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What is the matter with Halifax drivers? So fucking many use signal lights as afterthoughts—if at all. Others roar through red lights like bats outta hell, change lanes like surrounding drivers have mental fucking telepathy, or tailgate while primping their hair or eye-fucking their smartphone. Every one of those numb fucks deserve to careen into…
Why is every “Shop Talk” article about another privileged white person starting something in Halifax? Are there not any diverse entrepreneurs you can cover or are they all white? Just an observation.—POC
A few weeks ago I was dancing and singing at The Seahorse and I keep going back to a moment of bliss where you leaned into me and we belted out a song together. It felt nice to be noticed by you. I needed it. Thanks for the flirty green garland. —A girl has no…
I miss you. I never thought my daughter wouldn’t know her auntie, one of my favourite people. Every time I listen to Raffi or Fred Penner or watch some silly kids’ show on television, you are still (and will probably always be) the person I think about. I think about you a lot outside of…
You don’t need to keep leaving me treats and greeting cards in my doorway. I’m grateful to simply be alongside you.—LunchButt
All you bitchers who bitch about the slightest: The world doesn’t revolve around you because you missed a bus or the sidewalk isnt clean enough for you. Secondly, no one gives a shit.—Grow up, whiners
Show up to my house empty handed again and you will be asked to leave. If you aren’t taking me out on a date, you can at least bring wine. And if you expect another blowjob without eating my pussy, that will be the last time you get sex from me. Last chance, fucker!—All women
To the woman walking the black lab on Cunard street: It’s clear you don’t understand that it’s your responsibility to clean up after your dog takes a dump. Let’s keep it real simple for you: if the dog poops, you scoop.—So glad I’m not your neighbour
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Allow me to start by saying that (for the most part) the cab drivers I’ve interacted with have been nice people to talk to, and seemingly good hard-working people. I have (for the most part) nothing against the people who work as cab drivers. (Exception to the cab drivers who have sexually assaulted or harassed…
The opening scene of The Grizzlies is heartwrenching: The transition from hearing the crack of a shotgun reverberate off the wide-open, snow-covered land on-screen to a young white man excitedly remarking at the lack of trees is jarring. Every single shot in Miranda de Pencier’s feature film debut is equally as powerful. It’s based on…
HRM’s Centre Plan is marginally closer to actually existing. The community design advisory committee reviewed all the land use bylaws included in the Centre Plan on Wednesday, and gets two more meetings to pick it apart, a version of progress that’s coming too late for councillor Sam Austin’s constituents, who blame “broken” bylaws for a…
City council approved $163 million in capital spending and $793.7 million municipal expenditures in the budget for 2019-2020 this week. The city’s been shaking up the budget process for over five years, and this year’s parking lot of shopping expenses was the latest attempt to make the process more effective. Tuesday’s meeting was more ceremonial…
Hop to it this long weekend: 4/20-themed rock shows, fat fashion fetes with The Bounty, nerdy times at The Spring Geekquinox and more good times await below. Fat Babes Clothing Swap Thursday Calling all plus-sizes QTs looking to get their wardrobes fresh for spring: The Bounty, AKA the curated thrift pop-up catering to those size…
You’re Timeless to Me John’s Lunch is a 50-year-old diner, and they’re not trying to hide the fact. Why would they? John’s has been a gathering place for families since the 1970s—kids have grown up on their food, and they’ve even brought their own kids in for their first French fry. This legendary diner is…
Halifax Regional Police wants to add a new tool to its belt. At the Board of Police Commissioners meeting on Monday, HRP’s inspector Jim Butler quickly made the case for needing an armoured rescue vehicle (ARV) added to the HRP’s fleet. He said an ARV would give officers the ability to perform duties during high-risk…
F or the first time since 1996, the Avalon Sexual Assault Centre has temporarily stopped accepting new clients. The Dresden Row centre, offering specialized sexual assault care and support, announced it has become overwhelmed by their caseload after several years of increasing numbers of requests for help. The plan is to assess the needs of…
NEWFANGLED w/Derek Charke Thursday, April 18, 7pm Paul O’Regan Hall at the Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road free Pianist Barbara Pritchard and vocalist Janice Isabel Jackson form the duo NEWFANGLED and are bringing their 30-plus years of experience to perform some of Canada’s best contemporary works, free to the public at Paul O’Regan…
To April 28 Mary E. Black Gallery, 1061 Marginal Road The human body is an unavoidable topic in conversations about jewellery. As a wearable art form, considerations have to be made for jewellery to hang correctly from a neck, for clasps to be manageable by hands and rings to sit comfortably on fingers. But for…
River of Diamonds w/Stewart Legere Saturday, April 20, 7:30pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, $15 In the middle of an otherwise steady conversation about their music, Michael Belyea and Michelle Elrick find themselves at a loss for words. Discussing their shares appreciation for the natural world, Belyea remembers last week’s ubiquitous unveiling of…
QWhen I first started dating my girlfriend, I asked her about past boyfriends and she said she hadn’t met the right guy yet. After dating for nine years, I found out about a past boyfriend and looked through her emails. I found out she dated her married boss for three years. She broke up with…
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As a university student in Halifax, I walk into a classroom or research lab, looking around eagerly, hoping to see someone who looks like me. I gaze around anxiously, searching to find at least one person who can feel the weight that I’m carrying. I sigh in disappointment, realizing that yet again, I am alone.…
It’s heartening, in the midst of the human-caused sixth mass extinction, to find good wildlife recovery news. As plant and animal species disappear faster than they have for millions of years, Russia’s Siberian, or Amur, tigers are making a comeback. After falling to a low of just a few dozen in the mid-20th century, the…
Dartmouth Veg Out Friday, April 19 Cafe Good Luck, 145 Portland Street 6:30pm, $55 manualco.info@gmail.com Ian Lea is hosting a dinner party in five days, but he doesn’t really know what his guests will be eating. “At the moment I’m using a lot of celeriac because that’s available and I don’t think it’s a vegetable…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20) The beat generation of American poets arose in the late 1940s as a rebellion against materialistic mainstream culture and academic poetry. It embraced sexual liberation, eastern spirituality, ecological awareness, political activism and psychedelic drugs. One of its members, Jack Kerouac, tweaked and ennobled the word “beat” to serve as…
Newcomer Kitchen Party 902-453-4320 Veith House’s community kitchen will be ground zero for a new catering company with a cause: The Newcomer Kitchen Party. And with two of its four events happening before the official April 11 launch date, it seems like this party could not wait to get started. Veith House is a “community…
Hello City presents: The Hello Baby Show Tuesday, April 23, 7:30pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $5/$10/$20 The improvisational troupe Hello City is named after a song about how Halifax sucks. “The same people, the same drinks and the same music, the same quicksand / I think this harbour town is waist-deep and…
Sarah Anderson wants to help you set virtual fire to your Pinterest wedding board and just elope instead. Anderson, the founder of East Coast Pop Up Weddings as well as an administrative justice of the peace, saw a hole in the wedding marketplace a year ago. “I would get lots of couples who were looking…
