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That Fiona Apple tune in the opening credits of “The Affair” constitutes a major crime against humanity. —Bite Me
I know there are certainly more pressing problems in the world but why is it so difficult to find a place that makes good homemade grits (corn meal porridge) in downtown Halifax? Between the popular breakfast chains (who specialize in breakfast), you would think they could do better. Or even the classier hotels downtown. They…
OK Agropur, you huge bummer, you’re laying off hundreds of Atlantic Canadians who work in the dairy industry, and you’ve just acquired Scotsburn Dairy so I’m sort of scared shitless that you might decide to axe the wonderfully bizarre, borderline offensive person who populates the Scotsburn Dairy twitter account (@ScotsburnDairy, please smash follow with the…
I dunno what’s harder to learn, becoming a doctor or learning to understand the Halifax Transit bus schedule. I feel like a lab experiment test to see how much stress I can handle taking a bus. I feel lIke I’m more squeezed together on packed buses then atoms fused together. Some days I turn into…
There seems to be a serious lack of dogs in The Coast, specifically Beans. —Young Wiz
To the beautiful home on Flamingo Drive, everyone loves your huge, flashy, beautiful Christmas display. Thanks for spreading some Christmas cheer to your neighbourhood. —Love the lights!
I am pretty damn well tired of this. Actors who are self important pompous holier than thous telling other people what to think. He is going to be the president. Deal with and stop crying. might as well wish him good luck. If he fails like you all want him to so does your country…
What a shame that this once fine forum has gone right down the tubes simply over one factor: NO new bitches. The last few weeks have been positively wretched without my bitch fix! Can’t the moderator pump out a few bogus ones just to get the blood going? —Sigh. Waiting….waiting….
[Image-1] David Fraser doesn’t remember the last time he was stopped by police. But he knows it happens disproportionately to other people, and that’s a problem. “I’m a middle-aged white guy,” says Fraser, a privacy lawyer with McInnes Cooper. “If I get stopped by the cops at night, I have way more confidence that I’m…
Thank you to the two people who stopped and shovelled the long end of my driveway near the park on Sunday. You were right, I would have been out there long after dark and I went to bed rested instead of exhausted. Thank you! —Long Driveway
I know there are certainly more pressing problems in the world but why is it so difficult to find a place that makes good homemade waffles or pancakes in downtown Halifax? Between the popular breakfast chains (who specialize in breakfast), you would think they could do better. Or even the classier hotels downtown. They will…
Born in Amsterdam, moved to Canada when I was 11. No accent in either language. In your face! If my profile goes right over your head, then it should go right over you head. FULL DISCLOSURE: If a college degree is your last form of education, I’m not interested unless it’s the Julliard School of…
[Image-1] With no research on its effectiveness, and facing strong evidence that black people are overwhelmingly targeted, Halifax Regional Police still aren’t interested in suspending the practice of “street checks.” The idea for a moratorium on the controversial tactic was made by Sylvia Parris—the lone African-Nova Scotian representative on Halifax’s Board of Police Commissioners—during a…
After four years at its Brewery Market (1496 Lower Water Street) location, unsung buffet hero Aleppo Cafe closed up shop back in March, promising we hadn’t seen the last of its plentiful offerings. The restaurant—which originally opened in 2008 on Quinpool Road before moving in 2012—has reinvented itself as 7 Peppers Grill, and will make…
Here I sit in QEII emerg, my leg that had surgery four days ago has developed a nasty purple patch so I’m in to make sure I’m not heading for blood clot land. I’m sitting in what are likely the most uncomfortable cheap office chairs ever made, for the last four hours. There is no…
New year’s resolution 2017: Do more things that scare you. Although, truthfully, with events this low pressure there’s no reason to be scared. So if you’ve resolved to do more totally fun and not at all scary things in 2017 you might want to check out The Big Sing. Launching this Monday, January 9 at…
7 Beginner Series: Shelf/Wine Holder Workshop Sunday This aimed-at-newbies class teaches you some handy woodworking skills by building a (totally awesome) shelf from start to finish. And if you wanna use your shelf for storing bottles, so much the better. Get all the details here. 6 Bahnahnah Dance Party Friday DJs Fadzwa, Shyshaya, Fancy Pants…
All of the demands the teachers want will come of the backs of people on low/minimum wage. I don’t get a vote when they are threatening to strike or or work to rule but I sure do pay for it. It’s low wagers that can’t afford to take time off work while teachers blackmail us.…
Open Waters Festival 2017 January 6-10 Sir James Dunn Theatre, The Company House $10-$25 at Dal Box Office Festival passes $55-$60 The Open Waters Festival is about to flood two local venues with events featuring “exploratory music.” Lukas Pearse is the artistic director of the Upstream Music Association, which presents these events every year. He…
[Image-1] A research project examining how Alderney Drive affects walking in downtown Dartmouth concludes it’s not a very appealing spot for pedestrians. Adam Fine, a graduate student at Dalhousie University’s School of Planning, has asked walkers about their usual routes in Dartmouth’s compact downtown. People who did his survey last fall (Disclosure: I was one…
1945 Civic Planning Commission calls for harbour bridges and arterial roads to raise tax income. 1955 The Angus L. Macdonald Bridge opens, increasing traffic to the downtown. 1962 Fourteen acres of land in the newly created Central Redevelopment Area (what was then Jacob and Market Streets) are expropriated and the properties bulldozed. 1967 Construction begins…
Local craft supply shop and teahouse Yu Yo Craft Supply + Tea House (1498 Lower Water Street) is encouraging people to learn an art form or craft by offering old and new creative workshops every month. Yu Xia and Mengnan Qu opened the shop last April, where they teach classes in bookbinding, Chinese calligraphy, tea…
[Image-1] The longer we delay addressing environmental problems, the more difficult it will be to resolve them. Although we’ve known about climate change and its potential impacts for a long time, and we’re seeing those impacts worsen daily, our political representatives are still approving and promoting fossil fuel infrastructure as if we had all the…
[Image-1] Halifax is in the midst of a shift in the way that we think about our streets. In the newest round of ideas presented for the Integrated Mobility Plan, staff have made it clear that if we want to get more people out of their cars, we need to think about streets as places…
This winter, beloved frite-slinging food truck Tin Pan Alley is getting a permanent address—no generators required—and opening up shop in Scotia Square Mall’s ever-expanding food court. “This past fall we started looking at a couple of bricks-and mortar-places, and it snowballed from there. We saw places all over,” says Karl Warme who will run the…
[Image-1] If you fly over a forest and look down, you’ll see every green tree and plant reaching to the heavens to absorb the ultimate energy source: sunlight. What a contrast when you look down on a city or town with its naked roofs, asphalt roads and concrete sidewalks, all ignoring the sun’s beneficence! Research…
Q My brother is a virgin and turning 30 in a few weeks. He says he wants to hire an escort just for drinks and conversation for his birthday, but he doesn’t really know how to tell what’s a reliable service or what criteria he should be looking for to tell whether an agency is…
Development’s war on history I feel as though there is almost a war going on against the history and culture of Halifax. Maybe it’s far-fetched, but I’m reminded of the looting of ancient artifacts by American soldiers during the Iraq war. Also by the destruction of Christian villages by ISIS and the demolition of the…
Wake up, Halifax. A new day, a new year is dawning, bringing with it a fresh opportunity to bulldoze the mistakes of the past and plan a better future. Time to turn dreams into reality. Finally, after almost five decades clogging up the gateway to downtown Halifax, the Cogswell Interchange is coming down. Later this…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Capricorn (Dec 22-Jan 19) I thought of you when I read a tweet by a person who calls himself Vexing Voidsquid. “I feel imbued with a mysterious positive energy,” he wrote, “as if thousands of supplicants are worshipping golden statues of me somewhere.” Given the astrological omens, I think it’s quite possible you…
Matt Hall loved escape rooms so much that he decided to open one of his own—even if it meant giving up his all of his free time. His Mind Hack Room Escape (1410 Hammonds Plains Road)—the city’s fifth escape room— debuted quietly December 18, providing a little friendly problem solving for folks looking to keep…
