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[Image-1] ECT is forced and coerced on to people. Regardless of whether or not your placebo or brain damage makes you feel better, you’re supporting and advocating tools ECT and an industry PSYCHIATRY that UNLAWFULLY forces chemical and electrical treatments on human beings. If ECT made you “better” i challenge you to ask yourself; Does…
[Image-1] Dear friends at the upstairs of a popular establishment, enjoying the opportunity to immerse themselves in written words and good drink: I’m sorry. I’m sorry because, whether you could see it or not, our intentions weren’t pure. I left feeling we had done you all an injustice and that we were unkind. I go…
[Image-1] To the out-of-province “fans” who brought those asinine horns to the first women’s basketball playoff game at the Scotiabank Centre on the 5th: you blasted them in a cacophonous chorus every time our Halifax team attempted to dunk the ball, succeeding in distracting them and putting them off their game (and irritating the hell out…
I have never been in a major multiplex movie theatre that has as much problem with sound bleeding between cinemas as Park Lane. Since Park Lane makes up probably 3/4 of all my moviegoing, that means a lot of semi-ruined movies. If you’re watching a quiet, talky movie (or something that’s supposed to be moody…
[Image-1] Back in early February, as you swung round the corner onto my street to come face to face with me as I tossed the last shovelful of snow out of my driveway, I confess I looked daggers at you, and you stopped dead in your tracks. Then you proceeded to plow (it’s your job after…
[Image-1] For many reasons this is in no way basic or straightforward. I wouldn’t know where to begin if we were to acknowledge it. I imagine an overwhelming and disenchanting conversation and fear those bubbles being popped. But the effect you have on me is beyond my control. I’ve stopped wresting with it. I nurture what…
[Image-1] I lost my sanity somewhere today. Can you help me find it? I must have dropped it somewhere between leaving work and realizing (again) what a dipshit my ex-common-law-only husband is. Scamming women for money for months, telling them you need money for your kids, who your ex supports 100% on her own. Queue…
Your “right” to have access to pseudo-scientific, placebo and lobotomizing medical services is less vital than other people’s right to medical autonomy and freedom from torture. —End psychiatric torture
This country needs a pipeline more than it needs a railway. So why the hell do we not have one? Justin Trudeau wake the hell up —Cold and in the dark
[Image-1] This is the last budget several HRM councillors will get the chance to approve in City Hall, and they seemed to be happy to go out on a high note. “Hats off to everybody,” said Gloria McCluskey, who won’t be re-offering this fall. “I sat here, I don’t know how many years and I…
UPDATE: On their new labour relations mini-site the Chronicle Herald explains the rationale for removing the “equal pay” clause from the union’s contract. “While the clause was removed, it was replaced with even stronger language that reflects the laws of the province. What we have proposed is, in fact, more inclusive than what the union has…
Due to a technical glitch, or what we’re lovingly calling “spissues,” the Halifax Smartphone Film Festival (SPFF) submission deadline has been extended until Monday, March 14! You now have the rest of this week and this whole darn weekend to create a short-film on your cellphone for a chance to win over $2,000 in cash, prizes…
Gear up to get beer’d up: this Friday, March 11, tickets go on sale for Garrison Brewing’s second annual Backlot Bash, featuring musical performances from Toronto blues rockers July Talk, Halifax rappers Three Sheet, ECMA winners Alert the Medic and local upstarts The Brood at the all-night, open-air parking lot party festival in support of the Ecology…
[Image-1] To the guy with the big earphones who told me to “smile” as I was walking by you on Barrington Street on Sunday: Fuck you. The weather was beautiful, and I was enjoying my walk (before your comment of course), and I do not need to smile just for your pleasure. I would have…
Your customer service is sketchy You employ a whole bunch of sketch the food that you serve is inedible Why do you think you deserve praise? No, I will not pay for another delivery again and will riot if I saw anyone wanting your brand. —illuminatnows
You beeped and yelled ‘try looking next time’ at me as I crossed, in the flashing yellow pedestrian crossing in front of the hospital. Are you fucking serious? Sorry you needed to respect traffic laws, but you certainly felt no need to respect any kind of social decency. The button was pressed, the lights were…
[Image-1] This week, HRM Regional Council will gather to review and finalize the 2016/17 budget, marking the end of one fiscal year and the slow march toward this fall’s general election. Come October you’ll be able to let the municipality’s 16 councillors and one mayor know how you really feel about their efforts, but who…
To all those who take their gods to provincial parks ( rainbow haven beach, Laurie park etc.) for the sake of humanity PICK UP THE POOP! You are all the first to complain when dogs are banned from somewhere or there isn’t enough off leash parks blah blah blah, but if you stroll through rainbow…
[Image-1] To all the chatterbox old people that ride the bus and spew nonsense continuously at the bus driver, fuck you! The driver has to pay attention to the road. If they were to make a mistake because of your continuous jibber-jabber all the people on the bus (including you!) would be in danger. Just…
Ever known a narcissist? They will verbally and emotionally abuse you, using put downs, criticisms and insults. Then when you stand up for yourself they become unglued and attemp to say you are the toxic one. —No excuses
[Image-1] Thank you so much to the person who put my keys in my mail slot! I absentmindedly left my keys in the door which anyone could have taken. —Feeling safe at home
[Image-1] Nova Scotians are not known for their “right to know” activism. We might march in the streets to remember veterans or to protest moose culls and school closures but typically we do not march in the streets demanding transparency and accountability from our local and provincial governments. But Nova Scotians file more access to…
[Image-1] It’s not the kind of chart most politicians want to be topping, but Brad Johns makes no apologies for having HRM Regional Council’s worst overall attendance record in 2015. “My priority has always been my district, things going on in my district,” says Johns. “Whether it’s a seniors’ dinner, or calling BINGO…that takes priority…
[Image-1] The mayor and city councillors are making too much money, says HRM’s council compensation committee. A newly-released report from the group—specially created by council in 2014 to study this very issue—recommends freezing salaries for elected HRM officials and instituting several changes to how that compensation is tabulated. If approved, the recommendations will have city…
[Image-1] Developer Joe Ramia wants to change the exterior design elements of his downtown Nova Centre complex, including the elevation above Market Street and the materials to be used at the Centre’s base and tower. That news comes from an information item headed to next week’s meeting of the Design Review Committee. A new substantive…
[Image-1] From the 1960s on down, many labels have been placed on African Nova Scotians who exhibited differing behaviors. These labels include “learning disabled,” “crazy,” “animalistic,” et cetera. One could venture to say most psychologists and psychiatrists in the province of Nova Scotia have little or no understanding of the lives, culture, heritage, lineage and…
[Image-1] In a powerful burst, Gavin Tucker’s left leg lifts off the ground and kicks his opponent’s left hand. The leg has barely returned to the soft blue training mat when Tucker’s right arm, covered in tattoos and dripping with sweat, sails through the air. It lands in the same spot his foot was a…
[Image-1] Dexter Nyuurnibe knows how damaging the silence surrounding mental illness can be—so he decided to speak up. The NSCC broadcast journalism student has presented at schools, universities and even given a TEDx Talk. This year, Nyuurnibe will be the MC for the Jack Summit, an event which brings 200 students from across the country…
“Paying rent downtown is much as a mortgage payment,” says Lyndsey Gallant. And she’d know: Before becoming a first-time homeowner this fall, she spent 10 years renting in the middle of the action on Barrington Street. “I realized I’d rather put my money into something that I can get back. It’s an investment, and it’s…
The idea that Michael Moore, the only multimillionaire documentarian, is a outsider Everyman slash provocateur has been laughable since he won the Oscar for Bowling For Columbine. His schtick—he still wears the same baseball hat/glasses/ill-fitting jean combo he’s been sporting since he was a commoner, circa 1989’s Roger & Me; he still narrates, in his…
Q Are you incapable of concision? Your answers are too long! You blather on, often rehashing the problem (unnecessary!) before giving four words (at most!) of (rarely!) useful advice. I’ve heard you say you have to edit letters down for space. Edit yourself! I want more of the letters and less of YOU. —Keep It…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20) Unless you work at night and sleep by day, you experience the morning on a regular basis. You may have a love-hate relationship with it, because on the one hand you don’t like to leave your comfortable bed so early, and on the other hand you enjoy anticipating the…
The road worrier You know what I love about Halifax? The fact that it’s finally growing up and becoming a city, seeing some great cultural development, with a real potential to be a destination. With Halifax growing, there have been many pains: Dartmouth’s refusal to integrate; The Big Lift; locals combatting condos which, by comparison…
For the last few years, Toronto DJ and producer Internet Daughter (AKA Sophia Switzer) has been making music ranging from techno-house to industrial and trap-influenced hip-hop, made possible (in part) by the unprecedented online access to music any good child of the web enjoys nowadays. So you can get to know her better before her…
Who she is Take one bite out of one of Laura MacLeod’s chocolate-coated eclairs and you’ll know that she’s the real deal. Going into culinary school MacLeod didn’t have her mind set on baking but to her surprise she fell in love with it. “I think it had more of a design element. It was…
There’s nothing quite like taking yourself out to swanky restaurant, sipping wine under dim light and ordering a multi-course meal. You feel luxurious. Then you get the bill. Though satisfying, it sinks in that you just spent more than you can afford on food. What’s an epicure to do? Well, attention all you gourmands out…
This weekend, Halifax honours two of this decade’s biggest pop stars with two different tribute nights: One for the youthful, sugary love songs of Taylor Swift and another for the avant-garde, self-love songs of Lady Gaga. Adria Young breaks down what you need to know. Related Stories
“On a day to day basis, making films is not a nine-to-five job,” says Montreal’s Ric Esther Bienstock, an Emmy Award-winning documentarian with dozens of credits to her name. “You need an adventurous spirit.” This weekend, Bienstock will lead a masterclass in documentaries, moderated by Sylvia D. Hamilton, as part of Women Making Waves. Presented by…
Tina Fey plays her least Tina Fey-iest character in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, a book she optioned because a reviewer called the author a “Tina Fey character.” We begin in 2003, where Fey’s Kim Baker (her real-life counterpoint is Kim Barker; why the single-letter name change?) has just been deployed from her boring job writing teleprompter…
[Image-1] Sackville Street may be one of the steepest climbs in the downtown, but that’s not stopping new cycling shop Giant Bicycles Halifax from opening its doors next month. Barry Misener, owner of Bicycles Plus in Bedford, will open the Giant-branded expansion on April 1. It’ll be situated at 5536 Sackville Street, in the red-brick…
