If you’re anything like us, you’ve been watching helplessly as the days pass you by, vowing to finish up your holiday shopping “first thing tomorrow.” We see you and have you covered! Forget the 12 days of Christmas—or whatever tradition you celebrate: Here at The Coast, we’ve got your back with a dozen last-minute local […]
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Highest single-year increase in Nova Scotia’s child poverty rate, new report finds
A new report card is sounding the alarm on childhood poverty in Nova Scotia. More than two in five Nova Scotian children are living in food-insecure households, according to Statistics Canada—a number that has been “steadily rising” in recent years, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Nova Scotia report warns. And it comes as provincially-funded school […]
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A backyard suite approval spells promise for Halifax’s future
Blink and you’d have missed it, but a routine community council vote—passed with little fanfare—might be heralding a new era of bureaucratic nimbleness. It happened at the Halifax and West Community Council meeting on Dec 16. The owner of 918 South Bland Street wants to put a secondary suite in his back yard, which—on the […]
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Here are your Best of Halifax 2024 winners for Food + Drink
It’s an historic year in The Coast’s annual Best of Halifax Awards: Six Food + Drink winners are joining the rarefied air of the BOH Hall of Fame after some truly impressive runs of dominance. Longtime food truck favourite Bud the Spud (Best Fries), Pizza Corner staple Willy’s Fresh Cut Fries & Burgers (Best Poutine, […]
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Is your pet ready for their close-up?
People love spending time and money to get the perfect, studio-quality picture of their skin children, but what about those of us who want the same treatment for our fur ones? Look no further than Twodogs—a new pet photography studio in Dartmouth—started by Ryan Sheppard and Stephanie Newell with that exact vision in mind. The […]
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Committee says no to complete communities in pickleball bunfight
The Community Planning and Economic Development standing committee met Dec 12 and talked about lights in parks. This conversation dates back to 2021, when councillor Sam Austin put forward a motion asking for the city to come up with a plan to light municipal parks, because not having lights made people feel unsafe and not […]
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Everything you need to know about Halifax council’s Dec 10 meeting
After an exciting off-season in which we decided to change up our roster at City Hall, the moment we’ve all been waiting for is here. That’s right, we’re talking budget season! For those who need an introduction or refresher, budget season is the planning period of months from now to April 2025 when the […]
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Ukrainian Christmas Concert fundraises for music education for refugees
In 2022, Vlad Kostylev and a small group of other Canadians living in Nova Scotia with roots in Ukraine formed the Ukrainian Cultural Society here, or UCS, as a response to what was happening abroad. “That was when the active phase of Russia’s war against Ukraine started,” says Kostylev, who is president of the non-profit […]
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Show me the progress
In 2023, the provincial and federal governments put together a group called the Progress Monitoring Committee. Chaired by former Nova Scotia lieutenant-governor Myra Freeman, the PMC was an oversight panel, a way to monitor, report on, provide accountability and exchange knowledge and information as the governments implement a response to Turning the Tide Together, the […]
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Quinpool Road brewpub seeks new owners
If you’ve ever wanted to own a bar, now’s your chance: The Brewery by Quinns is on the market. The Quinpool Road brewpub—right across from Preston Street—is listed for $400,000, boasting a “turn key operation” with a “huge kitchen,” a 750-hectolitre brewery and an “amazing outdoor patio.” The Brewery opened in 2022, a year after […]
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UPDATED: Lake City Cider eyes new brewery in spring 2025
Things are afoot at Dartmouth’s Lake City Cider. The cidery and perennial Best of Halifax favourite is in the midst of renovations to its Portland Street taproom, where it formerly shared a space with Brightwood Brewery. The latter closed its taproom in late March, citing “personal circumstances” and a need to restructure the business after […]
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Catch 57 artists and 100 works at latest Dal Art Gallery show
Whether it’s shaking up the brain between exams or seeking depths of inspiration as the winter solstice approaches, the Dalhousie Art Gallery’s latest show has you covered. The 69th student, staff, faculty and alumni exhibition showcases the breadth of artistic talent within the Dal and the University of King’s College communities. The show, which opened […]
