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Celebrate your nation and the diversity of her land and people. Through history, stillness, activity, and dance, we salute and celebrate those who have walked the land before us, to those who’ve recently joined us. Canada Day at Splash Adventure You can’t have true patriot love without waterslides. It’s fun for the whole gang, especially…
Two former city councillors are joining with one of their past colleagues in demanding a public inquiry into racism within HRM’s workforce. Previous downtown and south end councillors Dawn Sloane and Sue Uteck, along with Equity Watch co-founders Jackie Barkhouse and Liane Tessier, held a press conference outside City Hall on Thursday afternoon to describe…
You: Super handsome person in a purple windbreaker, rushing off the bus. Me: Denim on denim cutie with red lipstick, rushing on the bus. It was nice to share a smile with you, and I’m sorry I maybe stumbled when we made eye contact—my knees got a ’lil weak. I hope you read The Coast…
The Halifax Shipyard’s 800 unionized workers are two days away from the picket line. Electricians, metal fabricators and other labourers with UNIFOR Marine Workers Local One have voted by 75 percent to reject a new contract from the Irving Shipyard. “Obviously our members have been frustrated,” said MWF business agent Adam Hersey in a news release sent…
One of Halifax’s private Christian schools doesn’t have much of an answer on whether it approves of conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth. Sandy Lake Academy in Bedford is owned and operated by the Maritime Conference of the Seventh Day Adventist Church—the same church that’s come under fire for bringing in two American speakers who say…
When Hossam Ramadan says fast food, he’s not talking about the junky kind that usually comes to mind. The operations manager at the brand new Kam-Moon says the restaurant aims to “introduce the best of the Mediterranean cuisine” and do so for an affordable price, but the speedy nature doesn’t mean there’s been any rush…
You and I know very well how we got here. It’s easy. It’s simple. There’s no pretending now. I’m not one to do that well. Nothing has changed. There is no reason for any change. I’m patient, I’m catching my breath, I’m holding down forts, I’m forgetting, I’m forced, I’m veteran-ing, I’m picking up scraps,…
Halifax landlords—stop being slum lords! Every place I’ve lived in has had rats, utility issues or a bed bug problem. Ive paid my rent and have had all my included services cut. Dude it’s not my fault you went bankrupt. Don’t take it out on me by shutting off my power for over two weeks…
To all the bikers riding through the rain and single digit temperatures last Tuesday, well done. You’re inspiring. —Bikers In The Red Shoes
Halifax’s chief administrative officer is trying to quell growing public outrage now that the racial discrimination inside city hall’s workforce has come to light. In a public update sent out Monday afternoon, CAO Jacques Dubé says a new confidential hotline will go live next month for employees to report abuses when they aren’t comfortable going…
To all the nurses and doctors who work at a local children’s hospital the weekend my daughter was admitted for her asthma attack. (May long weekend) You all were so kind, we end up there almost every year due to a flu bug that causes her asthma to act up. You treat her like she…
Because of those godawful changes to route 52 happening on August 20, I can never get to work anymore. Fuck the transit service in this fucking awful shit stain of a city. How the fuck am I going to earn my fucking paycheck now? Guess I have to give up on employment because Halifax Transit…
Students heading home, just leave your trash, couches and other furniture anywhere you wish. Do not worry, someone else will clean it up. It will be all nice and clean for your return in the fall. So much for eco-friendly youth…you friggin’ slobs. —JOFA
The disabled community is the most diverse community of all. We are all races, ethnicities, religions, et cetera. And people may “join” our community and leave after a time, such as after surgery that impairs mobility or the other senses. Given enough time, we all become disabled by age. There is such a shame surrounding…
To celebrate its 25th anniversary, The Coast is dipping its toes in this whole podcast fad the youths are talking about. Welcome to 25 for 25, our new weekly podcast. It’s a year-by-year look back at the stories and people that have shaped Halifax over the past quarter century. Our first episode came out today…
Hereditary has been hyped to hell. The hype is justified. The film opens just before a funeral. Artist Annie Graham (Toni Colette) is about to bury her mother, with whom she had a stormy relationship. Annie’s husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne), her son Peter (Alex Wolff) and even Annie herself appear largely unshaken by the death.…
I remember the anticipatory relief I felt on the eve of November 8, 2016, that normalcy would return the following day. Not political normalcy, alas, but at least a return to our previous norms of politesse. I thought I would once again be able to turn on the news in front of my then 12-year-old…
This weekend, the Drink Atlantic Festival raises a glass to local cocktail culture, Oceans Week wraps with a beach cleanup, HIFF debuts a can’t-miss film shot on Cape Breton and there’s so much more going on. McNab’s Island Beach Cleanup Sunday The longest-running beach cleanup in the Maritimes, the annual McNab’s cleanup has gathered nearly…
Can someone explain to me why in the fuck fat people get so much goddamn flak from everyone at the gym? YES I know, I am a fat person (and, according to you dicks, don’t deserve tolerance or respect in this world), but I’m already at the fucking gym, what more do you want? Everybody…
“Adam’s fall” Matthieu Aikins’ award-winning feature on suicides from the Macdonald Bridge is a heartbreaking read even now, a decade after its publication. A year after Aikins’ story was printed, the bridge commission finally decided to install safety barriers along the old bridge to prevent future deaths. Seals of approval One of the most-read stories…
The prophet in Clayton Park Bill Deagle says he knows things they don’t want you to know about 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing and other government secrets. Now he lives in suburban Halifax, with an internet radio broadcast and orders from god to get the truth out there. Celine Dion’s cancelled Halifax show After the…
In the Waves at HIFF Thursday, June 7, 7pm Neptune Scotiabank Stage 1593 Argyle Street $10/$12 (HIFF pass $35) tickethalifax.com Jacquelyn Mills had been gathering research about her grandmother Joan’s life, intending to make a narrative film based on her life in a Cape Breton fishing village, when Joan’s sister—Mills’ great-aunt—died. Everything changed. “It seemed…
SHAKESPEARE BY THE SEA “My first visit to Point Pleasant Park, I saw the Cambridge Battery and then the Fort Ogilvie and thought, ‘Wow, these are great places. I wonder if anything is going on here.’ And nothing was. But then I found out that it was more difficult than I thought. In fact, prior…
Maura Donovan: The social worker turned her volunteer passion into The Youth Project. It was her time volunteering at Halifax’s Gayline that motivated Maura Donovan to start the LGBTQ youth group that would later become The Youth Project, Nova Scotia’s haven for queer and trans youth. One caller, a young gay man in grade 10,…
My first assignment for The Coast was in 1995. I had recently graduated from university and was feeling totally lost about what to do with my life career-wise—and it was after my first assignment for The Coast that the stars aligned and I realized I wanted to be a photographer. From 1995, I was a…
Matt Steele & The Corvette Sunset album release w/The Kents, Lazeez, Nick Faye & The Deputies Thursday, June 7, 8pm The Seahorse Tavern 2037 Gottingen Street $10 eventbrite.com Matt Steele is accustomed to taking the stage with various musicians behind him.”It was a lot of moving the guitar neck up and down to signal, ‘Here…
Ray Reaves The Gemini release Friday, June 8, 10pm The Carleton, 1685 Argyle Street $10 Gemini season is upon us! Duality, contrast, whatever you want to call it: It’s a time to look at both sides of the coin. And no one knows the importance of this introspection better than Ray Reaves, who drops his…
Q I’ve been married to my husband for two years. Five months into our relationship (before we got married), he confessed that he was an adult baby. I was so grossed out, I was literally ill. (Why would this great guy want to be like this?) I told him he would have to choose: diapers…
Word watch 1 Your shady reference to “every white girl’s” garden in The Coast poll doesn’t pass the smell test (“What should be done with the dead agave plant?” The Poll, May 31). Try substituting Black, Aboriginal, Korean, et cetera for “white girl,” and ask if that would be OK. Enough racism going around in…
“My name is Jack Natolino. I am 11 years old and I live in Halifax. My dream is to be a cartoonist and to have my work published in the newspaper. I would appreciate it if you would have a look at my comic submissions and consider publishing one in The Coast.”
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Gemini (May 21-Jun 20) Between 1967 and 1973, NASA used a series of Saturn V rockets to deliver six groups of American astronauts to the moon. Each massive vehicle weighed about 6.5-million pounds. The initial thrust required to launch it was tremendous. Gas mileage was seven inches per gallon. Only later, after the…
Media has always been sensitive to technological advances. The printing press changed things. The telegraph changed things. Television changed things. The internet seems to be changing everything. When we started The Coast, in pre-internet June 1993, we were six friends from the University of King’s College—the two of us, plus Andy Lamey, Andy Pedersen, Aran…
