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To whomever left a racist note on my friend’s car, you obviously live nearby enough to observe the race of the car’s owner and then you take the time to act on such a disgusting sentiment? You should probably go fuck yourself. You’re a coward. I can’t imagine feeling that violated on my own street,…
Sauna Nova Scotia Sauna Nova Scotia’s Erica and Devin Brook built their mobile sauna with Nova Scotian winters in mind. And after spending some time as a roving, wood-fired source of self-care and socializing, they’ve parked in Musquodoboit Harbour, teaming up with Worthington Place Oceanside rentals, meaning if you want to turn your sweaty session…
I blame Marie Kondo. I was sitting on the kitchen floor, surrounded by kitchen utensils. After deciding that I only needed one cheese grater, I held each of my three cheese graters up to my heart, as the author of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up advocates, and pondered which one brought me the most…
I t’s the pour-over coffee/unicorn mug/crossword routine that starts your morning, and those lucky underwear you put on when your team is in the playoffs. It’s the route you walk to work, and the weekly Skype-and-popcorn date with your sister. Whether you realize it or not, your life is full of ritual. Nope, ritual isn’t…
“Game!” a booming voice yells out with a hint of pride laced with exhaustion. At that moment, 22 people playing basketball end three simultaneous matches in the middle of a Friday work day. It’s Noon Hoops at the Dalplex and the four letter word signals that it’s time to switch it up and start a…
To all the women out there who decide to give your caught red-handed boyfriend, husband, better half (hardly), a second, (third, fourth…) chance after finding out he’s cheating on you because he bullshits his way back into your heart by telling you he loves you and it will never happen again…Wake the fuck up! Leopards…
This week popular Bedford cafe The Jumping Bean (936 Bedford Highway) got a new lease on life when it re-launched as The Nook Espresso Bar Bedford, a sibling location of the Halifax cafe of the same name. Nicole Myles Brook and Brian Brook—who’ve been running the Bedford location of the Newfoundland chain since summer 2016—helped…
My parents were born in Vancouver—Dad in 1909, Mom in 1911—and married during the Great Depression. It was a difficult time that shaped their values and outlook, which they drummed into my sisters and me. “Save some for tomorrow,” they often scolded. “Share; don’t be greedy.” “Help others when they need it because one day…
I am so tired of being treated like a monster for being a good person. When we let you move into our tiny apartment, it was a squeeze…but we opened our lives to you because you had nowhere else to go. Guess dating that drug dealer was a bad idea, huh? When you freaked out…
Jody Godin had always wanted to start her own business, and a couple years ago she decided to take the leap. After jumping through some hoops and doing some crowdfunding, the Lily Pad Cat Lounge (590 Portland Street) is about to open in Dartmouth. “I love animals, but I especially love cats,” says Godin. She…
Several citizen and economic advocacy groups joined together Tuesday morning in asking for a new strategy when it comes to guiding development in HRM: the Regional Main Streets Plan. The proposal would group together several separate planning documents—many of which haven’t been updated in decades—into a single strategy for HRM’s growth throughout both the suburban…
Not to be too forward or anything, but can we ask you some questions about your sex life? Yes, it’s time once again for The Coast’s annual Sex+Dating survey. At this point, we’ve got a pretty good rhythm going, Halifax. Last year over 1,200 of you shared your biggest secrets, sweetest memories and kinkiest fantasies…
The Halifax Jazz Festival continues to raise the bar after an astonishing run of St. Vincent, Lauryn Hill and Anderson .Paak with a hot headliner double-punch, announcing The War on Drugs (July 11, $52.50) and Daniel Caesar (July 15, $37.50) as part of this year’s lineup. Both shows are co-pros with Sonic Concerts, and tix…
FOR THE LOVE OF SOME DEITY AND ALL THAT IS HOLY, please heed this message. If your kid(s) is too sick to go to school, THEY HAVE TO STAY HOME. With the exception of going to a doctor office or a walk-in clinic or, heaven forbid, the ER or the IWK, then STAY THE HELL…
Nearly two years after opening its doors on Quinpool, Riot Snack Bar (6293 Quinpool Road) has announced that it’s officially closed up shop, permanently. Nicole Tufts and Sonia Gillies-da Mota’s restaurant recently expanded its fleet to include Vandal Doughnuts, which replaced the dearly departed Ace Burger Co. (6293 Quinpool Road) in Gus’ Pub. According to…
So this big tanker truck drives by squirting eight little streams of brine on the road. In an hour the only thing left to see was eight barely visible lines of dried up salt dust. I could lay down more salt with a salt shaker. Is someone gonna tell me that this is somehow better…
Adrienne Klenk will have Dartmouth in stitches come February. That’s when she’ll open Seam Work, a sewing studio and classroom space that’ll share a home with Urban Gardens Ltd.—her husband Max’s new business—at 60 Queen Street. “I’ve been quilting for 20 years, and I started an Etsy shop in 2016, but I’d been teaching for…
The driver of the last #72 out of Burnside on weather bomb day did a fantastic job of both driving in nasty conditions AND informing passengers that it would be the last run, asking where they were headed and generally informing and reassuring them about getting home. I know a lot of people were probably…
The province is letting Halifax ship its garbage mountain of trash bags to another Nova Scotia dump. The department of environment announced the temporary exemption in provincial recycling law on Friday. The change lasts for six months and only applies to the Halifax Regional Municipality’s dumping of plastic shopping bags and the plastic wrap around…
When California started 2018 by formally legalizing weed, it felt like a blow to Canada’s cool cred. California has more people and a bigger economy than Canada, and it made legalization happen January 1, while prime minister Justin Trudeau is already losing his nerve for what had seemed a firm July 1 deadline. That’s weak,…
UPDATE: Despite HRM’s press release listing 1223 Lower Water Street as one of the comfort centres open all night, NS Power has apparently shut it down for the evening. The lights are on at Out of the Cold—for now, anyway. Organizer Eric Jonsson says the power has already gone out twice today, which has left…
I can’t fucking believe the state of the world. I can’t believe that a species that lived in caves 30,000 years ago, that eventually went to the moon, is just deciding to chuck it all. We shouldn’t go out like we are. —Last One Turn Off The Lights
10 The Boar’s Head and Yule Log Festival Friday // Saturday This Twelfth Night celebration is a centuries-old tradition of theatre, music and dance that brings the medieval and the modern together in a spectacle for all ages. World renowned performers from Ireland, the US and right here make this Cathedral Church of All Saints…
The last time I tried to buy weed before the Cannabis Act was introduced, I was a teenager. It was late in the 1900s, when the other prime minister Trudeau was winding down his political career. We never had much pot-buying success, my friends and I. But that was fine with me. Attempting to score…
Everyone’s Famous New episodes Thursdays everyonesfamous.ca It was 1968 when Andy Warhol said everyone would be world-famous for 15 minutes, and he died before the modern internet was invented–he never knew how true this throwaway line would become. The Halifax-produced web series Everyone’s Famous, a third of the way into its second season, knows what’s…
Open Waters Festival Friday, January 5-Wednesday, January 10 various venues $15-$25 (festival pass $60) tickethalifax.com The tagline for this year’s Open Waters, the annual music improvisation festival, is “never the same river twice.” “That’s Heraclitus,” says artistic director Lukas Pearse of the paraphrase. “My favourite pre-Socratic philosopher.” Such is the nature of improvised music—it is…
Wineries all over Atlantic Canada are celebrating last season’s harvest. Grapes hung on the vine longer than usual during our warm fall, boosting sugar and mellowing acidity. With little rain, their flavours and aromas concentrated, with less spoilage from moulds and mildews. After such a season, we should expect people to be excited about growing…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) Soulful beauty will be a major theme for you in 2018. Or at least it should be. But I suppose it’s possible you’re not very interested in soulful beauty, perhaps even bored by it. Maybe you prefer skin-deep beauty or expensive beauty or glamourous beauty. If you choose to…
Q I married my high-school sweetheart at 17, had a baby, together a few years, mental illness and subsequent infidelity led to things ending. My ex-husband remarried, divorced again and is now in another LTR. I’m in a LTR for a decade with my current partner (CP), we have a few kids and I’m so…
Planet protection I believe every Canadian has the fundamental right to breathe fresh air, drink clean water and eat safe food. More than 100 countries worldwide now recognize environmental rights in law. It’s time Canada caught up. A stronger Canadian Environmental Protection Act would better protect Canadians and our environment from toxic pollution, which is…
