Stanfield Airport Vision?
Does a vision for how the Stanfield Airport exist? Over the past number of years we have witnessed a constant renovation and refurbishment project which in my view has done little to improve the ‘look’ of the airport either inside or out and minimal to the functionality of the airport. In my view, an airport…
why are so women so damned sexist?
It seems like we have come a long way towards gender equality, but a few things really stick out for me. This if for the bitch that stood me up a few weeks ago, and women who think like her. We had plans to go out for a few drinks. I showed up at the…
Bitch Bitch
You saw me pulling into my driveway on South Park Street while your dog was taking a major crap on my front lawn. You couldn’t get away fast enough. When I yelled down the sidewalk you said you were going to the corner store for a bag. Suprisingly you didn’t come back. Maybe you didn’t…
landlords in this city are pretty scummy
things have been broken where i live since September, oh and I rent, not own, but nobody will fix them! it’s gotten to the point where I don’t even ask anymore i just except shitness oh halifax! maybeitstimetoleave
How’s a guy supposed to find a decent woman?
men are from mars, women are from venus, I’m tired of being treated like scum cause I have a penis. Let me tell all you women out there who think they are god’s little gift to this earth, grow the fuck up! Most guys could give a shit if you wear makeup, or straighten your…
advice
less a bitch more a question? advice on meeting people (friends) in halifax when you don’t drink and are shy? take the question for what it is please seeking advice
GREEDY LANDLORDS
why is it so fucking $expensive$ to live in halifax?! goddamn GREEDY landlords & PARASITIC management companies are GOUGING people here!! leaving halifax, moving to montreal
Fast Ferry to nowhere
Well what do you know, city hall has committed another $30 million for something other than real rapid transit, this time the Fast Ferry proposal. Why City Hall thinks this is a good idea escapes me entirely. Even if they had spent the $30 million on more Metro Link routes, (what we have now seems…
Worse than Bad
Know what’s worse than letting your dog crap and not picking it up? Picking it up and then throwing the plastic bag on the side of the road. At least when it’s out of the bad it has a chance to get washed away after a while. Your poop-soup bags will be around long after…
How True
Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of which they know nothing. Voltaire Almost Die/Handicapped
Dead leaves whirl. Cue stirring music.
You never really know who will come to town for the Atlantic Film Festival, but you do know that the folks who do come get goodie bags full of fun stuff. If you would like your own particular brand of music to be in said goodie bag, read on. The Atlantic Film Festival Association, in…
Re: Bug-eyed Freaks
Have you read up on the ozone layer recently? I personally wear my ‘bug-eyed’ sunglasses to protect as much of my face as I can. I hope yours burns off. Cancer Free Face
One Finger Salute!
Fuck you Grey Ford pick-up. Fuck you. Yeah, ok, so we are at the green light and that clear left turn has you at a standstill. One polite beep – Nothing. Two polite beeps – Nothing. On the THIRD fucking beep you decide to take the turn and whilst doing so, stick your hand out…
art no goer’s
does anyone go to the galleries anymore. fuck i mean there people making the effort . and you just sit home and watch your tv’s or steal movies online. you should be ashamed you have all become thumb sucking drooler s. shane N dwyer
Tire store
Fuck you tire store. Putting crappy Irving Oil and not the good stuff in my baby. I require more than just oil. I require liquid engineering. Castrol all the way
Love’s a Bitch
So yeah, he had some fun, we came from different economic situations and we didn’t let it hold it us apart. You left me, and any reason will do, hell, it’s better than cheating on guys like you used to. But frankly it’s bullshit. If you REALLY wanted a relationship, you’d have tried a little…
My Boyfriend Has…
>A prosthetic leg and refuses to use handicap parking seating etc…SO MY BITCH is to the a**holes on Metro Transit buses who REFUSE to give up their seats to the elderly and or handicapped…my man has a physical disability but will still give up his seat for an elderly or more disabled person then him,…
All my friends, where did they go? To Pictou County, New Glas-gow!
After two roaringly successful years in Liverpool, Nova Scotia Music Week will move to New Glasgow for 2008. Makes sense, considering it’s the town that has spawned both JD Fortune and George Canyon. “The Town of New Glasgow is very proud to be a partner with the New Glasgow Music Jubilee in helping bring Music…
Lineup Parasite
Lastnight i had to run a quick arrand a certain ‘Drug Mart’. I found what i needed in a matter of seconds, and got in line just as quickly. I’d have been out the door and on my way back home just as quick if it hadn’t been for the bag of shit in front…
The Seal Hunt
I work for tourism NS and I LOVE MY JOB, but, I hate the mis-informed Americans (in general) that call me to bitch about NS and clubbing the seals, first off if they did their reasearch they would see that the hunt is actually in NFLD and we have harbour seals here in NS with…
I still love H.E.R.
I was excited to see an interview with a local Hiphop artist I had heard of, Littles The General. I was so disappointed when i read ” Selling crack was getting me in too much trouble, so I thought I could make money Rappin” Good for you! I’m glad that you want me to know…
appalled
Reality TV…loud music blaring from people’s headphones…loud cell-phone conversations in public places…conversations held at the top of the lungs… Remember when people kept things private? When did we start to believe that everybody else wants to know the intimate details of our lives, wants to listen to our music, wants to hear our phone conversations?…
Bring it
For the prick who just called and said that our food was so bad that he was going to come to the store and beat me to death: come on over, you gutless puke. I’ll pay for your bus fare, prick. Ready
Take a hint
I work with you and that’s where our relationship begins and ends. What annoys the shit out of me is how you ‘tag’ along after me or our other co-workers on breaks and lunch without asking whether you can or not. Look, you’re a nice guy for a Bible thumper but I really have nothing…
Little Deaf Bald guy on the 51 Burnside
I am sick and tired of your behaviour, your a full grown man with no social skills, yes i relize you can not hear 100% but that is not an excuse your you pushing people to be the first person on the bus or to have your specific seat on the bus. The way you…
Bobby Who?
Why is it that people can go to the moon, but nobody can come up with a better model for the standard bobby-pin? The plastic on the ends fall off after a few uses, and then I’m left with a goddamned sharp metal tip that feels like knives being jabbed into my skull. If I…
Your ass is glass
I’m sure a few of you are farmiliar with the guy who stands on the corner of Almon and Robie selling random junk. I passed this asshole the other night as he was moving his shit, and about every 5 seconds he’d drop a crate of glassware, leaving piles of broken glass 5 feet apart…
Local Radio stations truck driver needs to learn a thing or two
To the chubby douchbag driving the oversized Black Phallic- wagon truck with your Radio station’s Yellow logo all over it (hmmmm think “IBM …” ) who cut directly in front of my little car at a green light at the corner of Inglis and Tower …I didnt hit you, I would have been crippled or…
MY GRIPE
you know that a certain chocolate factory left HRM for warmer climates – coincidentally – a certain branded group of movie theatres only offers one brand of chocolate products for sale at their food counters – kind of insulting don’t you think? ? ? boycotting those chocolates
ESCALATOR ETIQUETTE:
Standers to the right, walkers to the left”. It’s like driving…slow traffic keep right. I never understood why people’s legs stopped working when they stepped upon one of those devices. -walker
Move it or lose it!
Why is it that when a bus has no seats available, people insist on crowding at the front of the bus instead of moving to the back to make more room for people that have yet to get on. It’s not like they put those “Move to rear, use rear door” signs up in the…
Fuck you grey cubicle
It seems the corporate way is to downsize and herd us into cubicles. Attach your headset and develop soul cancer. I had ideas once, and I know they didn’t look like this. Jobless and adrift
We are not Borg
Please take off your handsfree telephone thing when you are in public, (i.e. in a restaurant.) You look ridiculous. Rotary-dial enthusiast
Armed Boyscouts Myth
I’ve heard a lot of people saying with Hillier retiring, that he transformed the CF from peacekeepers to a fighting force. HELLO?!? The whole point of any military is to be able, in a crude sense, to go kill people and break there stuff if the government tells you to. If you’re on a peacekeeping…
No More Sex Ed For Me
To all the people who think that’s it’s perfectly okay to talk about your sex life and your drinking habits in the middle of class: Some of us are actually there to learn! We aren’t in high school anymore, and quite frankly, don’t care if your boyfriend did you on top last night, or if…
The kid and the Hall
If you’re a certain kind of Coast reader, you’ll remember the Hall of Best Knowledge comic that we used to run. HOBK threatened to pass into memory when creator Ray Fenwick needed a break from the grind of weekly deadlines, but luckily for everyone on the entire planet that won’t happen. Legendary comics publishing house…
“green” buses busted
I practically choked on my toast when I saw a certain bus tour company had an ad in your Green publication. They are the WORST when it comes to HOURS AND HOURS of needless idling and their drivers either shrug you off or are really rude if you ask them about it. This company sucka…
What happened to Razzy’s???
What happened to Razzy’s on Gottingen??? I loved their food, They were my pizza place of choice and now they are gone gone gone… On to Xtreme
Stranger danger
It’s really startin’ to bug me how close minded some people are now-a-days. When you and your fiends are walking down the street having a PRIVATE converstion, and some slack-jawed thumb sucker on the street decideds to put his two cents in. I mean, I’m all about freedom of speach…but c’mon now…You wern’t included in…
Mad Bus Drivers
This is a bus driver ..not sure the route name as I am new to the city..but he was doing the South Park/Inglis Corner route when I saw him.. there was a guy RUNNING for the bus..really running..bus went by him heading toward bus stop..the driver MUST have seen him..so the guys is still running..the…
Leave the squijiers alone!
<To the lady at the robie street intersection sunday afternoon at approx. 2:00pm, do you really think it was necessary to be that rude and ignorant to the squiziers trying to wash your windshield? Its completely up to you whether or not you give them money, I'm sure they don't expect it everytime but I…
the shoe just don’t fit
To the shoe…fuck you!!!…the seahorse lives on!!!! And as for VS the beer baron…asshole!!! $6 a beer
Democracy 250 Bullshit
Isn’t it just fucking grand how the taxpayers of this province have to foot the enormous bill to keep two former premiers employed? All the press, all the pomp, all the ceremony, that’s biggggggg bucks paid out at our expense. Who’s going to stop that goddamn fiddler from spending like a drunken sailor??? What about…
No games, but look what you have…
I love hearing that everyone here thinks this guy that has done a great service by exposing how the money was spent on the games bid. Has anyone that has commented on the games ever lived in a city that bid for games and won the games? Not likely. Before i talk about the benefits,…
I really don’t like Ellen Page
Yes, I finally said it: I really don’t like Ellen Page! She’s annoying and not nearly as funny or cool as most people say she is. Really overrated, and those quirky little sayings she says aren’t that unique or clever or funny either… especially in Juno, FUCK she was annoying in that movie! I know,…
Spare a bottle
fuck you coast…a couple years ago you were printing articles shitting on people for collecting recyclables (the people who keep bottle depot’s ,like the one I work at in buisness) And now your trying to advocate for sqeegie kids , at least bottle bums dont bum change!!!And poor Danielle Talbot :(…Flip a fuckin burger bitch!!!!…
Write sizzlin’
An interesting and rare crossover event for blues fans, Rheostatics nuts and word nerds: the Porkbelly Futures, a country-blues quartet out of Toronto, comes to town to throw down tunes from its brand new self-titled record at Bearly’s on Saturday. The group’s singer-guitarist is Paul Quarrington, whose “best known” status as the author of Whale…
Best Record Store Announced Today at 5pm
If you see any nerdy radio types milling about top 5 finalist Taz before then, consider it a good sign. (And let us know in the comments.)
KEYS FOUND ON GROUND NEAR QUINPOOL.
I found a bunch of keys in the middle of the crosswalk near Quinpool road yesterday around 4:30pm. please leave a message here if you think these are your’s. You must identify them. -Jenn
to the bum that couldn’t see the help wanted ad!
this guy on barrington street was bumming for money in front of Timmy’s with a help wanted sign for part time and full time help….here is a fucking clue for you! go in the door, up to the cash ask for an application, fill it out!! get a fucking job stop trying to get money…
Gross Dog Owners
To the disgusting young couple walking their long haired Collie/Shephard cross on the Commons Wednesday morning at 9:30 am. PICK UP YOUR DOG SHIT. This is why you will ruin the priviledge of taking animals onto the Commons for all those responsible pet owners. Grow the fuck up and care about the community in which…
Service Canada Scam
So I get invited to a summer job interview with Service Canada, scheduled smack in the middle of my heavy university exam schedule. I’m told to be ready to make a 5 minute presentation. I travel to Halifax between exams for the interview. The first question is “can you name the 6 main services provided…
Smelly as Shit Dude in the Elevator
Enough about smoking outside already. It isn’t a tenth as offensive as being stuck in an elevator with a dude drenched in whore lure (aftershave). You could almost see the waves of stink surrounding him like a fucking halo. You might entice Pepe LePew, you smelly bastard, but you just make my eyes stream like…
The Coast
Is there a bundle of THE COAST’s feature stories? I mean, I would want to get one, if it is free. I learned a lot from it. It is mind boggling how Community Services can take children away for no reasons, drugged, and give up on them. Reader
Lower the Freak Flag
Last weeks cover was the best you guys have ever had (Anne of PEI), and I don’t even like the artist’s style. Which made this weeks cover a stark contrast(dark too, you can barely see any of the image on the print version) what with that trio of ladies flying the freak flag high and…
Stan the man
The Stan Rogers Folk Festival has been a marquee event in Nova Scotia for a decade; like Evolve in Antigonish, the Canso fest always attracts some exclusive performers and creates a weekend community of tent cities, guitar circles and jam-ups. Instead of launching its line-up in one big whack, this year Stanfest has been letting…
The Lodge—Mike O’Neill
The Lodge—Mike O’NeillGus’s Pub, Saturday, April 12, Aaron Fraser
Newspapers stuffed in the trash bins at the Bridge Terminal
Remarks: Ever since employees of a certain freebie daily newspaper have been thrusting copies into bus riders’ hands, the trash bins have been overflowing with potentially recyclable paper. Patterson says that the free papers are “a service to our customers,” but admits the trash situation is presenting a problem. A consultant will be hired, a…
The MORONS on Windsor & Connaught
I am TIRED of the idiots at the lights at the corner of Windsor and Connaught who don’t look at the traffic lights to see that I have the right away as I cross the street with the little green man there, they might have the green to go, but I HAVE THE RIGHT AWAY,…
Hallmark, Steamys, Foggy Goggle
The Hallmark store on Spring Garden (5507 Spring Garden) is toast—a sign on the door says it’s closed…There’s word that jane’s on the common is now serving take-out: fancy eats to go at 2394 Robie…Steamys (6300 Quinpool) is now open for business and ready to serve you Montreal-style steamed hot dogs and milfies…The Foggy Goggle…
Crayola Kids Must Choose
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of their 64-crayon box (the one with the built-in crayon sharpener), Crayola posed the following philosophical question to kids: “What does colour mean to you?” Twenty-thousand crayon-lovers responded, and the company used their answers to create eight new Kids’ Choice crayon colours. You have to marvel at the ingenuity of…
Lululemon
If you’re a yoga enthusiast who’s spent the last week hyperventilating about the news that lululemon athletica will soon hit Halifax…put those yoga skills to use and calm down. Otherwise, you’ll wear yourself out by May. However, you’re not alone in your zeal. “We’ve been asked for years to open ,” says Sue Ducros, eastern…
George & Lito’s
Sick of getting a plastic-chair-induced butt-cramp whilst waiting for your underwear to dry? Salutations, fellow laundromat-goer! Happily, new diner George & Lito’s (2196 Windsor, in the former Pyramid Cafe space) is ready to help frequenters of its next-door neighbour, the Bluenose Laundromat, make butt-cramps a thing of the past. The restaurant’s upstairs is set up…
Battle SNAP!
On Tuesday, April 22 at the Seahorse (1659 Argyle), local photographers throw down at the first-ever Battle SNAP, a friendly competition that will determine who’s frame is the finest. Photographers show their work for just that night and everyone in the bar gets to vote, regardless of whether or not your idea of art includes…
Metal detector
When you graduate from most post-secondary institutions you don’t have many tangibles to show family and loan officers, unless you’re finishing up at NSCAD University. Anna Leonowens (5163 Duke), Seeds (1892 Hollis) and NSCAD’s Port Campus will be showing grad work this week, but we’re really intrigued by the jewellery design and metalsmithing student show,…
Kinetic Studio’s Season Finale
There are plenty of reasons to check out Kinetic Studio’s season finale. For the past month Mocean Dance has worked with award-winning choreographer Susie Burpee on a new piece called Rescue Left Her to Her Plight. Fans of Winnipeg singer Christine Fellows might recognize Burpee’s name from Fellows’ awesome album, Nevertheless; the song “The Spinster’s…
Tall Buildings
“I know there are horrible things written about me on the internet,” Phil Pacey tells me as we talk in the Heritage Trust’s Barrington Street office. “I don’t read it.”As president of the trust, Pacey is in the unpopular position of opposing parts of the new HRM by Design process, which has been spun and…
HRM Leaf Dump
Last fall city workers blew leaves off my street (and several others in the area) in piles by the curbs. There they sat for weeks until the snow came and snowplows pushed them onto the sidewalks and lawns with the snow. Now there are many mounds of wet, decaying leaves that look like hell and…
“CUZ”
im sick of people calling me “cuz” im not your cousin…what ever happened to man ,or dude???As a young african canadian male i am constantly surrounded by stereotypes…I DONT STEAL , IM NOT RELATED TO YOU , AND I LOVE PEARL JAM!!!!! track 5 on 10
Pushed to the brink
Hey Cab companies; go take a flying fuck. Every night after the bar I call you, tell you my name and where I am, and then your disgruntled dispatchers hang up on me mid-sentance as I ask how long I should expect to wait. On the oft chance you don’t hang up on me, your…
Unfair
I was born a female, my mom was born a female, my grandma was born a female and so on. Being female has a lot of positives, but one of the negatives is menstruation. For generations, females have had to either make or buy their sanitary pads. I understand that it would cost taxpayers more…
Satisfaction increased
Satisfaction Feast, the long-feted downtown vegetarian restaurant, moves to new digs in the north-north end.
Minimizing e-waste
It began as an idea, of course, says Bob Kenney, solid waste-resource analyst for the provincial department of Environment and Labour, talking about the provinces new e-waste redirection program, the first phase of which began in February of this year. It includes televisions, computers and printers. The second phase, beginning in February 2009, will include…
Sew Cool
When you first look at Blythe Church’s boom box, you’ll notice it has all the things a boom box should have, but for a few minor details. It’s rectangular in shape, has a handle, knobs and buttons, a cassette deck and two speakers blaring out your favourite ’80s tunes. It’s also made of fuzzy felt…
P’lovers: Liz and Ann’s Dream
“I’m really sick of fear, I’m really interested in hope.” That’s Liz Crocker. She has seen her share of fear over the prominence of climate change and ecological awareness in our culture. In the Halifax business community, she and co-owner Ann Caverzan operate the green business, with their environmental store, P’lovers. “We were the first…
Barrington Street fades
It’s the first Wednesday morning in April and a white truck is parked on Barrington. The truck itself is pretty unremarkable—until a couple of men emerge from the storefront it’s parked beside carrying boxes stuffed with plastic shelving units. Then the vehicle’s purpose becomes clear. Just four days before, the retail space the men are…
How to drive less in Halifax
We’re a lucky bunch. Though the more ecological amongst us may yearn for the kind of city cycle programs that exist in places such as Copenhagen and Paris living in Halifax we do have a multitude of ways we can diminish the emissions billowing out of the exhaust pipes of our cars and trucks. There’s…
Halifax Harbour Non-solutions
Halifax’s new $300-million sewer system could be obsolete before opens. That’s because federal environment minister John Baird has promised “in short order” new rules about what we can dump into the harbour. Those rules present two major challenges for our almost-ready sewage plants. The first is that the planned “primary advanced” level of treatment for…
Tips for Greener driving
For cars manufactured since March 2007, the federal government has been offering an ecoAUTO rebate for cars they have determined to be the most fuel-efficient on the road. Here’s their list for 2008:$2,000 rebate: Toyota Prius, Honda Civic Hybrid, smart fortwo (coupe and convertible), Ford Escape Hybrid (AWD and FWD), Saturn VUE Hybrid, $1,500 rebate:…
Prom Night
Hockey masks, glove knives and fisherman uniforms have been slasher get-ups already. There seemed like nowhere left to go, until some genius decided the killer in Prom Night could wear a black ball-cap. This is a name-only remake of the 1980 Canuck slasher, but that’s not to imply there’s any fresh life in this. There…
Nearby Provincial Parks, Beaches and Camping
This is a list of nearby Provincial Parks, beaches, and camping. Crystal Crescent Beach Provincial Park Cape Sambro. Rte 349 Dollar Lake Provincial Park About 20 kilometres east of the Halifax International Airport on Route 212. Laurie Provincial Park Campground At Grand Lake on Route 2. The park is 10 km north of Highway 102,…
Cafes offering fair trade coffee
These local cafes offer fair trade organic coffee. Check them out. Cabin Coffee 1554 Hollis Street 422-8130 Local produce for the salads, sandwiches and soups, and Fair Trade coffee. Coastal Cafe 2731 Robie Street This award-winning breakfast joint serves exclusively 100 percent Fair Trade Certified & Organic coffee. Coburg Coffee House 6085 Coburg Road 429-2326…
Nova Scotia’s Pesticides bylaw
Nova Scotia’s Pesticides bylawIn 2003 it was first instituted in the HRM, the pesticide bylaw that restricted the use of pesticides and herbicides on residential and municipal properties in our fair city, unless written permission is granted. It was quite a forward thinking motion at the time, and as many have discovered, there are plenty…
Kurt Cobain—About a Son
Kurt Cobain—About a SonDirected by: AJ Schnack(Sidetrack Films)Kurt Cobains face rarely appears in this documentary. Primarily, imagery only exists to support audio of Cobain speaking about his life, loves and hates (lots of that), and the music that influenced him, like Bad Brains, Iggy Pop and Queen. Director AJ Schnack edited over 25 hours of…
Barrington: Past and future
The decline ofBarrington Street as the commercial and cultural heart of the city can be traced to the departure of Eaton’s from Barrington for the Halifax Shopping Centre in 1963. That’s when architect David Garrett sees it as having really begun. “It was the harbinger of what would happen in the future—basically a flight of…
Reservation Road
Reservation RoadDirected by: Terry George(Alliance)“We had a nickname for each other: Nitro and Glycerin,” says music teacher Ruth (Mira Sorvino) in Reservation Road, describing her relationship with her now-estranged husband, Dwight (Mark Ruffalo). It’s a lazily written (grammatically incorrect) line, but not a memorably bad one. Because we’re not idiots, we gets what she means—she…
Emotional Arithmetic
Filmmaker Paolo Barzman had questions of memory—particularly what to do with or about horrific memories—on his mind for awhile before Matt Cohen’s novel Emotional Arithmetic found its way to him. “There is a big debate,” he says over the phone, “around the world but in Europe a lot, and in France, about what we call…
Flame blame
One World, One Dream? Oh China, you had me at One. Not because I love the Peoples Republic, per se. But because I love the Olympics. Anywhere. Anytime. Ive got a 100-percent buy-in with the touchy-feely, smushy-wooshy, shiny-happy-people vibe the modern games sell. I get verklempt just thinking about the opening ceremonies. Björk in that…
The Farmers’ market
The Halifax Farmers’ Market (aka The Brewery Market) is ground zero for anyone who wants to eat fresh, local food that is grown in a conscientious and sustainable way. And it’s not just food. You’ll find artisans and crafts people, builders and florists, butchers and bakers, fishmongers and farriers. The variety is startling: for example,…
change—one cup at a time
Our need for coffee is a huge burden on the environment. Setting aside the energy expended to get the beans to us here in Atlantic Canada, there’s also the issue of all those disposable cups. With a Timmy’s on every corner, it’s easy to point the finger at the popular coffee shop chain, especially as…
FSC Certified Woodlots & Sawmills
The Forest Stewardship Council is an internationally recognized body that ensures commercially used forests are managed sustainably and responsibly. There are a number of FSC certified woodlots in the Halifax area, and sawmills that use them. Look here for more information: fsccanada.org. Austin Parsons 9041 St. Margarets Bay Road233-3431Parsons Lumber operates a small sawmill, where…
Nova Scotia Wineries
Here are three wineries going above and beyond in their efforts to be ecological:L’Âcadie VineyardsGaspereau Valley, RR#1 Wolfville, NS (902) 644-2415Certified by national organic association OC/PRO, which also certifies Just Us! Coffee, is LÂ’Acadie. The winery is operated by Bruce Ewert who also heats his operations using a geo-thermal source. Look for LÂ’Acadie wine in…
Dan Savage lets his mom show her stuff
Hey, everybody: If you missed last weeks column, Im taking a week off because, well, go read last weeks column if you care to know. Heres an old column—from May 24, 1995— to tide you over until my return next week. It not only features my mother, but also my boyfriends very first mention in the…
The eco-local question
The question is simple, and it’s one of culture, heritage and health, both of the environment and of ourselves: How badly do we want to save our local agricultural producers? Enough to demand our local grocery outlets stock food produced by Nova Scotian farmers? Enough to make a conscious decision to change our buying and…
Buck 65’s orchestral manoeuvres
Buck 65 is feeling a little scared at the moment. On the phone from his home in Toronto, the Mount Uniacke native is on a brief tour stop before returning to Halifax to perform with Symphony Nova Scotia on April 18. The gig is part of the symphony’s popular Maritime Pop series. “It’s totally insane,”…
GREEN Books
Green for Life by Gillian Deacon (Penguin) Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource by Marq De Villiers (McClelland and Stewart) Lament For An Ocean by Michael Harris (Seal) At The Cutting Edge by Elizabeth May (Key Porter) How To Save The World in Your Spare Time by Elizabeth May (Key Porter) Global Warming…
Cows or People
The philosopher Immanuel Kant argued we should never treat people as simply a means to some end. But that’s exactly what Canada’s immigration system does when it evaluates prospective immigrants based on their skills, education or money. We assume that the most desirable immigrants are those who can fill high-end jobs and contribute to a…
All about energuide
The first step for anyone buying a new house is to insulate it and make it as energy-efficient as possible, before you choose solar or what have you. There are two non-profits that serve this part of the province and that do energy audits for the EnerGuide program:EnerGuide assessments are offered by the following organizations:Clean…
Street Kings
Whether you laugh at the first scene of Street Kings determines everything. It’s instantly established that LA cop Tom Ludlow (Keanu Reeves) is a hardass, because after hitting his alarm, he cocks his gun and then gets out of bed. Director David Ayer tries walking a line between serious crime drama and B-movie excess, and…
Recycling in HRM
The HRM currently recycles Two kinds of plastic. If you look on the bottom of your containers, it’s the #1 (PETE, Polyethylene Terephthalate) and #2 (HDPE, High Density Polyethylene), traditionally the make-up of 2-litre beverage bottles, trash bags, milk jugs, etc. The HRM does not recycle #3-#7 plastic: food wrap, yogurt containers, shampoo bottles, straws,…
