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I’ve been avoiding you but we’re bound to cross paths soon in this small city. I’m scared to see you but when I do, I will drown you in a sincere squeeze. It’s been messy but I still care for you despite your sad boy tendencies. We deserve what we accept from others and I…
Thanks to the staff of a certain Dartmouthian coffee dealership for giving me the head’s up when I was in a foul mood and hung over. Your coffee and croissant suggestion was tippy-top and did the trick. I always enjoy your demeanor and chipper disposition. For what it’s worth, if you ever feel under the…
This is for the beautiful lady on the 54 bus Saturday around 12;30who got of on Caledonia. Your smile is gorgeous as was you. You spoke to me when you got off and it made my week. I really hope I get to see you again sometime and have the courage to talk to you!!…
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel alright! —-graffiti enthusiast-
In young age, it is hard to feel if its love or not.. but how amazing is this that before marriage sex/love making is so ok now a days.. so people can not just date but also try physical bonding and if it doesn’t feel right, can move on.. wow.. There is no value of…
It’s that long dark slough of despond called winter in Atlantic Canada. Seasonal depression, grim news daily, that feeling of constantly being stuck between the fight or flight response. It seems at times that there are no sensations other than cold, angry, sore, tired and sad. Time to forcibly remind myself of the things that…
[Image-1] Life 101; when you share a kitchen with your fellow humans you gotta make at least a little effort to clean up your shit when you’re done using that common space. Don’t you know this by now?? Be careless, spill a bunch a your shit, make a mess, walk away, leave spills to dry…
Taxes…Do you know where they go in Halifax? HRM wasting 10k to take me to court to make 5k…not a good week. Ughh! #albertalooksgood —frustrated taxpayer
Man, it’s been an epic and dramatic seven years, something a major motion picture couldn’t even conjure up and you’ve been there for me through it all. You nursed me through a catastrophic breakdown, a shattered career, legal scandals, two rehabs, political nightmares, assassination attempts, occult consequences, leech girlfriends you got off my back, endless…
To all of the beautiful people of Halifax; I love you. Your kindness and authenticity means more to me than you will ever know. Thank you. —West is not best
You cross my mind everyday. I know it’s over, yet it takes everything within me to keep from calling you on those late nights walking across the Common. I know you would answer and keep me company but it’s best we don’t talk yet. The time isn’t right. I hope someday it will be. —late…
To the Taz girl on Friday, I wasn’t sure if that was your bf or not, if not I hope to see you again!! —Taz dude
I just wanted to say a huge thank you to the wonderful lady who offered me a ride home from the Quinpool superstore the other day! Although I couldn’t accept your offer, your kindness totally made my day. I have to admit that sometimes the Halifax weather gets me down…but the kindness of strangers in…
[Image-1] You’re cold. You’re dark. You’re grim. You have the stupidest commercial holiday ever. Flying diaper baby meet Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft gun. Aim for the big red cinnamon heart. Two people I love dearly died between your borders. Black History deserves far better. Leap year sucks the big wambini and the fact that you’re the shortest…
Jack Hanratty, Mike Hamson and Paul Hamson know all about teamwork. The trio behind downtown Halifax’s newest source for group fitness, Project Fit (1456 Breton Street, just off Spring Garden Road) met on the rugby field—Hanratty had moved to Halifax from Ireland to coach, and the Hamsons (they’re brothers) were two of his players. After…
You know how it is, just browsing Facebook on a Wednesday, having some tea and WHAT THE SWEET JUMPIN FRIG IS THIS TRINA IS COMING TO TOWN??!? Yes. That is exactly what is happening. My idol and mentor, Miami’s Trina (AKA Da Baddest Bitch AKA Diamond Princess AKA Steph’s Ideal Woman) is indeed coming to…
Ive been stuck doing nights shifts at work, unable to see my friends, or loved ones. my days consist of waking up, eating and showering, working out, then dragon age. i am a gamer, not a die hard offensive one. just someone who enjoys playing games sometimes. this game is so amazing that it has…
Hello my love. I can’t believe its been nearly a year since we met. Everyday I am grateful to know you and your beautiful face. And your wonderful laugh, it melts my heart. I knew you were special when you wrote, “He can do no wrong” about Hawksley. When you showed up with a mix…
Well I’m driving home the other night & I hear on the radio, that the Halifax Police have reviewed the Facebook posts of those guy’s who were involved in those misogynistic posts. Seems there will be no criminal investigation opened. That what was said/written wasn’t a crime. Which I believe is exactly what I said…
On Friday January 16th just after 3pm I was STOPPED at the cross walk on Coburg Rd. You and another car stopped suddenly upon seeing me. You stopped your white/ silver van before the cross walk, the other driver, who actually turned out to be somebody I knew, stopped in the middle of the cross…
[Image-1] “I love misogyny,” he told me in the morning while he put his shirt back on. “Why?” I, an idiot, asked. “Because as a man, it benefits me.” Wrong, grasshopper. You mean the patriarchy, not misogyny. And you’re still wrong. The patriarchy hurts everyone. —Out of your league
“In many ways this is the phoenix of the La Perla story. A beautiful institutional restaurant that for a long time was the star of dining in the city, but its time has come and gone,” says Jeff McLatchy, owner of the dearly departed La Perla’s next-door neighbour Celtic Corner (69 Alderney Drive), which has…
Former engineer, current craft beer lover Lindsay MacPhee is bringing Halifax The Floatation Centre—the only sensory deprivation experience east of Montreal and exciting new way to chill the heck out (seriously—one hour of floating is the equivalent of four to six hours of deep sleep). She’s just secured her location, at 2631 King Street (around…
Touring last year’s parody-tastic Mandatory Fun album across Canada, the ageless Weird Al makes a stop in Halifax at Casino Nova Scotia’s Schooner Room on July 24. Presale tickets available January 27. Did you know popular karaoke host Laurie The Guy has an extensive collection of Weird Al songs in his books? Do you know…
I’ve been here for a little over a week going to school. I just wanted to give a big shout out to the city so far for their kindness. I’m happy to live here and this place could not be more inviting! Much LOVE. —The City of Halifax
You guys, on the street corners, fundraising for a well known charity that empowers frauleins to change the world. Good on ya! I appreciate your cheerfulness when you tell me to have a nice day, as I rush past you. I realize you have a job to do that only lasts for a few weeks…
If you look up to the stars you’ll see that they still spell out “I love you.” —Orion’s Belt
The beloved Oval is a great place to lose yourself—and your hat. Something about the soothing rhythm of gliding around and around and around may lull people into a forgetful state of bliss, or maybe it’s the stress of changing in and out of gear with thousands of other skaters. Either way, people manage to…
[Image-1] It’s once again time to name that ferry. Halifax Transit has bought itself a spiffy new passenger ferry, which arrives this summer. Since the last naming contest was such a hit (with over 13,000 residents voting), HRM has launched another online poll to choose this new ship’s honorific. You can read the official entries…
To the curly haired theatre student @ King’s. You seem so cool. I wish my mind wasn’t racing, like my pulse that evening. I might not have said some of the sillier things. Halifax doesn’t have the canal to skate on, but it has many great things to do. I hope some time we can…
A number of months ago, I had dinner at your restaurant with a colleague. (Your pasta was delicious, by the way.) I accidentally left my dark green [brand omitted] backpack there, and when I realized I’d lost it, I was pretty sure that I’d last seen it at your place. Now, my mother bought this…
I just read a piece in a local publication , where Pope Francis, says free speech needs to be-” limited , especially when it refers to someones religious beliefs” He starts by saying “Free speech is not only a fundamental human right, but a duty to speak ones mind for the common good” B U…
Why is it ok to joke about this and say that a date where a man doesn’t offer to pay is a “fail”? Isn’t that so sexist? Assuming that women, obviously being lesser than men, don’t have the means, wherewithal or ability to handle the complexities of a retail financial transaction? That’s pretty damn awful…
There are certain types of ‘feminism’ that are little more than misandry, these days it is the majority of those who identify as such. Likewise, there are a lot of men out there who behave in a truly disgusting manner. And not just these Dal guys. It’s one thing to be attracted to a woman…
[Image-1] The Dawgfather, a popular hot dog vendor who usually sets up shop outside of Dalhousie’s student union building, has recently come under fire for posting jokes on Twitter about the Holocaust and 9/11 attacks. He claims this was done not out of hatred, but as a response to the Charlie Hebdo Muhammad cartoon. He…
Lexi Miles wants to make your waxing appointments less of a pain. Working as a busy management consultant who spent most of her Monday-to-Fridays on the road she repeatedly found herself rushing to make last-minute appointments, enduring many not-so-great waxing experiences in the name of convenience and necessity. But while working in the US, she…
DJ Okay TK (formerly Plaeboi) took to the DJ mines to make this perfect Friday desk jam of Yoncé’s “7/11”. Please enjoy and don’t you drop that alcohol:
[Image-1] A second man who pleaded guilty to distributing an explicit photo of Rehtaeh Parsons was sentenced yesterday to 12 months probation as a Nova Scotia court dusted its hands of the case. That’s 12 months of probation for looking directly into the lens of his friend’s camera and flashing a thumbs-up as he penetrated…
Don’t have any bon mots about the 2015 Oscar nominees to impress your buddies with? Here’s some! Please note: Not all films were reviewed, because we are not made of film reviewers, guys. And you know nothing in the “documentary short subject” category even came here. Animated Feature Film: Big Hero 6 Song of the…
[Image-1] Updated with Dalhousie’s response below. There were at least 15 members of the misogynistic Facebook group that’s rocked Dalhousie’s dentistry school. Right now, 13 male students in the fourth-year dentistry program are suspended from clinical practice and isolated from their classmates because of the sexually violent posts some put onto the DDS Class of…
When it comes to goals for the new year, we’re not really into adding up calories, or keeping track of digits on a scale. Whether you want to take more steps, gain followers, run further, bike faster, Facebook less or pay your Visa down to zero (please please please)—we’ve all got a number in mind.…
[Image-1] Over the past seven years, 25-year-old Samantha Devine has worked at four call centres, starting at the first immediately after graduating high school. She is now unemployed, taking anti-anxiety medication and anti-depressants and has been through several rounds of therapy. “They didn’t really care what happened to you,” says Devine. The mother of two…
[Image-1] After weeks of protest and public debate about gender-based violence, a high-profile public event took place at the Halifax Central Library last Thursday. Hosted by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs, it attracted hundreds of Haligonians concerned with the apparent increase in public displays of sexualized violence on HRM campuses. It was…
[Image-1] From March 11 to 14, Dalhousie’s school of planning will host its annual SHIFT planning conference. This year, the focus is on the challenges and opportunities facing rural communities in Nova Scotia. Masters student and organizer Eliza Jackson took some time to speak with The Coast about what SHIFT is planning. The Coast: Why…
1 CrossFit ”If you attend three to four classes a week, you’ll notice improvements in strength, flexibility, coordination, body awareness and, most importantly, confidence,” says Mel Clarke, CrossFit coach at Blended Athletics (580 Wright Avenue). With tailored work-out plans, CrossFit requires consistency to see results but the strong sense of community mixed with achievable personal…
What made you focus on getting out of debt as quickly as possible? There was actually a single event that made me realize I had no clue what I was doing with money. I got in an accident in July 2011 and totaled my car, and I had just graduated from school and I had…
This time two years ago, Pam LeJean threw a discus just for the hell of it. After watching recurring shoulder injuries keep her from playing basketball, her strength coach suggested that she and her “long arms” might be well-suited for field sports like javelin, shot put and discus. “So, we went out into the gym,…
For my birthday I got a “wearable tech” gizmo, an UP bracelet that tracks both movement and sleep. Suddenly life was all about numbers: How many steps I walked that day, how much time I was active, how I was sleeping at night. I liked having daily goals—the 10,000 steps proving easier to get than…
“The fact that we have mobile devices doesn’t mean we’re mobile while using them,” says Sara Kirk, Canada Research Chair at Dal. She explores the links between chronic diseases and the built environment. Schools and offices, for example, are set up for prolonged sitting—and thus encourage diabetes, heart problems, obesity. “Sitting is bad,” says Kirk.…
Tuesday morning. Sticky, airless heat. The too-dirty house was still recovering from Welnot’s moratorium on the bathrooms. In the air was the damp smell of a vacant cottage and beach towels. Narrow beams of yellow-white morning light shining through greased, dusted and palmed living room windows onto Gertraud and Sarah’s post-adventure pizza box from the…
Q My fiancee is extremely bothered by me looking at porn. It revolves around insecurities that have gotten so bad that even other girls bother her. (We can hardly go to a beach anymore.) I don’t have any weird relationship with porn—no addiction, no violent stuff, and I look pretty infrequently. She acknowledges that it’s…
Gahan House 1869 Upper Water Street, 902-444-3060 Sun-Tue 11am-11pm Wed-Sat 11am-midnight The Gahan House has been in Charlottetown for over 10 years. It’s been in Halifax for over 10 weeks. So why not compare the two? Let me get this out of the way: I find the beer at the Gahan House pretty samey, hoppy…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) Most plants move upwards as they grow. Their seeds fall to the ground, are blown off by the wind or are carried away by pollinators. But the peanut plant has a different approach to reproduction. It burrows its seeds down into the soil. They ripen underground, where they are…
King’s exhibition at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia promises to be an immersive—and potentially disorienting—experience. Bridging the two very different worlds of New York and Nova Scotia lies King’s “Deepwater Horizon (BP)” wall painting, the central piece of the show. We interrupted installation to get a first peek. 1 The show is called Dark…
Melanie Colosimo and Charley Young, Beautiful Illusions Opening reception Saturday, January 17, 2-4pm To March 8 Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, 166 Bedford Highway The pieces in Melanie Colosimo and Charley Young’s Beautiful Illusions are perfect souvenirs of place and time. Young’s mountains and building facades provide a panorama, Colosimo’s scaffolding and fences both…
“I’ll be 50 in May and I’m going to arm-wrestle everyone.” Nancy Hawkins bursts into laughter as she says this, but it’s quite possible she’s not joking. “I’m not trying to get in shape to wear a bikini, it’s to be strong and independent. I don’t want to be a burden to anyone at any…
Garbage To March 8 Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, 5865 Gorsebook Avenue Every piece of art tells a story. Mathew Reichertz’ touring exhibition Garbage is a giant comic book unfolding on the walls of the Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery. The artist cleverly shares his strange, engrossing adventure with his north end Halifax neighbours as…
“A resolution without a plan is really just a wish,” she says. “Everyone needs a plan for how their money gets spent, because the money is going to get spent, regardless if you plan to spend it or not.” Trustee in bankruptcy and debt professional Leanne Salyzyn doesn’t like to use the word budget, but…
A Good Death To January 18 at 7:30pm (Thu-Sat), 2pm (Sat-Sun) Neptune Studio Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street $25/$20 Kim Parkhill isn’t sleeping so well lately. As both playwright and producer for A Good Death, currently playing at the Neptune Studio Theatre, she’s got a lot on her mind. “I’ve discovered sleeplessness accompanies most of my…
Halifax’s unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 percent last month, almost on par with the national average at 6.6 percent. Crappy weather aside, a job search in HRM at this time of year can be spiritually exhausting. “But when people have the tools that are required to secure employment, the search becomes much easier,” says Cora…
Peter Dykhuis, Peripheral Traces (Dark Heart) and Angela Glanzmann, Bodies & Bodies & Bodies To February 1 Hermes, 5682 North Street /p> What would your life look like on a clipboard or in a drawing? Peter Dykhuis explores his life through ephemera in his latest work Peripheral Traces (Dark Heart). His exhibition sits alongside Angela…
Each year, I resolve to become a better Adria by making behavioural changes that I’ve been putting off for months (or years. Will I ever quit smoking?). I can stay motivated, but my mental attitude has a huge impact on whether I actually accomplish my goals. In 2015, I need to strengthen my positive thinking.…
Glare and present danger Although we can feel vulnerable walking alone at night, there’s no evidence that bright lights reduce crime (“Streetlight scarcity casts risky shadows,” feature by Ameya Charnalie and Sergio Gonzalez, How to fix the city issue, January 8). That’s not to say Halifax doesn’t have lots of problems with lighting. There is…
1 Robbie Burns Day and Kilted Ski, January 24 Celebrate Scotland’s favourite son by racing down a snowy mountain in traditional highland dress! Head to Ski Wentworth for a day of Scottish pride. Wear a kilt and ski for free–bring your own pair or rent one from the main lodge for a $25 donation to…
Michael Keaton and Edward Norton nearly throw their eyes out with the self-referential winking they’re doing in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Alejandro González Iñárritu’s thrilling, dazzling, magic-realist take on artistic intention. Ex-Batman Keaton is Riggan Thomas, a former franchise action hero who is trying to regain credibility by adapting (and directing, and…
Laurie Stephenson Certified financial planner, Starboard Wealth Management Pay down debt. One of the big concerns for Canadians is how much debt people are carrying and it’s one of the things you can really control. The first step, I would take stock of your entire financial situation, and what you’re carrying for debt, and consider…
If there’s one thing we’ve had enough of in life, it’s World War II movies. The trigger-happy, soulless Fury was enough for five years’ worth, but here comes Angelina Jolie punching a guy in the face for two hours this very holiday season, along with this nerd movie about Nazi code-breaking. Alan Turing (the extinct…
