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From the 1960s until the early 2000s, NBC’s Hollywood Squares was one of the most popular game shows on television. Every-day contestants could win cash and prizes by playing question-and-answer Tic-Tac-Toe with well-known celebrities. Part of the show’s allure was the candid look at the personalities of stars usually only known via script. It was a…
[Image-1] I just wanna fuck someone that I actually have chemistry with. I just want one of the people who make me feel swoony to want to fuck me too. —Inept at Dating, Not Inept at Fucking
I clearly took too much of your time while trying to sell concert tickets in support of the relocation of a vulnerable Syrian refugee family of six. I need to apologize. Not for taking too long to “get to the point,” but for whomever and whatever has occurred in your life that has led to…
I can’t believe that following mayor Savage’s pitiful job of snow removal after last winter’s admittedly insane amounts of snow that for our first snowstorm of the year the snow removal today is similarly godawful. There’s no excuse for it this time. We knew it was coming. The circumferential highway, which isn’t exactly a low…
[Image-1] To the specific union threatening to shame people for taking work: you don’t know a person’s situation. Threatening to reveal identities and make a person’s life hell is not the way to get them on your side. You should be asking them to not take jobs, BUT THAT’S IT. It’s tough for a lot…
The Coast’s IN THE DEAD OF WINTER Playlist WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO MEET IN DREAMS? by TYLER MESSICK Loyalty by The Weather Station Even (single) by Dark for Dark Days Of Heaven by Steven Lambke Windows – Single by Gianna Lauren Quiet Parade by Quiet Parade People by The Burning Hell Big Volcano, Small…
[Image-1] “The system now is broken,” says Matt Whitman, about flyer delivery in the municipality. The Hammonds Plains-St. Margarets councillor is looking to regulate the city’s flyer delivery rules; changing the current system from opt-out to opt-in. Whitman will be asking for a staff report on options at HRM’s next Regional Council meeting. “I think…
“It’s really that feeling at the end of a really nice night, with good food, good wine, great service, perfect lighting, good music—it’s just feeling inspired,” says Johanna Eliot of her soon-to-be restaurant. “I want people to go home feeling love, and feeling inspired.” A longtime businesswoman and television producer (she’s the president of Ocean…
Is it our time to have slick Swedish furniture and accessories at our fingertips? Perhaps. After what seems like an eternity (or, since its Burnside location closed decades ago) of hoping, wishing and speculating, it looks like IKEA could finally be returning to town. The president of IKEA Canada, Stefan Sjöstrand, will be in town…
[Image-1] To the cute, “Extreme Couponer” brunette at a certain grocery store in Dartmouth on Sunday evening who was with what I assume is your father. You unscrupulous! The cashier told me all about you, you thief! It’s because of people like you is why I hate the world. The store knows all your tricks,…
[Image-1] Update: As noted by reporter Michael Gorman the province will still pay out its third of the Convention Centre price over the next 25 years (like HRM). The full $160-million price is just on the books this year. More than a quarter of Nova Scotia’s capital plan funding for the next fiscal year is…
Last week, the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative aka AFCOOP announced the 2016 winners of the Film 5 program in which aspiring and emerging directors, producers and crew produce a five-minute film from script to budget to star-studded premiere. With two phases — Program Development (Phase I) and Production (Phase II) — participants experience the full range…
Twenty-one percent of HRM’s population lives spread out over 80 percent of the municipality. The rural portions of HRM are huge, low-density areas, and often overlooked when talking about city services. That’s one reason why the Community Planning and Economic Development committee wants to know if the people living in these far-flung regions are…
[Image-1] You three work in a store which sells things, like… pepperoni and other such fare. I am a customer who buys things, like… pepperoni. Why don’t you smile? Better, why do you scowl? In all the years I have been buying things from you, like… pepperoni, you all scowl. Not one of you smiles…
FUCK YOU the COAST! Remind me to take your paper and burn it in front of you. —CH
[Image-1] To the kind soul who got medical help for me after a nasty fall on or around Barrington Street on Friday evening: I wasn’t able to properly express my deep gratitude in that moment, but please know how thankful I am that you were there for me. It gives me hope to know there…
After two years in its cozy baby blue home at 20 Wentworth Street, downtown Dartmouth’s clothing and accessories source, Bodega Boutique, is moving and shaking things up. Next month, the store will re-open at 104 Portland Street—next door to the new location of Halifax furniture store Kew, which opens at the end of the month.…
How is that young girl not charged with distributing Porn. She took the picture. She sent it out. The buck started with her. I just don’t get it. She’s as innocent as the other two for sending it out from her personal device. Another example of Justice failing the Youth. —Be Accountable!
On a winter’s night when the wind is in the trees, as foretold a century ago, The Highwayman will come riding (riding, riding) into Halifax. For in early or mid-March—the official date is yet to be announced-—The Highwayman Restaurant will open at 1673 Barrington Street (the former Certainly Cinnamon location). The Highwayman is a new…
[Image-1] Along with cat GIFS and live-tweeting award shows, outrage is the internet’s gasoline. It’s no exception locally, as Haligonians on both sides of the harbour love to hate-type about a flurry of resentments (like how no one remembers Dartmouth). This wrathful whirlpool often consumes everyone’s timelines, leaving no room to avoid intricate discussions on…
[Image-1] Members of the Halifax Typographical Union overwhelmingly voted in favour of strike action this past weekend. The HTU said 98.3 percent of members voted in favour, with only one vote against and one not present. The union represents 61 newsroom employees at the Chronicle Herald. Two days have now been set aside this week…
On a winter’s night when the wind is in the trees, as foretold a century ago, The Highwayman will come riding (riding, riding) into Halifax. For in early or mid-March—the official date is yet to be announced-—The Highwayman Restaurant will open at 1673 Barrington Street (the former Certainly Cinnamon location). The Highwayman is a new…
[Image-1] Thank you to the driver who nearly hit my mother when she was coming out of the Superstore. if it hadn’t been her reflex to move her out of the couple of inches [despite tripping over from a carpet bump inside] She’d probably be dead just so you could get home quicker, did you…
“What’s the saying? Necessity creates ingenuity?”. Whatever it is, Liz Smith rang in the new year running with a bright idea for the Barrington Street location of her healthy, Vietnamese-inspired sandwich and snack shop, Indochine Banh Mi (1701 Barrington Street). In the face of slow traffic along downtown’s main drag, she’s decided to extend the…
[Image-1] Plans were unveiled tonights at a public meeting held by the Friends of the Khyber and the 1588 Barrington Building Preservation Society to save Halifax’s beloved downtown arts incubator. The not-for-profit consortium has been working with community consultants and architects over the last year on the plans, which include a new accessible elevator, a…
[Image-1] Thanks to Darren Fisher’s federal election win, residents of Harbourview-Burnside-Dartmouth East get to vote in a by-election on Saturday, January 23, to fill Fisher’s vacated city council seat. One of these four candidates will soon represent the people of District 6—at least until October, when the general municipal elections happen and the seat goes…
[Image-1] On Tuesday Halifax Regional Council debated controversial fire staffing options in front of an audience packed with reporters and firefighters. In recent weeks, many have come forward in opposition to Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency’s proposal (among other changes) to put volunteers in Dartmouth’s King Street station on nights and weekends. Bowing to that…
[Image-1] As this new year gets underway, the citizens of Halifax are being called to action to voice their pleasure (or displeasure, depending on their perspective) concerning the fire service in this city. The battle cry in this fight is being led by the men and women of the Halifax Professional Firefighters, who unfortunately have…
5:30am Lane swim, Canada Games Centre, 26 Thomas Raddall Drive If you’re still rubbing the sleep from your eyes, a dip into this chlorine bath should help wake you up. Swim lengths of Clayton Park’s amazing competition-sized pool in the wee hours (5:30-9:45am), Monday through Friday. 6am Bootcamp, Evolve Fitness, 5540 Cunard Street Nothing like…
Bear Month at the Movies continues via Norm of the North, a flat kids’ film with an intriguing premise: When a developer wants to build luxury condos in the Arctic, polar bear Norm goes to New York City to try and stop it from happening. Because polar bears can “talk human” (did you know?) everyone…
Between Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat, the latest annoying game you’re playing and your Facebook updates—it’s a wonder if you have any time left over to spring clean your life. That’s where these apps come in, proving self-improvement doesn’t have to be boring or hard. Hit download and you’re half way to a better you. Mint…
Ah, the art world: where you never have to grow up. At least that’s what a person might assume, given the relentless popularity of youth culture as a subject in contemporary art. That’s what led curator Zoë Chan to put together an exhibit on the topic, Kids these days, opening Saturday at MSVU Art Gallery.…
When January rolls around and the sugar cookies you were popping like vitamins over the holiday break begin to weigh on you, your first instinct might be to join a gym, because owning a membership is almost as good as going. But not all gyms are created equal, so don’t waste your time at a…
From Thursday to Saturday, Live Art Dance presents the North American premiere of a one-hour duet between Finnish-born choreographer Cecilia Moisio and Polish performer Katarzyna Sitarz. Juxtapose is an interdisciplinary feminist dance that’s frilly but fierce, subdued yet savage. Moisio explored these seeming contradictions in a recent conversation (Q&A has been edited and condensed). How does…
Halifax is home to a growing number of wellness and spiritual bucket list-worthy experiences. You can find inner peace through complete sensory deprivation or to the tune of a haunting Himalayan singing bowl. Source your essential oils from a local herbalist, bust out some wild yoga moves and figure out what foods you should be…
This year (and every year) you should carve out time to do what excites you, moves you and makes you happy. Too often we get so bogged down in expectations and obligations that we forget to stop and reconsider what we’re saying yes to and why. Nova Scotians are always praised for being friendly, going…
Colette Robicheau is a jack of all trades, and master of many things. Organization, decluttering, productivity are among her enviable areas of expertise; on top of being a speaker and author she also runs Organize Anything, a company aimed at helping people get their ducks in a neat and tidy row and to help them…
Spending money was fun well before Tom Haverford proclaimed “treat yo self!” on Parks and Recreation. There’s no denying splurging on a new ride, fancy feast or a relaxing vacation feels good, but facing your plummeting finances prior can put a damper on the experience. President and CEO of Black Star Wealth Partners, Wendy Brookhouse,…
If you’re like me, you might think that RRSP and TFSA look more like spoonfuls of Alpha-Getti than ways to help you save, you might need a nudge in the right direction. Brian Himmelman, president of Himmelman & Associates, offered me some advice on how to put money away when the under-the-mattress approach just doesn’t…
Debt is all around us and that’s OK. No matter what your cash flow may be, waves of financial woes are a part of life. We spoke with folks who decided to run with them, open up and divulge how they deal or don’t deal with their debt. “I climbed out of financial debt by…
Your toes and fingers are perma-cold, your throat is on the scratchy side and the idea of being swaddled at home on your couch beats just about anything else. Except maybe a piping hot, hand-warmer/meal hybrid. From chunk chilis to spicy phos and every butternut squash blend in between, Halifax’s menus have lots of hot…
“It’s a difficult read,” says Wanda Taylor, the author of The Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children, a comprehensive history of the structure that stood in rural Dartmouth for over 70 years. The Home was the site of extreme abuse and neglect for hundreds of African-Nova Scotian children in the protective care of the Nova…
