Of course this simplistic generalization is not wholly without challenge. Especially given that these are hardly gentle times we live in. For some like Rob Furlong, there exists another category, the sort most of us don’t want to get: the bad news call. Over the past few years, these types of calls have been Furlong’s […]
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Letters to the Editor
My roomates and I recently sent a “love the way we bitch” about someone pissing in our front porch! How can you have a cover and main article about public urination without printing our bitch? We were very disappointed in you. By nardin
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The Canadian Federation of Students (CFS), a national student lobby group, may be guilty of cyber squatting. The Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA), the other big national student lobby group on the block, which had been discussing changing their site name from www.casa.ca to the bilingual equivalent www.casa-acae.ca, was surprised to discover that CFS […]
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Letters to the Editor
Dear Kyle Shaw, I think the white poppy is a great idea. Promoting peace is important anytime of year, but especially now. Yet I strongly dissagree with the statement that the red poppy “glorifys war”. The plea of Vetrans that their service not be in vain is because their actions did serve a valuable purpose. […]
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Healthy to the core
Studio In Essence is now open above Spirit Spa at 1566 Barrington with grand opening celebrations planned for November 18. Studio In Essence specializes in pilates classes and also offers a number of dance classes including booty striptease, hip hop and break dance. Pilates instructor Christy Wade decided to open Studio In Essence after outgrowing […]
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Let it bleed
To the editor, Beth Johnson’s letter (“Q & A period” Nov 3) seemed to imply having fewer periods has a direct, beneficial effect on a woman’s health. May I point out that in addition to less menstruation, women in tribes functioning under pre-modern conditions have something else that sets them apart from their “more advanced,” […]
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Scavenger hunt
To the editor: In the fall 2005 issue of Naturally Green, HRM’s free quarterly environmental newsletter, an article was published to reinforce the anti-scavenging legislation Bill S-600 Section 16. Entitled “Scavenging, A Blight on the Community,” the short article states scavenging is illegal, quotes a $5,000 fine and provides enforcement information. The article condemns scavenging […]
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Re: Proposal for Statue(s) at City Hall The chief challenge of this project would be to find a special alloy of plastics — microscopic networks of fibres that promote the maximum adherence to any passing airborne or physically transported substance. In this plastic medium the form is created — of human beings in the motions […]
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Air forces
Canadians have an appetite for destruction. The world, North America, and Canada specifically have been devouring our “natural capital” (land, water, coal, oil, flora, fauna) for decades, and our destructive appetites show no sign of abating. We’ve grown accustomed to luxuries. It’s less enjoyable to take short, cool showers, ditch our cars and limit our […]
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The late show
I’m trying to come to terms with something Dr. Phil once said: when you’re late (and I am — consistently), you don’t care enough to be on time. It’s classic Dr. Phil, whose take-responsibility — or, as he calls it, “get real” — pop psychology might well be dubbed “deal with your own shit, lady.” […]
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Fuelling the fire
Not all gas prices were created equal. Often the gas prices at one station can be very different from prices at a station two or three blocks down the street, sometimes by as much as seven cents. For those who simply gas up at the first station they see, it’s a frustrating experience. But a […]
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No place to go
Matt Smythe is homeless. And while he may spend nights sleeping on the cold concrete sidewalks of downtown Halifax, he would never pee there. “It’s a real nuisance. But unlike a lot of other people, I really take issue with the I’ll-go-anywhere approach,” says the clean-cut Ontario native, sitting behind a desk at the Halifax […]
