Al Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth opens in Halifax June 16, and the accompanying Climate Crisis website: www.climatecrisis.net is a treasure trove of information, from glowing reviews of the film to 10 easy ways you can cut down carbon dioxide emissions. You’d expect nothing less from the guy who invented the internet, but it turns […]
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Seven-day tripping
Stuck in the house, sick of the bus, hot under the collar? Solution: Beg, borrow, steal or rent a car and follow this guide to mainland Nova Scotia hotspots for a week’s worth of kitsch-heavy day trips that allow you to head back to Halifax and sleep in your own bed every night. Other indications: […]
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Grave matters
Death is a fact. In the Old Burying Ground, running along Barrington Street and Spring Garden Road, it is a fact made humbly beautiful. The Old Burying Ground is Halifax’s oldest cemetery. It opened in 1749, and it is the final resting place for close to 1,300 grave markers and approximately 12,000 bodies. (Some were […]
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All decked out
44 North Seafood Co.1919 Upper Water Street, 428-7852 Watch the ships come in (you’ll be close enough to blow kisses!) and enjoy an amazing waterside view of the harbour while noshing on fresh seafood. Mon-Fri 6:30am-10pm, Sat-Sun 7am-10pm, 60 seats, licensed, blender drinksAlexandra’s Pizza1263 Queen Street, 425-1900www.alexandraspizza.com Enjoy late-night pizza under the stars, or any […]
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Beyond the Basilica
Halifax offers many opportunities to the urban wanderer: plenty of great streetscapes, changing landscape, people and buildings. While some follow the prescribed paths leading to favourite and famous places—the gazebo in the Public Gardens, Citadel Hill or Saint Mary’s Basilica—others may meander off in search of the modern. Modern buildings are the old new buildings […]
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Harbouring secrets
To be fair, right off the bat, your Harbour Hopper guide will tell you a tremendous amount about Halifax, and most of it will be fascinating, and mainly accurate. The tour, however, is just a little under an hour long. Which means there will, by necessity, be certain gaps in the information your guide will […]
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Theodore’s struggles
Andrew Cochran and I are sitting in a Halifax coffee shop. He’s moving my Olympus mini-recorder and his bottle of Dasani water around the table top—sort of like play ships sailing on a play harbour—to explain some otherwise inexplicable concept of intellectual property law. He’s already told me a recent study by the Law Commission […]
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Stone face
Mason in the corner The Old Burying Ground closed for good in 1844, but for a polished monument of granite plinths (the only granite in the graveyard) located in the far left corner of the Ground on Barrington St. near Dalhousie’s Sexton campus. This particular monument and the cleared space surrounding it occupy roughly one […]
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Conservative progress
My heart bled for that hapless gal on the radio the morning after Tuesday’s provincial election. When a reporter informed her Nova Scotians had elected another minority government, the poor thing cried out, “What a bloody waste of money!” She was dead wrong, of course. In my own riding of Waverley—Fall River—Beaver Bank, the NDP’s […]
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Self starter
For some, the term “do-it-yourself” (or “DIY”) evokes images of a Bob Vila-type handyman installing their own light switches or toilets. For others, it means a lifestyle comprised of responsible choices—a slower pace of life in a supportive community. For the most part, Iris Porter identifies with the latter definition. While her DIY theory also […]
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Slug it out
Dear slugs, You have won, you great stomach-turning bastards, with your slimy, decelerated ways. I concede a grave, shoulder-hunched defeat. Take my garden. You can have it. And go fuck yourself while you’re at it. I believe that is the only time I’ve been able to say that literally. I read in the paper last […]
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Sea spot yum
Hi Liz, I just wanted to Thank You so much for the wonderful article you wrote on the Seaside Shanty Restaurant! As the new owner of the restaurant, I couldn’t be more pleased to read all the great things you had to say!! Next time you are in the restaurant, please ask if I am […]