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[Image-1] Fifteen minutes from downtown Halifax sits over two thousand hectares of gorgeous green space. But some nearby residents say upgrades to the park are destroying the area’s natural beauty. “It’s absolutely ruining the park, at least that portion of the park,” says Lesley Hartman. Developers Polycorp and Atlantic Developments are in the midst of sprucing…
[Image-1] We had some foul weather today and I saw lots of millenials that didn’t dress for the rain. Are they unable to figure out how to keep dry?¿? Stop calling them millenials, call them MINIMALs. Minimal brain power,minimal work skills, minimal people skills, minimal social skills, minimal energy levels, minimal patience, minimal independence, maximum,…
I called for a yellow taxi, and you send me a blue one. You foolish foolish man. —won’t be fooled again
[Image-1] Go see the nice, hot gas man at the rotary…..You’re welcome. —My friend visited on my recommendation and said it was “worth it”
[Image-1] To the customer who pulled me aside after hearing me being yelled at by another customer: you’re a sweetheart. Out of all the people who witnessed that, you were the ONLY one who spoke up. Your kind words really meant a lot to me. Thank you. —Just Doing My Job
[Image-1] I was let down by your lack of moshing. WTF? The energy was simply not what it ought to be! The band brought a lot just as they always have at past shows but the dance floor didn’t reach its full potential last night. There are certain unwritten rules about being near the front…
[Image-1] March 2, I chatted with a really interesting man who came in with a broken finger and frozen veggies. While my friends waited elsewhere we struck up a conversation. You were a paramedic and now a researcher and had me forgetting all about the horrible pain of the IV I needed removed. And when…
Trying to find a job with limits of what you can and cannot do is becoming very frustrating. The jobs available for my limits are very little. How about companies stop being so picky with less requirements so people can actually have a chance at working? So tired of seeing something than can be a…
After everything, it makes me physically ill to see the number of mutual “friends” I have with my daughter’s domestic violence assailant. Maybe they don’t know. Maybe they don’t want to know. —Bitch Mother of the Universe
You ignorant unprofessional rotting heap of dung. You were so intent on blowing past the woman with her head in her cellphone that you completely disregarded the other three people at the bus stop. The three of us had a talk after you went by. We all stepped towards the curb and two of us…
To my lovely friends, you have been there for me through thick and thin. I treasure our friendship, our unique bond that holds us together and the underlying notion that we will never be alone. I love knowing that if I ever need you, all it takes is one call or message and you’ll drop everything…
Great pearls of tapioca! Would you trade your Starbucks coffee for some milk tea? Chatime Atlantic is hoping so. The smoothie and juice bar is opening this Saturday, April 9, at 1480 Brenton Street, the spacious ground-floor digs that once upon a time housed Dio Mio ice cream shop, another purveyor of cold treats. Owned…
Here’s a local connection: yesterday, sister-singer duo Chloe x Halle released a video for “Drop”, directed by Halifax’s Andrew Hines. It’s an absolutely stunning visual that complements an incredibly stunning song. Last year, after millions of views on their homemade Youtube videos, and a gorgeous cover of Beyoncé’s “Pretty Hurts”, Chloe and Halle Bailey were signed to Bey’s new label Parkwood Entertainment. You…
[Image-1] Halifax Regional Police have charged a Canada Border Services Agency employee with sexual assault, breach of trust and extortion. Carrie Dexter Willis, 55, of Pierrefonds, Quebec was arrested “without incident” on April 1 in Montreal and brought back to Halifax to await trial. The charges stem from 2003 when Willis was an immigration officer.…
[Image-1] There’s still snow on the ground, but the political race for north end Halifax is heating up. Brenden Sommerhalder will officially announce his candidacy next week for District 8, the Halifax Peninsula North seat currently represented by Jennifer Watts. After two terms at city hall, Watts is not re-offering this fall. Her decision is in…
[Image-1] Bust out your vision boards, HRM has a new five-year plan for economic growth. On Tuesday city council approved a new strategic framework that will attempt to increase HRM’s population by 50,000 people and boost the gross domestic product by $3.5 billion before 2021. Consultant firm KPMG developed the new strategy, guided by an…
[Image-1] Three years ago, the eastern monarch butterfly population plummeted to 35 million, a drop of more than 95 percent since the 1990s. More than a billion milkweed plants, which monarchs depend on for survival, had been lost throughout the butterfly’s migratory range—from overwintering sites in Mexico to summer habitat in Canada. We needed more…
[Image-1] How dumb are our neighbors to the south? By the looks of what I see on the news there are a lot of mice and rats willing to jump off a cliff for this Pied Piper spinning his web of nuclear war, spewing his hot lava of hate and fear. Women who have abortions…
“People with opinions just go around bothering each other” -The Buddha —It offends you cause its true
[Image-1] Dear Karma, I love you. You never let me down. All I have to do is wait and watch and you deliver. Thank you for the gift you’ve given me. Eventually you will find all the horrible people of the world and work your sweet sweet magic. I love you, -Flowers —Karma
Sending good vibes to the trans man who got misgendered at Irving on Robie Street today. I’m sorry you had to go through that embarrassment and I could see you cringing as you corrected the cashier and he ignored you. Sorry for the low blow on TDoV of all days. —The trans woman who was…
[Image-1] What is wrong with this city and transit users? In Montreal and Toronto you would get pushed in front of a bus for some of the shit riders in this city pull. Ever hear of a queue? First arrive, first on… ladies and children first. This is the most uncivilized city I’ve ridden a…
All the traffic whiners should trade their car keys for the bus bitchers bus passes since they hate driving so much. Their feelings will never be hurt again by people not using their signal lights while their rides are in good hands seeing as all these people that complain about the buses are the worlds…
The senate just took a huge pay hike while the real world struggles with high unemployment and a challenged economy. —Justin loves to pull out the plastic
[Image-1] I was pleased to read Scott Edgar’s “The route of the problem,” published last week in The Coast. He appeals to mayor Mike Savage and city council to not vote on Halifax Transit’s Moving Forward Together proposal until more detailed information can be gathered on the impact of the proposed changes. Speaking on behalf…
The talk of Stillwell possibly re-opening its beer garden across from the Halifax Common has left the surrounding neighbourhood with mixed feelings. Chris Reynolds, the co-owner of the bar, met at 2223 North Park Street—a proposed location for the Stillwell Beergarden, which spent last summer on the Halifax waterfront—for an informal meeting Sunday afternoon. He…
Canadian fashion icon, Globe & Mail columnist and former host of Fashion Television, Jeanne Beker will be this year’s special guest at the Epoch Fashion Show at NSCAD’s Port Campus on April 16 (7pm). The runway will debut the spring collections of senior NSCAD Textile/Fashion students, including Maggie MacCormick, Cai Ripley, Leanne Hansen and a dozen more. “I…
The Central Library isn’t really a library. The noisy, stinky food smells reminds me of a greasy spoon. I need to concentrate when I’m at the ‘library’, and the loud crunching of salads doesn’t help. Coffee is fine, but there is just too much food. What would happen if the library locked down the computers…
[Image-1] Why are the seats in the Big Lift Shuttles so filthy? Someone forgot to add the shuttles to a cleaning list? The drivers sit around a lot; maybe once a shift they could wipe them down. —Bringing my own cleaner next time
The Jazz Festival turns the big three-oh this summer, so it’s fitting a big act is headlining: Lauryn Hill will play the festival’s opening night. The official announcement just happened, and the $68 tickets go on sale this Thursday for the Tuesday, July 12 concert. (Check the fest’s site to get tix and/or festival passes…
[Image-1] I was out at Herring Cove enjoying the sunshine and climbing on rocks when my phone flew from my pocket and into the depths of a pile of boulders up on the look out. My friend and I and some helpful passer-by tried for a good forty minutes to a) locate it b) once…
Former Halifax-based electronic musician AA Wallace returns from Toronto on Saturday to shake up The Seahorse (2037 Gottingen, 10pm, $12) with dance-party cone-heads Tupper Ware Remix Party. It’s going to be all kinds of crazy, especially since Wallace just released his second party album In Alpha Zones, an 11-track synth-pop romp on Culvert Music. For his homecoming, Wallace tells…
[IMage-1] This Saturday’s free Cybersecurity for Activists workshop at the Halifax Central Library will show how to fight the power while staying protected online. “In the wake of the Snowden revelations lots of people are feeling this to be a matter of concern,” says Max Haiven, co-director of the Radical Imagination Project and one of…
“This is the second chapter, and it’s so exciting,” says Elana Liberman of her Cyclone Group Fitness’ brand-new location at 200-1717 Barrington Street. “I look at Barrington Street as growing up. I look at Cyclone that way too, it’s kind of grown up. We now know what the community wants and needs and we’re trying…
This March (#RIP) was a super freaky month for local releases in film, video and music. In this edition of In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI), you can get freaked out by the following: Seth Smith’s new short film The Brym The creator of 2012 indie feature and slime-fest Lowlife, Seth Smith released his new four-minute short…
In the midst of controversy over B.C.’s Peace River Site C dam project, the Canadian Geothermal Energy Association released a study showing the province could get the same amount of energy more affordably from geothermal sources, for about half the construction costs. Unlike Site C, geothermal wouldn’t require massive transmission upgrades, would be less environmentally…
I spoke at JCCSF—Jewish Community Center of San Francisco—last week as a part of their Uninhibited: About Sex lecture series. The audience submitted questions on cards, which were ably put to me by Jourdan Abel, who was wearing a wonderful uterus-themed sweater. (Check out my Instagram account—@dansavage—to see Abel’s sweater!) Here are some of the…
[Image-1] The mild winter must be making us soft. During last year’s frozen hellscape we chiseled grades out of sidewalk ice and wrote the councillors’ names in the snow. But in preparing the 2016 City Council Report Card we can’t help but think it hasn’t been that bad of a year for HRM. The municipality’s…
[Image-1] As we’ve done in previous years, The Coast emailed a questionnaire to HRM’s 16 councillors and mayor a few weeks back. We wanted their perspective on the past 12 months, and what they were looking forward to in 2016. What was their biggest regret? Are they planning to re-offer in October’s election? How would…
[Image-1] Dear mayor Savage and HRM regional councillors: It’s More Than Buses is asking Regional Council not to vote on Halifax Transit’s Moving Forward Together plan without seeing much more information about it. We would like Halifax Transit to provide more information about how many people will be able to use this network to make…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Aries (Mar 21-Apr 19) According to my astrological analysis, you would benefit profoundly from taking a ride in a jet fighter plane 70,000 feet above the earth. In fact, I think you really need to experience weightlessness as you soar faster than the speed of sound. Luckily, there’s an organization, MiGFlug, that can…
After the verdict There are a lot of angry and disappointed people in Canada as a result of the not-guilty verdict rendered by judge William Horkins in the Jian Ghomeshi sexual assault trial. I am one of those people. Being the mother of a domestic violence abuse survivor, there is a lot of room in…
The actor-writer-director Gavin Hood follows up the mostly computer-generated Ender’s Game—about a boy training to fight intergalactic war through a simulator that turned out to be real—with a similar but much more realistic battle pitched across nations in Eye in the Sky. Colonel Katherine Powell is played by Helen Mirren—a terrific, welcome force to have in a typically manly environment…
In the early 1960s, Charles Manson was just a young, petty criminal known as Little Charlie. By the summer of ’69, Manson had become an infamous cult leader responsible for inciting the brutal slayings of nine people. In between, he was incarcerated in the same Washington State prison as Alvin “Creepy” Karpis, a Canadian bank…
“The older I get and the more I play, the more I realize the magic of it all,” says violinist Donald MacLennan, on his passion for swing-based gypsy jazz music. For the last decade, the Antigonish resident has been fiddling with all manner of folk artists—including Ben Caplan, Jennah Barry and Michael Dalton—and with quartets…
It takes a bunch of DJs to create a scene like the fourth instalment of BAH-NAH-NAH, happening Friday, April 1 at The Company House (2202 Gottingen Street, 10pm, $5). This soiree is so hot you’ll feel “like summer is right around the corner.” DJ Shyshaya (AKA Shaya Ishaq, pictured above left) I’m from Ottawa, and…
Quebecois director Jean-Marc Vallée continues his steady march into Hollywood—you have him to blame for Matthew McConaughey’s Oscar—following up Wild and Dallas Buyers Club with the Jake Gyllenhaal-starrer Demolition. Gyllenhaal, who’s made two films with Vallée’s fellow ascendant Francophone, Denis Villeneuve, stars as Davis, an investment banker whose wife dies in a car accident. A hospital vending-machine incident inspires Davis to write…
Celebrated pianist and composer Marc-André Hamelin isn’t worried you think classical music is dead. The Order of Canada recipient, who’s performing with Symphony Nova Scotia at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on Thursday and Friday nights, says the often-misunderstood genre is as alive as ever: “There are many, many immortal masterpieces that will never die,” he…
Latte art is pretty and all, but it’s hard to focus on foam when the textural rainbow of a bowl of bibimbap sits next to it. But in the immortal words of the Old El Paso Taco Girl: Why don’t we have both? And if you’ve wandered down Brunswick Street in the past few weeks,…
[Image-4] Danny Chedrawe hasn’t been winning people over with his new Doyle Block. Westwood Developments is currently tearing down the entire block between Spring Garden Road and Doyle Street to make way for a planned seven-storey building of mixed commercial and residential use which will feature—among other amenities—a “living roof.” But it’s the building’s…
