Sketch comedy, lawyer dramas and trailer parks have all had their day on Canadian television. But for 25 years, there has been Degrassi. “I loved Lucy,” says Michele Byers, editor of the just released anthology Growing Up Degrassi: Television, Identity and Youth Cultures. “Lucy was kind of an ideal for a lot of little girls. […]
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Moment of youth
It’s been one year. One year since 52-year-old Theresa McEvoy was killed when a stolen Chrysler LeBaron broadsided her silver 1991 Toyota Camry as she drove through the Almon and Connaught intersection in west-end Halifax. One year since a 16-year-old boy was charged with a number of offences, including criminal negligence causing death, related to […]
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Normal
New Orleans, Louisiana The waiter pours an inch of Blackstone Napa Merlot into a plastic cup and offers it to me. I swish it around. “Very good.” We’ve landed here at Vincent’s, an old-line Italian restaurant where Dean Martin plays on the jukebox. The doors open to the rumble of the St. Charles Avenue streetcar, […]
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Changes brewing
Changes brewing Garrison Brewing Company is relocating from its current home at 6300 Lady Hammond down to the “historic Pier 21 area as we speak,” says owner Brian Titus. The brewery is moving into the former home of the Port Police, just north of the immigration annex and parallel to the sea wall. Titus is […]
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Messageboards: not so reliable?
To the editor, I would just like to point out that Michael Fleury, in his article “Dial tones” published in the September 29 issue of The Coast, neglects to tell readers about Information Radio 97.9 FM, which is Halifax’s official emergency broadcast system. On July 5, 2005, regional council unanimously passed the agreement, otherwise known […]
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Preventative measures
To the editor, Hi! I am a semi-regular reader of The Coast and I must say the editorial article in last week’s edition was FABULOUS! It is so refreshing to read an article that mirrors my own opinion of cancer—that it is indeed becoming an epidemic and that the government seems hell-bent on concentrating on […]
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Preventative measures
To the editor, I must say that last week’s “An ounce of prevention” editorial made for excellent reading. Yes, the ongoing push to raise funds to find a cure for cancer has westerners perpetually frothing at the mouth for another band-aid solution, and understandably so given the current cancer diagnosis and death rates in North […]
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Preventative measures
Dear Bruce Wark, I must disagree with your negative portrayal of the Terry Fox Run and of cancer research in general (“An ounce of prevention” September 29). For your information, cancer treatment has improved greatly as a result of research. Survival rates are much higher for many cancer types, and treatments are often less invasive. […]
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Toxic art
I love New Orleans. But after anchoring myself there for half my life, I still don’t understand it all that well. If this city has a soul, I think I’ve only caught fleeting glimpses of it. One of these glimpses occurred in 1993, when I had the chance to interview musician Danny Barker. He was […]
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Hamm and cheese
First we had Bacon, Tory premier Roger that is. Then we had Hamm, as in Tory premier John. Who will be the next Tory Sausage? Expect the media to be abuzz with speculation in the coming months. Most political news these days is all about top dogs, er, I mean, top wieners. Last week for […]
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Radio ga-ga
I have this song in my head, an old song by Queen. “Radio Ga-ga.” My partner’s been singing it a lot lately, and so have I. “Radio, what’s new? Radio, someone still loves you.” That’s what we’ll have to find out, now that there’s a deal, now that the lockout is (almost) officially over. You’ll […]
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Eternal sunshine
A fortune from a Chinese cookie was glued with some sort of goo to Michael Weir’s computer and centred just above the screen. The red ink text was sandwiched between two happy faces. It said: You are heading for a land of sunshine. Michael Weir died on Thursday, September 22. He was at home in […]
