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WHO HE IS Mike McGuigan didn’t aspire to become a trophy maker. In 1980, fresh out of high school and wondering what to do with his life, he was tasked with running his father’s new north end business, Downeast Trophies. At the time, he had no idea that this would become his career, and that…
Promising “a four-day narrative of radical sounding, a forward-thinking festival like no other,” OBEY rings in year 12 from May 30 to June 2 in a host of venues around town. The date announcement also featured a teaser of its lineup, which includes New York’s Eartheater, who has a Robyn aesthetic and—according to the fest—…
I was signed up against my better will at my university campus a little over a week ago. I’m a low income student (attending university through a program through the Department of Community Services) and thought that a membership to the grocery store, if shared with my four roommates, could be appropriate. I was reassured…
So, the temp agency called me the other day about a job opening. In order to apply, I had to complete a personality test and a cognitive test (in addition to rigorous testing done at the agency at the time I signed up). Then, I go to the interview where I answered three pages of…
To the guy I see on the bus all the time with the patches all over his trench coat: I just don’t understand how you can have “TRUMP” and “Make America Great Again” on one sleeve, then on the other have “Nazi Punks Fuck Off”. Give your head a shake and listen to the lyrics…
When you saw a lady approaching the bus, slipping on the icy sidewalk, you stopped without hesitation and went out to help her. You could have driven away and let her catch the next bus, but you did not. Thank you for reminding me there are good people in this world. I wish there were…
So there’s a 36 hour standard to clear sidewalks when it’s a fucking skating rink out there? HRM is knowingly and deliberately creating a public health hazard. One can’t help but wonder how those “snow removal” contracts were awarded.—Lousy smarch weather
Dude. When I said slow down, I meant it. You split my lips in three places AND chipped my tooth. WTF! Going to work the next day (and week after) with giant, swollen lips was incredibly embarrassing. Please take some advice, Google proper kissing techniques and listen to someone when they say slow the fuck…
Two years ago, we dated for about six weeks. It was my first relationship with a girl. I can still remember how fast you made my heart beat, how sweaty my hands got, how my words fell over each other. I wasn’t like this with guys; I secretly knew I was bi for a long…
Buckle up for fun-filled days ahead as Oasis hosts an epic Super Bowl watching party, Pier 21 rings in The Year of the Pig, punk survivalist Eugene Ripper celebrates a new record and poetry book at Gus’ and more! Lunar new year celebration Saturday Ring in The Year of the Pig with this family friendly…
She was born Barbara-ann Rolfe in Pictou. For the past 49 years, that’s one of the only things Dartmouth resident Linda Emberley knew about her birth family. This changed on December 23. She now knows her parents’ age when she was born, where they were from, eye and hair colours and that she has half-siblings,…
It’s been 958 days since Bill C-14 passed federal legislation, yet Nova Scotia still lacks a program for medical assistance in dying—MAiD—as well as MAiD policy and regulation. Without policy, physicians and nurse practitioners have no way of governing MAiD, creating a series of loopholes and lack of general knowledge surrounding the subject. The Nova…
Debate around the Midtown North development has some planning experts worried about the long-term costs of ambitious housing projects. The residential and commercial development has begun construction on the block between Almon Street and St. Alban Street, along Robie. It features six buildings surrounding a courtyard with commercial space on the floor levels, 60 affordable…
To understand the growing right-wing movements in this province, I subjected myself to the convention for Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party of Canada at the Atlantica Hotel in Halifax on Friday, January 18. Fully aware of the United States’ MAGA movement and the disgusting politics of the alt-right, I was still not prepared for what I…
The much-anticipated report on Halifax police street checks will have to wait a little while longer. Jeff Overmars, spokesperson for the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission, says the report will be released March 27. That’s two months after the public was expecting to see a copy, and over two years since data collected on the…
Bite this drug plan Canada is the only member country of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development that has universal healthcare that excludes prescription drug coverage. In Canada, drug costs are the fastest-growing health expenditure—they recently surpassed physician costs. A universal pharmacare plan would save money and yield more benefits. In 2015, Canadians spent…
Tangerine Dream’s deep purple buds glow an Emerald City green, and once its blue box package is impatiently cursed/shred open, a tangy torrent of juicy Christmas-morning clementines mists the air. I’m trying to write about it right now after half a pinner, but instead I’m lip synching for my life to the This Is Allie…
Macbeth February 5-8, 7:30pm February 9, 2pm, 7:30pm Halifax Citadel National Historic Site 5425 Sackville Street $10-30, tickethalifax.com When she was approached to direct an upcoming production of Macbeth, Julia Schultz says her mind jumped immediately to one of the play’s most challenging scenes. “There’s this one Lady Macbeth monologue, ‘unsex me here,'” she says,…
Jon Samuel Dead Melodies release w/Museum Pieces, Shadow Folk Friday, February 1, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $6 In a world of single-use plastic, how do you make something that lasts? In an endless sea of music, how do you craft a song that’ll not only stand out, but stand the test of…
Q I’m a 21-year-old woman, and I have an IUD for birth control. I’ve had sex with quite a few men, and one thing seems to be almost constant among them: Trying to fuck without condoms. Many of the men I’ve been with seem to be perfectly fine and terribly eager to have sex without…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18) Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the next five months. FEBRUARY: Start a new trend that will serve your noble goals for years to come. MARCH: Passion comes back into fashion with a tickle and a shiver and a whoosh. APRIL: As you expand and deepen your explorations,…
