To the editor, For someone that I don’t know, I’m very fond of Stephen Lewis. He works his butt off to help people, people who are normally pushed aside or ignored especially. If that doesn’t show goodness of character, then I don’t know what would. There was one thing about The Coast’s recent article (“Struggle […]
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Petals vs. pedals
To the editor, Why is it that if the Halifax Regional Municipality doesn’t have enough money to meet the recommendations for implementing its bike plan that it still seems to come up with the money for all those flower beds on Connaught Avenue, between Jubilee and Quinpool Road? Connaught Avenue is a beautiful boulevard already. […]
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Cookie, d’oh
To the editor, What an interesting letter! (“Cookie dough intake related to exclamation point usage,” October 20) From this I learned: 1. Ms. MacDonald has an overweight son and it’s due to his life at home. 2. She likes exclamation points, and has no idea how to use them. 3. She is totally rotted out […]
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Good luck with the dating young.
To the editor, As the first commercial FM talk show host in Canada, I couldn’t appreciate more doing it here in Halifax on the new station News 95.7 FM. With the exception of Wark, the city has a pretty big BS meter. I was confused by the nature of Wark’s lament in his editorial about […]
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Goin for golden
As if Vancouver needs any more ego boosting, early this month The Economist magazine’s research arm named it the world’s best place to live. The city has been at the top of the “Liveability Ranking” before, consistently scoring well in terms of stability, healthcare, education, infrastructure, culture and environment to be the planet’s “most attractive […]
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Need for speed
So far everything looks good on paper, but this weekend Metro Transit will find out exactly what happens when they put a fast ferry in the water and make the run from Mill Cove in Bedford to downtown Halifax. As part of HRM’s Ferry Cultivation Study, the Municipality has chartered a 200-passenger fast ferry from […]
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Take a pill
In 1967, my mother-in-law had to lie to a doctor to get the Pill, saying she was married (she wasn’t), interested in learning more about the rhythm method of birth control (she didn’t care), and having “troublesome” periods (nope). In 1987, my doctor offered it to me — then 15 — after asking a few […]
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Drafty plans
Angela Weal might want to save some of the red tape she’s been buried under—she could use it to fix up her apartment. With winter looming, Weal has found herself in a battle with her landlord over the state of her Bloomfield Street residence, which she claims does not meet the minimum housing standards outlined […]
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Live and learn
Joni Stewart is a 27-year-old single mother of two children, aged 8 and 12. Recently, her son TJ had an ear infection and was treated at the IWK by a doctor who saw potential in Stewart and her children. He set the children up in tae kwon do classes and told Stewart about a new […]
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New word order
In it, a single word can pull double or even triple-duty, serving completely different functions, depending on its context. The recent decision by the Annapolis Valley Regional School Board to cancel a high school trip to Neptune Theatre’s production of To Kill a Mockingbird provides a unique opportunity to watch the English language at work; here […]
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Calculated risks
Chalmette, Louisiana A few slabs of brick wall are all that remains of the De la Ronde mansion. Pieces of rusted iron fence are broken and lying on the ground. A bent sign along the St. Bernard Highway announces this as a site of the 1815 Battle of New Orleans. The major conflict here is […]
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The Big Hit
Liebe Kirsten, in der Anlage ein Artikel in einer regionalen Zeitung hier an Nova Scotia’s Ostküste… Herzliche Grüße, Marcus. By Marcus Behrens
