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To the fat-ass who went out of his way to interrupt my wife and her friends while they were conversing amongst themselves in their native language to tell them that they should speak in English, here’s what you should do: Mind your own fucking business. I bet you felt like a real big shot harassing…
This is the second time I saw your cat left outside, sitting on your doorstep in the pouring rain waiting to get inside your house. So, I decide to go across the street and ring your doorbell to tell you your cat wants to come inside. Then you tell me that it is ok that…
Rape culture is, unfortunately, still prevalent in HRM thanks to the cops. The HRP and RCMP spend more time giving out traffic tickets than they do investigating and prosecuting the men who rape women. I should know: I was a victim of date rape. I immediately repored the rape to the police, gave a formal…
Every time I call up businesses they usually all have the same stupid voice greeting telling you to “listen carefully as the menu items have recently changed.” Really? Who cares? You are wasting my valuable time. Just tell me the options and I will choose. —Stop wasting my time
I know you’re completely off limits, but I can’t stop thinking about you. I realize I don’t talk to you much, but there’s a reason for my silence: You render me tongue-tied with one glance. Sorry for being so abrupt yesterday when you approached me. I’m a complete dork around men I find attractive.You’re the first…
Last week the Coast posted a blurb in this section by someone who was expressing joy at the misfortune of others: An individual who found pleasure by reading about violence and vandalism. Perhaps that contributor’s time would be better spent looking within at the true source of their unhappiness. It is gross to wish ill…
Another summer in Halifax, another stretch of months watching a plant die. For the first time in history there are bananas growing in the Halifax Public Gardens. The musa acuminate AKA dwarf banana plant has been growing in the gardens for eight to 10 years, and this spring began to produce fruit. There are over…
Following last month’s announcement that a cease-and-desist from artist Shepard Fairey will force the OBEY Convention to change its name for 2020, comes the announcement from another small-and-tough festival, the 14-year-old In the Dead of Winter: It’s taking next year off. “It’s expensive and it’s hard to do this right now, so we’re taking a…
If you don’t value your employees’ mental health over the work, maybe rethink if you should be in charge. If your employee is anxious or depressed at work, maybe take a second to think: “Am I causing this? Can I help them?” Maybe, just a thought, try giving a shit about the people who are…
Thank you for joining me on that empty dance-floor over a decade ago. If it wasn’t for your sense of adventure, we wouldn’t be here today. —French Canadian
From fireworks, to the massive free concert featuring The Sorority, to seeing an honest-to-god live sloth, we’ve got the goods for a great long weekend. Canada Day 2019 official fireworks Monday After A-Trak wraps what’s sure to be a red-hot set this July 1, Alderney Landing keeps it lit with the annual Canada Day fireworks.…
Spaghetti carbonara Mappatura, 5883 Spring Garden Road, $12/$22 Carbonara is a dish that so many restaurants make, but so few seem to nail. From cream sauces that claim to be carbonara to sauces with scrambled egg to thin, watery undercooked sauce, this supposedly simple dish can also easily be botched. Mappatura chef and co-owner Terry…
When you go to this thriving harbourside community for the 42nd annual Bedford Days celebration, June 27-July 1, these shops, restaurants and services are worth a visit.
QI’m a single gay guy in my late 30s. I’m quite introverted and a bit shy, yet I have a big sexual drive and a rich libido. I’ve always found the gay scene overwhelming, and my several attempts at online dating were not very successful. I feel my quiet ways tend to put people off…
Lungbutter w/Glazey, Meat Substitute Thursday, June 29, 6:30pm Lost & Found, 2383 Agricola Street $10/pwyc Honey may be the first LP from Montreal post-punk trio Lungbutter, but drummer Joni Sadler says the record has been a long time coming. Back in 2013, Sadler was new to the scene in Montreal and got to know vocalist…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CANCER (June 21 – July 20) Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. JULY: Acquire a new personal symbol that thrills your mind and mobilizes your soul. AUGUST: Reconfigure the way you deal with money. Get smarter about your finances. SEPTEMBER: It’s time to expedite your learning. But streetwise education…
Grading school I read a post about how parents were feeling lost in regards to their children with learning disabilities, and how they felt there wasn’t enough support within their schools. The sort of problems we hear so much about these days in regards to the NS school system. I could relate to the learning…
Afederal nationalist party called The National Canadian Alliance tried to recruit members in Nova Scotia on June 22 but were met once again with heavy opposition by a counter demonstration of at least 100 people at Grand Parade Square. While counter-protestors starkly outnumbered the NCA rally, none were reported carrying weapons. No one was reported…
Like most things happening at City Hall lately, commercial tax changes have been a long time in the making. What started as a 2015 request—to look at concerns from small businesses in the central business district and main street and commercial corridors—came to the committee of the whole this week. It left with an amendment…
Katarina Marinic, Oceans of Change To November 3 Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21 1055 Marginal Road Katarina Marinic is the child of immigrants, the ways many of us who live on this large rock called North America are. The travelling branches of her family tree are more fresh and linear than some, though, stretching…
The Wizard of Oz June 30-August 31 Cambridge Battery, Point Pleasant Park by donation ($25 sweet seat) shakespearebythesea.ca We’ve had a lot of conversations about, ‘What is iconic? What are people going to be expecting?'” muses Jesse MacLean, director of Shakespeare By The Sea’s season opener, an adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. “We don’t…
Nothing decorates a deck party better than glasses of pink wine glinting in the sunlight. And no wine checks all the boxes of refreshment, food-friendliness and affordability like Nova Scotian rosé. Rosé suffers the unfortunate misconception that it is cheap, sweet wine, a rap left over from the ’80s when white wine was more fashionable…
What is the biggest determinate of a quality education? Is it teachers, or is it something far beyond the reach of teachers? What are the factors that continue to keep the achievement gap a seething sea of despair? I’ll start here and tell you that it comes down to economics, plain and simple. We may…
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