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Living in Woodside without any grocery stores sucks! As a person who is fat, sick and nearly dead, I need healthy foods to eat. At least we have the pharmachoice that sells a small variety of healthy foods at really reasonable prices! Thanks pharmachoice – much love! —macaroni and cookie dough
please stop picking on those smaller then you.or that you feel un worthy of respect.you suck.you are in schools,work places,stores.you treat people like dirt,because you think you are better.does it make you feel good to pick on others?you don’t seem to understand that what you do is hurtful,that it has a negative effect.f off.sorry,butit hurts.i,like…
[Image-1] Thank you and a hearty “well done” to the guys/girls who helped an injured deer arrive at Hope for Wildlife. I was living under the assumption that the majority of people working in this industrial part of Dartmouth were a bunch of lowbred savages. I stand cautiously corrected and humbled… —Respectable businessman
Why do I let you use me? I know you are sick. I know you have psychological issues and a gambling problem. Heck, I have those issues; only not as bad. In you; I see a bit of me. Last week you approached me saying you were hungry; so I bought you a sandwich and…
[Image-1] I remember when I first got to university and met you. Not a damn thing has changed. You were at every meeting trying to save the polar bears and get your dick sucked. Glad you succeeded at one of those two things. I always thought the term “mactivist” was dumb until I realized that…
[Image-1] Most of the winter, we had NO sidewalks, it’s that simple. We paid our taxes and we were cheated. Lots of citizens have filed class action suits, I think this situation qualifies. There’s no denying it. —cracked skull
[Image-1] That Burgie record release show at Gus’ was a lot of fun! We went to high school together, but I don’t think I said more than five words to you in three years there. I was smart, but you seemed way more smarter. Our paths have crossed a few times since I returned to…
[Image-1] I noticed you unsuccessfully trying to hold back tears. I would have loved to give you a hug, but alas you were working and I didn’t want to make matters worse. Know that I noticed, and in that moment you were not alone. I hope you’re okay. —Compassionate kitten
[Image-1] This Saturday, labour representatives and community leaders will gather at the Halifax North Memorial Library for a Black Votes Matter strategy session. The campaign, organized by the Canadian Labour Congress and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, aims to turn the tide on the systemic inequities faced by African Canadians by getting black voters…
Just this morning, Halifax-Dartmouth hero Joel Plaskett opened an Ebay auction for two tickets to the sold out Joel Plaskett Emergency Down at The Shore Club on September 4. The event is a benefit for The Khyber Building Fund to restore The Khyber Building (1588 Barrington Street), which has been facing a red-tape nightmare since the city closed its…
For the last few summers, while filming CBC series Mr. D, Toronto-based/former-Picnicface comedian Mark Little has hosted a whacky talk show called Good Morning Tonight. What started in 2012 as a sketch show in the sweltering Khyber attic — with Andy Bush, Cher Hann, Brian MacQuarrie and more — Good Morning Tonight became such an annual hit that…
[Image-1] To the dark haired man(?) driving the silver Honda at 4:50 on August 11 on hwy 107. I understand that you were pissed that I hesitated to let you cut in and did when you would have risked damaging your/my car to prove a point. When you were in double passing lane, the thing…
Why does the media consistenly call Cops; Police Officers? I believe, there is a big difference between a Constable and an Officer. What’s up with that? —Confused
It aint easy….trying to get on with it..somedays its easy, somedays i dont want to be seen..somedays im full of of energy..somedays im like blah, get away from me.People can be understanding and supportive.most people just dont give a damn about my situation, thats okay..things are getting better slowly for this soul..being strong and looking…
It’s the end of FRED. as we know it. Fred Connors and Joel Flewelling’s salon-cafe hybrid—which opened at 2606 Agricola Street back in 2004, before the rest of Halifax knew Agricola was on-trend—will serve its last meal on September 26, before closing and opening a smaller, salon-only operation. “The time is right to do this…
1 Because nothing is real unless there’s a parody Twitter account for it, someone with too much time has created “MoronsOf PeggysCove.” The account presumably is to increase public safety awareness (provided tourists are checking local tweets) by shaming people through snide jabs about Darwinism. For more on Ricky Gervais’ comedy, click here. 2 Nova…
“It’s a study of digital and analog — the difference between them and what happens when they’re combined,” says Nick Everett, one of the three musical wizards of Mauno (“mao-no”). With Evan Matthews and Eliza Niemi, the experimental pop group releases Rough Master with Dories, Foam and Kurt Inder on Wednesday night at Menz Bar ($8, 8:30pm). …
So this festival builds up interest over the last number of years and then switches gears to increasing profits by only giving a maximum amount of product at a time….for $57/ticket! Good luck aiming to try everything you’d like to, or pull aside and chat with some friends if you need to spend a total…
[Image-1] you want to know why i sit in the back and then wanna get out the front door? cause my two-year-old likes to sit back there, but i’m not gonna jump off the bus while carrying her! the bus kneels for a reason. —Yung mama
[Image-1] Really enjoyed our chat. You struck me as a sweet and easy going person. I just want you to know that I bumped my next appointment a week ahead, so that we can have cookies and juice together again 🙂 —Coconut water girl
Time is a luxury that Andrew King doesn’t take for granted. With that in mind, the executive chef and co-owner at Da Maurizio (1496 Lower Water Street) has teamed up with tech entrepreneurs Andy Hay and Will Nelson to give people a little more of it—plus, the added bonus fresh, healthy meals. The project is…
Halifax’s careful ambient pop-band In-Flight Safety recently released a new single, “Stockholm,” to announce a new EP to be released in September, alongside a couple mini-tours in the fall. Plus, visual artist Graeme Patterson is currently working on a music vid to be released later this month, says the band’s vocalist/guitarist John Mullane. No surprise that…
[Image-1] Staff at the Halifax Central Library: not only are you helpful, cheery and knowledgeable, but you’re all so damn cute. I don’t mind overdue notices at all when you give me your smiles with ’em. You glow in the natural light. —Why yes I would like more information
[Image-1] you reluctantly came into my life almost three years ago, and we fell for each other, hard. you ended it a year later, and broke our hearts. you tell me you still love me, you miss me, and give me big hugs and sometimes kisses.. you even said we would chat soon about our…
[Image-1] This is a specific bitch to the two douchebags who decided to skip out of my sublet apartment 1506 on Spring Garden Road recently, so now you know which two douchebags I reference!! I now owe $2400 in back rent, so that is a really good ass and head fuck! Also, thanks for the…
To the women in section 48 row D talking loudly during the first three acts, show some respect to the performers and the rest of the people who paid good money to be there. Trying to talk over the band is just rude. You had reserved seats so you could have gone upstairs to the…
“The company was started by my mom Victoria Aidoo in 1995. She has a really good eye for fashion,” says Esi Aidoo of clothing distributor Kwestomar Kreations, “My family is from Ghana so we mostly feature Ghanaian clothes and designs, with designers from the Ivory Coast, Sudan and other areas in Africa.” After two successful years, Kwestomar Kreations…
1 More on the closure of the Quinpool Road Second Cup from the Herald’s Remo Zaccagna; it appears property owner Christina Kioussis is owed over $40,000 in unpaid rent from the last year-and-a-half. Zaccagna also digs up an unfair labour board grievance filed late last year that claims franchise owner Kathy Attis never paid the…
Last month, Halifax singer-songwriter Cactus Flower (Jess Lewis) released her first full-length, Magic Hour. It’s an album that was years in the making but completely worth the wait. Splitting her time between several projects — as a harmonious vocalist in Dark for Dark, as a technician in Halifax theatre productions, as a player in three…
I’ll be honest, Fat Wreck Chords predates me. But the legendary punk label’s artists were there when I needed them, stumbling into my lap in the form of the Warped Tour 2005 compilation CD. I wasn’t allowed to attend Warped Tour 2005, so I was just an angsty 12-year-old with a Discman and a long…
How often do you get a chance to see the jerk-punk from Stand By Me? The time is now! Kiefer Sutherland, one of the original Lost Boys and notorious Hollywood party-dude, brings his alt-rock country-jams to Halifax this weekend. The Kiefer Sutherland Band will appear at The Carleton Bar & Grill on Saturday for a private fundraiser.…
[Image-1] 1 The PEACE EAST festival is six years old this weekend, and organizers Chris Enns and Sherri Reeve-Enns are hoping you’ll check it out. The medical marijuana activists have been fighting the government and the courts since their businesses and home were twice raided by police over the last two years. City editor Jacob…
It’s been almost a year since grunge-pop trio Kestrels (Paul Brown, Chad Peck, Devin Peck) have played in Halifax. Now on summer tour, the heavens have aligned for the band’s local return. Octopi Entertainment presents Kestrels with Designosaur, beauts and Teleri tonight at Menz Bar ($8, 10pm): a milky way of sparkly tones. As the stars of Noyes Records,…
[Image-1] Six years in, PEACE EAST keeps growing. The three-day outdoor festival in Middle Musquodoboit is Atlantic Canada’s annual epicenter for cannabis consumers, advocates and caregivers to celebrate the tireless fight against the war on drugs. There’s music, lectures, workshops and plenty of chances to get inspired. And, no, it’s not just some hippie fest…
[Image-1] Scrambling to find a new insurance provider wasn’t how organizer Jonas Colter wanted to spend the days before this year’s Evolve Festival. The annual four-day music showcase was nearly cancelled simply because Colter announced there would be free drug-testing. “If I expected [that outcome] I would have just kept it a secret,” he says,…
[Image-1] Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. I write this on behalf of all Canadians who voted anything but Conservative in 2011. And 2008. And 2006. And 2004. This election need only focus on a single issue: Canadian democracy is no longer functioning. By merging the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties in…
[Image-1] Look way up. Rising above the Halifax skyline are a flock of cranes assembling new downtown developments. There’s no shortage of construction happening around the HRM, and where there’s construction there’s a need for skilled labour. Right now, the city needs crane operators. With plenty of developments still to be built, Careers Nova Scotia…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Leo (Jul 23-Aug 22) Many people harbour the unconscious bias that beauty resides primarily in things that are polished, sleek and perfect. Celebrities work hard and spend a lot of money to cultivate their immaculate attractiveness, and are often treated as if they have the most pleasing appearance that human beings can have.…
Wordburglar Album Release Friday, August 14, 10pm Gus’ Pub and Grill, 2605 Agricola Street $10 “Sometimes I’ll just think of a line, or I’ll hear a word and love it so I’ll want to rhyme that word,” says comic-book writer and nerdcore rapper Sean Jordan Volpe, also known as Wordburglar. “You never know when an…
East Coast Improv Festival The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street August 15-16 $10/$15 Plenty of great comedy has come out of Halifax over the past few years—and much of it has come and gone, to Toronto and other funnier pastures. That’s one of the reasons local improv company Make ‘Em Ups started Halifax’s first…
There are lots of benefits to not using your harbour as a toilet. While Olympic sailors are getting scared about Rio’s crappy water, Halifax’s clean harbour is enabling business start-ups. This summer saw the launch of two water-based cab companies—Harbour Water Taxi and Chebucto Water Taxi —and we went for a ride with both. The…
Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival Sunday, August 16, 11am-5pm Alderney Landing, 2 Ochterloney Street free Lacking the ticket price and Hollywood trappings of bigger conventions, this weekend’s Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival has both free admission and an emphasis on the east coast. “I wanted a show that focused on comics and the people who made them,”…
Wild Blueberry Harvest Festival August 14-29, central Nova Scotia wildblueberryfest.com Lil MacPherson loves blueberries. “It’s mostly because they’re Nova Scotian,” says the restaurateur. “They are us.” In fact, they are so “us” that there is a Wild Blueberry Harvest Festival taking place from August 14-29. Watch for blueberry socials, breakfasts, suppers and picnics happening all…
Q I’ve been reading your column for awhile, and you always advise kinky people to go seek the same within the kink community. But in my experience, the kink community is very “sex right away, get to know you later”-oriented. I have two questions. First, as someone who’s a bit old-fashioned, is there somewhere I…
Canadaarrrr votes The Pirate Party of Canada was founded by a group of people including university students who would normally have avoided politics. However, the continuous erosion of rights and freedom, and the security of the new information infrastructure, by the copyright monopolist and the corruption of government officials, roused these individuals from their comfortable…
Name: Isabelle Ofume Age: 21 Occupation: Dalhousie student Spotted: Pier 21 Wearing: Sweater, Gap; t-shirt, Brandy Melville; jeans, Cheap Monday; socks and purse, Target; shoes, Winners; hat, Salvation Army; scarf, Makenew What kinds of things do you consider when putting an outfit together in the morning? I always try to dress in something comfortable and minimal,…
