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I took you for granted. I’m sorry for not treating you the right way. I always said you were too controlling, but you just wanted to spend time with me. You were my first love, my first everything. You moved on long ago, but I still think about you everyday. I think about the mistakes…
You where taking the initiative upon yourself to clear the soft slush off the side walks before the inevitable uneven freeze. While the task was impossible to complete you still made your mark. Thank you on behalf of all who share these common places. You are a gem. —long time native
Hey all of you pedestrians, cyclists and drivers of small, energy efficient vehicles! Yes, I’m talking to you! Stay out of the way of my large all wheel drive vehicle. Don’t you know that we manly men perched up high in our expensive vehicles have a god-given right to drive as fast as we want…
Time and time again I’ve fallen for your lines. “I want to see you.” “I can’t wait to see you.” And yet every single time, I get my hopes up, wear something pretty, and wait for the call that inevitably comes: you telling me you can’t make it. Again. I have no idea why I…
[Image-1] Yeah, I bring it on myself by subscribing/liking/friending so many animal rescue sites but not seeing it won’t make it not exist. A dog dumped in a dumpster in Whitehorse after a year of systematic torture. Saskatoon SPCA just found a cat whose legs were tied together. The cats and dogs in Edmonton that…
Shout out to the considerate deli counter attendant at Pete’s who let me sample 3 different types of meat before cutting a perfect dollars worth of salami for my sammie. You sure provided great customer service for such a cheapskate! —Simple Sandwicher
[Image-1] To everyone out there who is frustrated by the winter and snow: the rest of the city feels the same way. Instead of bitching out other people on the roads, sidewalks, bus or wherever they may be; take a step back and realize that these final days of winter are sucking for just about…
We were getting off a very crowded #1 bus at the Oxford Street stop heading north. We were both leaving from the middle doors, which opened to a huge icy snow mountain before the sidewalk, blocking our exit. I only saw it once you had catapulted yourself over it like a champ. The doors were…
[Image-1] Here’s to the bobcat operator (contracted) who doesn’t even try to do a HALF-decent job on our sidewalks. Get a real job, you pathetic sack of excrement. You have surely, ALL FUCKING WINTER LONG, pretty much just driven over the snow as to actually plowing it. Find some sort of fucking incentive to do…
I have been walking on the road most of the time these past couple months, since I have no other choice. Thank you to the drivers who slow down and give me a wide berth. Fuck you to those who don’t, especially when driving through dirty slush or water. To quote a recent bitch message,…
I’m usually a fairly tender individual—calm, reposed, loving, trying to take care of fellow humans—but shit goddamn I’ve got some rage lately that I don’t know how to handle. Fuck Harper. Sideways. Fuck him sideways into next Tuesday. Fuck Bill C-51. Fuck assholes using vehicles as extensions of their egos coming so close to running…
“It’s a local grocery store that’s trying to change the philosophy of what you think of as a grocery store,” says chef Paul Routhier of Gottingen Street’s The Carrot. “It’s the type of place you pop in every two or three days and buy what’s fresh.” But beyond that, the co-op grocery store is focused…
Five years ago you posted a psst about a girl wearing a red sweater who frequently rode the ferry who read mystery novels. I wanted to give you a long overdue thank you for being so kind…and I was and am single. Thank you for hoping someone was loving me. No one was or has for…
To the house who turned their speakers out on the corner of Robie and Coburg on Friday morning for everyone to hear “My Girl.” What a lift of spirit! —Your Girl
Things are heating up in our annual March Madness bracket, where we’ve got your favourite party snacks—pop and chips—battling each other daily in order to discover who is the ultimate satisfier of cravings. There are three match-ups left before the competition is whittled down to the top 16, so now is the time to try…
[Image-1] How the hell is making the buses free until Monday fair to the paying customers of Halifax Transit? The folks that pay for their monthly pass, every month, without fail… So now instead of sharing a cramped ride in a tin can with the regular passengers, we’re going to have to share an even…
He gets excited asking these women to show him a little something, but he wants his daughter to go around showing nothing. He can’t see the hyposcrisy in his heart, all he sees is what stimulates his male part. —Somebody’s daughter
In the wake of my Love the Way We Love about the best croissants (local or otherwise). Better than Le Louvre Cafe in Paris. Certainly better than those hack coffee shops in Montreal, Better than the pastries in the south side of Belgium…. the fluffy flaky folds of delight at a certain garage on a…
Tremendous gratitude to our Wednesday snowshoe saviors. As the sun was setting, you pushed through the worst of hurricane Juan’s legacy to rescue us from our outpost in Long Lake Park. When we set out for our morning trek, we never imagined that our adventure would be taken to the next level. Entered into survival…
I know a woman who’s strong, vocal, independent and beautiful. She’s done so much for so many women, given them a voice and stood up for them when they didn’t have the confidence to stand up for themselves. So this love is for you, you’re something and you’re wonderful. Your boyfriend is not. You deserve…
[Image-1] For almost a month HRM’s been advertising for a project director to oversee the redevelopment of the Cogswell Interchange. It’s a big project, set to define the future of the downtown landscape. So it’s surprising no one noticed the wrong Halifax logo was being used on LinkedIn. That’s the blue-and-white logo for the United…
Top of the muffin to you! Have you figured our what we’re up to yet? The Coast’s annual March Madness madness has the best and worst in pop and chips battling for bragging rights. Considering there’s absolutely no prize, it’s a heated competition that’s inspired my movie-watching snacks until the end of time. If you’d…
[Image-1] Once again, the future of the Khyber building will be discussed at City Hall. Two information items are being presented to council today on the conditions of 1588 Barrington Street and the status of HRM’s arts incubator pilot project. Both items are raising familiar frustrations for friends of the Khyber. A press release yesterday…
Still soaring on the high of Bahamas is Afie and two 2015 JUNO Awards for adult alternative album of the year and songwriter of the year, Bahamas (AKA Afie Jurvanen) makes another Halifax appearance on Tuesday, July 21 at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium. Tickets are on sale Friday, March 27 at 12pm, $26.50 in advance…
If art reflects life, then the 2015 Theatre Nova Scotia Merritt Awards show was a perfect reflection of the mood right now in snow-bound Halifax. There was recognition that making a life in theatre can feel a lot like trying to forge a path through a world of six-foot snow banks. There was a sense…
[Image-1] I saw you the other day after a lengthy hiatus and — blame the day — did not recognize you. You were always so nice to me and I sincerely liked you, so I feel all but compelled to write and apologize to you for losing my sh*t on you. I really feel bad…
[Image-1] I’m fed up with debbie downers that drown out any voice of reasonability in this city. Whether it be obviously bias media headlines (Councillor spends $25,000 on robot tree), to uneducated twitter spats and all around inability to see past your own circle of influence, people need to learn to consider that outrage for…
What’s going on at the new library? Every time i go there its filled with *hard* 20something kids and unbathed old men swearing and fightiing and evne when security comes their just told to shut up. Nothing like not feeling safe when all i wanna do is find the next season of downton or enjoy…
Really? Not a single peep? I didn’t have any specific expectations for what you would say, but I did expect you to say something. Like “Sorry it all fell apart that way.” Or “I’m working my own stuff out; hope things work out for you too.” Even “Hey, just wanted to acknowledge your existence. Maybe…
Ok this bitch is going out to the three stooges at the Windsor Street exchange always begging for money. Stop fucking waving at people being all cheerful and shit while we all head to work, making money and a living the right way. I am not going to give away my hard earned money to…
Don’t forget to stop and smell the fresh-baked bread. Yesterday afternoon brought the news that 6239 Pepperell Street’s Ben’s Bakery— known for its 100-plus year history in Halifax, and the sweet, sweet aromas that waft over Quinpool Road— will be winding down it’s operations over the summer and closing its doors come November, leaving 105…
On Tuesday night, I took my son and his friend to a Halifax Hotel for a night, for something to do over March Break. We were only staying ONE night. Unfortunately, the plow contractor for the hotel didn’t show up until later in the day on Wed, and then did a crappy job, then the…
[Image-1] We hope you’re making the most out of Burger Week, Halifax. There’s nothing like the flavours of your own city to satisfy your appetite. Imagine if you could enjoy the taste of home internationally. Peter Ahn and Ulrich Dehler have achieved just that by creating the Halifax Burger restaurant in Copenhagen, Denmark. Inspired while…
Though EGALE Canada Human Rights Trust Out In Print Literary Award Winning poet (and Coast contributor!) Shannon Webb-Campbell’s Still No Word (Breakwater Books) book launch was rescheduled, you can catch a glimpse of some of the lines within with this video. Made by Krista Davis, Webb-Campbell’s words are linked up with the music of Kim…
What up, sports fans? Welcome back to day four of our annual March Madness showdown, where this year we’re pitting the best in canker-sore-causers against each other in what will be an ultimate battle of sweet versus salty. If chips do not win this thing, I will drown myself in Big 8 diet cola. Confused?…
Please remember Modern Society isn’t based on Your stupid little obsession,stop staring & Snickering just because I have RoboCop,Batman or Captain Power on My Shirt,not everyone gives a Shit about Optimus Fucking Prime! —Trans Fan No More!
I just heard a radio report about a protest that took place and I could hear the protestors in the background. Now, I fully support the right of all groups and individuals to make their feelings known through public protest……but, I swear, if I hear one more round of “Hey ho! Hey ho! So-and-so has…
[Image-1] I hooked up with you once. After that one night, I realized I wasn’t feeling it and decided to never contact you again. You never contacted me again either, so I moved on. Then I found out the other day, you apparently said I didn’t contact you anymore because I was ashamed of my…
Stop trying to start a love story with every good person who treats you with respect. We’ve gotten so ugly and rude that chivalry is foreign, politeness is considered flirting, and being good to people is interpreted as a possible soul mate. The bare minimum for love is nothing now. —Pierre of Hearts <3
[Image-1] I’m really sorry for the horrible things my sister said to you last Saturday night,that’s why I was trying to leave, I could see it coming… it was so wrong! You did not deserve to be treated like that and I thought you were a very nice person. I hope the rest of your…
To the Guy at The Shopping Center. Stop leaning on the counter and let the poor girl do her Job! —Waiting in Line.
To whoever is smashing all the bus shelters I think your enthusiasm and persistence could be put to better use by smashing other things….like giant capitalist enterprises’ windows rather than those of a public service like our transit. Just an idea 🙂 —Thinker
[Image-1] I’ve started having day dreams again about all the fluke-ish death scenario’s that could happen to me while doing mundane every day things. Good to know my brain is finally over you. I’ve missed my morbid little pass time. —Healthier Brain Activity
[Image-1] just got to say that i’m a little disappointed with the dog people this winter… not anyone’s favorite to see or step in all the little brown nuggets all over the park – as you enter the park next to the BAGGIE stand, mixed with festive yellow snow further down the path, in the…
TGIMM, everyone! I burrowed to work like a lil weasel just to find out the captivating results of yesterday’s mesquite-heated match-ups in our yearly March Madness bracket. This year we’re pitting chips against pop in some kind of unholy war. Here’s a bit of an explanation, and here is our bracket of the most loved…
[Image-1] Well Halifax, we’ve been hit yet again this week. The moment you think it’s all shifting to clear skies and warmer days, our faithful fiend winter rears her ugly head. Although today is the first day of spring, many have thrown up their hands and given up on seeing that green grass anytime soon.…
[Image-1] Yesterday’s snow stomping shut down literally and figuratively everything in Halifax, forcing us all indoors like the wintery mole people we’ve accepted ourselves to be. Thankfully, the sun is shining this Thursday and doors are open again around the city. We’ve collected just a small list of the many bold businesses around town happy…
[Image-1] “I was in Whistler actually in February, and the streets of Dartmouth were ten times better conditions.” When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When the weather gives you 80 centimetres of snow, go snowboarding and “jump off stuff.” That’s the joyful ethos behind Adrian McLean’s adventures yesterday in downtown Dartmouth. While the rest…
[Image-1] Don’t shoot me for saying so, but it’s kind of gorgeous outside right now. The sun is shining, it’s not very cold, and neighbours across the municipality are sharing shovels and slipping discs to help dig the city out of this monster lizard. Yesterday brought a hellish amount of snow down on top of…
Welcome to day two of the Madness that is March. This ain’t Wikipedia’s definition of the term, that’s for sure! No breeding going on here! Unless you count breeding discontent over the gross types of chips and pop that may win out over my beloved Doritos. No, instead of getting it on like bunnies, we’re…
[Image-1] Update: You can read the full decision by board of inquiry chair Lynn Connors online. It finds Pearl Kelly was discriminated against because of her sex and disability. Connors also owns up to being behind the eight ball in her decision. I am late in filing this decision. There are a number of reasons.…
[Image-1] We have to work at this together. We have to find ways not to be at cross-purposes with other municipalities in the province. —Mike Savage, mayor There’s some debate out there about whether the Halifax region is the tried-and-true economic engine driving our sputtering provincial economy. It’s a big engine, but not the only…
[Image-1] Best known as the filmmaker behind movies like Mallrats and the Clerks series, Kevin Smith has reinvented himself in recent years as an ubiquitous podcaster. Smith returns to Halifax on March 22 for a Q&A with fans and screening of his latest film, Tusk. You wear a lot of hats: director, producer, screenwriter, actor…
[Image-1] I just got a haircut. I know this sounds frivolous, but it’s not. It’s me caring about how I look. It’s me having the energy to style my hair in something other than a ponytail. It’s me being mentally healthy. Looking back, I see that I’ve lived with depression since high school. All those…
The same nuclear sundown projected itself against the bell-clear sky outside Myles’ bedroom window while long-necked Myles laid in his room, stared up at the full-length mirror above his bed polishing his small-talk and adjusting the parameters of his hand gestures with a needle-point precision. Motions cranked with an awkward rigidity like shoddy ratchets in the…
“From the director of Taken” should be your first warning about The Gunman’s deal, in case known woman-beater and all-around dour human Sean Penn weren’t enough on his own. He gets a script credit—one assumes his contribution involved his constant, unncessary, Adam Levine-like shirtlessness—in this story about double-crossing secret agents working for a mining company…
Q I’m a straight guy in my 30s dating a woman in her mid-20s. We’ve been together for a year, and I’m crazy about her. In love, even. She’s gorgeous, sweet, kind, loving and very sexual. She’s perfect. In her late teens and early 20s, she had a wild sex life. She attended sex parties,…
Faith restored Since winter finally hit, I have been finding it more and more frustrating to live my life. I use a wheelchair and have had numerous incidents trying to do everyday things like getting groceries, doing my banking or most recently, getting a haircut. I moved here in September and have since been going…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20) Do you need a reason to think sharper and work smarter and try harder? I’ll give you four reasons. 1. Because you’re finally ready to get healing for the inner saboteur who in the past has undermined your confidence. 2. Because you’re finally ready to see the…
Eats! Urban Lunch Counter doesn’t look like much more than a counter. One entire wall of the restaurant is made up of the nook where the lone server stands, part-prep station, part-display counter, part-cash station. Another wall is taken up with soda fridges and another display unit, seemingly unused. The rest of the dining room…
The cutting crew What’s a butcher’s most important tool? The right attitude, says Chris de Waal, part-owner of Getaway Farm. As de Waal puts it, that means coming into work and asking “How do I use the whole animal, respect the farmer, respect the land and respect the animal?” Getaway aims to “bring healthy, sustainably…
Lexie Ivy is 30, a small-town business owner, fashionable and eccentric, funny and smart. She’s also the single, overweight one of a trio of sisters, a redheaded sheep sticking way out amongst a family of fantasy blondes. “Flawed yet lovable” is how director and co-writer Deanne Foley describes the protagonist of her second feature, Relative…
Maria Osende is on the line from sunny Madrid: “I think I picked the right winter to spend away from Nova Scotia.” Osende, along with being a master of understatement, is a dancer and choreographer who created her own dance company, Maria Osende Flamenco, when she moved to Canada in 2004. She is spending the…
It’s time to check the freezing temperatures at the door and heat the hell up with The Experiment, a multi-act party experience at both The Marquee and The Seahorse on Friday night. Presented by Birchwood Entertainment, The Experiment promises a two-storey full-sensory experience from visual art installations by Wasako AV to appearances from Halifax Circus…
Sarah Mian’s debut novel, When the Saints, is a sly and funny book about a scrappy family living through some trying times. Tabby Saint is the tough and admirably resourceful protagonist who returns to her home of Solace River, Nova Scotia, after being more or less abandoned years earlier as a child. She returns to…
Titled “The Wichita Years,” Alana Yorke’s opening track is a delicious entry point. A whirlpool of strings shows how ubiquitous Owen Pallett’s influence has become. Yorke sings about a film inside her head, inviting random reverie. If she reminds you of a certain Irish priestess of the ethereal, then it’s unanimous. Yorke’s vocals are less adorned…
