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Thank you for having dazzling green eyes! You were working at the Island Beach shop during the snowstorm. You were nice, natural and open as we chatted together! I felt comfortable, a little bit like when we meet a close friend as we journey in an other country. How warm and reassuring! And it is…
Everyone in my life seems to have partners and I’m still single. I really do just need at least one person in my life, kind of just at a point where it feels like there’s not really any possibility of that happening. It looks like people who already receive a good amount of affection receive…
Why is it so hard to find a tissue in a doctor’s office waiting room? —Sneezy
Given technological advances, why can’t you put a link on your mobile site to add a Bitch? Seems simple enough… —2016
[Image-1] How much stuff will you give and receive this holiday season? Add it to the growing pile—the 30-trillion-tonne pile. That’s how much technology and goods humans have produced, according to a study by an international team led by England’s University of Leicester. It adds up to more than all living matter on the planet,…
Canada now has a possible blueprint for its legal marijuana system. The federal task force on Marijuana Legalization and Regulation released a list of recommended guidelines today. If the government follows on the recommendations, Canadians will be able to buy and consume weed as soon as they turn 18. Other recommended guidelines include allowing the…
[Image-1] Educational support workers in HRM are standing in solidarity with the Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU), while at the same time bargaining with the Halifax Regional School Board (HRSB) for a new collective agreement of their own. Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) local 5047 president Chris Melanson says school board employees in his…
The winter weather doesn’t seem to be slowing down your pallet furniture projects. Maybe you should build a shed next? Or at least get a hat! Wouldn’t want such a cutie to lose his ears to the cold, now would we? —Park Street Pedestrian
I’m the spouse of a teacher and I am so in love with her and I need to share a few things cause she’s a little bummed about the work-to-rule thing. My wife has just started her 18th year as a teacher, to this day when she runs in to a former student you can…
[Image-1] It’s not his duties at City Hall that have been keeping Richard Zurawski off the airwaves as of late. The city councillor is refusing to appear on News 95.7 and is apparently filing for damages against parent company Rogers Media over the termination of his contract. Zurawski was a longtime meteorologist for News 95.7…
The best deal for government is 3 percent in the final year of the 4 year contract while the best deal for government workers is 3 percent in the first year of the contract. So, why not split the difference and have a 3/4 percent increase each of the 4 years for unionized workers with…
When a carpenter tells you he can do everything, he’s lying. Or, and this one is the most likely of the two, he’s fucking delusional. Everytime in his life he made a mistake? Someone else’s fault. All I ever get matched up with are these mother fuckers. Why can’t I ever get to work with…
To the police car that was at Sackville St and Spring Garden tonight around 6:10pm who observed a Mini blow through the crosswalk and just miss us as we were crossing Spring Garden in the crosswalk and who popped on his lights immediately — thank you! You had him pulled over and were writing him…
If crafting the perfect gingerbread house takes skill, Lindsey Vidito has lots of it. Enough to make a gingerbread pub, anyway. Vidito, a staff member at Smith’s Bakery and Cafe (2525 Agricola Street), says she’s been showing her talents during the holiday season for the past couple of years. Last Christmas, Vidito’s gingerbread channeled the…
There’s nothing like taking a stroll through wet snow and sub-zero temperatures to look at all the pretty Christmas lights in the neighbourhood, right? The challenge is knowing where to look. Luckily for Haligonians, someone has done the heavy lifting for us and mapped out a bunch of them. Halifax Redditor Mark Seymour has created…
We both have busy lives and it takes some planning to be able to get together to catch up. So when we do end up sitting in front of one another, can you please put your god-damned phone away? It’s one thing if you are texting your husband about picking something up at the store…
If one more person tells me I’ll change my mind or I just haven’t met the right person yet, I’m going to fly into a Mel Gibson-type rage. I am 30 years old. Believe it or not, I know what I do and don’t want from life and a baby is on the No Thanks…
Please, The Coast—please separate DJ artists from live music artists in the “Live Music Tonight” section. Too cumbersome to pick out actual live music gigs. Thanks! —I Wrote You; Now Bitching
I spotted you on Halloween dressed as a ridiculous golden disco dude. Since then I feel like I’ve seen you everywhere around the city. Maybe it’s because you’re so tall, so handsome, or maybe because we were meant to interact. Were those socks stuffed in your pants? These and many more things I’d like to…
Best buds and Acadia grads Scott MacLean and Lauren Harwood are passionate about giving entrepreneurs a running start to help grow their small businesses. The pair are behind Inspire Halifax, an endeavour responsible for new downtown shopping spot Curio Art Market (1479 Birmingham Street), which made its debut last weekend. “Our goal and vision is…
Entrepreneur and artist Peter Hemsworth plans to affirm the fashion industry in Halifax with his debut line of paintings turned casual wear. It’s called A Guide to the Revolution, and Hemsworth says the loose-fitting eco-friendly tees, layerable Grime hoodies and sleek bomber jackets are all about personal empowerment. “It’s built around the archetype of the…
[Image-1] The drunk woman behind me kept screaming his name. “Bob!” “Bob!” “Bob!” So I was grateful when security ushered her out of the small Tampa, Florida auditorium. But I understood the sentiment. I was screaming his name too, quietly, in my head. To paraphrase Joan Baez, not everyone’s into Bob Dylan but for those…
BAHNAHNAH’s one-year anniversary Friday, December 9 at 10pm Khyber Centre for the Arts, 1880 Hollis Street $8 Halifax’s DJ collective will be performing at The Khyber Center for the Arts on Friday to celebrate its one-year effort in creating a safe dance space for marginalized groups. Since 2015 the trio, made up of DJs Fadzwa,…
[Image-1] Life in the digital age means it’s user beware on the social network front. It also means local governments must use the benefits of social media to connect with their communities. Social media is the new town crier in terms of notifying the citizenry, said a Town of Bridgewater staffer to delegates at the…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) “The awesome splendour of the universe is much easier to deal with if you think of it as a series of small chunks,” wrote novelist Terry Pratchett. That’s true enough, but I’ll add a caveat: Now and then the trickle of small chunks of awesome splendour gives way to…
School business The Nova Scotia Liberal government locked out its students this morning. It’s hard to find a better illustration of the folly of “running government like a business.” The stated reason for cancelling school is that if teachers work to rule, some students might be left unsupervised, and that this would be an unacceptable…
Atlantic Fashion Week—Showcase 6 Saturday, December 10, 8:30pm The Village Shops at Dartmouth Crossing 174 Hector Gate $25 The work of Halifax-based designer Anthony El-Cid feels a million miles away from the north end cafe where we meet to talk about fashion. Dreamy silks and velvets the NSCAD graduate dyes himself—in order to “capture the exact…
There are something like 30 million Google results for how to cook a perfect steak. Oil it, butter it, rub it, rest it, give it a hug and whisper affirmations at it. If anything in this world would ever prevent humanity from forming a hive mind, it will probably be true agreement over correctly eyeballing…
L ydia Fulton grew up in Devon’s countryside, learning lessons about self-sufficiency from her grandparents, who ran a farm and sold homemade goods from a shop on the property. That sentiment stuck with her, and even after studying and landing a full-time job in London, she sold her homewares and lemon curd from a table…
from this example about proper working conditions, the importance of collective bargaining and how those in power treat those who serve.
David Sedaris’ Uncomfortable Christmas Holiday Fun Time Hour! The Waiting Room, 6040 Almon Street To December 18 $15/$20 As a break from the typically sentimental Christmas fare, Kick at the Dark Theatre is offering some dark holiday humour with performances of stories written by funny-guy David Sedaris. In its third production, the company is taking…
TU Processed December 9-10, 8pm The Halifax Music Co-op 2164 Barrington Street $15/$20 TU Processed—a contemporary circus piece by performers Dawn Shepherd, Ryan Gray, and Aiyana Graham—strays from classic circus mainstays, so don’t expect animals, ring leaders, clowns and big-top tents. Shepherd describes contemporary circus in contrast to other forms of circus arts by its integration…
In the mural painted in his honour, Tyler Richards looks out over his community with a pensive, protective glare, a basketball clenched between his palms. He can see the Steps—the childhood meeting place where he and his friends would congregate and play, a place Mulgrave Park kids before Richards’ generation and after have used as…
Three Sheet w/Know Issue Friday, December 9, 10pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 After nearly a decade as a band, alternative hip-hop troupe Three Sheet is taking stock of where it’s at. Three Sheet’s tenure has included a huge number of shows in Halifax, a handful of tours, even a visit to Taiwan—something that…
Q I’m a 37-year-old gay man who just got out of an abusive relationship. We were together five years, moved to Portland together, got married three years ago. He suffered a traumatic injury earlier this year, which led to PTSD, which led to a nervous breakdown, which led to our savings being depleted, which led…
Khyb-PORTRAITS Saturday, December 10, 2-7pm 15-minute portrait sitting: $15 30-minute portrait sitting: $30 (+5 to add prop or pet) Art Bar +Projects, 1873 Granville Street If you’ve ever wondered what you a watercolour version of yourself might look like, Saturday is the chance to find out. The Khyber Centre for the Arts has organized its…
Starting next week, your bus might start talking to you. More specifically, Halifax Transit is rolling out automated stop announcements on 13 of its bus routes. Audio stop announcements will be delivered through speakers on both the inside and outside of the bus. The information will also scroll across the “stop request” display sign at…
Why is it acceptable to ask me time and time again for money to support your child’s extra curricular activities?! Most of the time you’re selling items that I have no use for and it’s something new every other week. I can’t afford to bank role Junior’s field trip, but more importantly, I don’t want…
