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Halifax’s virtual reality scene is growing every day and thanks to some fortuitous real estate, a new spot with a focus on group games and team building events has opened up nearby. Thor Henrikson and Edward Mowbray have been old film industry buds for nearly 20 years, and when they found themselves looking for a…
We welcome everyone to have a bit of “craic” this St Patrick’s Day and will politely acknowledge how your great-great grandfather’s goldfish was Irish, but please, for the love of jaysus, it’s Paddy NEVER Patty! Yes of course I’m sure, since I was, y’know, born and raised there for feck’s sake…Sláinte. —Frustrated Ulsterman Correcting Knowledge
As a pitbull owner, I would like to take some time to thank anyone who walks their dogs in off leash parks and is very accepting of my dog. I have never encountered such kind wonderful people as I do in off leash parks. Mothers will grab their children and run screaming if I walk…
Last summer The Coast revealed that an internal audit conducted by the Halifax Regional Police had found widespread problems with the security and record keeping inside the HRP’s Drug Vault—the storage area that holds evidence seized in drug crimes—including missing drugs and cash. Now it turns out the problems have existed for much longer and…
Ted Upshaw is gigantic. At six-foot-six, the 60-year-old towers over the average person. But his sunny disposition is more reminiscent of the Big Friendly Giant than the “fee-fi-fo-fum” variety. Robert Graham (Ted) Upshaw became the first African-Canadian to be a commissioned inspector by the RCMP in 1999. Now working as a public safety advisor with…
The day before Valentine’s Day, during a severe snowfall, the @HfxRegPolice Twitter account sent out a reminder to residents that it’s illegal to walk on the street. “No, that’s not what the law says at all,” responded Ben Wedge, a transportation advocate and former member of Halifax’s Crosswalk Safety Advisory Committee. “If you could leave…
In a recent self-assessed report card, the Otter Lake Community Monitoring Committee released the results of a December waste audit that found 52 percent of residential waste and 71 percent of business waste was reusable, recyclable or compostable material. “It was a surprise to us that the numbers were that high,” says Ken Donnelly, a…
In 2011, I travelled with my family down Yukon’s Hart River. It’s one of seven pure rivers in the Peel River watershed, a 68,000-square-kilometre wilderness that’s been at the centre of a legal dispute for many years and a land-use planning debate for more than a decade. For two weeks, we fished from the river’s…
When Michael Thompson came back to Halifax after years of working out west, he didn’t quite know what to do with himself. “My wife said, you know what, just do what you love and open up a skateboard shop,” says the owner of new north end biz, Octopus Skateboards (5587 West Street, suite 200). A…
@stillwellbrewing is the natural continuation of the beers we’ve been brewing in other peoples’ breweries; dry, balanced, drinkable, table-friendly farmhouse stuff. Our space is the warehouse at the back of Propeller Gottingen. With a focus on patient oak fermentation, we should be brewing within the next month, though we won’t likely release anything until later…
GroundSwell Music Festival Mar 16-18 Various times and locations (see listings below) The stars have aligned for this year’s GroundSwell Music Festival. Celtic-tinged rock landing on St. Patrick’s weekend? It’s too perfect. With three nights of big ticket shows and lots of genres on offer (from Ria Mae’s power-pop to roots music from Rawlins Cross),…
The corruption in our judicial system is sickening. It is a business developed to legally steal people’s money while they unnecessarily drag cases on while they charge the hard working people of this province for their games. Ever tried making a complaint with the Barristers Society? The whole system needs a over haul! Judges making…
It took several months of trying and a Freedom of Information request to get ahold of the police department’s Drug Exhibit Audit last year. Far easier than obtaining that public report was gaining access to the department’s private social media passwords, which Halifax Regional Police mistakenly and unknowingly released to The Coast. Two weeks ago,…
This afternoon Symphony Nova Scotia announced their upcoming 2017/18 season with a full orchestra preview of highlights, which include good ol’ classics like Beethoven’s Ninth and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons to Halifax Pop Explosion’s Ria Mae concert and The Music of David Bowie “Our upcoming concerts include the sublime Brahms Violin Concerto and his First Piano…
Open Studio Series March 18-19, 8pm DANSpace-on-Grafton Pre-Show: Lucy M. May 7pm Performances by Rhonda Baker (Halifax) Sarah Wendt (Montréal/Charlottetown) Ellen Furey (Montréal) Susan Wolf (Halifax/Toronto) Lucy M. May (Montréal) Kinetic Studio is dancing the night away with the final installation of its Open Studio series. Taking place around the city this month and this…
You come in for breakfast or lunch at least once every couple of weeks. Despite friendly and fast service and food that is always cooked to your liking (you’ve never sent anything back) you NEVER tip!!! What the hell dude? I guess you think we do this for fun? Wondering what you get out of…
We have the third highest paid premier in Canada. We have some of the highest paid Cabinet Ministers, a number of whom will be receiving other public sector pensions. We have a MLA pension plan which an ‘independent’ commission reviewed and resulted in some tinkering around the edges but no significant changes and which is…
Celebrating the 10th edition of the festival, OBEY X, the OBEY Convention announced the early line-up for spring’s wildest festival, including Indonesian folk, hip-hop, thrash metal and more. Clear the ol’ calendar for May 25-28, across the city at “alternative and historic venues” (over half of the programming free and all ages) OBEY once again…
Your yowling cat and foolish self have completely stolen my heart. You’re so inspiring that you make me want to be a better, more creative person. while part of me dreads being apart from you for the summer, I’m excited for the adventures that will give both of us so much. We’ll be better than…
Thanks to Label Obscura, you can refresh your 20 year old Plumtree collection (sorry old, scratchy CDs, you are no longer cutting it) with some freshly pressed vinyl. The label re-released Mass Teen Fainting, Plumtree Predicts The Future and This Day Won’t Last At All on March 7 with a limited edition of 300 copies.…
You do understand a laundry room in an apartment building is a shared space because other people DO exist, yes? Those other apartments in the building are occupied by humans known to you as your fellow tenants…You’ve probably noticed some of them around from time to time, yes? So… assuming you’re an adult now, it’s…
Really? You could not look at what you were pulling, carrying, tossing BEFORE you pulled, carried or tossed it? I did not pay you to treat my things like they were bags of garbage. I’m not yet finished unpacking and I’m still finding stuff you damaged. Like I said, I will tell all who ask…
It is great to see lots of cyclists taking advantage of this mild weather, and on Thursday evening I saw a bike commuter doing just that, crossing through the Commons, riding with their small child onboard in a ‘baby-seat’; a great thing! They had a nice well-equipped multi-speed bike too, and as I saw this from a…
To the super handsome security guard who seems to perpetually be at my Sobeys of choice… thanks for brightening my shopping experience. Pretty sure you’re on to me – hope you take the compliment. –Not a suspicious person, just checking you out
Just read the article where the Canadian Bar Association is saying how the public is ‘free to criticize’ but all the ‘name calling’ and ‘personal attacks’ towards a particular local judge is ‘unacceptable’. The CBA was also kind enough to reminded everybody that any ‘reasonable’ and ‘informed’ member of the public would want this person…
The provincial government is putting an extra $1 million towards trying to prevent a fentanyl-fuelled opioid crisis in Nova Scotia. In a press release sent out Friday, the Department of Health and Wellness announced details of the increased spending, including $564,000 for expanding access to the overdose-countering naloxone drug kits to pharmacies, police and health care organizations…
The Nova Scotia branch of the national Canadian Bar Association is condemning some of the emotionally-charged comments and commentary that have been voiced against judge Gregory Lenehan. Debate and complaints made in the proper channels are important features of the justice system that can lead to positive change, writes CBA-NS executive director Tina Tucker in a…
The cops don’t want it, but what to do with it and who owns it is proving difficult to figure out. Halifax Regional Police has generated $12,378 over the last four years by depositing seized drug money into an interest-bearing bank account. Last year’s Drug Exhibit Audit recommended that practice stop immediately—and the funds be…
I worked for three women managers and I have never seen such back stabbing name calling that you would not expect from seemingly nice women. The inappropriate behaviour by these so called ladies went as far as to tell all the staff they were going to fire me when a group approached me at our…
Kong: Skull Island is so actively bad that there’s no way it could’ve ever been good, even though there are some (deliberately) excellent one-liners scattered throughout. It’s so bad that the bullshit “shouldn’t art-house actors get to make some money once in awhile” excuse does not hold—and when we talk about that we’re talking high…
Most presiding judges are intelligent and humane and fair. Almost all judges, probably. Which is why the tiny minority of judges who are mother-wanking toss-baskets stand out so egregiously. It shocks the sensibility of every decent, thinking citizen when these neanderthal arse-waggers render a decision plumbed from the depths of some hideous stinking cesspool of…
Halifax’s chief administrative officer is missing from City Hall, and the reason why might be related to a confidential motion passed earlier this week by city council. Jacques Dubé has been “out of the office dealing with a personal issue” for the past two weeks according to HRM spokesperson Brendan Elliott, and that’s basically everything…
Happy birthday, dear. You’ve allowed me to fall in love with Nova Scotia all over again through your nerdy trivia since the first day we met (ref: some Halifax Explosion Book). My PhD in Halifax CE credits are current thanks to you couriering issues of The Coast to the prairies. I love you to the…
You know how people always say “when hell freezes over I will do such and such,” well, that kind of happened to us in a manner of speaking. I had been dating my best friend for about two years and I felt the time was right to ask her to marry me. She was never…
10 Mystic Con Friday // Saturday Can’t wait till Hal-Con? Neither can the kids at MSVU, who are offering two days of daily gaming, cosplay contests, discussion panels, lip sync battles and more. 9 Indie Afternoon at Black Buffalo Saturday Benefits and D’Ambrosia sling coffee house vibes at this intimate show. 8 Kirsten Olivia Thursday…
Goon: Last of the Enforcers Opens Friday, March 17 The 2011 film Goon offered a new angle on hockey movies: Doug Glatt (Seann William Scott) was a formidable fighter—and a really nice guy. Charmingly dim and good-hearted, yet a terrifying opponent. Goon: Last of the Enforcers, out next week, catches up with Doug well into…
SonReal presents No Warm Up Tour w/Clairmont The Second Friday, March 10, 9pm The Marquee Ballroom 2037 Gottingen Street $25/$30 Nineteen-year-old Clairmont Humphrey II, AKA Clairmont The Second, grew up listening to different types of songs that now inspire his creative sound. “First music I ever heard in my life was gospel music, and like…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20) If you normally wear adornments and accessories and fine disguises, I invite you not to do so for the next two weeks. Instead, try out an unembellished, what-you-see-is-what-you-get approach to your appearance. If, on the other hand, you don’t normally wear adornments and accessories and fine disguises, I encourage…
Q My wife and I have a decent sex life. Pretty vanilla, but we’re busy with work, chores and life in general with two small kids, so I can’t complain too much. About a year after having our second kid, I went down on my wife. As usual, we both enjoyed it greatly. Unfortunately, about…
Picnic at Dart 127 Portland Street Tue-Sat 4-10pm Sat-Sun 10:30am-2pm There is a line in the movie The Haunting—the perfect 1963 version, not the terrible one from the ’90s where Owen Wilson is spoilered in a spoiler with a spoiler—that always makes me think of downtown Dartmouth. When Eleanor Lance, the walking goosebump protagonist, arrives…
Start the decline Ron Scott is correct, but does not go sufficiently far (“Ocean notion,” Reply All, March 2). This may be simplistic but greenhouse gasses (mostly carbon dioxide) started to exceed the ability of global systems to absorb it shortly after WWII. Therefore in order to reverse that situation, we must reduce current human…
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams To March 12 Tue-Fri 7:30pm; Sat-Sun, 2pm and 7:30pm Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street $33-$65 From its opening scene of a familiar seaside winterscape, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is a distinctly and proudly Atlantic Canadian play. Adapted by Robert Chafe from the beloved novel by Wayne Johnston, the production…
Name: Thanh Phung Age: 31 Spotted: Terminal Road Wearing: Sweater, H&M; jeans, Zara; jacket, ASOS; bag, Longchamp (purchased at Foreign Affair) How would you describe your style? My style matches how I feel so it never is the same all the time. Overall I would describe my style as feminine and comfortable. Who do you derive inspiration from when putting…
Trapped in a bathroom, tasked with the delicate job of mosaic tiling, Annie Brace-Lavoie and Jenner Cormier had no choice but to get to know each other. Then they were a couple of strangers, a chef and a bartender biding the time with manual labour to help their new employer (Toronto’s Bar Raval) open. And…
