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To the guy we met on our first night of vacation: It was heartwarming to hear about your adventures as a father. You seem to put a lot of work into giving your son the best life. Thanks for telling us about the sloth exhibit and for inviting us to crash his birthday party there.…
I sure hope the Editor PRINTS this, since you’re too stupid to use the internet! You told everyone that you were getting your knee fixed, and you were going to get a job. But you are a liar. You got your knee fixed, and continue to stand out there in front of the stores at the…
Stop using the croaky voice! You people who use it sound like you’re on your deathbed. It’s like someone is pulling the words out of your mouths one at a time. It does not make you sound cool. You sound like a fool. The croaky voice is only acceptable when you’re laying in bed just…
Major kudos and a big shout-out to the guys who handle lost and found at the Halifax Transit Bridge Terminal. Last Wednesday, I lost my wallet on one bus going to the Bridge Terminal from Dartmouth, and my cell phone on the bus going across the bridge to Halifax. I got the number for lost and…
Throw more asphalt and concrete at it? I think those 40-foot long asphalt ramp thingies on South Park Street are raised bike lanes, and now there are four-inch-high concrete bollards along the rest of SP Street as well. I left work at noon today, and the buses and big trucks going opposite ways could barely…
This past Monday I lost my wallet. Thank you to the bank lady who helped me freeze all of my accounts when I realized I was missing my wallet. Thank you to the police officer who took my report of “missing property” very seriously, even going as far to contact Halifax Transit to see if anything turned…
I realize that I had parked in a no-parking zone. I drove around three times to try to find a legit parking space, but was running out of time. You see, two days ago I miscarried. As I was driving down Vernon to get to work, I finally got a call that my emergency ultrasound was…
I was on the #10 going home late afternoon, and you boarded the bus with your one-year-old, who immediately began screaming bloody murder. Your immediate response was to quickly dial something up on your smart (?!) phone and hold it in front of his face for the entire duration of the trip. He sat slack-jawed and…
Remember the platforms you have, Raise your voices, And do what you do best. Keep on continuing your wonderful work within the community. You don’t just make a difference, You are the difference. Some people just need to pay attention more closely and listen because you are the change that the city’s council, provincial and…
I’ll never understand how people can stand at a bus stop for 15 minutes, and it’s only when the bus has pulled up and opened its door that they think to start looking in their wallet, purse, backpack, etc. for their bus pass or change. It’s like, what the hell were you thinking about for…
The energy before a dress rehearsal is always a little bit frantic. Nothing starts on time as lights, sound, and costumes get adjusted, performers confirm their places, and the director scans the room for anything out of place. Then the lights go down, and the heightened silence fills the room with anticipation. Xara Choral Theatre…
From the annual Peace Basketball Tournament to the first weekend of the Halifax Urban Folk Festival to a musical by Xara Choral Theatre, it’s gonna be a slam-dunk weekend! Lindell Wigginton Friday Meet Dartmouth basketball star and Toronto Raptors player Lindell Wigginton at this meet-and-greet that’s also a fundraiser for kid’s school supplies. Held at…
Summer: a blissful time to load the kids and the dog in the car, drive a mere 20 minutes to the beach, unload the kids, hastily apply sun screen, and watch the two- and four-legged freaks fling themselves into the water. Moments later, a mischievous smile from your child and—unnoticed but likely still happening—a second…
BC is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a captive breeding program to protect spotted owls. With an estimated six of the owls left in the wild in Canada, all in BC, that seems like good news. But while the program includes some habitat protection, the province is also approving logging in habitat the owl needs…
R achael Shrum has an organized mind but she’s quick to point out that she’s not really a tidy person. Sitting on her massive forest green couch in the morning sun she says, matter-of-factly, “I just leave stuff around.” You wouldn’t know it, looking around the tucked-away second floor, two-bedroom apartment she affectionately calls the…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22) Yisrael Kristal was a Polish Jew born under the sign of Virgo in 1903. His father was a scholar of the Torah, and he began studying Judaism and learning Hebrew at age three. He lived a long life and had many adventures, working as a candle-maker and a candy-maker.…
“S uccessful thrifting can, at its essence, be boiled down to perseverance, some basic knowledge and pure luck,” says Bridget VanWart, founder of and finder behind Holy Roller Vintage—a furniture and accessories seller that’s online home is Instagram. In just 10 months, she’s taken her obsession with home decor, deal hunting and bringing vintage pieces…
Tonya Wimmer has gotten used to being the bearer of bad news. Every time someone spots a dead right whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence—which has happened eight times this year alone—her Halifax-based organization, the Marine Animal Response Society (MARS), gets the call. Then it’s Wimmer’s job to notify scientists, government officials and conservation…
Evergreen Murder Mystery Night Sat Aug 24, 7-9:30pm, Evergreen Historic House 26 Newcastle Street, Dartmouth $25-$100 I t all started when Aries Casteel, a heritage interpreter at the Dartmouth Heritage Museum, was tasked with creating some seasonal programming. “I loved Evergreen House because it’s an old Victorian home,” Casteel explains. “I was inspired by a…
norc w/The Brood, No, It’s Fine., Sleeping Machines Thu Aug 22, 8pm-12am The Seahorse Tavern 2037 Gottingen Street $8 A lthough they hail from the Annapolis Valley, the three members of norc first met here in Halifax: Guitarist Zach Hazelwood and drummer Ryan Holland got together and played a show as a duo, but something was…
Now Daily to Aug 31 Teichert Gallery, 1723 Hollis Street I n the genre of travel photography, the visiting artist runs the risk of moving through their locales like an invasive species: capturing subjects without permission, walking into sacred and private moments with the unearned authority of the western traveller (an especially cringe-worthy phenomenon when…
Katherine Woolhouse: Hi Dave. For our debut “Fermented Friends” chat, I picked up four beers for us to try. Most of them come from Bishop’s Cellar, where I went shopping for a more-or-less random selection of things that were either new or new to me. Dave Hayden: Right on. I’m ready for this, I think.…
I am a white, privileged, female physician who has never injected drugs. I serve some of the most vulnerable people in our city. I care deeply about their safety, dignity and well-being. Before medicine, I worked in the downtown east side of Vancouver, and in my early years of practice I served Calgary’s inner-city as the…
Q I took Molly with my best bud. We wound up cuddling and telling each other everything. We didn’t mess around—we’re both straight guys—but one of the things I told him is that I would much rather eat pussy than fuck, and one of the things he told me is that he’s not at all…
Developing hubris When developer Alex Halef of the BANC Group discusses citizen opposition to the latest proposed development on Wellington Street, he insults the residents of HRM who are opposed to that building and other developments (“6 Halifax developments you should know about,” City story by Catherine Turnbull, August 15). Halef thinks opposition to developments…
