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Rogue airwaves

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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Room2Party

Room2Move Urban Fitness Centre, 5571 Cunard, is celebrating its first anniversary in business with a member’s bash, complete with a disco ball in the aerobics room. “It’s amazing,” says owner Danny MacKinnon, “it’s like ‘oh my god, I’ve been in here working this many hours for a year?’” The party isn’t until December 2, but […]

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Testing malfunction

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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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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