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To the four ladies that ask if they could join me on the bench to enjoy their meal from ribfest, you made my Canada Day! I was going to go home but joining you for beers at the Stubborn Goat maybe my night. My only regret was not getting your number. Hopefully we will meet…
“Basically we’re just three foodies that love to travel and eat and try different food, in the past five years we’ve been across the world,” says Hadi Hafez who opens Stockpot Cafe today in the former location of Burnside lunch favourite, Starfresh Diner (20 Wright Avenue). “We’re Haligonians at heart, we’ve been here 20 or…
Between the two bridges linking the harbour’s separated-at-birth cities, the matchy-matchy towers of Purdy’s Wharf and the local predilection for strong drink, Halifax is often seeing double. But this summer it’s deja vu all over again. Since the end of May, loads of Haligonian screens have been tuning in to the second coming of Twin…
The Initial Show Craig Gallery, Alderney Landing 2 Ochterloney Street To July 23 Artists’ talk Saturday, July 15, 2pm A singular Nova Scotian artistic voice is impossible to pin down—and The Initial Show, which runs until July 23 at the Craig Gallery in Dartmouth, stands as modest proof of the province’s artistic multeity. The show…
Lady of the Lake album release Tuesday, July 11, 6:30pm Board Room Game Cafe Bedford 936 Bedford Highway Wednesday, July 12, 3:30-5pm Press Gang Restaurant & Oyster Bar 5218 Prince Street Maureen Batt and Jeremy VanSlyke had a vision to do something that hadn’t been done before in classical music—record the entire song cycle of…
We stop for all stop signs, you don’t! We signal to turn, you don’t! You drive down the sidewalk, we don’t. You drive where ever you want to, we don’t! We pay gas, insurance, you don’t. You don’t even wear helmets, mirrors and have lights on front and back! I’m sick and completely tired of…
Fifteen years working overseas in the wine industry instilled a serious love for “crafting beautiful beverages” in Kevin and Alexis Moore. So much so that the couple— who on top of wine, had an affinity for making fermented foods like kefir, sauerkraut, beer and kombucha at home— returned to their home in Nova Scotia about…
To the little blonde at the Common who told me to have a happy Canada Day, who I gave a grave look to, who responded with a look of shock, maybe dread even… I’m sick, just wanted some fireworks footage, was miserable among everyone there and right before you said that, I thought “I can’t…
The July 4 opinion piece in The Coast on the “Proud Boys” left out a small but important detail about the members of this fascist right-wing group: they are all members of the Canadian military, as confirmed by Royal Canadian Navy. As an Indigenous person with close ties to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), I think that…
Two of British Columbia’s most iconic species, chinook salmon and southern resident killer whales, are in trouble. The whale depends on the salmon for survival. Is it time to manage chinook fisheries with killer whales in mind? In marine ecosystems, cause and effect is a challenge. It’s almost impossible to claim with certainty that depletion…
I am SO done with this rat-infested city. I live in Clayton Park, lots of new construction going on etc., and for two years now I have been paying money for pest control. A fee that I can barely afford at that. It doesn’t help to have asshole neighbours that insist on feeding the birds/squirrels/stray…
The Proud Boys have shamed Canada’s military. At a press conference Tuesday afternoon, rear admiral John Newton apologized for the behaviour of Armed Forces members who disrupted an Indigenous protest on Canada Day. “I’ll stand here in front of you and apologize to the Aboriginal community, to anybody, the entire public community,” Newton said. “We can…
Whoooaa now, WTF did I just witness? We were all there to catch the mega huge free concert (maybe not all celebrating the same thing or anything, but I digress). Your girlfriend was obviously intoxicated but I’m cool with that. I’m not cool with being stomped on with heels or consistently having her fall into…
To the lovely IPAs and other creative creations, you sure know how to make a gal enjoy the warm summer weather after work. —Hop Hop Hurray!
Fireworks in fog and not in the Harbour—how unCanadian. —HRM has Halifax issues
On July 1, a group of Indigenous activists and their allies gathered at the statue of Edward Cornwallis that inexplicably still stands in downtown Halifax to commemorate and mourn the genocide of Canada’s First Nations. In the midst of the sombre ceremony, a group of five idiots in matching polo shirts showed up singing, waving…
Canada is a concept. A concept that’s been formed on the basis of many myths. The myth of discovery by European settlers and the myth of confederation are two that come to mind. However, there’s another myth that Canadians shy away from discussing; the myth of multiculturalism and how it came to be the centrepiece…
Happy birthday, Canada, you tired old fart! Tomorrow television anchors, bored mayors and jingoistic revellers from coast-to-coast will enrobe themselves in scarlet and bathe in maple syrup like a deleted scene from Riverdale. The country’s 150th celebration will be a party unlike any other—a national celebration befitting of Canadian heroes like Bono and the cast…
After spending several years in Toronto, Zack Amiri returned to Halifax to open up a board game cafe. As of June 12, Roll the Dice Board Game Cafe and Restaurant is making its home at Mezza’s former Quinpool location (6386 Quinpool Road). “It’s one of the main streets in Halifax,” says Amiri, “and I think…
About five years ago I was a single mother on assistance having a bad day after having my caseworker tell me they would not support my daycare expenses or provide me with any personal financial support if I chose to go back to school instead of working at a minimum wage job. So, I took…
Remember when a bunch of us were freaking out because Madelaine Petsch (Cheryl Blossom herself) was in Halifax? The trailer for the film she was working on, Polaroid, is finally here. Kind of like The Ring but not, Polaroid tells is a horror flick about a group of teens who get killed one by one…
I have some questions about marijuana and its use. Firstly, will people be allowed to smoke it in public? You can’t drink in public, so I don’t think be should be allowed to smoke a joint in public places. Next, I notice folks lighting up in their cars…WTF. You can’t open a beer in your…
The more some neighbourhoods cost HRM to maintain, the less tax revenue those same communities are generating. So says a new analysis of the correlation between road length and density in cities across the country that found some dense urban communities in Halifax are subsidizing their affluent suburban neighbours. Urban planners Tristan Cleveland and Paul…
Why do people 50 feet ahead insist on holding a door for you? They make eye contact and you are then compelled to hurry. Fuck that! My momma raised a man. I’ll get my door and hold it for those immediately behind me. You are welcome Halifax. I might have to start a blog on…
If you zipped through our New Music playlist with ease, we have a little something extra for your ears. Andrew Johnson—a Westville-born hip hop artist who goes by the name Anewbis—just launched his debut album. Johnson first hit the stage last September, opening for Quake Matthews and Kayo at The Commune in New Glasgow. Johnson’s…
12 Strange Brew screening Friday This summer is all about big numbers, with both Confederation and the Public Gardens celebrating 150 trips around the sun. To mark the occasion(s), the Atlantic Film Festival Outdoor Film Experience will be screening a sampling of Canadian comedies in the gardens at dusk. Kicking things off? The classic 1983…
I was walking on a busy street and almost fell into traffic. I would have been run over by a car had it not been for a freakishly tall bald man with haunting blue eyes who appeared out of no where who just swooped me up like a ninja. I said thank you he replied,…
[Editor’s note: As of June 2020, a pamphlet version of Chris Murdoch’s talk, titled Black Dots: An Afropunk Primer, can be purchased via Pentagon Black. Buy your copy here.] Two thousand one was a very important year for me. After discovering punk rock in elementary school, and attending my first local show in the spring…
The De-Celebration of Canada 150 Artist talk July 11, 12pm To July 15 Khyber Centre for the Arts 1880 Hollis Street Raven Davis doesn’t pull any punches. With a practice fusing art and activism, the last few years have seen the 2-Spirit Anishinaabe artist dancing on a Canadian flag splattered in red paint, bringing racist…
It has been a long journey that has landed us here in this place, Nova Scotia. I am speaking on behalf of myself and other people of African descent who are now considered indigenous Black. Meaning, this is home. Ask any of us where we’re from and we will proudly say “Nova Scotia.” We are…
Founded in 1967, the Halifax All-City Music program provides free music education for public school students throughout HRM. In addition to string, choral, and band instruction, the program boasts three jazz ensembles that challenge students to “learn the art of spontaneous creation,” the HACM website notes. So I was stunned to discover during a recent exchange…
Today I’m going to tell you a creation story. Many of you have heard them before, or at the very least have heard of them. We tell stories to pass on our knowledge, teach lessons and morals. This story is going to be a bit different than any story you might have heard before. It’s…
Acknowledging we are on Mi’kmaw territory is planting the seed of reconciliation in Nova Scotia. Last week the Halifax Regional School Board voted to include an acknowledgement during morning announcements that schools sit on Mi’kmaw land, and in October the department of Education and Early Childhood Development will introduce treaty history into Nova Scotia’s education…
Forty years after the Canadian Human Rights Act was passed by parliament, transgender individuals are finally protected by the document. At least three different incarnations of a Canadian trans rights bill have been drafted in the last 12 years, and now the most recent one has passed. Bill C-16 will amend the Human Rights Act,…
When I was a kid, I used to play “Indian.” I would put a feather in my hair, wear whatever fringed leather jacket my mother had kicking around from the ’80s and I would run around war-whooping outside. When I was a teenager, I dressed up as Pocahontas for Halloween. When I was in my…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22) When Leos rise above their habit selves and seize the authority to be rigorously authentic, I refer to them as Sun Queens or Sun Kings. When you Cancerians do the same—triumph over your conditioning and become masters of your own destiny—I call you Moon Queens or Moon Kings. In…
I had a great time at the live taping of the Savage Lovecast at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre. Audience members submitted questions on cards, and I tackled as many questions as I could over two hours—with the hilarious assistance of comedian Kristen Toomey. Here are some of the questions we didn’t get to. Q If…
