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Maintaining your fitness is hard, and often times we wind up feeling like hamsters on the wheel or grunting monkeys. But fitness doesn’t have to mean staying cooped up inside —here’s how you can have fun with your summer workouts, so you can keep that hot bod well into sweater-weather. 1. Surf’s Up Spend an…
It was a good week for hungry hungry homebodies. First, the bigwigs of Uber Eats landed on local soil, offering up restaurant delivery services that you can dial up and track via your phone, subtracting almost all human contact from your restaurant experience. (We all deserve the right to hermit sometimes.) Even though we can’t…
One of Spring Garden’s most sparkling gems, Ko-Doraku/Dora-Q (5640 Spring Garden Road) is expanding its evening offerings. Starting this weekend (August 31 and September 1), the small-but-mighty sushi joint below Spring Garden Place will up the ante on its usual menu, adding izakaya (Japanese bar snacks) to the mix. Those heading out of town for…
When local artist Kelly Burgess decided she needed a solid spot to sell her work in Halifax, she pulled up her socks and made it happen. After calling up artists she’d met over the years at farmers’ markets, craft fairs and exhibits, The Cheeky Cod Gallery (1528 Queen Street) opened on the brightest block downtown—Vintage…
This summer, I was walking along a street in the south end of Halifax with a few pals. As we walked down the tree-lined streets next to houses I couldn’t fathom of ever owning, they started hollering and causing a ruckus. It was late, they had been drinking, I was DD and I immediately felt…
Hal Forbes’ house is across the street from the Halifax Women’s Housing Co-op, where I lived for 15 years. Hal’s house is oxblood with hunter green trim (original heritage colour, natch). The co-op building is three blocky stories of baby-blue vinyl siding. So we would run into each other on the street. “Got any juicy…
It’s been 10 years since Moksha Yoga Halifax (1512 Dresden Row) opened its doors to yogis and yogi-wannabes alike, and owner Joanna Thurlow is giving gifts rather than receiving them. September ushers in some changes to the studio, bringing its students more diversity when it comes to the classes they’re taking. “We’re creating that space…
Scientists, journalists, environmentalists and others who draw the connection between increasing wildfires and global warming often face a backlash. It’s not climate change; it’s lightning, careless smokers or campers, poor forestry management, industrial activity or sparks from vehicles, bad government… One doesn’t negate the other. Wildfires have many causes, and more than one factor is…
I spoke to you briefly. You were absolutely gorgeous. Your mismatched bikini had a black top and striped bottoms. I was absolutely gaga and you were even more beautiful with how sweet you were with your daughter. I didn’t see a wedding or engagement band…I assumed you are single?—Absolutely Smitten
No abortion debate, no euthanasia, no “passport babies.” Conservative Party members gave Andrew Scheer his marching orders for the 2019 election. At the Conservative convention in Halifax over the weekend, delegates from around the country voted on policy resolutions that should steer the direction of their Party for the upcoming federal election. Thirty policies made…
It’s 2004 and The Pavilion is finally reopening. Historic music promoter Condon MacLeod is with us in studio talking about the birth, death, rebirth (and death again?) of Halifax’s all-ages music scene. Then, Dartmouth icon Gloria McCluskey tells us what made her come back to municipal politics 14 years ago and offers her unfiltered assessment of…
It’s been almost two years. I miss my partner and my best friend. I miss being silly with you. I miss our little family. We had some stupid arguments. I wish I hadn’t been so stubborn. So many outside factors and stress wrecked our shelter. We were both tired of trying. You used to say…
I’m an avid commuter and recreational cyclist, and my bitch is about a cyclist. I’m in my car, going north on Windsor Street, at around 3:50pm. As most of you know, Windsor Street has a cycling lane. All of a sudden, a cyclist comes careening down the centre of the road, going south, and takes…
A few days ago, the Halifax Examiner published a statement written by prisoners at the Burnside jail. In their statement, the prisoners declared that they are engaging in a non-violent protest to pressure the Nova Scotia government to provide them with “a more productive rehabilitative environment.” The organizers of the protest at Burnside view themselves…
Halifax’s first-ever Chinese Festival will kick off Saturday September 9 with a big event at the Rebecca Cohn and end with a free waterfront extravaganza on the 22nd, it was announced on Wednesday. The Canadian government named 2018 the Canada-China Year of Tourism as a way to celebrate and explore the history and opportunities between the…
Rogue MP Maxime Bernier officially left the Conservative Party of Canada today. From a press conference in Ottawa, Bernier announced his official resignation to say that he’s starting his own political party. He’s already accepting donations. The announcement came as the Conservative Party kicks off its three-day national policy convention in Halifax. Leader Andrew Scheer told…
It’s a great weekend to get out there as the Saint Mary’s Huskies play their home opener, Hope for Wildlife’s annual open house returns, Eyelevel Gallery and The Magic Project throw a magical mini-fest and Dog Day plays a sweet summer sendoff show at The Seahorse. Huskies home opener Friday In a sure sign that…
My news has been extreme lately—from crappy to great—but my friends, you take it in and always respond with a kind word. We’re in our 50s and you have time for me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.—Just gettin’ through life
Yesterday I drove 40 minutes from Halifax to Dartmouth and two people cut out in front of me. I honked and was ignored, then at my destination I had to honk again when another driver went to back out of a parking area and didn’t look and see me. Do you like raised insurance and…
You were bullying an elderly and disabled man by yelling at him when he parked crookedly in a handicapped parking spot and you assumed that he took up 2 parking spots (he didn’t—he was right on the line). I called you a dickhead because you are that and apparently also a parking monitor of a…
I just went through the your coffee chain’s drive through. When I ordered, I said that I had a refillable cup. (I’d bought one of your brand’s reusable cups to lessen the amount of garbage I create). Your advertising encourages its customers to do this, and even offers a 10-cent-per-cup discount to those who bring…
The third report from Buddhist Project Sunshine was released this week, containing new allegations of sexual assault committed by Shambhala Buddhism’s spiritual leader and head, Osel Mukpo, known as Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. And as in earlier Project Sunshine reports, there’s mounting evidence the sakyong’s inner circle—including Shambhala’s governing body, the Kalapa Council—knew of Mukpo’s sexual…
Recounting the history of his involvement with the criminal justice system, Steve Deveau traces a line stretching nearly all the way across the country. First, in Yarmouth, where his mother was a single parent and “there was a lot of addiction around the house, lots of different forms of abuse from people who were hanging…
One walks in vain through the public spaces of Halifax to see a plaque or any other sort of memorialization to the Black presence in the city. Take the waterfront, for example. This was a site to and from which different collectivities of African-descended people—including enslaved Africans, free and enslaved Black Loyalists, self-emancipated Blacks on…
Smokin’ mad HRM city councillors have constantly professed that transparency, conversation, education and public consultation are the tools they that they prefer to utilize when dealing with matters concerning the public. However, recently they have blindsided tobacco smokers and vapers alike with a stealthy move that passed a bylaw that severely restricts smoking tobacco in…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Virgo (Aug 23-Sep 22) I think you’ve done enough rehearsals. At this point, the apparent quest for a little extra readiness is beginning to lapse into procrastination. So I’ll suggest that you set a date for opening night. I’ll nudge you to have a cordial talk with yourself about the value of emphasizing…
Hitman, The Offering release w/Black Moor, Lionsault, Diner Drugs Friday, August 24, 10pm Gus’ Pub, 2605 Agricola Street $7 adv/$10 door Halifax stoner-metal outfit Hitman is back with its third release, The Offering: Side One, a four-track EP that shows both progression in sound and better execution of bringing its live atmosphere on record. The…
Dog Day w/Jon Samuel Saturday, August 25, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $15 When Dog Day makes its return to the Seahorse this Saturday, expect it to feel like “slipping into an old pair of shoes.” The lauded Halifax group has been making waves with tuneful, gloomy rock ‘n’ roll since its debut…
Q I’m in a pickle. All I want is to experience touch, intimacy and sexual pleasure—but without freaking out. I grew up with a lot of negative messages from men due to developing early, as well as having some other physical/sexual trauma (no rape or abuse), but the combination has me seriously fucked up. Whenever…
McQueen opens Friday, August 24 Cineplex Park Lane, 5657 Spring Garden Road The summer Ian Bonhôte moved to England from France was also the summer Alexander McQueen’s star reached a new point in the stratosphere. “He was everywhere, his name was everywhere, we were all waiting for what he’d do next,” the filmmaker—who is half…
Cryptorips Shadow Up Gold release w/Beach Bait & Designosaur Thursday, August 23, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $8 Out of the blue, Cryptorips dropped its first full-length record early in June. Besides the occasional Instagram post, there was no hype, not even a Facebook post announcing its release—just an album of noise-rock suddenly…
You’ve probably been wondering W.T.F. or “Where’s The Fun” in New Brunswick on Labour Day Weekend, from August 31 until September 3? We’ll give you some hints: giant lobsters, fried clams, and the highest mountain peak in the maritimes. Well, let’s just say that this weekend is the ultimate maritime getaway. Could you find festivities…
