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[Image-1] To the spandex clad moron on the BLT trail Saturday morning, yelling at everyone to “Move the fuck over!” Perhaps you are angry because you missed out on the middle-age Tour de France? Or maybe you were going too fast (in your own mind) on a road bike, on a multi-use trail, to notice…
Why does old white cheddar taste like barf and why won’t it melt? Other cheese tastes a little better, but completely vanishes when it melts. I put some on my quesadilla and after I took it out of the oven, it had turned to nothing but pure oil. WTF is this crap??? Your product sucks!!!…
If you youtube Reason Rally Cringe and can make it through an entire video without feeling like you want the zombie apocalypse to just happen already, then CONGRATULATIONS – you are an SJW and you are the problem. —Still and athiest, unfortunately
[Image-1] Aviator sunglasses, Undercuts with beards, lumberjack plaid shirts, man-purses, flat-brim hats, Pictures with big smelly dogs, always a pitbull – ooh what a tough guy you are. Dirtbikes, disgusting wrangler jeans, awful sneakers, black dress shirt with a light-blue cumberbund. Ugh. Men of POF – get your shit together and find a woman already…
Today a major media outlet ditched organizations that are consulting politicians and constructing city plans to make our roads safer and more accessible for pedestrians and cyclists, creating change in this far-behind city. Why was the future of Halifax’s roads and environment deemed low-priority? Because an old man was finally admitted to the correct hospital.…
Great deal on the 5-dollar frying pan, EXCEPT why there gotta be fucking stickers stuck all over it! They don’t even peel off! They just tear off in little pieces and leave sticky bits of gunk all over it. Even stickers on the bottom of the pan where you put it on the burner, to…
This story may qualify under the way we love comments, as this Dad may indeed love his son. It was not evident today however. As my friends and I emerged from a walk through Camp Hill Cemetery onto Robie St,. we heard loud angry shouting. A helmeted man, straddling a bike was yelling at a…
After three years of living in Halifax during the summers as a university student, I had to move back home to my small town this summer because of Hali’s not-so-cheap rent situation. Oh Halifax, how I miss you every day. I did not expect to miss you at all, let alone this much. I miss…
[Image-1] I really do love Halifax. I’ve been dabbling with barefoot walking to prepare for barefoot running. Today I did my longest barefoot walk and it was amazing. The sidewalks along Spring Garden Road and Robie Street are so well taken care of, it’s amazing. I didn’t have to dodge glass or sharp rocks. The walk was a breeze…
My heart broke when I noticed your little kid had Lady Slippers, a protected flower, in their beach pail at the Park. Maybe, you couldn’t stop them in time from grabbing them or perhaps you don’t know that they are endangered flowers. Please leave them be in the forest. —Miss Sad
The former Unicorn Boutique space (1475 Lower Water Street) is being brought back to life by another magical creation—Haskapa, Nova Scotia’s wonder fruit, will open its first Halifax storefront this week. “It’s something unique that’s special to Nova Scotia at this moment in time, so it will be a touristy product but we’re looking to…
I’ve recently been Trudeau’d (Is that a verb yet? It should be—look up their love story) by a Haligonian. And it ain’t fun—but I still love you Hali, and I will continue to have faith in your weird and wonderful men! —A catch that hasn’t been caught yet
[Image-1] You said you were coming over and bringing drinks. You bring a SIX PACK of beer for both of us to share. Wow, how will I ever contain my excitement! A whole three beers! I barely even caught a buzz, you cheapo! Sober as a judge on a Friday night. BUT you made sure to buy a…
You guys kicked it with my nan in emergency Thursday night while she waited for a doctor to see her. In light of the whole situation, you carried on with our ridiculousness for hours. I know it’s part of your job to stick around, but your personalities and kindness made all the difference. I didn’t…
Whoever told you that going to your ex-girlfriend’s university and telling her new friends about all the girls you banged behind her back would be a good idea was lying to you. And whoever told you a good excuse to tell me when I confront you about it is that you said it to look…
Whoever is leaving their cat out all night on Harvard or one of its side streets, take it the hell inside. Every single night it’s out there screeching like it’s being run over and fighting with some other poor cat. Every. single. night. Take care of the animal you brought into your damn care. —Sick…
If you’ve been howling at the moon, hoping for the Food Wolf’s answer, here it is. After setting up a permanent, semi-retirement home at the Timber Lounge (2712 Agricola Street), serving up street eats to the bar’s axe throwers, Halifax’s food truck pioneer is welcoming a second vehicle to its pack. “We went to Taiwan…
Erica Cormier is inspired. The north end resident and entrepreneur is opening her first venture into small business—11 Street Boutique (5649 Hennessy Street, on the corner of Isleville)—this weekend in the Hydrostone, and she says she couldn’t have done it without her local retail muses. “I’m really into shopping local, and boutique shopping, and I…
Prismatic Arts Festival just announced its 2016 line-up, and it’s killer. For the first time, the multi-genre fest is featuring exclusively female artists and cultural workers. Plus, after two years at Alderney Landing in Dartmouth, the festival is returning to downtown Halifax from September 21-25. This sixth edition of the festival focuses on showcasing Indigenous…
[Image-1] We’re living in a time of records. More renewable energy came on stream in 2015 than ever—147 gigawatts, equal to Africa’s entire generating capacity—and investment in the sector broke records worldwide. Costs for producing solar and wind power have hit record lows. Portugal obtained all its electricity from renewable sources for four straight days…
[Image-1] I totally respect, admire and give props to parents out there with kids. Toddlers are like little drunk persons with a severe mood disorder. Angry, sloppy, unpredictable and loud. If you are in a situation where you must live in an apartment with your kids I really think that must be rough. Smaller space,…
YOU make the choice to fill your lungs with gross cancer causing habit forming disgustingness. I CHOOSE To breathe the air. I come first. That is right smokers, suck it up and stop smoking near me. I have chronic ASTHMA and an immune disorder. I am SICK AND FUCKING TIRED of waiting for the bus…
You Know Who You Are. You’re the one that gossips about everyone behind their back, who berates co-workers for not following policy and then you do the exact same thing the next day (but it’s ok if YOU do it), who just today yelled and pointed your short stubby finger in my face causing me…
[Image-1] Bitch, I’m falling for you. So fucking shape up. —The Sinking Boat
[Image-1] Nova Scotia’s information and privacy commissioner says the province needs a statutory duty to report breaches of individual privacy. Commissioner Catherine Tully published on Tuesday her office’s annual report on Nova Scotia’s access to information and protection of privacy laws. It found that personal information held by public bodies was “likely breached between 10…
With such impactful changes coming, both now and in the future, it’s vital to have someone working for Bedford’s best interests—someone like Councillor Tim Outhit. “We have wonderful neighbourhoods being built, and with that comes a lot of new small businesses and neighbourhood businesses,” says Outhit. “The key for us is to maintain good growth…
Nova Scotian artist Colleen Wolstenholme is suing British artist Damien Hirst for copyright. The suit was filed in the New York Southern District on June 10. According to the court documents, Wolstenholme claims that a selection of Hirst’s jewellery mirrors her work. Both the artists’ jewellery designs feature charms inspired by pharmaceutical pills. Wolstenholme alleges…
[Image-1] A special meeting of HRM’s Board of Police Commissioners has been called for this week after an internal police audit found over half of the Criminal Investigation Division’s drug exhibits might be missing. Completed last summer, and revised with a further investigation this past spring, the audit was released to The Coast two weeks…
[Image-1] To the gentleman at a certain coffee and doughnut shop this morning, I’ll bet it never occurred to you that someone else -namely the person who ordered immediately before you- could possibly have the SAME order as yourself. I’ll also also bet that it never even crossed your mind that the order you shoved…
Do you really believe you can repeal the internet by eating free donuts? —Joaquín Andújar
The grocery baskets at the ATLANTIC SUPER STORES are FILTHY and DISGUSTING!!!!! Hasn’t there gotta be some law against this? Is it just poor management? These things get stacked up at the register, day in and day out. Picked up by human human employees who see and touch this every day….and still they stay crudded…
[Image-1] For the first time in a long time I feel like I actually have it together. Like my head, my heart and my direction are all aligning. I have you to thank for this. You came into my life and have made me a better person, you believing in me has helped me to…
[Image-1] Several downtown business owners—one of whom also happens to be running for mayor—are taking legal action over disruptions caused by the Nova Centre’s construction. The Carleton, Attica and the Wooden Monkey have commenced action are “negotiating proceedings” against the municipal, provincial and federal governments in an effort to recover financial losses they say were…
[Image-1] Just months after opening, the Timber Lounge might be on the hunt for new digs if a seven-storey development is approved for the corner of Agricola and May Street. Halifax’s District 7 and 8 Planning Advisory Committee will meet today, June 27, to discuss an application by WSP Canada (on behalf of “Persimmon Properties”)…
[Image-1] Having solved urban chickens, feral cats and outlaw bees, city council will now turn its animal control expertise to “harbour squirrels.” Halifax South Downtown councillor Waye Mason will be asking for a staff report at Tuesday’s meeting of the Halifax and West Community Council to look at combatting the city’s rat problem. The motion…
Here I was, biking up Oxford street tonight, when I spotted an 8-to-10-year old waiting at the intersection to cross. So I stopped. And waited, and waited. For a WHOLE MINUTE as cars behind me continued up the street! I stop-signalled, pointed to them and then to the pedestrian, everything short of shouting down a…
[Image-1] For fucks sakes Halifax!!!! can’t you tell a street musician from a panhandler? Do I need to get interact? Are you afraid of real live music?Why do 99.9% of you walk by, smile, acknowledge the talent and then pretend that you are busy at something like your fucking cell phones or your room mate…
To those that insist on denying admission of some veterans into the local world-renowned Veterans Hospital – STOP!!! Why are you doing this? These folks gave their all for us and we should be giving them the best care we possibly can at the end of their lives. SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!! —Pissed and Ashamed
[Image-1] Thanks for the late night chats after Mellotones show last Thursday. Would have stayed out later to go on an adventure but AM work and adulting responsibilities got in the way. Owe you a dance and a possible drink. See you on the D floor black dressed to impress. —CD
[Image-1] Halifax Peninsula North councillor Jennifer Watts already has a gig lined up for after October’s municipal election. Watts will join the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS) as its new director of settlement and integration in November. “I always said I was looking for work,” says the two-term councillor (who is not re-offering).…
Halifax Pride is geared up for another year of rainbow-filled celebrating, announcing their full lineup for the 10-day fest. Here, we’re rounding up the events we’re marking on our calendars—but full event listings are available here. Kate Bornstein presents Trans, Just for the Fun of It! A nonbinary trans author, activist and performance artist, New…
10. Food & Drink › Georgian Tea Party. Sat Jun 25, 2-4pm. Start practicing your British accent now: Scott’s Manor House is inviting you for high tea, Georgian-style! Free teas, sandwiches and sweets are on offer with live entertainment. Complete the experience by checking out the art exhibit by students of Peggy-Lynn Holland. 9. Visual…
Kubi Gonul wants his new bistro/cafe to be a gathering place for Agricola Street’s residents and passersby. The bright red-and-blue Agora—which will open in the former Orphan Books at 2394 Agricola Street in July— isn’t Gonul’s first foray in the Halifax restaurant industry: He was once the owner of downtown favourite Turkish Delight (5680 Spring…
[Image-1] In response to The Coast’s cover story this week, Halifax Regional Police and the Halifax district RCMP just released a public statement on the drug exhibit audit that took place last year. It’s printed below in its entirety. The police have also provided a “final” version of the audit as a PDF. Attached at…
[Image-1] We need real climate leadership and now we have a chance to demand it. On June 28th, Halifax is having a climate town hall with MP Andy Fillmore. This is our chance to influence policy to fight the ever-growing crisis of climate change. Last December, at the United Nations climate negotiations in Paris (COP21),…
[Image-1] Bernie White knows municipal elections. He should—the man spent decades working in municipal government before retiring in 2014 as clerk of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Now, the 59-year-old from New Waterford is working a three-year term as this province’s municipal elections officer. Part of White’s duties involve training local returning officers and trying…
[Image-1] Hundreds of people crammed into a tiny meeting room at the Lacewood Future Inns on Monday evening to hear a presentation on the proposed plans for the Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes wilderness area. It did not go well. The crowd—which filled the conference room and spilled into the hallway and lobby of the hotel—was…
An internal audit by Halifax Regional Police has uncovered the department’s shocking habit of losing track of drugs and money seized as evidence. Conducted last summer and released to The Coast under the Freedom of Information Act, the audit found a nearly 90 percent failure rate within the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for evidence continuity.…
If you go to the very back of Halifax’s 306-page Municipal Planning Strategy, you’ll find a 12-page list called Municipal Development Plan Amendments in Chronological Order of Ministerial Approval. That’s a mouthful, so I like to call it “the special snowflake list.” For example, height precincts may allow for a maximum building height of 35…
The sound of drills, the sight of construction cranes and the annoyance of closed sidewalks: This scene is familiar to anyone who’s spent time in Halifax lately. It’s getting hard to walk anywhere in the urban core without seeing some sort of high-rise construction. There’s plenty of speculation about the cause of all this building,…
Women still need real change We are residents of Adsum Centre, a transitional housing program for women at risk of homelessness. Many of us have experienced sexualized violence and physical violence, but in today’s climate, we do not feel heard, believed or safe from backlash and victim-blaming if we speak out. It is these supportive…
Q There is a guy at my work who is into puppy play. I know this because I have some friends in the gay puppy community. I don’t give two shits what anyone I work with does to get off. All well and good, except he wants us to call him Spike, his puppy name.…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22) My meditations have generated six metaphorical scenarios that will symbolize the contours of your life story during the next 15 months: 1. A claustrophobic tunnel that leads to a sparkling spa; 2. A 19th-century Victorian vase filled with 13 fresh wild orchids; 3. An immigrant who, after tenacious effort,…
Summer sunshine means the bumpy tangle of country roads in Hants County is dotted with rust-tinged yard sales and rickety signs advertising fresh eggs and homemade jams and pickles. On our drive up to Summerville we pass cows leaning lazily into the wind-rustled grass and horses, bored and dozy in the sunshine, serenely staring at…
Meryl McMaster: Collected Journeys June 28-July 9 Artist presentation: Tuesday, June 28, noon Anna Leonowens Gallery, 1891 Granville Street free Meryl McMaster’s portraits feel kinetic and layered. With light and sculpture, the Ontario-based artist brings new dimension to an often stoic art form, and questions the role of photography and depictions of the self. “There was…
2b Theatre’s Unconscious at the Sistine Chapel is a theatrical delight at the Stages Theatre Festival, playing through the fest’s final weekend. It brings together technical magic, outstanding performances and a finely layered script filled with sharp, funny dialogue. Playwright Michael Mackenzie imagines a chance meeting in the Sistine Chapel between two couples: Minna Bernays…
Weekend Dads EP release party w/Crossed Wires, Dyscontrol and Noise Policy Friday, June 24, 10pm Menz & Molly Bar, 2182 Gottingen Street $5/$7 James Clobbertson, vocalist/bassist of Halifax’s punk-rock four piece The Weekend Dads, is sipping a large, inky-coloured Americano in a coffee shop. Dressed in a total rocker’s uniform—black jeans with a black t-shirt…
Capella Regalis Men & Boys Choir Wednesday, June 29, 7pm All Saints Cathedral, 1330 Martello Street $20 A percussionist by training, Nick Halley has always had deep ties to choral music. “I sang in a mixed children’s choir down in Connecticut as a boy,” he says. “Drumming and baseball were my singular obsessions, but my…
