halifax,” posted at thecoast.ca by Team Coast, July 17), I have just three things to say: EXCELLENT! EXCELLENT! EXCELLENT! Thanks. —Dave, Halifax HRM so smartly is […]
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Why you’re going to love clear garbage bags
[Image-1] Clear garbage bags are coming to Halifax on August 1, and you know what? You are going to love it. No. Really. In 2010, my partner and I moved to Coldbrook, Nova Scotia, where the clear bag policy was already in place. The thing is, I didn’t know about this before we moved. At […]
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Letters to the editor, July 23, 2015
Social safety no I was born in Halifax as a child of a military person. I was shunned and discriminated against by teachers and peers. As time went on, my family moved to Ontario, where I was part of the Brat Club (military children). Once my dad took sick, he wanted to move back to […]
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Pride, I love you but you’re bringing me down
Halifax kicks off its 28th annual Pride festival this week, and while many of my queer sidekicks are giddy with shirtless, crotch-pulsing enthusiasm, I am not among them. I remember well my first official Halifax pride. Twas the summer of 2009, and I had just come out—publicly, in the pages of Frank, no less—three months […]