Letters to the Editor
can you please tell me what qualifications liz feltham the food reviewer for the coast has, if any ???because she sure doesnt know good food when she tastes it. i am the diningroom manager of SYN restaurant and have worked in many restaurants and hotels over the past 15 years , and have seen many…
Letters to the Editor
If you visit www.turnitin.com, you will be welcomed by the smiling faces of five twenty-somethings basking in the glory of academic honesty. Turnitin is a for-profit company which offers educators an online plagiarism prevention tool. It is used by thousands of schools, and allows instructors to compare students’ essays with 15 million papers, 8 billion…
THE DOPE SHOW
An ambitious season from the Dalhousie Theatre Department comes to a close this week with anti-capitalist musical Urinetown. Staging a musical is a special kind of endeavour, says director and Dal theatre professor David Overton. “It’s simply more complex to do it in terms of the logistics,” he says. “The amount of work that has…
MIR image
Pop rock trio MIR has secured a new European record deal with Silversonic Records in Germany, after having released its debut full-length Invisible Science on East/West Records in 2001. The agreement includes full marketing and promotion for 7 Directions, which originally hit record store shelves in North America back in the fall of 2004. This…
Decade of music
CD Heaven at 118 Wyse Road in Dartmouth celebrates 10 years in business this year. Owner Brian Rippin credits the store’s success with “trying to do our best to give people more than they expected. When they come in looking for an Enya album, we’ll explain to them about Delirium and Enigma.” CD Heaven specializes…
REALITY BITES
Turn off your TVs, dim the lights and grab a sweater, kids. As of March 10, Nova Scotia Power has received approval to go ahead with an 8.9 percent power rate increase, or in more digestible terms, about seven extra dollars a month for what Nova Scotia Power calls “the typical household.” No word yet…
The return of the two towers
To the editor, The smug provincialism and ignorance of the local supporters of the proposed 27-storey development at Granville and Hollis might get a bit of a shake if they would take a look at a few hot modern cities. Get your eyes away from your navels, and see the dynamic architecture in Montreal, in…
Copy that
To the editor, In your March 2 issue you carried an article on plagiarism titled “Unoriginal sin.” The general tone of the article was a condemnation of plagiarism and the efforts by the universities to stop cheating. You also mention measures by a newspaper against a reporter who took stories from the internet. A few…
The return of the two towers
To mayor Kelly, HRM councillors and fellow citizens, I, along with many of my colleagues, urge you to vote in favour of United Gulf’s proposed development. I believe it can only have a positive impact on our architectural heritage. I find development in HRM is diminishing as a result of a few outspoken, negative opponents…
Syn city
Syn is the second restaurant to open under Blowers Street since La Cave moved. Brought to us by Chef Ron Muise, a Cape Bretoner who honed his culinary skills in Europe, Syn’s menu has a French bistro feel. The interior hasn’t changed much, still a charming rabbit warren of multiple “caves,” each one providing a…
Malt shoppe
Q: How will you be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day?A: Everybody’s Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, so it’s one of our busiest nights of the year. I’ll be busy working, but if I get a chance I’ll probably enjoy a little bit of Guinness and an Irish whiskey or two. Q: No green beer for you?A:…
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
Don’t let strangers control your fate, Scorpio, says Rob Brezsny.
SAVAGE LOVE
Break up? Stay together? Dan Savage takes sides.
Fire in the soul
Photos of celebrities posing in famine-stricken deserts or wading through hurricane debris are as easy to spot as the white plastic bracelet landfill from last year’s Live 8 concert. Philanthropy’s fashionable status could be dismissed as a crass publicity stunt—unless you’re dealing with hip-hop singer Michael Franti, whose documentary I Know I’m Not Alone follows…
The Haitian debate
Patrick Elie was not exactly given a warm welcome by the Canadian government. The Haitian human rights activist and former government minister, who spoke in front of an audience of 75 at Dalhousie University last week as part of a national speaking tour, arrived in Canada on February 21st, only to be informed by agents…
The Stone carver
Under hazy winter skies, with the slate grey, blue and purple of a Dartmouth rock quarry around them, the film crew making A Stone’s Throw seems particularly relaxed in its third week of shooting. Energy on a film set trickles downward: if the executives, the producer, director and writers are happy, so is the crew.…
Stopping the spread
I had a lot of fun in my 19 years as a CBC journalist. The pay wasn’t bad and it was great being famous. I have to admit though, there were days when life was hectic in the CBC sausage factory. Sometimes we were so busy grinding out the baloney that we forgot to ask…
Flip the scripture
It couldn’t be any more clear. Homosexuality—male homosexuality, at least—is an abomination. It says so in Leviticus, the third book of the Old Testament, chapter 20, verse 13: “If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination.” Both of them, it continues, should be put to…
Cringe festival
Canadian Tire Guy—every Canadian television-watcher’s next-door-neighbour from hell—has picked up stakes and left town. Or been run out. It’s difficult to tell when so many people are screaming at their TVs: “Don’t let the garden gate hit your ass on the way out!” Hatred of this ad icon and his Simoniz Pressure Washer-hawking wife, Mrs.…
Into the north
Since last year, popular north end venues such as Gus’ Pub and North End Pub have increased their band bookings and live shows, not to mention their revenue. A year ago, Jessica Whyte, Christian Johnston and David Ewenson organized Halifax’s first North by North End music and art festival. With the festival’s eagerly anticipated sequel…
Failure to Launch
When Animals Attack Matthew McConaughey has been released under the title Failure to Launch. Remembering that half the equation of a romantic comedy is humour, the filmmakers fill the downtime between story points with Trip (McConaughey) being bitten by a dolphin, a chipmunk and a lizard. So audiences don’t call out this repetition, the device…
