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On August 7, 1993, Gregory Gerald Jodrey of Gaspereaux, Nova Scotia was murdered in Wolfville. Gregory was my best friend and I loved him dearly. Twenty-five years later, the hole remains in my heart and the anvil remains in my stomach. The bare facts are that Gregor was at the tavern in Wolfville, met a…
A Sobeys pharmacist “snooped” on the confidential medical history of friends, family and coworkers over a two year period and the province failed to adequately look into the serious privacy breach. Those shocking details are contained in two new investigations released Wednesday by Nova Scotia’s Information and Privacy Commissioner. According to Catherine Tully’s office, from…
In 2007, Canada was one of four countries to vote against the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (with New Zealand, the United States and Australia). With its single-minded focus on making Canada an “energy superpower,” albeit only with fossil fuels, the Harper government feared the declaration’s concept of “free, prior and informed”…
After banning darts and breaking hearts, Halifax may ease off its public smoking prohibition—for cigarettes, at least. City council asked this week for a staff report on filtering out tobacco from the new public smoking ban that was created two weeks ago when HRM amended its nuisance bylaws. Dartmouth Centre councillor Sam Austin brought the…
Hi, hey, hello: We get it. You wanna crush that cardio. And apparently you can only do this in a group of 20, roaming the sidewalk like a pack of gazelles. But WHY in the world do you have to run around those of us trying to use the sidewalk to, you know, WALK PLACES?…
It seems there is a wide-spread, serious mechanical issue with most cars lately in HRM: All the indicator lights are out on the majority of makes and models, making it impossible to predict which way you are fucking going. This leads to me halting quickly while walking across the street when you almost run me…
Certain stores need to stop jacking up their prices before putting on their “get one free” specials and thinking their customers don’t notice. These stores seem to think the general public is completely stupid. Since when is Kraft Dinner over 2 bucks? I never pay over $1 for it! A can of beans for $2…
The councilor is wrong. You aren’t satire. You are self parody. And have been for quite some time. —Chesty Puller
On behalf of everyone, enough with the goddamn humidity! Let’s get back to the good old days when we complained about how cold it was.—NeverHappy
…how weak in the knees and heart-eyed I get every time you take your sunglasses off and our gazes meet over ice cream.—waffle cone girl
I am sorry if this offends you, but I cannot stand majority of bikers. You have the ones driving on the road like a car, which I think they’re supposed to do when there is no bike lane. But then, when we get to a red light, they all of a sudden are now riding…
We’re finally in the new Willennium. Our editorial colleague Allison Saunders joins us in studio to chat about Hershey’s laying off workers at the old Moirs plant (plus the difference between American and Canadian Pot of Golds). We also run down the greatest Atlantic Canadian albums of all time (as chosen by Coast readers in…
To the guy who came to the show in full costume: You made the evening exponentially better. Thank you for that! It was such a great time.—An Avid Dan Fan
To the girl with the yellow bikini top and short shorts walking down Portland Street today giving zero fucks: I love you! You rock! Admiring your body confidence!—Overheating Girl in Jeans
Being low key is not always the recipe for maximum summer weekend fun, as this weekend’s over-the-top happenings prove: Live it up as early-2000s legend Thrice throws a free show, Pride wraps with its beloved Dykes vs Divas baseball game, RuPaul’s Drag Race star Thorgy Thor hosts the first-ever drag queen-led orchestra in Canada from…
Downtown Halifax’s infamous Pizza Corner is reeling in a new clientele. Katch Seafood, a fast-casual twist on the traditional fish and chips, is opening under the same roof as Pizza Girls (1560 Grafton Street). The new brand will have six different kinds of batters, as well as fish tacos and salads. Business partner Connor Stoilov is…
When Halifax council approved the city’s new cannabis bylaw last week, the reaction was understandably fierce. Smoking is now illegal outside. It’s also illegal inside. What was presented by HRM as a sensible first approach to dealing with cannabis legalization has, instead, been condemned for its potential for abuse. It’s almost a foregone conclusion this…
On July 17, HRM council unanimously approved the neighbourhood of Schmidtville as a Heritage Conservation District. And there is much to learn for everyone in the city. Nine years after Friends of Schmidtville applied, this unique locality will receive protection from encroaching development and preserve the ambience of the largest and oldest contiguous historic area…
Since the onset of chronic pain when I entered my 30s, walking to the bus stop meant suffering before I even got on the bus. I became a client of Access-A-Bus for the second time this spring. I needed a better way to manage my schedule without unnecessary fatigue, and after hearing more positive reviews,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Leo (Jul 23-Aug 22) As you wobble and stumble into the New World, you shouldn’t pretend you understand more than you actually do. In fact, I advise you to play up your innocence and freshness. Gleefully acknowledge you’ve got a lot to learn. Enjoy the liberating sensation of having nothing to prove. That’s…
Block that punt As a citizen of Halifax, I wish to question why HRM council has deferred the question for the cost of a Canadian Football League stadium to city staff. The cost of this request is sure to amount in the tens of thousands of dollars, which taxpayer money is being used to determine.…
People in Canada discard about 57 million plastic drinking straws every day. In my hometown of Vancouver, we toss out 2.6 million disposable cups every week. It’s a global problem. Plastic products are choking landfills and waterways and causing devastation in the oceans. In 2014, scientists even found a new kind of stone in Hawaii,…
Thorgy and the Thorchestra July 27-28, 7:30pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium 6101 University Avenue $25-$55 History—or rather, “herstory”—will be made when Thorgy Thor (AKA Shane Galligan) of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame graces the Rebecca Cohn this weekend stage to give Canada its first-ever orchestral drag performance: Thorgy and the Thorchestra. Presented by Symphony Nova Scotia, it’s a…
Places Please! Monday, July 30, 7:30pm The Waiting Room, 6040 Almon Street $40 tickethalifax.com A different kind of Waiting Room is facing closure this autumn: The four-year-old north-end performance space, rehearsal hall and home of KAZAN CO-OP will fall to the condo wrecking ball in the coming months. “We rented to 18 independent theatre companies…
Nova Multifest Saturday, July 28, 10am-8pm Alderney Landing, 2 Ochterloney Street, Dartmouth free multifestns.ca If you take a look beyond Nova Scotia’s tartan-clad, fish ‘n’ chips-dense, bagpipe-ridden traditions, you’ll realize there’s a lot more cultural diversity in this province than meets the eye. If you’re having trouble seeing the rich multiculturalism making up our vast…
Laura Jean Fraser carefully places a crown of handmade buttercream flowers on top of a vanilla layer cake iced with strawberry buttercream. Using buttercream, and making flowers with it, used to scare her. Watching her now, you would think she has been doing it for years. Once the icing is done Fraser’s flower-adorned cake is…
Q I’ve been faithfully reading your column in the Chicago Reader for years, and now I’m reaching out to you about my own problem. I’ve been dating this guy for almost a year. Everything is great, except one thing: He wants me to kick him in the nuts. It really bothers me, and I’m not…
Introduction to Wine Tuesdays July 31- August 28 Obladee, A Wine Bar, 1600 Barrington Street eventbrite.ca or reserve@obladee.ca. $285 For its population, Halifax graduates an impressive number of sommeliers. Nova Scotia is also a very young wine region and most local drinkers of wine are new to the beverage. Starting at the end of this…
Melanie Titus’ first foray into macrame was an experiment. A portrait photographer and interior decor junkie, she taught herself how to tie the throwback knots for a photoset just over a year ago. “It started out as ‘I want to try this and see if I can do it and I realized that I kind…
Adrian Beaton always wanted to be an entrepreneur, but it wasn’t until he and his family went axe throwing that his dream business plan came together. “I took it to my cousin Paul MacInnis, he was my first investor, and away we went,” he says. “And it kind of just exploded.” It was 2016 when…
