Milk-made
To the editor, I’m writing in response to a comment about hormones and milk made by Penny Ormsbee in “Fighting Words” (January 18). While I think it’s imperative that we question where our food comes from and how it’s made, we should be asking reliable sources before we take any information as truth. I have…
Uncommon good
To the editor, The Halifax Common is pretty much my favourite Halifax place. Luckily for me, it’s in my neighbourhood and I venture past it most every day. When I cross North Park, making my way along Cogswell towards Quinpool heading to the grocery store, Video Difference, Fitness FX, etc., I find serenity in that…
Bossing around
To the editor, The Speaker of the House, Cecil Clarke, has said he has reviewed the tapes of the legislature (which do not record heckling) and has found there were no racist remarks directed against MLA Percy Paris (“Reality Bites,” January 18). But Clarke also stated that he calls lots of people “Boss” and does…
Stephen Fisher goes west
One thing that I find frustrating is that there isn’t enough newsprint (or time) to write about people whose work that I like and respect. I just hope that others will notice too. In this case, Gilbert A. Bouchard from the Edmonton Journal wrote this great review of Halifax painter Stephen Fisher’s show. Read and…
Robber Bride
Don’t get me wrong–there’s plenty I like about CBC programming. If you love something, criticize it–isn’t that how the saying goes? Anyway, I was cautiously excited about their movie-o-the-week The Robber Bride, an adaptation of the Margaret Atwood novel. It starred Mary-Louise Parker. What could go wrong? Apparently, plenty. The biggest issue being that an…
Letters to the Editor
I’m writing in response to a comment about hormones and milk made by Penny Ormsbee in “Fighting Words.” While I think it’s imperative that we question where our food comes from and how it’s made, we should be asking reliable sources before we take any information as truth. I have heard too many ill-informed people…
Letters to the Editor
I can’t help but comment on Bruce Smith’s letter (January 18 2007). I do agree with you that cooks wages– and mechanics to name another– should be raised, but saying that your work environment is just as dangerous is fucking retarded. Poor muffin burned his hand. Your working in a kitchen, what do you expect?…
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What a difference a ‘ makes
Something we noticed in the wake of the coverage of Jared Taylor, who was shouted down while trying to give a speech at the Lord Nelson on Tuesday night. In the past, Taylor has authored documents that outline the merits of racial segregation in the US, and beyond. Anyway…. In his words, Taylor describes himself…
Dear CBC brainiacs,
I’m very confused by your programming changes. You’ve given up completely on the younger crowd (Oh right, you put Brave New Waves on Sirrius, we ALL have satellite radio)–“radio management is rebranding Radio Two…as an adult-oriented music service, targeting an audience over age 35. More than half of the current Radio Two audience is over…
Food industry
Dear Liz Feltham, Thank you so much for your recent article about what is wrong with the food industry in Halifax. I am a working cook in this city, and I could not agree more that we are severely underpaid. We are the most underpaid “Red Seal” accredited profession. When you compare our wages to…
The Khyber Club
To the editor, I wanted to briefly touch on the closure of the Khyber Club mentioned in two recent articles in your paper. First off, I would like to thank you for giving credit to the In the Dead of Winter Festival, which was a beautiful event demonstrating the incredible folk talent in this region.…
Fix the city
To the editor, I’m sorry to write and crap on a couple of interns but the cover story in your last issue was a waste of all your readers’ time. You advertise it as several simple ideas to make Halifax a better city and what do the readers get, but a suggestion to fix the…
Fix the city
To the editor, I would like to respond to your paper’s suggestion that anti-crime lighting be installed on the Common. First, we must demand that freedom to walk the streets be a basic right of citizenship. It is intolerable that a wealthy, stable city cannot summon the will to protect its people from a tiny…
Young’un
A new online venture—and Canada’s first internet TV station—launched this week, and the best part is it’s based out of Halifax. Created by locals Dawn Harwood-Jones, Roberta Hancock and Steven Morrison, untv.ca features 10 original shows starring faces you’ll recognize, from comic Candy Palmater (The Candy Show) to Cory Bowles (Afterlife Bar and Grill). Other…
From the bat cave
On a recent Cancer Bats website posting, bassist Andrew McCracken disputes vocalist Liam Cormier’s ability to distinguish between band info that is newsworthy and info that is blogworthy. “Liam, you never listen. We explained the difference between blogging and news to you before,” he writes. “News is news; new record, tour coming up, Aner’s not…
Deep dish
A long-running, family-owned pizza joint that closed shop five years ago is proving that blood is thicker than pizza sauce. Dimitri’s Pizza, at 6469 Chebucto (453-5333), will return for business at the end of January in its same location, but in a new building (the old one was demolished). The original Dimitri’s Pizza, which originally…
Our racist house?
The Nova Scotia legislature isn’t the most diverse assembly on the planet—perhaps not surprisingly, the vast majority of seats belong to white dudes. Of the 52 MLAs currently sitting, only nine are women. And then there’s Percy Paris. When the rookie MLA for Waverley-Fall River-Beaver Bank was elected last June, he was the only African-Nova…
The fixes are in
To the editor, A friend sent me the January 4 issue of The Coast, the first I’ve read since I moved from Halifax to Calgary a year and a half ago. Thanks for the comic relief provided by the “Halifixes,” in particular number two, “Put bike racks on Barrington,” which was a real thigh-slapper! I…
The fixes are in
To the editor, I wish to thank The Coast for providing the opportunity for King’s College journalism students to present their views on “Halifixes.” May I note that as an octogenarian and life-long resident I was impressed with their suggestions and I congratulate them for this important work. I believe The Coast is on to…
The fixes are in
To the editor, Regarding the story “Halifixes: New Year’s solutions for Halifax” (January 4)—I think you forgot to write “southern” before Halifax. As a long-time Halifax resident I am concerned that your 14 greatest fixes were all located south of the Halifax Common, in a geographical area that barely covers 25 percent of the peninsula.…
Fighting words
Mental block: Psychiatric drugs are quick fixes—prescribed too quickly and without talk therapy. The world is divided when it comes to drugs to treat mental illness—from anxiety to depression to obsessive compulsive disorder and more. While the debate has as many folds and factors as the brain itself, the best entry point into the debate…
The Italian job
Rogi Orazio is the newest darling on Halifax’s restaurant scene, with much buzz and a few good reviews floating around. Nestled along the Hydrostone’s shopping area, the little restaurant is in good company with Epicurious Morsels and Salvatore’s. Trumpeting “Italian and World” cuisine, the interior of Rogi Orazio has a distinct Mediterranean feel. A long,…
A new Moment
It has been almost 44 years since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared his dream of a world without segregation, racism or poverty from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. He spoke of a day when people of all races would join together and sing of freedom. For the past five years, Eastern…
Stomp the Yard
The popularity of the youth dance film Stomp the Yard (the top film in North America) is a feat many reviewers and editors would rather ignore. Although it was screened for the regular critic markets, following the film’s first weekend Rotten Tomatoes counted only half as many reviews written for Stomp the Yard compared with…
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Push for greater authenticity, Pisces, says Rob Brezsny.
SAVAGE LOVE
Dan Savage knows exactly what adults do.
Dream weaver
On January 15 the Golden Globes shone a spotlight on the very-likely contenders for this year’s Academy Awards. But the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the small group of mostly European journalists who vote on the Globes—yes, it’s weird—is a very different organization from the Academy: A collection of actors, producers and other industry grande fromage.…
Oscars results
You watched the awards show, now see how Coast voting compares with the Academy.
Sink or swim
If a sailor falls overboard, should a journalist standing on deck throw down her notebook and try to save him? Or should she calmly record the dramatic scene as he drowns? The answer’s a no-brainer. The reporter should try to rescue the unfortunate sailor. So why aren’t I dropping my pencil and throwing a safety…
Tray magnifique
It began as a last hurrah—a trio of friends heading to a downtown Halifax bar for a memorial puff to indoor smoking. “We were just like, you know what, let’s go have one last smoke in a bar,” Steve Maly says with a laugh. “That’s the only reason we were talking about the ashtrays.” It…
The silent scandal
Nova Scotia’s scandal du jour demonstrates what journalists can do when they set their minds to it. The Ernie Fage saga has generated reams of newsprint, hours of videotape and stoked the investigative instincts of Halifax’s finest news gatherers. And all this great journalism was spawned by a sports reporter’s dented fender. So what do…
