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Letters to the Editor

Coast Staff

As one of the many post-secondary students living and loving in the HRM, it’s a bit of a kick in the pants to see Dalhousie take the top spot in university-related categories in the recent Best Of issue. As far as I can tell, 20-something university students are an important demographic of Coast readership – […]

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Letters to the Editor

Coast Staff

Nov 5/05 ~ Day 16. I quit smoking 16 days ago. After many days of teetering mind loss, little by little I’m starting to feel somewhat like myself again. My boyfriend of 10 years has also kicked the habit and it’s probably one of the hardest tests this relationship has been thru. It’s a beautiful […]

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Got wood?

TC Demaresq

One Stop Wood Shop opened last Saturday at the corner of Elm and Chebucto. The store will specialize in furniture made by owner and carpenter Jason Cullen. Cullen creates custom-made pieces, and also has a number of pieces on display that are available for purchase. He specializes in a wide range of furniture, from funky […]

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Q & A period

Coast Staff

Dear Lezlie, I read with interest your column in last week’s Coast. I’m one of those women you talk about, one of the wacky bunch who second-guess Mother Nature’s plan for us ovary-bearers. Contrary to the belief of women and doctors in the industrialized world, women aren’t really meant to cycle every 28-35 days. This […]

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Q & A period

Coast Staff

To Lezlie Lowe, I read your column (“Take a pill,” Oct 27) and totally agree with you; however, when you mentioned the pills you mentioned Diane. I’d like to point out Diane 35 is actually an acne medication, not an oral contraceptive. On March 20, 2005, CBC’s Marketplace aired an episode on the misuse of […]

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Shades of grey

Bruce Wark

I was leaning against a meeting room wall on the ramparts of Citadel Hill last week when businessman Bill Black waltzed in to the strains of the Stones’ Paint It Black. About 75 portly, south end Tories applauded enthusiastically as Mick and the boys wailed about death and depression. “I see the girls walk by […]

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Grand ideas

Michael Fleury

It’s easy to criticize the parking lot in the Grand Parade. As a prime piece of public land and a centrepiece for the city, there are plenty of uses for the square that would be more inspiring than a car park. Now that city council has resolved to stop using the public square as a […]

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Ground Zero

Michael Tisserand

My wife spent yesterday in New Orleans, getting the house ready to put on the market. She woke up at 5 a.m. to drive in with a friend. She cleaned the kids’ rooms, hung the pictures back on the walls, stacked the Saturday, Aug. 28, issue of the Times-Picayune — the one with the “Katrina […]

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Rogue airwaves

Coast Staff

Hello, This is not a comment, but more of a question. I am a student at Dalhousie uni. and I have to find an article that I am interested in and post it in my class. First I have to get the permission of the author. I am interested in the article, “Rogue airwaves,” written […]

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