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Electric vehicles won’t save us from runaway climate change, but they’re part of the solution, along with support for public transit and active transport like walking and cycling. The transportation sector accounts for almost one-quarter of the world’s carbon emissions, so it’s an area where change is necessary and possible. As Norway and other countries…
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Almonak | Halifax Eatery (@almonakhalifax) on Apr 29, 2019 at 3:51pm PDT There’s a little something for everyone at Almonak (5659 Almon Street). The north end eatery—which opens today—aims to blend together its kitchen, coffee and bakery into one welcoming space. “Our unofficial motto for Almonak…
Halifax has played host of to a number of major sporting events, including the World Junior Hockey Championships in 2003, the 2015 World Men’s Curling Championship and the World Figure Skating Championships way back in 1990. Now this week it’s hosting the world championship for something called floorball. The 2019 World Floorball Championships for men…
The remaining 2019 East Coast Music Awards were handed out last night in Charlottetown, after an initial round on Thursday. There were only three repeat winners amongst the multiple nominees—North Preston’s Reeny Smith, Enfield native Classified and Toronto resident Jeremy Dutcher—which is always nice (sweeps are boring). Album of the Year Classified, Tomorrow Could Be…
Workers at the Avalon Sexual Assault Centre are unionizing. Avalon is the only sexual assault centre in the Halifax Regional Municipality–that’s an area of over 400,000 people–and is chronically under-resourced. Avalon employees say the decision to unionize is about forming a stronger and united front to address the systemic issues that lead to a lack…
An Alberta advocacy group seems driven to distraction by personalized plates. Last week’s hearing in Halifax Supreme Court about Lorne Grabher’s plate is the third case the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has backed in April alone. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, a right-wing law organization, represented Lorne Grabher in court last week. The…
Good times like the annual Jane’s Walk celebration, a Metric/July Talk Big Ticket show and the Halifax Crafters spring market await. Halifax Crafters Society Spring Market Saturday, Sunday The seasonal sale celebrating local makers returns to get you geared up with artisanal snacks, self-care supplies, homewares and more. Held at Olympic Community Hall. more deets…
OMG – What is wrong with people? On the bus today – both times the #1 – I saw a guy get on with his ‘domesticated’ rat – no cage, no bag, no leash just tucked up into his hoodie! Who the fuck does that? In retrospect I should have told the driver and had…
Fuck me, When I ask people where to go for Italian, Indian or Mexican or any other food that has not been dredged from the bottom of the sea and called fish chowder, I get “better to cook it yourself”. Please do not list a menu item as spicy if it does not have more…
I had a hankering for a bacon and egger the other morning, so I set off to the nearest grocery store. I picked up a package of bacon that looked pretty lean, that is, until I got it home and into the frying pan. The whole package was about 90% fat! The only scraps of…
I was in the movie theatre with you the other day, me and about a hundred other people all excited to see how the Avengers ended (no spoilers). Your kid was making a lot of noise during one of Iron Man’s most important post-fight scenes in the movie, but after about a minute of not…
I just spent the better part of 10 bucks (8.99) on what I thought were maxi pads, only to get to work and realize I had bought stupid panty liners. The picture on the front of the packaging looked like a puffy maxi pad and the writing on the packaging that read “daily liners” was…
Attention running groups of Halifax: stop blocking the fucking sidewalks. Running shoulder to shoulder on the sidewalk and forcing pedestrians to move out of your way when common courtesy is to do the opposite is obnoxious as fuck.—an embarrassed fellow runner
Q I’ve been with my boyfriend for a few months. Prior to dating, I was clear with him that I would need to open our relationship at some point. He initially hesitated to respond, but then agreed we could do that when the time came. That time has come much quicker than I anticipated, but…
Seth Smith works quietly, switching his glance between an an oblong tunnel and the set as it is captured on a camera monitor. The director is surrounded by actors in metallic suits and crew members confirming scene numbers, but he looks as if he’s in his own world. As the take is called with a…
Atlantic Podcast Summit May 3-5 Halifax Convention Centre, 1650 Argyle Street atlanticpodcastsummit.com I n the first and only media interview with would-be mass killer Lindsay Souvanna-rath, she describes choosing a location: “One of the ideas he threw out there was a hospital…I kind of said that sounded fun, but I didn’t really think that in…
Really Big Deal: A Comedy Show w/Nick Nemeroff, Heather Macdonald, Clare Belford, Jordan Roberts, Rachael Sheppard and Lindsay Dauphinee Wednesday, May 8, 7:30pm The Seahorse Tavern, 2037 Gottingen Street $15 A fter an uproarious appearance on Conan last fall, Nick Nemeroff comes breezing into town on the rare air of the late night comedy circuit.…
H alifax city council is preparing to create a mandatory registry for rental properties in Halifax that will show you their basic information and by-law violation record. An amendment to by-law M-200 was approved Tuesday to increase compliance with new standards. Almost three years ago, M-200 was passed to redefine standards for rental properties. On…
T he long-awaited replacement for retired regional police chief Jean-Michel Blais will be Dan Kinsella. Currently the deputy chief of operations for the Hamilton Police Services, Kinsella doesn’t officially start until July 1. Residents will have to wait and see if he’s the future face of change in the Halifax police force. “He just rose…
L ast week, news came down that we have a new environment minister: Gordon Wilson has replaced Margaret Miller. We welcome a fresh set of eyes on this important file. Minister Wilson arrives at a critical time to do right by Mi’kmaq communities dealing with environmental racism—from Pictou Landing First Nation’s long struggle to make…
More than 40 community members and overdose prevention site advocates attended a meeting at Halifax North Memorial Library this week to discuss the location of a proposed Overdose Prevention Site in the community. Members of the African Nova Scotian and greater north end community spoke about the historic importance of the proposed location at the…
Gayle Collicutt was 17 when she saw her first women’s shelter. “My mother was an alcoholic and I was out of control,” she says, so eventually she was dropped off at Adsum House for Women and Children. The dramatic change in surroundings “was very eye-opening. “I got stolen from a lot,” she says. “I even…
Halifax is garbage at garbage cans Hello to “A member of the Halifax community,” who wrote the letter in last week’s Coast about the overflowing garbage bin with the garbage all mixed together (“Recycling far from home,” Reply all). The bin you were referring to is a single bin where, yes, all the garbage, compostables,…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20) I invite you to explore the frontiers of what’s possible for you to experience and accomplish. One exercise that might help: Visualize specific future adventures that excite you. Examples? Picture yourself parasailing over the Mediterranean Sea near Barcelona, or working to help endangered sea turtles in Costa Rica or…
Cafe Lara is calling all coffee geeks to its launch party of Cafe Fest, a week-long celebration of all things coffee, local and independent from May 5-11. “I like bringing the community together,” says Lara Cusson. “I’ve been trying to get the coffee community together as much as possible—I think it’s important that we all…
P lié into spring at The Pilates Barre (5649 Hennessey Street, the former home of 11 Street Boutique, which moved right next door). The bright and sunshine-filled soft-pink studio just opened on May 1. Owner Erika Ferguson starting taking pilates classes 20 years ago. She says pilates gave her strength in her body and she…
