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Tonight, Halifax’s will be treated to the third Taylor Swift Tribute Night with 10-piece band Wildest Dreams and special guest vocalists. It’s possible after tonight that they will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever be getting back together. So just in case, you better bundle yourself up and head to The Marquee (2037 Gottingen Street, 10pm, $10)…
Let me start by saying that I’ve grown up in a house of smokers…although I have never smoked but obviously do not hate smokers. I do not however understand why it’s ok for all smokers to litter our beautiful planet with their butts! If we handed out litter fines for all the cigarette butts littered…
Although I’m sure the Sex + Dating survey is highly unscientific, The Coast has got to get its facts straight. For example, to simply ask if a respondent has had an STI is horribly worded and provides for misleading (i.e. false negative) results. It is very possible to contract an STI and exhibit no symptoms,…
[Image-1] You came into my life quickly and in a way I didn’t expect. It feels like you were always supposed to be here. You gave me such a sweet and romantic Valentine’s Day. I find myself smiling just thinking of you. I’ve never fell so fast. On one hand I am terrified. I am scared…
[Image-1] Okay, I get it. We are in a city and there are rodents everywhere. HOWEVER the city needs to do SOMETHING about the rat issues in residential areas. It is getting quite out of hand. We have had a rat issue in our neighbourhood and with new construction it is getting much, MUCH worse.…
Last year, Montreal’s huge music festival Osheaga had a pretty incredible bill, as usual, which included the king of Compton Kendrick Lamar, the most definite Yasiin Bey, South Central’s Schoolboy Q, the enlightened Nas, Toronto’s Alvvays, the cartoonish Tyler, The Creator and many more. As a #Throwback Thursday, and since Osheaga 2016’s lineup looks super great, we’re posting Ashley LeBlanc’s photos from…
[Image-1] Omfg, if I hear one more goddamn sob story about these overpaid clowns coming back from the west without a quarter in their pocket, I think I’m going to lose it. You didn’t have the qualifications to shovel SHIT before you got out there, but suddenly two years of overpaying you 150Gs to drive…
[Image-1] Hey babe: fuck yeah. After four years of being told I was too a) fat; b) horny; and/or c) crude, lewd, too much attitude, I developed some serious self-esteem issues. You are undoing all of those issues, one beautiful boner at a time. —I love your dick
Maybe Gloria McCluskey should work towards providing tangible help for Dartmouth and her little slice of it instead of relying on hucksterish provincialism to distract from her long past “best before” political relevancy date. —DΛRTMOUTH ITSELF
Temperature—tem•per•a•ture—is pronounced: temp(ə)rəCHər or temp(ə)rəˌCHo͝or but NOT tempa-CHoor…Cindy, Kalin, Richard, Peter. —FFS!
[Image-1] Walking by the corner of Barrington and South with friends, we stopped when we saw an older women struggling getting home with her groceries. We were debating how to help when a nearby police car beat us to it. They drove up beside the woman and offered her a ride home. Thank you to…
[Image-1] Medical marijuana patients in Canada won a major victory today, as a Federal Court judge ruled they’re once again legally allowed to grow their own medicine. Judge Michael Phelan’s ruling on Wednesday struck down the federal regulations introduced by Stephen Harper’s former Conservative government that restricted medical marijuana patients from growing their own cannabis.…
Only at The Coast: Halifax’s sexiest soul-funk band Loveland just released a new video for “Aloe Hotel,” a single from the nine-track record of the same name. Directed and edited by Brian Askew (The Everywheres), the video features Loveland at an actual Aloe Hotel: shades of green from kiwi, apple, fern, pine to pistachio, lime and aloe. There’s lots…
[Image-1] In September I decided to move to the North end of Halifax in order to be closer to work, downtown etc. I own a vehicle but decided to walk to work each morning as it only takes me twenty minutes and it’s healthy, environmentally friendly, blah blah. This morning I was hit by a…
This exist is a 30 kmh exit. Drivers are expected to slow down from highway speed to 30 kmh. Is this really safe? A single driver tapping their brakes too aggressively can cause things like a standing wave of stopped traffic. Who inspected and approved this exit? —sincerely concerned automobile needed knowledge
You came into my life when I least expected it, but needed it the most. You showed me true love. I hadn’t felt true love in the 7 years I was with the last guy but I felt it with you. It was perfect bliss. Then the drugs took over, instead of using my love…
[Image-1] to the person who lives in the apartment above mine, your ukulele music makes me so happy! —relaxed & blissful
[Image-1] Dartmouth isn’t in Halifax, but “HΛLIFΛX” will remain in Dartmouth. On Tuesday HRM Regional Council (minus the absent Brad Johns, Barry Dalrymple and Linda Mosher) unanimously voted for a staff report on the use of HRM’s bold logo on community signs. It’s a watered-down version of the original request, which was to look at…
OBEY Convention just announced some of its headlining artists for the annual contemporary art and music festival from May 26 to May 29, which will include: “Underground rap and performance artist, Mykki Blanco; New York’s renowned avant-jazz futurists, Zs; Marie Davidson, Montreal’s bright light in dark minimal wave; Canada’s most transcendental metal outfit, Nadja; and New…
[Image-1] If you like me, even if you shouldn’t, you should tell me. I know why you shouldn’t. It’s a great reason. But come on, we both know things could and would be so amazing. —64
[Image-1] It’s been well over a year since the bright light of my life left. I don’t yell, or get angry, I’m not argumentative. The worst I’ve been lately is avoidant and judgmental, but not actively, and it’s not without reason. You’re all monsters. You’re all fucking disgusting angry people who revel in being cynical…
[Image-1] Nighttime at the supermarket. I’m buying nothing but snack food. The cashier cracks a joke, asking me if I’m sure I don’t need eggs or cereal. I launch into a diatribe: Fuck cereal. Cereal isn’t food. I don’t trifle with kibble for people. I turn around to face you. You’re buying three boxes of…
In the Maritime Center there is a window display of a magnificent building that was the Capital. I moved to Halifax years after it was gone. This smallish display shows the incredible beauty of lost architecture. I won’t go into what replaced it; no need. I would like to suggest that somebody, or a bunch…
To the dumb who left a note on our car written on a napkin. Yes there were two dogs in the car and yes the window was only open a little and the sun was shining. If you had any brains you would realize its the middle of Feb in nova scotia, temperature at the…
[Image-1] “It’s one reason why a lot of the young families in the community have been moving out,” says David Hendsbee, about the lack of legal title for North Preston homeowners. “They can’t get title to the property of their family homesteads to stay in the community.” The issue of North Preston families looking for…
[Image-1] Overall crime is once again down in Halifax, but 2015 saw a dramatic increase in homicides, robberies and traffic violations. Year-end statistics released by Halifax Regional Police show a nearly eight percent decrease in total Criminal Code offences in 2015 compared to 2014. That includes double-digit drops in attempted murder (by 35 percent), theft…
[Image-1] April 29 update: Rob Steele’s been busy since we last left off. As noticed on the Halifax subreddit, the same companies buying up the houses on Fern Lane and the corner of Robie and May have also been purchasing buildings on the south side of the Colonial Honda dealership. Demolition permits have now been…
[Image-1] Journalism students at the Nova Scotia Community College have produced a damning and in-depth video investigation into Nova Scotia’s failure to offer land titles to longtime North Preston residents. Called “Untitled,” the video series blends historical research with present-day interviews to trace how the provincial government has ignored its own promise to help Black…
There are few people I know who often pass gas in group settings. It’s downright rude. Every time we hang out I can almost guarantee it’ll happen. I know this can be a health issue, but I don’t know them well enough to address it. It’s not like it happens by accident or they try…
[Image-1] I wish I could tell you how alive you make me feel when no one else has in years. I’m sorry. I’ve been pushing you away, since you got back, and now you leave again so soon. It’s not my place to complicate things further so I try to move on and play it…
[Image-1] It must be nice to have always fit in, to have always felt loved. I know our parents came from an era when affection was not shown to children. On top of that we were raised French Canadian Catholics where all you heard growing up was that God was an angry God and always…
People are so vain and self-conscious nowadays, so much to the point that they are separated by invisible walls that keep true-connection from happening. With everybody I see walking by one another with an insecure hardened facial expression, I see the End of Mankind in its embryonic stages. —Already Dead
[Image-1] Having solved Twitter and given royal assent to donairs, HRM Regional Council will now turn its attention to scrubbing HΛLIFΛX off of Dartmouth. Next week councillors will discuss a recommendation from the Harbour East-Marine Drive community council to look at removing the Halifax logo and brand from “all community signs, landmarks and flagpoles” across…
On Saturday, the world will once again mourn the loss of Kurt Cobain: tomorrow, February 20th, would have been his 49th birthday. Without a doubt, the Nirvana frontman is one of the most influential and legendary figures in the history of rock music. In a few short years (roughly five), he made his Seattle garage…
“This is an environmental disaster. It’s got to stop. It’s got to be stopped.” Sipekne’katik member Jim Maloney didn’t hold back Thursday morning when criticizing Alton Gas’ plan to carve out dozens of natural gas storage caverns and dump millions of litres of leftover brine into the Shubenacadie River. “There’s no way this can…
Currently on tour in Ontario with Kurt Inder, Halifax’s Vulva Culture are streaming two new songs from a Craft Singles release today via Exclaim!. The tape, Hydromorphone, features a track by that same name and the B-side, “Let’s Stay Dead.” It’ll be available tomorrow online to buy (cough it up, babies) — two more examples of why…
Conscious life, modern style—that’s the tagline of Sarah Andrews’ soon-to-be addition to the north end, SattVa conscious lifestyle boutique. “It’s getting a little bit of a reputation of a yoga boutique, that’s what I’ve been involved with in Halifax but I wouldn’t pigeonhole it as a yoga boutique,” she says of the shop, which will…
National chief Dwight Dorey of the Ottawa-based Congress of Aboriginal Peoples has been meeting with indigenous men and women across the country, holding consultations regarding the Supreme Court of Canada’s anticipated ruling on whether aboriginals who live off-reserve are Indians under the Constitution Act and therefore entitled to the rights that fall under federal jurisdiction.…
[Image-1] We were looking for a metaphor that would make it more understandable for others to comprehend what immigrants are going through in the beginning, and we came up with this: Imagine that you came into a shiny prom, pleasant yet unfamiliar music is played and all dancers are arranged in pairs or groups. They…
[Image-1] In the fall of 2014, construction started on a brine discharge pipeline next to the Shubenacadie River, an hour north of Halifax. The development, by a company called Alton Gas, hadn’t yet received full government approval, and it was met with swift protest. A camp was soon erected that was largely occupied by local…
Frank Turner is making coffee. The British singer-songwriter, who performed in London’s 2012 Olympic opening ceremony, needs a caffeine fix before discussing his upcoming North American tour—kicking off Thursday in Halifax at The Marquee Ballroom. The sound of liquid pouring is audible over the phone from Germany, where he’s got a show to promote his…
In Embrace of the Serpent, the first Colombian feature ever to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at next week’s Academy Awards, a man helps two scientists through the Amazon jungle, 40 years apart. Each is looking for the same thing: yakruna, a sacred plant with incredible healing powers. The man, Karamakate, is an…
For 30 years, Blue Rodeo has been cranking out the classic rock-country jams. Just last October, to go along with more than a dozen studio albums, the band released the 14-track Live at Massey Hall to honour its legacy. And the band is still going. “We were even rehearsing a new record before we left…
Ray sits on the front steps to the Discovery Centre holding out a cup. It’s -14 and Barrington Street is quiet. He makes little eye contact with strangers who walk by him as he holds himself tightly together, mumbling a few words. Ray usually finds himself sitting here until midnight. His wife Connie, who he…
Simon Bourgeois has a whole lotta love for local businesses and thinks you should too. The Dalhousie grad and co-founder and president of Gata Hub aims to connect locally owned organizations to their customers through a high-quality mobile experience. Founded in 2013, the app seeks to encourage a shift from consuming on a corporate level…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20) In the TV show M*A*S*H*, the character known as Sidney Freedman was a psychiatrist who did his best to nurture the mental health of the soldiers in his care. He sometimes departed from conventional therapeutic approaches. In the series finale, he delivered the following speech, which I believe is…
Pedal pushing With regard to the two letters recently published in The Coast, the Halifax Cycling Coalition would like to lend our support to everyone who rides a bicycle year-round (“Snow Justice” by Warren Heiti, January 28, and “Don’t winter bike” by Larry Cooke, February 11). Last week was Winter Bicycle Week, where over 200…
Q My new girlfriend blurted out that she had a cuckolding past with her ex-husband. She says her ex badgered her into arranging “dates” with strangers and that he picked the guys. Her ex would then watch her having sex with a guy in a hotel room. The ex only watched and didn’t take part.…
Katrina Tuttle knows that just because not all brides are looking for a Kleinfeld’s experience doesn’t mean they have an exact vision of the dress that’ll make them say “hell yes.” The local dress designer turned her focus to bridal about a year a go with Katrina Tuttle Bridal, offering handmade, custom gown designs to…
