Cafe Tryst opened last month at 86 Portland in Dartmouth. The new restaurant is co-owned by Alex Auld-Blake and Pernell Blake, former owners of Coffee & Colours in Barrington Shops (sold to Johnny Anjoul March 31). Chef Pernell Blake was looking to expand his repertoire with the new restaurant, creating such Caribbean- and Canadian-inspired entrees […]
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School’s out
The Halifax Regional School Board released a survey this week that is asking teachers to disclose their sexual orientation. The survey, which also questions staff about disabilities and race, asks teachers to identify if they are heterosexual, bisexual, gay or lesbian (No transgendered tick-box? What gives?). Although the board claims that the survey is simply […]
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Beg, borrow or steal
To the editor, When Rodney MacDonald won his leadership campaign he said he would make the environment one of his top four priorities. Yet he has allowed one of his campaign’s biggest donors, Pioneer Coal, to strip-mine in Cape Breton. There is no Tory plan to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels, increase efficiency or […]
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Growing awareness
To the editor, I really want to send a big thank you to Erica Butler for writing “Good to grow” (May 11). Her article spurred me into action. As a resident in the Springfield Lake area I am very concerned about the shortsighted and irresponsible development that has been proposed. Councillor Brad Johns is right. […]
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Much ado about doggie doo
In the land of Haligonia and beyond, this is for certain: doggie doo abounds, in stacks and mounds. When I see someone not picking up the doggie doo, I stop and go up to the person and smile. I tell them that I noticed they didn’t have a bag for the doggie doo, and that […]
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Shopping maul
Atlantic Superstores lobbed a stink bomb into the provincial election campaign last week when the giant retailer announced that part of its Barrington Street outlet would soon be open on Sunday. Starting on June 11, two days before the provincial election, the Barrington emporium will be peddling turnips and tangerines, dead flesh and fish, face […]
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Cold comfort
Like many students who rent in south end Halifax, Robert Jewer feels he’s being gouged. He’s paying $620 per month for his room in a modest three-bedroom apartment, located at Park Victoria on South Park. “It seems high,” he says, “but it’s something you learn to live with in this city.” Jewer moved here from […]
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Reader’s choice
What should our libraries look like? Please hold for a likely unexpected answer: Chapters/Starbucks in Bayers Lake Business Park. There. I’ve said it. That’s a load off. Phew. I’m unloading my deep dark love of the Chapters/Starbucks corporate mega-machine for good reason (and with a disclaimer: I buy 90 percent of my books from local […]
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The contender?
“Got it!” the young woman announces triumphantly as she breezes back into the NDP’s storefront office off Wolfville’s main drag, holding aloft a roll of inch-wide orange ribbon. “Told you,” King’s South candidate David Mangle says to no one in particular. “Anything you need you can get at the Home Hardware.” It’s 4:25 on a […]
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Letters to the Editor
much adieu about doggie doo in the present, in the current, in the here and now, freedom of choice is all there is. no matter what happens, you always have a choice about how you will deal with it. so what if you step on the thing that lies in front of you on your […]
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Paint for life
Dandy Lion Eco Interior Painting offers a healthy alternative for all of your house painting needs. Owner Selah Koile’s new business benefits both humans and the environment by reducing the amount of paint dumped in landfills (she uses recycled paint), reducing the stress placed on the body by dangerous toxins (she uses no VOC —volatile […]
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McNab’bed
A group of approximately 17 campers were rounded up last Saturday night on McNabs Island by provincial conservation officers and told to fold up their tends and go home. Although overnight camping has traditionally been permitted on McNabs, the two conservation officers were apparently unaware of the unique camping conditions that prevail on the island. […]