Letters to the Editor
The Bottom Line Thank you, Lezlie, for your “Pissing contest” article. I love it when someone or something shifts a paradigm and you did, for me, with this discussion of sex and the crapper seat. Post piss, as I reach to lower the seat, that little voice in my head has FREQUENTLY said, “I’m lowering…
Letters to the Editor
Hello, I was really mad about the method you used for voting for the Best of Halifax. Each house has only one IP address. So that means that only one person can vote per house. That also means that the rest of the people living in the house have to find another way of voting.…
Letters to the Editor
Why is it that Canadian politics has come to resemble a tennis match, the ball goes back and forth across the net, both players wear the same outfits……and somehow, in the end…..or more correctly by the end, nothing new remains. Get over it boys, and get something done for your citizens. By Leroy E
Letters to the Editor
I was happy to hear that the “Twisted Sisters” project is in the clear. People in Halifax often obsess about height and forget about quality. The Heritage Trust claims that they are pro “good development” and cite their support of the MEC and the Four Points Sheraton as proof. Unbelieveable. I love the MEC, but…
Letters to the Editor
Dear Mr. Premier, Here’s what I find interesting: at least twice a week I read about or hear about the shortage of qualified, skilled workers in Nova Scotia because everyone’s moving out west. Here’s my problem: I graduated from Dalhousie University in May and STILL can’t find a job here in the province. Sure I…
Letters to the Editor
I refuse to recycle I can’t afford to buy recycle bags; fuck capitalism. We are so afraid to question consumerism because it would be attacking one of the core values of capitalism, so its solution is to have us individualize the problem. Hybrid cars, organic foods, “natural”, etc, etc, etc. Yet we are not facing…
Honest to blog
We’ve been keeping an eye on Ellen Page since she played Molly Parker’s daughter of incest in Marion Bridge, but you’ll have to check your own archives for those pieces. In the meantime you can follow our coverage of Juno from back when it was just another project Page had wrapped up, or our report…
Letters to the Editor
Wake up call for HRM!Wath have Paris, Oslo, Barcelona,Peking and DeutscheBundesbahn in common?The rent bikes.HRM no license. for bikes,.Shame on you city counsel By Jule
Letters to the Editor
In everything I have heard and read about cat concerns, I have yet to see any reference to the fact that our furry feline friends provide a valuable service. Just last week I watched a neighbour’s cat walking in front of our house on Henry Street, carrying in his mouth, his latest catch, another neighbour’s…
Letters to the Editor
Cat Fight! Wow, I’m going to sound like a Conservative Redneck, but I cannot wait until April 1st when war is declared on cats. Not that I am going to be out hunting them, but rather that I can finally do something about these two little feline fuckers that seems to start the circle of…
Letters to the Editor
I enjoy reading your paper on a weekly basis, but I beg of you, please do something about Lezlie Lowe’s writing! Lezlie: I have no problem with the content, you consistently write provocative, insightful pieces. It’s just your delivery that irks the hell out of me! Please, please try and use complete sentences in your…
Letters to the Editor
Bone to pick about the Coast Best of Poll: Joan, what you have to realize is that the “Best of Poll” is basically a popularity contest in the Junior High sense of the word. While The Coast does its part by screening out duplicates etc, many retailers out there are encouraging their customers to ‘vote…
Letters to the Editor
Dear Editor That communication companies like Tellus, Rogers and Aliant provided the worst customer service in a recent study of large companies is worth a smirk for the irony of it but that’s as far as it goes. On top of this a recent article in the mainstream media questioned whether or not the exurbanite…
Letters to the Editor
I just sat down with my cup of tea and the new issue of the Coast featuring the top 50 albums of the year. Maybe the next time some of your writers decide to wax poetically on what they consider to be the best albums of the year, they should at least know what albums…
Letters to the Editor
I have to respond to Chuck Warren’s response to Tim Bosquet’s article on twinning the highway. Tim Bosquet’s solution is actually a much better one in terms of lives saved. If this province were to get serious about reducing car traffic, we would see a commensurate decrease in car-related deaths. And to a much greater…
Letters to the Editor
Dear Mr. Mayor; My daughter is in your son Blake’s class. I didn’t think it was a good sign for the public school system when I found out that you were enrolling him in a private school; but I made that choice too, so I really can’t complain. The thing is, we’re not like the…
Eating disorder
Dear editor,It is a disgrace that in a country as rich as Canada, child poverty rates have remained unchanged since 1989–the year when all parties then represented in Parliament passed a unanimous resolution calling for the elimination of child poverty by the year 2000. It is also shameful that across the country food banks, originally…
Letters to the Editor
Anger, fear, concern….. I could use and endless array of words to describe how I feel when crossing the streets of Halifax. Drivers have become out of control, mindlessly speeding down the streets of our city. Thinking about everything under the sun, the appointment that they’re late for, the fight they had, what they had…
Letters to the Editor
Nova Scotia born, Donna Dillman, is a grandmother who has refused food for 65 days in an effort to stop uranium drilling in Eastern Ontario. Until two weeks ago she was camped out at the exploration site located between Kingston and Ottawa. She then moved to the steps of Queen’s Park, where she remained. Having…
Military school
As one of the King’s journalism students who participated in the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre-sponsored trip to Turkey, I found Mr. Wark’s column on the subject unfair. Far from unscrupulously providing a service to the Turkish army in exchange for cold, hard cash, King’s journalism students participated in a reciprocal relationship that benefited both sides and…
What Halifax is
Kyle, The Coast’s most recent editorial has disappointed me, and many other locals, **yet again**. While you mention a couple great things about urban renewal in HRM, you show that on important matters such as this you miss the boat entirely by not doing your research or keeping abreast of the local news scene. The…
Ju oughta no
By the end of the year it was evident that Page was the story of 2007, if not the decade. After weeks of email tag, we managed to grab 15 minutes with her on the morning of Juno’s LA premiere, which came weeks after a grassroots Q&A tour across America. Page sounded weary and stoked…
Funeral in Bathurst on January 16th
To All Candians, including the editor As a proud maritimer and former resident of New Brunswick I was one of thousands of people to tue in to the funeral in bathurst on January 16th. CTV Newsnet was so kind as to televise this service nationally so that even friends far from home could grieve and…
Letters to the Editor
Kyle, ” The machine has got to be accepted, but it is probably better to accept it rather as one accepts a drug- that is, grudgingly and suspiciously. Like a drug, the machine is useful, dangerous, and habit forming. The oftener one surrenders to it the tighter its grip becomes. You have only to look…
Letters to the Editor
Elections are verified when all parties are free to scrutinize and count ballots in each others’ presence. No one has shown how this can be achieved with electronic voting systems. The one thing we do know about non-verifiable elections is that they increase voter cynicism . So, while council is right to observe that voters…
Lake Uist
I own property on Lake Uist and have not been asked my opinion on this project or the potential impact it will have on my property. Do property owners not have any say on this? so much for the nice vacation lot I own. By Ted Hall
Feds should put the Maple Leaf first!
It’s Flag Day! Forty-three years ago today, the Maple Leaf was hoisted for the first time on Parliament Hill. But to fly it on the Peace Tower, Governor General Georges Vanier had to leave the ceremony, because federal rules said his personal flag took precedence over Canada’s when he was present. Ironically, if the man…
Letters to the Editor
Us teenagers have it hard these days. We have to endure homework, minimum wage jobs, everything to get us ahead in life. Now, due to a new experience, it has become apparent there’s another thing to add to the list: Gender Inequality. Recently, I have come to discover that teenage guys get the bad end…
Candy girl
Two thousand six brought X-Men 3, the film that was supposed to be Page’s big break. But she got lost in the sprawling ensemble — try to find her on the DVD cover — and it would be the tiny indie Hard Candy that changed everything. Sue Carter Flinn caught up with her during a…
The McCarthy trial
Back in 2005, influential Variety critic Todd McCarthy saw Hard Candy at the Sundance Film Festival. Though it turned into, essentially, an audition reel for Page — both Juno director Jason Reitman and X-Men 3 helmer Brett Ratner have said they cast her because of it — McCarthy had many reservations about the film, a…
My squeegee kid
I am Danielle Talbot’s mother. You have the right to support the ban against squeegeers (“Squeezing squeegeers,” Jan. 10). I understand how this makes people uncomfortable—it has made me uncomfortable at times. I find it interesting that much of the response has been so personal. Obviously she shares her apartment with other people, so she…
Tomboy chic
Though Page has been seen crossing red carpets in a variety of black designer dresses and heels on the awards circuit, her preference for jeans and Chucks has become so noted that the Los Angeles Times Magazine turned it into a new angle on the actor, and then photographed her in a foofy dress. “She’s…
Breaking through
The New York Times Magazine has been celebrating great performances for years, producing beautiful portfolios featuring a fine balance of usual, awards-grabbing suspects and surprising, mostly overlooked portrayals from the year past. Page graced the cover of this year’s edition, focusing on breakthrough performances including Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood), Seth Rogen (Knocked Up)…
That’s Entertainment
Entertainment Weekly has been all over Juno from the start, even giving screenwriter Diablo Cody her own column (perhaps to detract from the embarrassment of Stephen King?). A cover story was inevitable. “She comes shuffling through the dining room of the Four Seasons Hotel wearing jeans and magenta high-tops,” writes Christine Spines in the intro…
The Vanity affair
Ah, the Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue, which launches as many careers as it kills. Shot in stages back in 2007, before Juno exploded, means that Page is relegated to one of the inner foldouts (while Jessica Biel — what? — sits pretty on the cover proper), but it’s the exposure that counts. Plus she’s wearing…
David Letterman and the Transparent Sluts
Mere days after David Letterman worked out a deal with the then-striking Writers’ Guild of America, Page tottered onto his stage in too-high heels and won his heart with salty stories of haunted Halifax apartments and a Canadian history lesson.
E! True Halifax Story
Ellen Page was plucked from her Halifax elementary school by a casting agent for Pit Pony at age 10, and has been acting steadily ever since. Bouncing between Canadian television — Trailer Park Boys, Rideau Hall — and film — Andrea Dorfman’s Love That Boy, Marion Bridge, Wilby Wonderful — for years, a pair of…
Your Dirty Ass (literally)
This is to all you students at the Waterfront NSCC, and to all you dirty motherfuckers everywhere, (if you’ve done it, I’m talking directly to you), that can’t seem to get their head around flushing a fucking toilet after taking a ridiculously disgusting shit in a public restroom. Using public washrooms is sketchy enough, and…
RE: This one’s for YOU
Published February 18, 2008. RE: This one’s for YOU If you dont like the coast dont read it. If you like the way things are done in montreal so much then go the fuck back there. No one cares how they do things at “the mirror”. We get it, your french and pissed off…go seperate…
Rolling Up to Stop
And another thing: it should not be illegal to roll up to a stop sign. That is rediculous. A Driver
Winter seista
TO the lady who requested people having a winter seista. One time ago,Mexicans could take a nap,But thanks to our fucking free trade agreement The country is rampant with all our Dislocated money hungry Motherfuckers. EXample…FENDER,MOIRS HP,VOLVO,fuck taco bell… nice mag..brainless seista…
No Title Due To Drunkeness
With all the harping and bitching that goes on about drinking and driving, we have approximately 2 questions to pose to the NS Government. First off, why the hell are the liqour stores so far away from people’s houses? Jesus Christ, just privatize that shit already. We’re not Moses and we don’t feel like walking…
bitch with a bitch
Ginger,Please forgive me.This is my submission. We are here to bitch, curse, maybe, we are not here to push antics of your fucking religious ways.There is no bitch in the bible.Also “I” said wallah. Not the muslim whatever….. bitch
Minacs
Dear Minacs, I hate you, you treat your employees like a piece of dirt, tax the living hell out of them and provide shitty hours. I gave you 2 years and was told to find another job when i did you acted surprised? why I dont know maybey if you treated your employees with dignity…
I hear ya
If you have a permanent work visa, contact companies like Shanex or Northwood. Bayshore will be looking for PCWs as well. An Immigrant Going Desperate
mental health corruption
I would like to take a moment to thank all psychologists and psychiatrists out there for prescribeing teenagers with a dosage of acutane for their acne and hallucigens for sleep/mood stabilatation/depression without your kind hearts we would have never lived in mental asylums, been unable to find good jobs and never reach university. Most of…
navy blue VW
To the asshole who decided to make a U- turn at the susie lake intersection in bayers lake and almost hit us. Screw you! that is illegal you know plus we almost smashed into you since we had the right away. we have your license plate and i’m more then happy to call the cops…
Mr. Plow
So it’s 2:30 am on Thursday night and I am awakened by this insanely loud plow scraping the pavement outside of my house. Nevermind that I live in the residential area of Young St. where I am sure dozens of other working citizens had to get up in about FOUR hours but the real kicker…
Douchey-Mcdouche on the 51.
You take the 8am bus from the Dartmouth Sportsplex every weekday, and god forbid if you’re not the first one to set foot on it. You push your way through every man, woman and child to get on first, and yell in the face of anyone who beats you to it. I see you checking…
Enviro-Mart
So what’s with all the ads now about a certain mega-retailer being all “green” and eco-friendly? Is anyone actually buying this BS? As if insulating your roof makes up for crappy labour relations or compensates for the environmental impact of shipping all your crappy lead-tainted products from China. Not buying what you’re selling
Pray for the bridgewater girl
I found out today that the little girl that was missing in Bridgewater is now dead. Pray for her and her families! While here in the bitch section we make a big deal of farting in public a little girl has lost her life! There are more important things in life than what we bitch…
Youth Live Suck my a@#
What? Do you expect to be in the executive board room eating lunch with the President of the Royal Bank? What the hell do you expect? I’ve had crappy, dangerous jobs for years but I worked hard and now I work in an office and dont have to work for chumps and get paid crap.…
Stop farting in public
WTF is wrong with people who fart in public?… like on a bus… Have some farting courtesy, will you? Tired Of Your Stinky Farts
Move over…
I have lived in many cities and visited countless others and never have I experienced the poor sidewalk etiquette that I have literally “run into” in Halifax. Here’s a hint…when walking with two or more people you should attempt to move over for those other pedestrians who are coming your way. The sidewalk is meant…
veggies grow in fecal matter
DISGUSTING MAN, THEY TELL ME THAT IN SOME COUNTRIES THEY GROW VEGGIES IN FECAL MATTER. YUCK ,WHAT KIND OF MENTALITY IS THAT? IMAGINE EATING SHITTY VEGGIES. but what can be worth than veggies grown in fecal matter, bro? it’s ppl who name their group or get a nickname that sounds like fertilizer. just because they…
WTF?
HRM has been whining about depleting this year’s snow removal budget. So, can you tell me why, after yesterday’s rain storm, my street was ‘plowed’ a half dozen times during the course of the evening? And why don’t they fill potholes with dirt instead of blacktop that simply pops off when it thaws? Go Figure
Slack teachers
This is the second day this week that school has been cancelled for no particularly good reason. It snows, its winter, deal with it. Teachers and the laziest people I know. Pay me 40k a year and give me summers off and at least twice as many days off as any other profession. Get over…
WINTER SEISTA
To the lady who wants a winter seista.zzzzz.Mexicans did at one time have their mid day naps.But thanks to the fucking free trade agreement at 2 fuckin $ shitty buck an hour. Wallah! No more seistas Get off your ass too! seistaified.
#7 bus driver and his hobo friend
This bitch is for the dorky older guy who drives the #7 bus, usually in the evening, all hunched over the wheel like a turtle, always at least 15 minutes late and always 20 km/h below the speed limit. The main reason, methinks? Because of his smelly hobo buddy who’s always at the front of…
Ghetto language jizz
Whao here bro, just becuz nobody understandz anything somebdy sends in to bitch don’t mean it’s ghetto language. We can spell and we don’t use da same stuff like do you. So whatz make youz so superior? Stuff it enuff ready. Ain’t no bro from deghetto
Everything’s in the shitter
Okay, so the Bookroom’s closed-down/The Daily News just went tits-up….what in the fuck is going on??? I mean there’s talk of a recession and all…but I thought it wasn’t supposed to affect Canada that badly….why is everything thing in the shitter all of a sudden???? hunh???
Advice
Dear Halifax, Try smiling. 🙂
Goddamn Health Care System
My doc orders an ultrasound because of severe pains I’m having. One week goes by, two, three, four and five weeks and still no appointment. I called my doc’s office this morning and was told that it’s a three to four month wait TO GET A FUCKING APPOINTMENT for this ultrasound. This is fucking ridiculous.…
No Title Due To Drunkeness
With all of the harping and bitching that goes on about drunk driving these days, we have approximately 2 questions for the Nova Scotia Government. First of all, why are the all of the liqour stores so far away from everyone’s house? Jesus, privatize that shit already. We’re not Moses and we don’t feel like…
Who cares!
Why do people bitch about teachers? U know they go to school to get their education,pay for it and work. So the perks that come with teaching are there for teachers to enjoy. So stop complaining about them. I bet if u were a teacher u wouldn’t say anything right. Get over it some jobs…
Not so tipsy
I am so tired of busting my ass serving food and drink to all of you snotty doctors and lawyers (oh yes, can’t forget the government workers and teachers) who feel that it is ok to tip me 10%. It’s not real work, right? It’s not difficult and exhausting catering to you whining, bitching, pompous,…
“Friggin cry babies”
I am so sick of listening to people complain about the winter storms weve had. Boo friggin hoo!!! I think people forgot something…”WE LIVE IN NOVA SCOTIA!!!!!” We are gonna get snow…I know, I know..amazing isnt it? Heres one for ya…”MOVE TO B.C. IF YA DONT LIKE IT!!!” Enough already! Lovin the Winter
Law Dogs
At what point do you decide to recruit complete idiots and physically lacking people to a police force ?? ….other forces laugh their ass off at the recruitment corruption here . You got guys/gals being denied here but accepted at forces with 3 times the entry requirements in other cities.Sick when you see who is…
Piss Me Off
You people advertising on kijiji (or whatever else is free) Please take the frigging ads out when you sell the car! Don’t act like it’s an inconvenience when I respond to your ad… It’s bad enough that I have to guess what the problem is with the car (Cause, let’s face it… YOU aren’t going…
The Coast- (not a bitch)
Post here if you’d like to see The Coast become a daily…..WE NEED A VOICE VOX POPULUS
Walkers at War
We are at war over petroleum. Let the cars go first. It wouldn’t hurt pedestrians to stop for a second instead of demanding that cars slam their breaks on at cross walks and such. In the name of conservation – our clean air, our safety as citizens of the world, the longevity of our planet…
Loathe thy neighbour
To the couple on the other end of the duplex, thank you so much for showing how much of an asshole you farts in the wind are… My wife and I with our kids were shopping around for a new place and she became enchanted by the unit. We had the once over and she…
Seeing Green
I’m getting really fucking sick of these giant grocery stores dicking around with grocery bags. “It’s Green!™” they say. “That’s bullshit!” I say. The only green they see is that which lines the pockets of their shareholders as profit margins inch ever so higher. These stores are using the environment as an excuse to gouge…
The Cat
Yes, you know who the fuck you are you little bitch! Stop scratching up our furniture and carpet! Don’t you know that comes out of our damage deposit you little twat? I would totally fucking charge you if you weren’t a cat. Show some God damn respect. She never does the dishes or cleans around…
Dalhousie Secuitry Cars
Seriously, whats the rush? Yesterday you almost made me road kill on the middle of campus and today is the second time I’ve been splashed on the way to class by a “dal security” car speeding down lemarchant. WHAT IS THE FUCKING RUSH? You are campus security slow the fuck down!There was no fire today…
Old people minus deodorant equals ultimate grossout.
It seems like every one of my infrequent visits to downtown Halifax is accompanied by the odd senior citizen that has either neglected as an oversight or near-deathright to apply deodorant. The last thing our fair capitol needs is a pair of smelly armpits to go along with the low tide. Something Related To Name…
Open letter to the lazy bum by the quipool superstore.
FUCK YOU! I walked by, and you asked me for some change. at first, i really felt sorry for you, but i had nothing to give, so i said “sorry dude”. You replied.. “your not sorry at all… you have no idea what its like to be poor”… I walked away very angry. I have…
Zut Alors !
“Defeated !? By Moncton ?! It can’t be ! But we’re Bigger ! And cooler , and Bigger ! ” I hear you , you whinny pricks , shut the fuck up and calm the fuck down . We here in Halifax can’t STAND it when any other part of the Maritimes bests us at…
Hot Headed Dal Security!
I just got back from the illScarlett concert at the Grawood (Dal). Holy security guards abuse of power! To the security guard with the toque: was it that cold in the bar that you needed a toque? I mean I think it made you too hot headed that you had to drag innocent people out…
PAL Halifax
The non-profit group PAL Halifax now accepts charitable donations online via secure fundraising site canadahelps.org. PAL stands for Performing Arts Lodge and its a Canada-wide organization. The goal of PAL, according to an overview at palhalifax.org, is to provide quality affordable housing and support for seniors in the performing arts and allied professions. A drawing…
Spoken word and song
Organizers say Heads Up, Eyes Open, Fists Clenched—Know Your History, an African Heritage Month celebration of spoken word and song, is happening at Kings, Tuesday February 19 at 8:30pm. The program will feature spoken word and song by the likes of Shauntay Grant (did you catch her performance during In the Dead of Winter?), Ottawas…
Looking Beyond
Connections Clubhouse brings together people with mental illness, creating a community within the community. The recent publication of Looking Beyond, for example, collects poetry, short stories, essays and art (drawings primarily—check out Jon Wellands stuff) by Connections members, and creates not only a document reflecting the daily life and vibe of the place, it also offers…
Invisible friends
To all the people out there on crowded buses who sit in the aisle seat so that they can hog the entire thing to themselves: Who the fuck are you saving the window seat for? Your invisible friend? If people are standing in the aisles, scoot the fuck over. Next time I see someone doing…
Nolan Natasha heart on
Torontonian MC Nolan Natasha is ready to party this weekend. A male identified, queer identified, feminist MC and former member of the queer punk band Scandalnavia, Nolan Natashas rhymes are introspective, humorous, captivating and full of attitude. The Coconut Grove plays host to Girl-ish Productions notoriously rad Valentines party, The Heart On. On Saturday February…
ECMA results
Fredericton is popping some Alka-Seltzer after enjoying a lively weekend with the 2008 ECMAs (The s stands for corporate sponsors—theres a separate sponsor for every award! Weve had to abbreviate the award names for space.) The Joel Plaskett Emergency and its Ashtray Rock album ran away with the night, winning six awards in all: Recording…
Atlantic Superstore, The Printer, Sam the Record Man Building
Stock up on eco-friendly cloth now, shopper. On February 21, The Atlantic Superstore up on Quinpool will become the first plastic-bag-free Superstore in Atlantic Canada. Read more here next week…The downtown location of The Printer (1786 Granville) has merged with The Printer branch at 2411 Agricola, and has moved there…Reports say the old Sam the…
Drala Books and Gifts
Drala Books and Gifts (1567 Grafton) is under new ownership. Rand Gaynor and Mike Mannette took over the shop from previous owners Deborah Luscomb and Jim Lindsey a couple of weeks ago. Gaynor, a loyal customer at Drala, saw owning the store as an opportunity to have some fun. Under its new owners, Drala will…
Ryan Duffy’s Taphouse
Ryan Duffy’s Steak & Seafood will be making the move from 5640 Spring Garden to the old East Side Mario’s space on Bedford Row “on or about April 15,” says Damian Byrne, CEO of the Landmark Hospitality Group, which owns the steakhouse. And steak-lovers won’t be Duffyless for long: “We will literally close one day,…
Farewell, Freshmart
Another longtime Halifax business is also toast: Locally owned grocery emporium the Novalea Freshmart (3576 Novalea), open since the 60s, shut its doors last week. Another yet-to-be-announced business will open in the space in March, but Freshmart owner John Harlow was tight-lipped about what that mystery business might be. Harlow says that the introduction of…
Junk & Foibles
Next month, ever-emptying Barrington Street will suffer yet another closing. Junk & Foibles (1533 Barrington), a longtime tenant on the street, is set to close its doors on March 29. “It breaks our hearts to have to leave,” says owner Sarah Dunsworth. “But it’s just what’s right, right now.” The building that houses Junk &…
Gary Martin dies
Halifax councillor Gary Martin was well known for his non-stop work habits. Back in 2002, Coast editor Kyle Shaw wrote of Martin’s new job as coordinator of the city’s community response initiative: “Gary Martin answers his phone. He takes calls over lunch, he phones people back after 5pm. Martin is skilled at dealing with the…
Founders Corner flubs
Founders Corner, yet another condo development going into downtown Dartmouth, sells itself as being “Smart & Green,” and the developer of the project, Nova New England of Dartmouth, uses its website to celebrate an efficient heating and hot water system. But while saving on heating bills certainly makes good business sense, the building doesn’t strike…
Wark smart, not angry
Ulrich Lobsiger senses that Bruce Wark is losing his deep-seated personal anger ( Letterhead, Feb. 7). Lobsiger sees anger, but I see an intelligent attitude toward establishment stupidity. Lobsiger can ride his “wave crest” to happiness, but I hope The Coast sticks to business. By David Prior
Haydenough
Shannon Webb-Campbell wrote a rather nice article about Hayden (“Talk of the town,” Jan. 31). Said artist also got CD pick of the week (CD reviews, Jan. 31). Wow! Who wrote that glowing review? I got a bit of a laugh out of that. By Justin Wiles
Give a hoot
What’s with the sexist ads that ran in last week’s Coast? It’s disappointing to see a widely read paper with a community-based, liberal feel run a Hooters recruitment ad, along with a full-page, colour ad for X-citement video. I know advertising is how the paper is funded, but I would love to draw the line…
Bridge article brave (2)
Your cover story on Macdonald Bridge suicides was courageous, potent journalism. Your reporter showed a lot of heart and sensitivity. I’ve interviewed parents who’ve lost children in the course of my own writing and know how difficult it can be, not only for the parent but for the interviewer. This is the kind of vital, significant…
Bridge article brave
We commend Matthieu Aikins on his poignant, well researched and written piece in last week’s Coast (“Adam’s fall,” February 7). Aikins presents a strong argument for the construction of a barrier on the Macdonald Bridge, citing scientific evidence, expert opinion, personal anecdotes and common sense in support of restricting access to suicide “hot-spots.” As an…
Gimpy
>To the ouchy painy oh-my-poor-back guy career-panning at the corner of Bayer’s road and Connaught. Give up that bullshit holding your back thing as you walk, will you? No one with career-ending back pain that bad would be able to make it to the toilet, let alone cover the 30 Km you do every day…
Gone Baby Gone
[image-4]Published February 14, 2008.Gone Baby GoneDirected by: Ben Affleck (Alliance) Gone Baby Gone isnt full of yuks. So when its best line popped up I laughed—hard. As Det. Remy Bressant (Ed Harris) questions coked-out mom Helene (Oscar-nominated Amy Ryan) about her sketchy business associate, and the role said associate may have played in the kidnapping of…
Golden Raspberry stains
Dakota Moss is a stripper mysteriously losing appendages and limbs. How mysteriously? While stripping, Dakota looks up, to discover her pole covered in blood—and her finger missing! Dakota thinks she’s the victim of “twin stigmata”—that she’s losing limbs because her twin’s appendages are being hacked off. But Dakota has no twin. Or does she? This…
Wage of Reason
Back in the day, Henry Ford had a problem. The automobile inventor couldnt find enough good workers to keep his factory churning out Model Ts. So on January 5, 1914, he unveiled another invention—the minimum wage. By paying at least $5 per day when the going rate for labour was closer to two bucks, he…
Daily News canned by Transcontinental
Publishing juggernaut Transcontinental Media abruptly closed the Daily News Monday, February 11, leaving 92 full-time employees and hundreds of contract carriers without an income, and raising questions about the future of daily newspapers in Halifax and across Canada. The news came as a complete surprise, leaving the employees wondering how to manage mortgage payments, children…
Milking the News
Milk has gone up five cents a litre. In other news, theres a crack in the curb at Barrington and Prince, and someone out in Tantallon might flood her backyard for a skating rink this week. Honestly—five cents. How is this news? I mean, I get that this is going to affect the cost…
Just between us
As hard as she tried not to, her eyes kept darting back to the clock. Her appointment with the campus doctor was scheduled for 3pm. Now it was 3:05. It felt as if she’d been in the waiting room all afternoon. Angela tried to focus on the daytime television that was blaring in the corner,…
Partner. Lover. Spouse. Honey bunny?
Years ago, a friend was speeding along in her partner’s car when police stopped her. The officer checked the licence and registration of the car and when they didn’t match up, he asked her whose car she was driving. Her response was, “My temporary life partner’s.” Not just “partner.” Not even “life partner.” “Temporary life…
Protest the Hero releases Fortress, their new album
It’s often said you can’t judge a book by its cover. When it comes to music, you can’t judge a band from its album cover. Take Protest the Hero’s new record Fortress—in the foreground is a female goddess, arrows piercing out from her shoulder armour, her long flowing hair blowing out from under a helmet…
Fool’s Gold
The title Fools Gold gives away the sham of this new Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey romance. Playing divorced treasure hunters, theres never a moment where theyre asked to face the compatibility issues their eccentricities create. Thus, the movie forsakes its prime opportunity to be interesting. Were meant to love them simply because theyre idiots.…
Winnipeg Babysitter
Critics in the countrys major cities always seem to be theorizing why smaller centres like Halifax and Winnipeg have thriving arts communities, despite a dearth of population and money. I dont know the answer, Winnipeg artist Daniel Barrow says. So, who cares what Toronto big shots are saying? Its this DIY ethos that characterizes…
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
The lack of vanity Martin Lawrence brings to Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins is unlikely to get much notice, yet it deserves comment. Rather than assuming the headlining spot implied by his title role, Lawrence unassumingly fits into the comic dynamic of an ensemble cast. Hitting the big time as a Hollywood talk show host, Roscoe…
Best date restaurants
One-night stand? Falling in love? Proposing? Breaking up? Liz Feltham’s got just the place to do it.
Mushroom-headed dildo.
My boyfriend and I have been dating for four months and were crazy about each other. Hes been slowly introducing me to butt play. Last night, we were verbally playing out an anal scenario. He asked if Id be OK using a strap-on with him, to which I replied, Of course! Then he said that…
