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[Image-1] I work at a grocery store that recently changed how much it charges for bags. This grocery store is already more expensive than most other food store in Halifax, yet customers are constantly yelling at the cashiers about an extra 25 cents for a bag? Cashiers are making minimum wage at a job where they’re…
I have tons of respect for bus drivers. They deal with gross shit, disrespect and crap upon crap. HOWEVER when the union rep gets up in arms about a possible rail service, this is where I draw the line. The bus system is in place to help the public and to serve transportation needs. A…
[Image-1] A plant-powered, non-violent hug to the wonderful vegan people handing out flyers on the Halifax Waterfront the other day! You are making the world a little bit better! —Plants Corpses Only in my Body
[Image-1] It has become unbelievably impossible to find housing in and around HRM. Let me rephrase that…it’s becoming impossible to find reasonably priced housing that isn’t catered to students. I’m astounded at the expectations of landlords these days, you honestly want $1,700 for a townhouse that doesn’t even have a yard? You cant slap on…
Downtown Halifax is losing the sky. Progress is good, but the relentless building up is costing us the view. Enough already. Let the blue shine through! —Bluenoser
[Image-1] Figuring out that you’re in an emotionally abusive relationship is really tough. That’s why it took me so many years. Even though I continued to make the choice that hurt myself, a few friends continued to be supportive without being cruel or judgemental to either party. I can’t give y’all enough praise and am thankful for…
[Image-1] Aside from all the other terrible city smells unearthed by summer’s heat (here’s to you, green bin day), HRM has been bathed in a particular musk over these past few days. Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency says the culprit is smoke from the ongoing wildfires elsewhere in Nova Scotia. That smoke is wafting its…
Speaking through my experience and for everyone else’s sake that have to deal with these homes and don’t deserve it, the amount of BS and the way staff treat them should be illegal! I got arrested for telling staff I was gonna kick their ass!! That’s not even a charge you stupid, attention-seeking bitch! My…
[Image-1] Thanks trees and planters for being so kind. For offering a bit of shade, a bit of grass. You muffle the street noise and soften its lines. You’re a paragon of function, you’re a perfect little bench. Folks sit, chat and laugh on Gottingen Street. I think there should be more. Send ’em up and down…
[Image-1] Dear Ex-Employer; When you promise someone full time hours, and then consistently give them 25 hours per week, don’t be so surprised when they quit without notice when an opportunity to actually pay their rent presents itself. Your sob story about how you’re going to cover my shifts rings hollow when I know that…
Your soggy gross kid eating a pudding without a spoon, hiding in the back of the bus away from you, wiping pudding in the gross fabric of the seats, then hiding said pudding cup underneath the seat in front, then you, the “parents” changing the diaper of your other kid… on the bus. Seriously. WTF?!…
Umm… Whut? I’ve been here the entire time, but no, you haven’t seen me. I’m no longer friends with our old mutual friend DED; in fact I avoid him like the plague because I want nothing to do with him. I want to live my life in peace. —The ghost of Hali
[Image-1] Looking for advice and this place is crawling with people with free advice. A coworker has been cheating on her boyfriend for over a year. He is a good guy. I want to tell him, but I don’t want to make shit awkward for myself at work. And no, they don’t have some open…
[Image-1] To the baristas at my favourite local cafe: you are all so wonderful! I think that all the time but especially wanted to say so after the last time I was in, when a fellow customer was pretty rude to you. You’re on your feet for long hours trying to please everyone, and you…
How is it impossible to find a place to sit down and have food on a Thursday evening if you have minors with you? After 9pm it’s like the city closes it’s doors to everyone who isn’t 19+. Halifax, I LOVE your food and wanted to share it with some visiting relatives – sadly, we…
[Image-1] I miss you so much. I miss talking and laughing with you. I miss the things we learned from each other and how good it felt just to be with you. I never knew until now that friend breakups are just as painful as romantic breakups. Maybe worse, if you don’t realize that best…
We’re psyched about a modern spin on classical music, a secret, lakeside festival and some feminist-y documentaries, too.
When Bijou Bürden and Kayla Stevens began planning Lakefest, a one-day outdoor music festival happening August 6, they were chasing a particular feeling. It was a feeling Bürden still vividly remembers, one that hit when their former band, the Saffrons, had a jam session two years ago on Lawrencetown beach. “I mean, the sun and…
The 36th Atlantic Film Festival’s full program was announced this morning at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. This year’s fest features premieres by many domestic and international established filmmakers, as well as new voices. It also marks a return to screenings at the Oxford Theatre, for the first time in four years. AFF will…
[Image-1] Nova Scotian George Elliott Clarke is Canada’s seventh parliamentary poet laureate. He’s a writer, scholar, university professor, much-travelled pundit, civil-rights advocate and a mentor to young poets and other writers. Last year, he penned a newspaper commentary about race, prejudice and strong civilian oversight of police forces after yet another white cop in the…
[Image-1] I recently took a course at the University of King’s College about all the nifty things you could do with a smartphone. From shooting video to making gifs, all the way to taking 360-degree photos—it seemed like the possibilities were limitless. So it came as a shock to me when I learned that most…
Baddeck Lobster Suppers (Cape Breton) Akin to our friends at the Shore Club, Baddeck Lobster Suppers is a charming family-owned biz serving lobster, salmon, snow crab and steak to tourists and locals alike, every night from 4-9pm during the summer season. Any opportunity for a community meal in Cape Breton should be taken. 17 Ross…
T. Thomason just released an EP, quit his job and moved home to Halifax for the summer. A few other things have changed since we last heard from him, but quite frankly, Halifax hasn’t yet been formally introduced. Known as Molly Thomason in a soon-to-be-forgotten past life, the 21-year-old from Antigonish has given birth to…
“First thing I do whenever I see someone is ‘Where are you folks from?’ and if I got a story about where they’re from I tell them the story and if I don’t have one, I’ll tell them a story about here,” Rhys Harnish says with a nod. Harnish owns and operates The Shore Club,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Leo (Jul 23-Aug 22) You’re not doing a baby chick a favour by helping it hatch. For the sake of its well-being, the bird needs to peck its way out of the egg. It’s got to exert all of its vigour and willpower in starting its new life. That’s a good metaphor for…
Q I can’t believe this is why I’m finally writing you. My husband is using Pokémon GO as an excuse to stay out until 5am with another woman. She is beautiful and about a decade younger than him, and he won’t hear me out on why this is bothersome. Our work schedules don’t match up,…
Taxi attacks There has been a lot of talk about the recent rash of sexual assaults by cab drivers in Halifax (“No safe way home,” cover story by Moira Donovan, July 28). This is a fiction. “Rash” implies something unusual. That’s not what’s happening here. This is not unusual. It’s not a new phenomenon. I…
[Image-1] Canadians of all political persuasions care about climate action. Watching Canada fall behind the rest of the world over the past 10 years has been deeply disturbing to many. We became climate laggards. We yearn to be leaders. The hope that Canada would act on scientific evidence and contribute to climate solutions was bolstered…
Tim Falconer had always recognized his inability to sing on key, but that didn’t trump his love for music. A few years ago, Falconer decided to pursue a dream to train his vocal chords. After his second voice lesson, Falconer got some testing done, and was diagnosed with congential amusia— discovering he is part of…
Romance is in the air in Point Pleasant Park, as Shakespeare by the Sea brings to life the Bard’s playful, pastoral comedy As You Like It. It’s a story of love of many kinds, from “unrequited” to “at first sight.” Rosalind (Catherine Rainville) is deprived of her father’s love when the cruel Duke Frederick (Henri…
1- Walking legs How to Eat Lobster placemats and bibs will try to sell you on the idea that sucking on a series of spidery legs is going to reward you with the sweetest meat or a fountain of tasty juice that absolutely can’t be missed. That is absolute bullshit: Fishers just want to see…
On an evening in 2002, Tracey Williams (AKA Tacktishion) had his nap interrupted. His girlfriend woke him up, asking “Don’t you have a show tonight?” Williams rushed down to Hell’s Kitchen, now the Seahorse Tavern, on Gottingen Street, making it just in time to bust a rhyme with his group Universal Soul. He entered through…
When Brian Titus answers the phone, he politely says this might not be the best time to talk. Outside at Pier 23, near the Cunard Centre, he’s hard at work ripping open the many flats of beers arriving for the 10th annual Seaport Beerfest. The loud thumps and bangs from this effort reverberate through the…
