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[Image-1] This town is not very bike friendly, but you are! Thank you for reassuring me that I wasn’t doing anything wrong at the light that wouldn’t change, and for letting me “piggy back” next to your car through the intersection. Many blessings to you! —Cyclist
[Image-1] To the slob who left a bunch of trash, including an entire DQ cake dome, at the Duncan’s Cove Lighthouse. Instead of gracing the location that you had your party at (I sure hope you weren’t enjoying an ice cream cake by yourself) by taking your garbage with you, your lazy ass assumed it’d…
Why is it, that every few months Metro Transit decides to switch up their regular driver’s schedules? It throws everything into complete chaos. Up until a week ago I could rely on the bus getting me to the bus terminal so I could make one of three connections. Then you changed drivers and each and…
Whatever happened to customer service in retail? Especially locally owned clothing stores? You know, the ones were all supposed to be supporting in order to keep local business’ alive in our depressing construction filled downtown? Upon entering this popular locally owned clothing store on argyle this afternoon (a slow afternoon at that, I observed quickly)…
Some friend you turned out to be. After 3 different people confirming what you said about me. Stealing your man that you broke up with 2 years ago. If him driving me home when we bumped into each other at the grocery store means I stole him last week then Your more screwed up then…
[Image-1] I don’t know what you expected when you rolled up beside me and told me you wanted to fuck me in the ass until I shit myself, but it sure as hell wasn’t for me to throw my nearly-full iced vanilla latte with whipped topping and sprinkles right in your stupid face. And you…
To a certain north end club toting pink-washing “pride” slogans while your patrons slur derogatory, homophobic remarks when my friends come in and play a Joni Mitchell song on the jukebox: No we will NOT sit with you. I will not support you financially for allowing this to happen and for treating us like unwelcome…
Your strike is affecting my mental health. So much hate. So much negativity. Sorry, I can’t hate every business, sports team, charity or politician you want me to. I can’t feel immoral for buying a beer. I didn’t do a thing to you, so leave me alone. —Like a Kid in a Bad Divorce
[Image-1] After some confused messages and a rough start, I finally set out for the live streaming at Grand Parade. Donning my messenger bag of beer and a few ‘smokes,’ me and my company walked around a city filled with people going to-and-from the show, or bars in which every one of had the concert…
Humans are fast becoming city dwellers. According to the United Nations, “The urban population of the world has grown rapidly from 746 million in 1950 to 3.9 billion in 2014.” Sixty-six per cent of us will likely live in urban environments by 2050. The number of mega-cities (more than 10 million inhabitants) is also skyrocketing,…
Rebecca Thomas, Halifax’s poet laureate, went to A Tribe Called Red’s concert on Friday. She is a huge fan of their music, which blends electronic beats with aboriginal drumming and singing. While waiting at the bar to get a drink, she sees three folks with war paint on their faces. After giving them a double…
[Image-1] So you decided to go out to eat this evening! Congratulations! Instead of staying home and cooking something or ordering delivery, you’ve chosen to sit in a place with nice atmosphere and have a live person come and wait on you, bringing your food, making sure you are having a good experience, refilling your…
Not sure why someone thought it was okay to make a right hand turn into the left lane (I happened to be driving in) instead of making their turn into the right lane beside me like they are supposed to. Must be a Nova Scotia thing. Never seen it anywhere else, happens all the time…
I know in your country it may be common at large family gatherings to literally play/hang out on everyone’s lawn, but please don’t do it here. I don’t know you and your kids are screaming right into my windows while you sit back and do nothing. Please get the Fuck off my lawn 🙂 —I…
[Image-1] On Thursday afternoon at the public library, I overheard you speaking with security about being being called a “faggot,” stating your rights and trying to explain how this was a hate crime. I wanted so badly to step in, stand with you and somehow express to you how deeply saddened I was to hear…
[Image-1] You were a guy wearing a 49ers T-shirt and a SF Giants hat walking out of the NSLC on Agricola. I couldn’t bring myself to bear hug you immediately but I wanted to. I told my wife about you immediately. I can’t stop thinking about you. —Also a 49ers and SF Giants
[Image-1] I was walking my dogs in Dartmouth on Saturday afternoon. You were getting pictures done after having just gotten married and you wandered over to pat the dogs. I said “Not right now” – one dog was pulling at a scent and the other was pulling away from the crowd of strangers we didn’t…
[Image-1] [Ed: Spokesperson Brendan Elliott lets us know there are 453 people working for the fire department as of June 30, and 788 in various capacities in the police department. That puts 47 percent of Fire and Emergency on the sunshine list, and 37 percent of HRP, instead of the 44 and 57 percent numbers…
[Image-1] What a great time to be a boomer in halifax. Luxury condos and apartments popping up every where with their needs in mind. Forget about affordable housing for Gen x and y who cant afford a place in halifax with out 2 or more roomates. Why are people on assistance being evicted from there…
To the woman who hit me with her car 5 years ago. The fact you make me serve you coffee every day is okay. At least I get paid for that. But seeing you today walking down a busy street with headphones on brought back the old anger and feeling of unfairness. Do you fear…
To the young woman in the blue shirt at the Clayton Park Sobeys Sunday afternoon: I saw you slap your toddler’s fingers as you stormed ahead during his temper tantrum. The child obviously was hungry or something was up. Why did you and your husband (boyfriend or whoever he was) continue to shop with a…
Think back. Before The Tragically Hip was an icon. Before Gord Downie’s brain cancer diagnosis became another reminder how hard 2016 has been on legendary musicians. And long, long before The Hip’s farewell concert in Kingston turned into a much-anticipated national live streaming event. Back in 1990, The Hip was just a good rock band…
A record release, a fairy tale afternoon, saying goodbye to Gord Downie and more.
[Image-1] Video Difference was the best place you never worked. It was Halifax’s anti-Blockbuster. A cultural touchstone for movie lovers and second home to a family of film-loving freaks and geeks having more fun on the other side of the counter than the narrative clichés of retail employment should allow. The Coast tracked down a…
[Image-1] 1. Hardcourt bike polo It’s been 108 years since bicycle polo made its one and only appearance as a demonstration sport at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. A modern variation of the game, hardcourt bike polo, is played in Halifax every Thursday at 7pm on the outdoor arena behind South Street’s Gorsebrook…
[Image-1] Every two years, people around the world gather to watch the best athletes in their country compete in dozens of events, and witness the pinnacle of amateur sport—the Olympic Games. Why is it that a lot of folks who don’t normally follow sport tune in to watch? We want to see athletes run faster,…
Dear Canadian female athletes, Thank you for working hard, pushing boundaries and representing your country with the utmost determination. As an athlete and a sports broadcaster, when I open up Facebook or turn on the TV and the top stories are “that athlete is wearing makeup” or “the wife of so-and-so just won a medal”,…
Your standard student/artist job—server, barista, retail—is rarely in short supply in a town like Halifax, but Video Difference has always been one of the most coveted, and one of the hardest to land. Owner Tom Michael put together a three-part process: A standard job application describing work experience, education and the like; a slightly altered…
All summer long Stillwell Beergarden has been featuring one of the simplest street foods: Elote. This Mexican grilled corn pops with flavor—sweet corn, the smoke of the grill, melted butter, salty cheese, spicy heat, tart and creamy yogurt. It’s a ton of flavour with less effort than you’d think. Anyone who has snacked on the…
Ask anyone who went there: Video Difference was more than a place to rent movies. When it first opened its doors in 1982, ET was the top box office draw and VHS tapes were a few years from being introduced to consumers. By the time it stopped renting DVDs this week, the store had collected…
Space, the final frontier. And also a place filled with the sounds of floating saxophones, languid string ensembles and the electronic echo of synthesizers. At least, so it is depicted in the work of Halifax-based musician and composer Patrick Healy. “I can’t escape the science fiction,” he says of one of the defining elements of…
Help heritage Dear mayor Mike Savage and city councillors, I find it incredibly disheartening that Young Avenue is being destroyed and there has been little interest shown in stopping this madness. Your inactions speak volumes to the residents, neighbourhood, city and tourism in general. Aside from a couple of councillors, there has been a suspicious…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Leo (Jul 23-Aug 22) In my opinion, you need to bask in the glorious fury of at least one brainstorm—preferably multiple brainstorms— over the course of the next two weeks. What can you do to ensure that happens? How might you generate a flood of new ideas about how to live your life…
An unassuming alleyway on Blowers Street has been converted into a tropical wonder world by Alex Thuku’s new mural. Filled with exotic leaves, flamingos, elk and lemurs, fantastical shades of yellow, turquoise and pink define the landscape. This scenery spanning the side of Blue Apples Arts and Wellness Centre (formerly The Blowers Street Paper Chase)…
DEAR READERS: I’m on vacation for three weeks. You’ll be reading new columns, all of them written by Dan Savage, none of them written by me. Our second guest Dan Savage is 32 years old, single and living in London. Dan Savage got his professional start working in promotions at the legendary London nightclub G-A-Y.…
