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In 2015, the city of Medicine Hat, Alberta took a compassionate and unprejudiced approach to ending homelessness by using a housing-first model. Homes are offered to anyone who needs them. Ten days are now the most an individual or family stays in a Medicine Hat shelter. With a roof over their head, people are able…
Name: Julia McKaig Age: 27 Spotted: Grafton Street Wearing: Pants, Zara; shirt, Urban Outfitters; boots, Little Burgundy; jacket, vintage from Paris How would you describe your style? A soft drink with bitters. Optional: A shot of whiskey. Where do you derive inspiration from when putting together an outfit? French new wave, Winona Ryder, ’90s Calvin…
It was a packed ballroom last Saturday night as NSCAD’s annual fundraising fashion gala prepped to send models strutting down the runway. Bodies made way to seats and the university’s president, Dianne Taylor-Gearing, gave opening remarks about how the art school “is the future, always looking ahead as it carries its rich, historic past.” As…
“ When I first moved here I didn’t think the Black girls were into this,” says model, runway coach and humble changemaker Solitha Shortte. “I’m Caribbean as well, so I’m not only Black but I’m foreign. I come with a different flavour, and I wasn’t seeing any of that. The first girl I saw was…
Faire Child’s Fashion Revolution Sat Apr 28, 11am-4pm Discovery Centre 1215 Lower Water Street Faire Child, a local line of children’s outerwear, is making Nova Scotia’s first Fashion Revolution event happen. Fashion Revolution Week is a global movement inspired by the anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse—the factory that produced clothing for popular fast…
T he first time Kemmy Smith decided to customize a pair of sneakers, it wasn’t a business venture—he just wanted to express himself. At the time, Smith’s high school class was asking students to wear red for a fundraising event. Most students were wearing red Chuck Taylors. “I was like, man, I need to stand…
Christina Elgee and her husband Matt Davis both work in Halifax and love to live in Dartmouth. After moving to town from Fredericton, and renting a less-than-ideal spot in Cole Harbour, they settled on buying something of their own. “We’re really active, our jobs are really busy, we walk everywhere and we’re always doing something,”…
Last week, Cumberland North MLA Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin gave me my “told-you-so” moment of the month when she shared her concerns that legalizing marijuana could make Nova Scotians lazy like Jamaicans. Smith-McCrossin said in a subsequent apology post on Facebook—since deleted—that her comments “were criticized as racist and insensitive.” Of course, they were. Many quickly came…
This city needs a lot more muscle if it wants to control the legalized drug game. On Tuesday, Halifax council voted to create a municipal framework for cannabis to help fill in some of the blanks on what exactly the municipality’s role will be once the plant is legalized for recreational use this fall. Councillor…
Parents of NS: When you send your kid on an overnight field trip, I hope you don’t expect that their chaperones are actually looking after them in the hotel. As a hotel night clerk with many years of experience, I can tell you that nine times out of ten, the so-called “chaperones” spend the evening…
Transportation accounts for about a quarter of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, making it the second-highest source, slightly behind the oil and gas industry. In the U.S., it’s the largest source of emissions and pollution. Despite continued improvements in personal vehicle fuel standards since 1975, Canada’s transportation emissions grew by 42 percent from 1990 to 2015,…
It’s a bit of a bad news story if you ask Tim Outhit. Council approved HRM’s billion-dollar 2018-19 budget on Tuesday after some three hours of debate, with Outhit and fellow councillor Shawn Cleary being the only two votes against. The financial plan increases the average tax bill in Halifax by 1.975 percent—about $37 per single-family…
Screen Nova Scotia has announced the nominees in its fourth annual awards ceremony celebrating the best in local film and television. The gala is open to the public and takes place on Wednesday, May 16 in the Schooner Room. Tickets are available here. Best Feature Film Black Cop (Blac Op Films) The Child Remains (Malefic…
Did it ever occur to you ignorant bastards on the 102 Highway that a car with its four way flashers on, going slower, without wipers functioning in a goddamn rainstorm just might be having a fucking problem…and that you don’t fucking need to cut them off and almost cause a fucking dangerous accident when turning…
The Office of the Auditor General has agreed to investigate last month’s breach of Nova Scotia’s FOIPOP website, after a request for help from the province. In a letter asking for the aid of auditor general Michael Pickup, Internal Services minister Patricia Arab writes that the province would “greatly benefit” from the OAG’s support. “As…
The municipality’s next poet laureate has no shortage of work experience. Afua Cooper, best-selling author and one of the country’s most celebrated voices of Black Canadian history, is now Halifax’s poet-in-residence. “Poetry brings people together,” Cooper writes in a press release announcing the news. “It is my honour to serve as the municipality’s poetry ambassador.”…
Going through the event listings in the Coast and realizing that 95 percent of the listings do not list the times of the events. How am I supposed to go to the event without knowing the time of the event? The Coast should refuse to print any event from organizers that actually don’t want people…
I dented your car last night. I wanted to leave a note but had nothing on me to write with/on. Tobin Street. Black Toyota I think? Comment if this is you. —I’m Really Not That Much Of A Jerk
Nova Scotians filing a Freedom of Information request will have to do so with pen and paper for the foreseeable future. The province’s defective Access to Information portal is still offline, and provincial spokesperson Brian Taylor says there’s no estimate of when the site will be back up and running. The page was taken down…
Halifax Burger Week 2018 proved to be the biggest Burger Week yet, raising $115,601. Every $2 raised allows Feed Nova Scotia to distribute three meals to Nova Scotians in need. Another #HfxBurgerWeek in the books! It's been an INCREDIBLE week and we can't wait to hear the final tally and see the huge impact you'll have…
It’s been nearly two years and I still think of you every day. I earn a living now. I could give you a child. We could have a home and a life together. You’d make the best mother. I miss our cats, the bed we slept in, your interior decor. I miss everything and I’m…
The Truro festival Rock the Hub, which debuted last September, has announced its 2018 lineup, and it’s a lead ballon. August 24 sees Sloan, Big Wreck and In-Flight Safety; August 25 finds MuchMusic ’00s mainstays Finger Eleven, I Mother Earth and the Motorleague; and August 25 offers a Sonic Records roster current and past with…
Self checkout never works. I don’t get paid to work at a grocery store, why must I check my own groceries? Half the time they only accept debit, not cash, so you finally get it all checked thru only to find out you’ve wasted your time. You don’t pay me to work here, so stop…
Celebrate Earth Day with up-cycled art, see springy styles at the NSCAD Fashion Gala, catch a flick at the Emerging Lens film fest—and while The Raptors keep wowing the NBA, see how the Halifax Hurricanes dunk in round two of the NBL Atlantic Division playoffs. Unarmed Verses screening Saturday The Emerging Lens Film Festival caps…
Argyle Street will be painted red this weekend. From Thursday through Saturday, thousands of Liberal members will come from away to Halifax—gathering at the financially embattled Nova Centre for the governing party’s national convention. Faithful foot-soldiers travelling from across the country will get to rub shoulders with some of the most powerful politicians nationwide, and…
Zuppa Theatre’s 20th anniversary bash featuring Pop-Up Love Party Friday, April 20, 7pm Murphy’s Restaurant, 1751 Lower Water Street $25-$40 25 Years by The Sea Wednesday, April 25, 6:30pm Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road $25 This week, two Halifax theatre companies are celebrating milestones: Shakespeare By The Sea—founded in 1994 by Elizabeth Murphy…
Lauren Goodyear left her house that night, back in 2016, for her usual run. When the 21-year-old came to the intersection of Dartmouth Road and the Bedford Highway, she looked both ways, turned off her music, checked the street again and started to cross. All she saw were headlights. The truck hit her, dragging her…
As Randy Riley got up to exit the courtroom for the last time in his first-degree murder trial, he blew a kiss to his aunt, who blew a kiss back. Moments before, he had been convicted of second-degree murder. Riley, 27, was charged in 2013 with the shooting death of Chad Smith, who was killed…
The Breadwinner screening w/Deborah Ellis Q&A Thursday, April 19, 2-4:30pm Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road Friday, April 20, 6-8:30pm Woodlawn Public Library 31 Eisener Boulevard, Dartmouth Award-winning Canadian author, feminist and anti-war activist Deborah Ellis fell into the young adult genre by accident. “I was an unpublished writer, sending all kinds of stuff…
The Olympic Symphonium w/Jennah Barry Friday, April 20, 8:30pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $20 It can be difficult for a band with four distinct songwriters with families and jobs to settle down to make an album. Fredericton-based indie folk outfit The Olympic Symphonium got away from home and went to the south…
Q Background: I, a 21-year-old male, enjoy receptive fisting. I’ve also had constipation problems all my life. Question: I saw my doctor recently, and he tried to link my enjoyment of anal sex to my constipation. (Granted, I didn’t tell him EVERYTHING I do down there.) My understanding was that there was no causal relationship,…
Know bulls Last week’s “Calling bullshit” letter from Ty Savoy uses a series of oft-repeated falsehoods to try to ban the upcoming PBR event in Halifax. It requires a response from my organization, Professional Bull Riders. Contrary to Mr. Savoy’s claims, there is no negative stimulation causing the bulls to buck. These extraordinary animals are…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Aries (Mar 21-Apr 19) In the early history of the automobile, electric engines were more popular and common than gasoline-powered engines. They were less noisy, dirty, smelly and difficult to operate. It’s too bad that thereafter the technology for gasoline cars developed at a faster rate than the technology for electric cars. By…
It’s not news that our planet is in trouble, but it can be hard to know what to do about it. This Sunday, April 22, is Earth Day—meaning it’s the perfect time to stop wondering what the best thing you can do is and just decide to do SOMETHING to help our overheating home. Here…
The ultimate gift-giver Kept Gifts & Housewares, 75 King Street Scrambling last minute to get that special someone a gift? Is your mom someone who says she wants nothing but would actually really love something? Kept takes the hassle out of your search by being your one-stop gift shop for the picky present receiver in…
