Wednesday, January 11, 2006, 8pm The sound of a staple gun punctuates air already thick with paint and cigarette smoke. In one corner of the cavernous room, Jenn and Jessica, both clad in orange rubber gloves that stretch up to their elbows, work together washing down chairs and stacking them. Over by the bar, Dave, […]
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All the small things
Last Saturday, the Shearwater Aviation Museum was home to a number of craft much smaller than its usual big birds. The Eighth Annual Model Makers Showcase & Contest was on. Downstairs, folks were showing off their handicraft, which ranged all over the historical time line. They sat at tables with models, tackle boxes of tools […]
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Letters to the Editor
can you please tell me what qualifications liz feltham the food reviewer for the coast has, if any ???because she sure doesnt know good food when she tastes it. i am the diningroom manager of SYN restaurant and have worked in many restaurants and hotels over the past 15 years , and have seen many […]
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Letters to the Editor
If you visit www.turnitin.com, you will be welcomed by the smiling faces of five twenty-somethings basking in the glory of academic honesty. Turnitin is a for-profit company which offers educators an online plagiarism prevention tool. It is used by thousands of schools, and allows instructors to compare students’ essays with 15 million papers, 8 billion […]
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Decade of music
CD Heaven at 118 Wyse Road in Dartmouth celebrates 10 years in business this year. Owner Brian Rippin credits the store’s success with “trying to do our best to give people more than they expected. When they come in looking for an Enya album, we’ll explain to them about Delirium and Enigma.” CD Heaven specializes […]
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REALITY BITES
Turn off your TVs, dim the lights and grab a sweater, kids. As of March 10, Nova Scotia Power has received approval to go ahead with an 8.9 percent power rate increase, or in more digestible terms, about seven extra dollars a month for what Nova Scotia Power calls “the typical household.” No word yet […]
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The return of the two towers
To the editor, The smug provincialism and ignorance of the local supporters of the proposed 27-storey development at Granville and Hollis might get a bit of a shake if they would take a look at a few hot modern cities. Get your eyes away from your navels, and see the dynamic architecture in Montreal, in […]
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Copy that
To the editor, In your March 2 issue you carried an article on plagiarism titled “Unoriginal sin.” The general tone of the article was a condemnation of plagiarism and the efforts by the universities to stop cheating. You also mention measures by a newspaper against a reporter who took stories from the internet. A few […]
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The return of the two towers
To mayor Kelly, HRM councillors and fellow citizens, I, along with many of my colleagues, urge you to vote in favour of United Gulf’s proposed development. I believe it can only have a positive impact on our architectural heritage. I find development in HRM is diminishing as a result of a few outspoken, negative opponents […]
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Stopping the spread
I had a lot of fun in my 19 years as a CBC journalist. The pay wasn’t bad and it was great being famous. I have to admit though, there were days when life was hectic in the CBC sausage factory. Sometimes we were so busy grinding out the baloney that we forgot to ask […]
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Flip the scripture
It couldn’t be any more clear. Homosexuality—male homosexuality, at least—is an abomination. It says so in Leviticus, the third book of the Old Testament, chapter 20, verse 13: “If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination.” Both of them, it continues, should be put to […]
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Cringe festival
Canadian Tire Guy—every Canadian television-watcher’s next-door-neighbour from hell—has picked up stakes and left town. Or been run out. It’s difficult to tell when so many people are screaming at their TVs: “Don’t let the garden gate hit your ass on the way out!” Hatred of this ad icon and his Simoniz Pressure Washer-hawking wife, Mrs. […]