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[Image-1] Our weird relationship: will-they-won’t-they combined with you-don’t-want-to-but-I-do and also now-you-want-to-and-I-moved-on. The worst part about everything is how much you matter to me and the fact that, just because we can’t be a romantic pairing, we now have to be nothing. I wonder if you hate the way things were punctuated too, or if you’re…
No disrespect here fellow Canadians we have enough starving children and homeless people on our streets in our country that’s all you hear in the news that’s all you see on TV. Holy fuck! Maybe these poor bastards should buy, borrow steal a boat, or build a raft paddle out to sea where the Coast…
[Image-1] As I was watching The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo, I asked myself: Why does Sweden look so attractive? And I suddenly realized: all their electric wires are underground. Halifax, on the other hand, still has a long way to go. Above-ground electrical wires really look awful and I don’t see any working progress…
[Image-1] I’m still not sure which one of these is the reason for you pushing me away. Have you figured it out yet? If it IS love, wouldn’t it break your heart to let this go on, without knowing how I feel? I didn’t even know how I really felt until you were gone. Now…
[Image-1] Why must you switch up the song every 30 seconds or less? Can’t you see the crowd dancing like nobody is watching? Would it kill you to let a song play a bit longer? There were several different groups of people who would get in the groove then be disappointed to hear another song…
[Image-1] You saved my life. After my heart got torn to shreds I never thought I could trust anyone again, but you picked up their pieces and I’ve never felt so whole. I’m madly in love with you, and I know I will be until I’m in the ground. For the first time in my…
I have just entered the bus, paid the fare and asked for a transfer, when I go and sit down and realized that I was getting a dirty stare by this mid-aged white woman. Being the only brown guy on the bus, I realized what the difference between a regular look or stare, and that…
To all the self important people working out at the gym who don’t feel the wipe-down rule applies to you: you are disgusting. So what if you are in shape or chiseled or whatever. Do you think your sweat is above everyone else’s? No matter how attractive you are, this habit of not cleaning up…
Since last July, Halifax’s Strongboy has been releasing what they call “lazy pop jams” and playing here and there. Last week, the foursome released a new video for the track, “Maybe,” from the two-song EP of the same name. Between Brett Jarrett (vocals, guitar), Seamus O’Neill (drums), Tyler Popwell (guitar) and Alex Sheppard (bass), all Cape…
[Image-1] Help may soon be on the way for businesses and residents plagued by downtown construction. On Tuesday city council asked for staff to develop several new construction mitigation guidelines to ease the downtown development burdens being placed on neighbours. Among other provisions, the new regulations could include improved enforcement provisions and a standardized notification…
[Image-1] A big shout out to all the NSP employees who are pulling mandatory 12 hours shifts trying to get everything back to normal for the province. I know we don’t have much luck when it comes to weather and outages but you are all doing a great job. From the front line call center…
[Image-1] So today I had my first accident. According to my father-in-law it was conditions. The temperature was hanging around zero, water on the roads, no salt on the ground and a nice fresh layer of hail covering the top. I’d never driven it before. I’ve driven it now. I’m not going to say nothing…
[Image-1] Stop fucking yelling all the fucking time. Man, your life must be terrible. Jesus fuck…it’s every day you are yelling about something. Right now it’s “I hate everyone, fuck you ahhhhhhhh! ahhhhh!!!! Fuck!!!” Just fucking make a positive change in your life or check yourself into the NH and be done with it. —Tired…
Captains log 9 Feb.I made my Tuesday trip to work through that asteroid field that was the last snowstorm and found the sanctuary of the plowed parking lot at the top of strawberry hill in the north end,where I work. When I parked my green speeder at the top of the empty lot,I thought it…
For everybody who wants Cindy Day fired for making a comment that was arguably not malicious is being absolutely ridiculous. Yes, having somebody lose their whole livelihood over something that personally offended you is totally proportionate. The comment wasn’t directed at autism, it said he wasn’t a meteorologist and that he was wrong about a…
[Image-1] Matt Whitman found himself in a far more serious form of Twitter jail this week, and will now have to apologize for the way he’s been tweeting. The Hammonds Plains–St. Margarets councillor met behind closed doors with his fellow councillors for over three hours to discuss two letters of complaint submitted to the city…
Today, longtime Halifax-Toronto emcee Ghettosocks (Darren Pyper) and Dartmouth emcee Tachichi (Tyrone Thompson) dropped a new video for their collab-track, “I’m The Reason,” featuring old-school backbeats, sick graff, Barrington Street, Tony’s Pizza and Okay TK at The Jam. I want a slice so bad RN. The duo are soon putting out a new EP Supernova, and also just released an…
Remember the MVP (most valuable place) of last summer, Stillwell Beergarden? The downtown beer bar dreamed up the idea to open a second, outdoor location to make up for the fact that it couldn’t have a patio on Barrington Street, submitting an unsolicited proposal to the Waterfront Development Corporation to do so on the harbourfront.…
A report released today from the Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia finds there’s a lot of ground HRM has left to cover in terms of public transparency. “Without robust transparency, it is impossible for the public to monitor how their tax dollars are being spent,” said the Coalition in a statement. “Our research…
[Image-1] You were a worker, with a certain sense of style and pizaz. Whenever I looked at you I just seen a glow of happiness. Hopefully soon, I can see you and maybe take you out to nice place downtown. —The guy with the camo jacket
I would just like to put a rant out of the day… you dont give a shit about employees safety at all. For the people that go out shoping in this your messed stupid. Like everything closed except low life places that dont give a whoot about your safety and if you do leave your…
[Image-1] To the meter maids in the North End, quit it!! I live in one of the many beautiful North End Halifax heritage row houses that do not have a driveway. As a car owner, I am forced to deal with the woes of on-street Halifax parking, exceptionally infuriating during the winter with the parking…
[Image-1] My landlord showed up early for the first time in about four years to snow plough our back parking lot-usually I am left to shovel myself out if I need to be anywhere in the morning after a snow storm. It looked like going to work later would be a breeze, and it meant…
[Image-1] UPDATE: Day and MacDonald have apparently quashed their beef (see below), so everybody can stop with the wrathful anger now. Happy Valentine’s Day! (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3”; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, ‘script’, ‘facebook-jssdk’)); Last evening, I had a wonderful…
Valentine’s Day is an extremely divisive holiday, but whether you’re more inclined to stay home and pout or crush up and snort conversation hearts through a rolled-up love note, it’s impossible to deny that the day brings up a crop of great events. Here’s a little round-up of hot happenings this weekend, organized by relationship…
Tonight, Dartmouth rapper, skateboarder and #choptrees advocate Jay Mayne returns to The Seahorse (2037 Gottingen) for a show with his doggies Thrillah Kane and Matty Boh. It’s been a minute since The Coast caught up with the smokey-voiced rapper, but he’s been on the hustle as usual and he’s stoked for the show. Check out these 11…
Charlotte Pierce is the owner of downtown Halifax’s The Flower Shop, which has been assisting with romantic gestures since 1936. She took over the business in 2012. ——— For those who haven’t been to your idyllic shop, can you describe the atmosphere that you’ve curated? Our design focus remains organic, full and current and we’ve…
Last spring legendary Ontarian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith released Carousel One, his 14th studio album and one of his finest to date. Immediately, critics noticed a change in his tune. Longtime considered a perpetual sad-sack, Sexsmith’s Carousel One was filled with much more levity and bounce. The track, “Saint Bernard,” especially showed a lighthearted approach to song composition and…
[Image-14] Two roads diverged in a wood, and one of you took the one that didn’t lead to Jacob Hoggard’s hotel room. I’m sure that’s made some kind of difference. Asked to name your biggest sexual regret or missed opportunity, respondents of this year’s Sex + Dating survey mostly felt bad about the rock stars,…
[Image-1] Are you looking for true love, or just a good time? Depending on the answer, Halifax is either a great or terrible place to be single. Dating in this city can be a breezy bacchanal of sexual encounters with an interchangeable roster of gorgeous twenty somethings straight out of a CW drama, or an…
[Image-11] So how does Halifax get its jollies? In this year’s Sex + Dating survey, our readers kindly peeled back the covers and anonymously revealed all the juicy (sometimes literally juicy) details—the grabbing, moaning, nibbling and sucking—that make them weak in the knees. Take a gander and maybe add a few moves to your own…
[Image-15] Sometimes, Halifax just wants to get laid. No judgment here. You do you, HRM. We asked you to describe—in explicit detail—your last one-night stand as part of this year’s Sex + Dating survey, and you certainly delivered. Who knew Eric Andre was such a Cupid? Below are some of our favourite stories of passionate…
[Image-15] Revenge is a dish best served cold, and we had to bundle up to tabulate the results of one loaded question from our Sex + Dating Survey—”What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done to get back at an ex?” Among the many angels who claimed they aren’t “that kind of person” were a ton…
[Image-1] There was scarcely a gathering of gay and lesbian activists in 1970s Halifax that Anne Fulton wasn’t involved in, or late for. An original member of the Gay Alliance for Equality, incorporated in 1973, Fulton was something of a founding mother of the city’s gay and lesbian activist community. “She was one of the…
[Image-1] Halifax wants to lock it down. Go steady. Bring you home to meet mom, ask you to wear its letterman jacket, tag you in its relationship status and be totally OK farting in front of you. The Coast’s annual Sex + Dating survey revealed a lot—like, maybe too much—about the dating habits, desires and…
“Modern love is hard, but cool,” writes one of our older readers to all of Halifax’s heartbroken youths. “Keep an open mind and move on quickly.” That’s just one bon mot of dating wisdom shared from the 907 individuals who took this year’s magnum-sized Sex + Dating survey. The majority of those respondents were under…
[Image-12] The beautiful folks that took our annual Sex + Dating survey had been bottling some deep secrets, and all we had to do was ask nicely in order to get them to spill. From solo fun to infidelity, to beautiful dark twisted fantasies, these are Halifax’s sexual confessions, now try and keep them to…
[Image-10] After asking you a bazillion nosy questions about your wants, needs, parts and partners, it was only fair that we opened the floor for questions from the Sex + Dating survey-takers. But because we’re not Dan Savage, we don’t have the answers to these questions (except for the herpes one, the answer is NOW).…
There’s nothing warm and fuzzy about Hedda Gabler. In fact, the titular character in Ibsen’s 1890 drama about a spirited young woman trapped in a boring marriage is sly, cruel and totally self-involved. But according to actor Margaret Legere, that doesn’t mean the character is not relatable, and perhaps even a teensy bit likeable. “She…
There’s nothing warm and fuzzy about Hedda Gabler. In fact, the titular character in Ibsen’s 1890 drama about a spirited young woman trapped in a boring marriage is sly, cruel and totally self-involved. But according to actor Margaret Legere, that doesn’t mean the character is not relatable, and perhaps even a teensy bit likeable. “She…
Q Gay male in my late 20s. I recently ended things with a guy. Our relationship started as a strictly sexual one. We’re both involved in the kink scene in our city and have interests that align in a particularly great way. Quickly it became clear there was a real connection. The next two months…
Don’t winter bike In response to Warren Heiti’s “Snow justice” open letter to mayor Mike Savage (Reply All, January 28 issue): Hey Warren, we have a real winter in this country every year, January through March, and last year was brutal. It’s easy to bitch and demand everything for nothing. You seem to expect that you…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Aquarius (Jan 20-Feb 18) “We all have the potential to fall in love 1,000 times in our lifetime,” writes Chuck Klosterman. “It’s easy. But there are certain people you love who do something else; they define how you classify what love is supposed to feel like. You’ll meet maybe four or five of…
There are two types of people in the world. One thinks that it’s really sexy when young Mickey Rourke pops olives and strawberries into Kim Basinger’s trembling mouth and drizzles honey all over her body in the dim light of an open fridge. And the other thinks that chugging a glass of whole milk and…
Canada’s rich black heritage and music history are closely linked, and today’s jazz fans have benefited from that strong union of culture and art. Jazz may have been born in New Orleans around the end of the 19th century, but it didn’t take too long before it grew up and headed north, to other US…
