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Why do people who work in certain pizza shops think it’s alright to have a complete lack of manners and customer service? Taking my order of the phone and just being such a fuckface about it that I actually cancel my order? —Last Time You Hear From This West-Ender
[Image-1] Hello douchebag drivers of HRM—I am the driver in front of you who refuses to cave to your tailgating pressure and general douchebag driving habits. Two can play that game, and the more of a douche you are, the more I act like a douche to piss you off. Driving on my rear end on the…
They’re in the window. It shows when we open and WHEN WE CLOSE. Those morons who come in at five to close are the stupidest people in the world and it would make my day if one of them choked on their sandwich right there. At least an ambulance would get you and your friends…
Bike lanes? Bike lanes?! Sidewalks and side streets forks—cyclists, yield to pedestrians—cars, yield to everything. And if you are not of the presence of mind to do so, simply get off the road. Bike lanes…get outta here. —Michael
To all the good people who give bottles and cans to people pushing a cart. It is greatly appreciated —Guy With a Cart
[Image-1] Can’t the teachers and government come together? Come on guys! Maybe each side could give a little. How about this: One percent a year for wages to keep up with inflation; Keep the long service award but have a reasonable size of payout by either capping it or else paying a certain dollar amount for each…
I gotta say, the new bright white LED street lights are much more pleasing than those dingy reddish-white street lights that were all over the place. Not sure who to thank, but thanks —It Is About Time
[Image-1] The municipality’s latest homicide has left the councillor for Halifax Peninsula North saddened and offering his condolences to all those impacted by HRM’s continuing gun crime. Lindell Smith warned those in attendance at Tuesday’s meeting of Regional Council that he might be “a little off” due to Monday night’s shooting death on Gottingen Street. “We’re…
[Image-1] What do you do with a problem that everyone is responsible for, but no one wants to commit to? Most people forget about it, but plastic accumulation is a growing issue that will soon be difficult to ignore. Focused on climate change this catastrophe is usually pushed aside and hidden from the public. However,…
I’m realizing more and more as things happen in my life that there is no ‘normal’. There’s the dream of a default that you return to where the experience you just went through didn’t influence you but it’s no the case. Maybe to some degree you get to go back to yourself a bit more,…
I was having a mental breakdown and happened to sit against your car on Charles Street in nothing but a t-shirt while I cried like a baby. Even though I ignored you, you were still kind enough to keep asking if I was okay and lent me your jacket for part of my walk home.…
To all those self-entitled jerks that feel they are so special they can ignore the law and park right in front of the HarbourView apartments after 4pm (during rush hour) and hold up an entire lane of traffic on Portland Street so as to avoid your precious car: Screw you. You couldn’t be bothered to…
A 22-year-old man is dead following a shooting in north end Halifax. According to Halifax Regional Police, officers responded to a report of gunshots in the area of Falkland Street and Gottingen Street at 10:47pm Police found a man who had been shot inside of a vehicle. Tyler Ronald Joseph Keizer of Halifax was brought…
[Image-1] I read the other day where a man was given parole after just 16 months of a 5 year sentence for committing a sexual assault on a girl. I {as a man} find this appalling. How can any sane individual make this decision?? If you are sentenced to 5 years How can you justify…
On occasion people will make strong moves based on sound reasons and reduce stress on the healthcare system, reduce their impact on the environment and take themselves out of the animal cruelty eqaution by going vegan. And sometimes a school administrator will hold a crates of meat xmas fundraiser, completely undermining and offsetting the efforts…
A few soft, sweet points: 1) don’t be scared 2) you are a beautiful little human and 3) hugs are always welcome —Ursa Major
I was driving down Barrington on the way to pick my girlfriend up after her shift late Saturday night when you stepped into the intersection. I almost hit you because the left side of the crosswalk was obstructed by a large truck. I’m very very sorry. You probably saw me hang my head in surprise…
[Image-1] Seriously old people,why do you drive your cars on multiple pain meds and god knows what other types of mind altering, man made chemical pills your gullible souls shoved into your bodies every single retired day?”Doc knows best!”Sure he does love incentives from big pill companies and certainly not your health ok.. You seniors…
okay, i work in a busy grocery store. now i have a comment if you come in and want to return something we are willing to do that however if you come yelling and screaming that you want more than your refund well exceedingly more, well you will get the door and the cops oh,…
On Sunday ,Nov., 6 at about 1 PM, I took my wife to Emergency with a gallbladder attack and we sat there until 5 PM. She was crying in pain, as we watched the usual Sunday crowd of drunks and junkies come and go , laughing, playing with their phones and high fiving. When I…
[Image-1] Canada’s top priority in Washington is selling itself as a trusted partner to Donald Trump. That was the message given by Canadian ambassador David MacNaughton during a Halifax Chamber of Commerce luncheon held Friday afternoon. “We need to convince them we’re a trusted partner,” said MacNaughton, adding that Canada has been taking its relationship…
[Image-1] The downtown’s biggest suck will plague local businesses for another 12 months, at least. Construction on the Halifax Convention Centre won’t be complete until at least December, 2017. That’s roughly a two-year delay from original plans for a January, 2016 opening, which were subsequently pushed back to this September, and then again recently delayed…
10 Silent Reading at the Imbibery Thursday Two hours with just your book, your beer and your thoughts—and no phone—at Good Robot. 9 Re-imaging The Short Film Friday Challenge your idea of what a short can be at this screening of quick flicks by three boundary-pushing directors at NSCAD’s Bell Theatre. 8 Atlantic Fashion Week…
North by Night Holiday Market Back again, taking over the corner of Charles and Agricola, is the North by Night Holiday Market, a seasonal street party. Just before the sun goes down for the day (curse you, early darkness!) the strip comes alive with food trucks, live music, a beer garden, clothing, crafts and snacks.…
[Image-1] “More than one comma.” Delivered with an impish grin, that’s the reply I received from author Randy Shilts when I asked, over a bowl of chowder, if he’d scored a decent advance for his new book project. It was 1991 and we were both in the Boston area, on leave from our jobs as…
[Image-1] Who am I? Where did I come from? Where am I going? Why am I here? These are senator Murray Sinclair’s four fundamental questions for understanding ourselves and finding meaning in our lives. Last week I saw senator Sinclair, Manitoba’s first Indigenous judge and chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, speak…
Q I’m a longtime fan—reader and listener—and part of the 47 percent of white women who did NOT vote for Donald Trump. To say I’m disappointed, horrified, scared and mad about the election is woefully insufficient. I donated $100 to Planned Parenthood this morning because I honestly felt like there was nothing else I could…
Burnwater: Alchemy Friday, Nov. 18, 7 pm Saturday, Nov. 19, 2 pm and 7 pm Sunday, Nov. 20, 2 pm Tickets: $15 adult, $7 student Osprey Arts Centre, 107 Water Street, Shelburne Hear Here Productions’s Erin Donovan and Mocean Dance’s Susanne Chui are bringing audience participation up a notch with Burnwater: Alchemy. Donovan and Chui…
The Spanish Tragedy Written by Thomas Kyd & Adapted by Dan Bray Directed by Dan Bray The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street November 15th to 20th $15-$25 Thomas Kyd wrote The Spanish Tragedy in the late 16th century, a play that would become terribly famous and inspire such minor works as Hamlet. Halifax’s Villain’s…
When you know, you know. That was the case with Jeremy Walker, who wasn’t looking for a condo until he found the condo. “The idea wasn’t appealing to me at first. I was more like a backwoods person; I wanted a space by a lake or something like that,” he says. But falling in love…
I just got back from Los Angeles (brag) and have a newfound appreciation for strip malls. If you’ve been to LA (like I have, brag), you know it is nothing but a series of strip malls punctuated by gas stations, movie studios and Baldwin brothers. Inside those strip malls are some seriously great restaurants. On…
Chris Locke w/host Dan Hendricken, Cher Hann, Matt Wright, Heidi Brander Thursday, November 17, 8pm w/host Adam Christie, Cher Hann, Bob Kerr, Struan Sutherland Friday, November 18, 8pm The Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street Chris Locke learned he was afraid of bears the hard way. The comedian was on a hike in Northern Ontario with…
Stranger Things panel Friday, November 18, 7pm Art Bar + Projects, 1873 Granville Street pwyc DONATE HERE: https://www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/help-bring-two-brown-girls-to-halifax Shaya Ishaq and Isabelle Ofume are determined to make space for voices like theirs in Halifax. Since May, the university students have been organizing an event that they believe will do just that. Ishaq and Ofume are…
Darwyn Cooke Days November 17-19 Strange Adventures, 5110 Prince Street Sometimes we’re in the company of a legend and most of us don’t even know it. So it was with comic artist, writer and designer Darwyn Cooke. His career started in his hometown of Toronto, working as an art director in magazines before moving into…
The Jerry Cans w/The Barrowdowns Friday, November 18, 10pm The Seahorse Tavern 2037 Gottingen Street $10 Belting out songs in Inuktitut, the Iqaluit-based The Jerry Cans are known for sneaking language lessons into the dance party. The band sounds like the contemporary north: Traditional Inuit throat singing, accordion, alt-country, bluegrass and reggae. It’s uniformly danceable and…
[IMAGE-1] Christmas Eve, 2008. A group message, Facebook. “I hope you’re having a wonderful and glorious and perhaps a little drunk holidays. MAD and I need your help, if you have time and energy after xmas. If you have painting, sanding, staining, cleaning, sewing, minor carpentry, or just have a flair for helping and smiling….we…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) Does the word “revolution” have any useful meaning? Or has it been invoked by so many fanatics with such melodramatic agendas that it has lost its value? In accordance with your astrological omens, I suggest we give it another chance. I think it deserves a cozy spot in your…
Alt-wrong Here’s a tip—don’t give free press to the racist far right (“Meet Halifax’s biggest Trump supporter,” feature by Jacob Boon, November 9). Two pages offering legitimacy to a local anti-feminist and Trump supporter? Here’s a tip: Don’t fucking empower racists. If you don’t think you can handle that, maybe don’t publish a paper. —Brad…
[Image-1] Inmates at the women’s prison in Truro once again have access to doulas after inexplicably being denied the volunteer support service for the past several months. “Thanks to extensive media coverage, Women’s Wellness Within [WWW] has been contacted by management at Nova Institution for Women and we hope to resume working with women who…
