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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Hey ladies
There’s nothing like a dame, says the old song.1 Except maybe two dames. Getting it on. These days you can surf to 10,000 sites or tune your TV to The L Word and see gals going at it, tits to the wind.2 You can waltz into any magazine or bookstore of half decent size and […]
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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) […]
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Love hurts
It’s Saturday afternoon. Sunlight streams through the windows of Tim Hortons at the corner of Robie and Young. A travelling high school sports team files in to fuel up on coffee and muffins. Couples both young and old order their customary blends—medium double-double, small black, large three-cream—and sit contentedly in the familiar surroundings. Wade Mason […]
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Waves of support
The tidal wave that devastated the shores of southeast Asia was followed by a second wave of generosity from individuals who felt compelled to give, and from governments that followed. Those involved in social justice work in Halifax and across Canada are hoping that a third wave is yet to come; a wave that will […]
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New and improved
It was standing room-only on Saturday morning at a live broadcast of Brent Bambury’s neo-variety show GO at the CBC Radio studio on Sackville. The affable host gently poked fun at his former residence with the usual schtick: crappy weather, Keith’s beer and the disconcerting winter disappearance of Public Garden ducks. However, under all the […]
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Get your green on
Walk wherever you go Halifax is the best city in Canada for walking. Not the kind of walking people do with the dog or with swinging arms and a heart monitor or with a picnic basket and a lover. Actually, there’s a shortage of good leisure trails in HRM. But as far as walking to […]
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Oyeah
The big O, from the dawn of civilization, has meant orgasm. We were told this by people like Xavier Hollander, people we trusted. We were told that somewhere on our bodies was a G-spot that, if found, would turn us into a quivering mess of feeling good Os. We are a culture that wants to […]
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Dock talk
The view from Branco Mizerit’s dining room is enviable. Across the narrowest point along Halifax’s Northwest Arm the Dingle rises proudly atop its carefully landscaped mound; in front, the placid waters of the Arm—maritime tranquility not 15 minutes from downtown. “It’s the best view in the city,” says Mizerit.The foreground tells another story. The land […]
