Uniacke Square is a low-income housing development with only one through-road. Turn down Uniacke Street—which stretches from Gottingen to Brunswick—and almost immediately you’ll notice unpainted plywood, like punched-in teeth, covering the street-level windows and front doors of two brown-brick townhouses. Look a little higher and farther down the street to see shards of glass where […]
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How low can they go?
Dozens of protestors wore blue paper placards and paraded around Halifax’s Mumford Road Wal-Mart store parking lot in the cold rain and wind. Their bibs lampooned the Wal-Mart name and slogan: they read “Mal-Wart” and “Always Low Standards.” The ink ran in the rain. Some fliered Wal-Mart customers with mock ads for items like the […]
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Pier Genius
Starting on May 13 to October 30, passengers disembarking from cruise ships into Halifax will face some unusual sights: Colleen Wolstenholme’s collection of Alice in Wonderland-sized psychoactive pills, Thierry Delva’s chiselled granite Two 45 Gallon Drums, Gerald Ferguson’s cascading pile of one million pennies. This artistic haven, just next door to Pier 21 where over […]
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Green machine
Hippies, granolas, eco-geeks, activists and other deviants once thought to scorn consumerism now make up one of the fastest-growing billion-dollar market demographics. According to Colorado-based market research company Natural Business Communications, this group spends upwards of US$230 billion a year and makes up one third of the American population. They’re called “Lohas,” a word coined […]
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Motorcycle Diary
Garnet Hill is the kind of guy who likes to light it up, grab a handful and smoke a fattie. That isn’t to say Hill is a pot smoker. No, he prefers to light up the engine of a high-powered motorcycle, grab a handful of throttle, give it a quick twist and smoke the rubber […]
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Teen beat
“MOST of us in here have already chose our path and we’re already doing what we’re going to do,” says Lloyd, leaning forward in his chair and clasping his hands. “They need to work more toward younger kids.” He speaks slowly, softly, in a deep monotone. He seldom makes eye contact. When he does, he […]
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Taking the wheel
Cynics beware: the Otesha Project is about to blow your made-in-China socks off. On May 1, 15 youth from across Canada (ages 19 to 33) will set out from Vancouver, BC, bound for Gander, NF. Over five months of travelling, the group will make presentations in schools, community centres and summer camps to more than […]
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Finding Lester
In the living room of Joe Orr’s north end Halifax home is a collection of photographs, portraits mostly. Some are old, some more recent. Several of the people pictured here have passed away. At 43, Orr’s lost far too many loved ones already. Others live outside of Halifax, or in different provinces, or halfway around […]
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Spending cycles
It’s a tense bike ride from Joseph Howe Drive to Bedford along the old Bedford highway. Cars and trucks zoom by at bike-rattling speeds all day, making the roadway a “horribly dangerous corridor for cyclists,” according to Rebecca O’Brien of the Ecology Action Centre’s TRAX program. But this eight-kilometre stretch of road has the potential […]
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Art History
It’s a sunny but shockingly frigid January afternoon on Barrington. A thick veil of condensation covers the front window of the Mud Room, hiding Emily Vey Duke as she walks in from the cold. She looks tired, but that’s not unusual—fatigue is the uniform for anyone employed by a not-for-profit organization, especially one that faces […]
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One person’s junk
Even though the ad was lacking in specifics, the car still sounded like a loser. But the price was right. “’92 Lumina, blue, 4 door, about 349,972 km,” the ad read. The poster described it as a “great driving car,” but warned it was in need of a modulator, which would run about $200 plus […]
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The F word
There are only a few celebrities whose last names are enough to inspire carnal fantasies. Pitt, Jolie, Farrell—hey, whatever floats your boat. For some people, their knees turn weak and their eyes roll with rapture whenever they hear the name Fluevog. For the uninitiated, Fluevog (such a delicious name; floo-vog rolls nicely off the tongue) […]
