Rage Room Halifax 2820 Isleville Street rageroomhalifax.ca WHAT HE DOES Terry LeBlanc has become desensitized to the sound of breaking glass. “I love seeing people genuinely happy!” he shouts over the sound of a computer monitor in the next room being obliterated by a golf club. Perhaps it’s odd to associate happiness with a place […]
Shoptalk
Local shopping, small business & consumer news
Posted inLifestyle
SHOP THIS: Shad Bay Weaving
The next-best-thing to a picture window on a big, blank wall in your bedroom might just be a woven tapestry from Allison Pinsent Baker. A multi-disciplinary artist based out of rugged Shad Bay, her one-of-a-kind works capture the coastlines, colour schemes and visceral vibes behind the landscapes people love to lose themselves in. Selling her […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Halifax Taco Week is on!
The idea behind the taco is simple—protein, vegetables and condiments in a starch wrapper—but the results are spectacular. We hope the same will be said of Halifax Taco Week. In this event put on by The Coast, restaurants across the city are offerng a taco special from Thursday, November 14 to Wednesday, November 20, giving […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Charity Doucette rises and shines
Shimmering opals, oceanic blues, cream white pearls; that’s Charity. Fresh sweetgrass, shapely moose antler, textured birchbark; that’s Mi’kma’ki. Charity Doucette, of Potlotek First Nation, combines the dazzle of trendy jewellery with the meaningful beauty of Indigenous beadwork to create show-stopping pieces that represent a restored pride in her heritage. “Know your worth—because that was the […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Fiends finds a home on Agricola
Fiends 5775 Charles Street, second floor Opens Thursday, October 31 F orest Eden Greenwell’s new shop, Fiends, is a one-stop shop for folks interested in leading an intentional lifestyle. Linking self care to our own unique rituals, whatever those might be, Greenwell wants to elevate the little moments we give ourselves. A poet and a […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Halifax street style: Gottingen Street
Name: Kate Macdonald Age: 28 Occupation: Education and outreach coordinator, artist, activist Spotted: Halifax North Memorial Public Library on Gottingen Street Wearing: Sweater, t-shirt and army pants: H&M; jacket: Forever 21; kicks: Jordans. “I have a Black Lives Matter patch on my jacket that my wildly talented artist girlfriend Kordeena Clayton (She Nubian Liberation) made.” […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
La Femme Fatale brings plus-sized bodies more than monotone basics
La Femme Fatale Sunnyside Mall, 1595 Bedford Highway Like many folks, Warna Downey found shopping as a plus-sized woman supremely frustrating, if not downright impossible. Downey, who comes from a STEM background, recalls going into a Pennington’s in Fredericton (“we weren’t cool enough back then for an Addition Elle,” she says) and thinking: “These clothes […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
GUIDED TOUR: NORTH END
Sustainability is a State of Mind We’ve seen the slow food movement take off, we’ve removed plastic from our kids’ lunches, and we don’t want chemicals in our beauty products–but have we stopped to think about how our clothing is made? Shop in alignment with your values at Sattva Boutique–where sustainability is stitched into the […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Shucking right: a Q&A with David Burns
Halifax Oyster Festival Fri Oct 4, Sat Oct 5 1521 Lower Water Street oysterfest.ca D avid Burns is the founder of Maisy’s Pearl, an oyster-focussed catering company in Hamilton, Ontario that focuses on education as much as consumption at its pop-ups, parties and private events. (And, cutely enough, is named after his two daughters, Maisy […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Nature Folk Wellness Studio is looking for connection
What started out as a seemingly unattainable dream and inside joke between friends has become a reality for Anna Tremblay and Ashley Cluett, creators of Nature Folk Wellness Studio (88 Portland Street). After meeting as servers at a restaurant, the two bonded over a shared passion for wellness, design and an interest in entrepreneurship. It […]
Posted inNews + Opinion
Propeller’s on the level
The closest thing to getting inside Ian Matheson‘s brain is spending some time at the Propeller Arcade. The Propeller Brewing Company staffer and resident pinball nerd was the champion behind the north end brewery’s no-frills, ultra-lax basement bar, which opened about nine months ago. Now he’s helping it level up. “We thought it would be […]
