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With the holidays coming to an end, negotiations between the Irving family’s Halifax Shipyard Inc. and its unionized workers are set to resume this month with the help of a mediator. In December, the workers, members of UNIFOR Marine Workers Local One voted overwhelmingly in favour of a strike mandate after the employer tabled a…
The province wants HRM to reimburse it for $301,500 in transition costs for the new Halifax Convention Centre that it says was the municipality’s responsibility to pay. City staff, however, aren’t so sure about that. In a somewhat tautological statement to The Coast, finance manager Bruce Fisher says city hall is reviewing the bill’s validity.…
It was just about this time last year that Halifax Regional Police released a decade’s worth of statistical data on the use of street checks. In the 12 months since the department has repeatedly shown it has a long way to go to combat racial bias both real and perceived in its policing. But while…
One day, when the stars are all perfectly placed in the sky, a girl who gets butterflies in your presence, lost in your eyes and tongue-tied by your smile, who would be happy just to listen to you talk, and play with your hair and feed you honey and tangerines, will find you (again) and…
Name: Stephanie L’Italien and Arya Age: 27 Spotted: Argyle Street Wearing: jacket and shoes, Zara; jeans, H&M; blouse, Frenchy’s; sweater: Club Monaco; purse, Old Navy; scarf, purchased while traveling abroad How would you describe your style? My style has always been very basic, simple and classic. I don’t like to overcomplicate my outfits and I always stick to neutral…
I’ve seen it happen every time there is a winter storm. People get stuck at work with no way home because Halifax Transit drivers wont drive on crappy road. I’m so pissed at this. When all other vehicles are unsafe to drive, transit should not be kicking their passengers out into slippery roads and snowbank-covered…
A year ago, we revisited the 1992 “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity.” Signed by a majority of Nobel laureates in sciences at the time and more than 1,700 leading scientists worldwide, the document warned, “Human beings and the natural world are on a collision course.” It called for a new ethic that encompasses our responsibility…
As you paid for your beers, you told me that you tipped me 18 percent because I looked 18 years old, and proceeded to discuss with your pal whether or not that sort of line worked. Here are some thoughts I have that I wish I could have shared with you in the moment beyond…
You all think you’re hot shit eh? Boasting that you work for such a large company—yet you are so rude to the staff that actually handles the calls. It’s no wonder the company you ACTUALLY work for is constantly begging for new employees on Facebook and offering huge incentives and hire-bonuses. It’s because they can’t…
Seriously, you got a good deal on Kijiji for a canary, and you’re toting it around on the bus with a towel over the cage…on a minus twenty something day? Good luck with that. I think they are tropical birds. Hope he/she survives your stupidity. –Birds Need Love
In 1964, when he presented the mill as a “very pleasant” Christmas gift to the province, [Premier] Stanfield neglected to mention what the province was giving Scott for Christmas. As part of the deal, enshrined in the Scott Maritimes Limited Agreement Act of 1965, was the offer from the province to Scott of 230,000 acres…
I am sick of the pigs who frequent the bus terminal. Cigarette butts, McDonald’s and Tim Hortons garbage, blowing around everywhere. People hawking up whatever nicotine is in their lungs and spitting it all over. People seem to have no pride anymore. And I, as a taxpayer, am sick of paying for their messes to…
To the stranger who left a note on my door on Friday, December 22, thanking me for “spreading the Christmas cheer.” THANK YOU for lifting my spirits. I am seriously ill, and just lost my closest friend tragically and unexpectedly, so it’s a dismal Christmas. I almost didn’t put any decorations out this year, but…
A new place to sip hot broth and slurp on noodles is open just in time for Haligonians to escape the frigid winter winds. Buta Ramen has set up shop at the former home of Hamachi House (5190 Morris Street) under the ownership of Francis Yoon. “So far, we are getting very good feedback,” says…
After a decade at CTV, Cindy Day will put up her last Weather Watch tonight. Day started her career on Ottawa radio before ending up on Global TV 19 years ago. She spoke to The Coast in the CTV Atlantic green room on Robie Street about her favourite viewers, the double-edged sword of social media…
The wave of reconciliation is shallow, but it’s spreading. So says Wyatt White, the Halifax Regional Municipality’s first-ever Indigenous advisor. White, who hails from the Listuguj Mi’kmaq First Nation on the New Brunswick/Quebec border, is a former aboriginal affairs advisor to Environment Canada and to the provincial department of Education. He recently sat down with…
Now that this garbage heap of a year is coming to an end—OK, enough negativity—it’s time to get our party on. Trust us, there’s plenty going on around Halifax on New Year’s Eve. For The Coast’s last issue of the year (we’re out of office until January 2, don’t @ us) we prepped some pointers,…
International students and anthropology professors are having a lot of trouble understanding Dalhousie University’s Accent Clinic. Formerly called the Accent Modification Clinic, the university service was founded four years ago to help students improve their English. But its controversial purpose raises several questions about race, class and the stigmatization of people from other places. Martha…
Over the last decade, the Halifax Cycling Coalition has helped shape this city’s streets. The citizen advocacy group has fought—quite literally block-by-block—for better, safer cycling infrastructure in HRM. Its biggest win came just recently, with the approval of the Integrated Mobility Plan and designs for a connected bike lane grid across Halifax and Dartmouth by…
It’s impossible to look around and not see that our society is broken—or to be invited to fix it, one can of soup at a time. Especially at this time of year, charity is presented as the best way to help those in need. Real solutions to our problems, however, do not look like Giving…
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Andy Hines’ Grammy nomination The Nova Scotia-born Hines—his father is the photographer Sherman—already has a few awards for his music videos, including an MTV Moon Man. His clip for Logic’s “1-800-273-8255″—a sensitive, six-minute coming-out story starring Don Cheadle and Luis Guzmán—is up for the big time, a Grammy Award, in February. Black Cop This timely…
Dreams 2018 Sunday, December 31, 9pm Cunard Centre, 961 Marginal Road $35-$80 facebook.com/clubcouturetour Drag entertainment has a rich history in Halifax. From the early days of venues gone by like The Turret, to current nightlife staples such as Reflections, the pageantry, drama and comedy served up by drag queens is a staple in queer spaces.…
Q I am a 22-year-old Italian man, 100 percent straight, sensitive and sporty. I have been reading Savage Love for years in Internazionale. I have one question for you: Why do I always fall in love with lesbians? Why do I instantly fall in love with girls who have that something more in their eyes?…
A poor example I feel many Nova Scotians would be startled and distressed to learn that 21.6 percent of our children are living in poverty. That was revealed in a 2017 report on child and family poverty in Nova Scotia. And it is much worse for our Black children, our Mi’kmaw children and our immigrant…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) In 2018, one of your primary missions will be to practice what you preach; to walk your talk; to be ambitious and masterful in all the ways a soulful human can and should be ambitious and masterful. Live up to your hype in the coming months, Capricorn! Do what…
As midnight passes and people everywhere are staggering out of bars and house parties into 2018, there comes a challenge. You may have waited 15 minutes to get that last cocktail, but patience wears thin pretty quickly when you find yourself on the street wondering how to get home. Here are the best options. Taxis…
