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Just let me have you. You know I’m crazy about you. Don’t dodge love boy. —<3
King of the road
Oh, you’re “not a violent man”? So that’s why you decided to “escort” a lone woman down Bell Road after dark, as a captive audience for your belligerent, inebriated ramblings, you fucking creeper? Your desperate ass actually was some of the least intimidating street harassment I’ve ever had the pleasure of dealing with, but nothing—FUCKING…
The Pinky to my Brain
I got on the 87 at Cobequid Terminal early in the morning a few days ago and there you were in the early sunshine looking like a hundred bucks. Your hot pink hair glowing in the sunlight as you stared at me for a second and lightly smiled then some guy blocked our bout of…
So long for now, Halifax Pop Explosion
Another year gone! You may be able to tell by the mere fact that we are doing our final HPX post now that we had a little too much fun. I rarely get so overly emotional in public as I do at HPX shows. The final night was a real religious experience for me, Black…
Younger = not good enough?
You’re a 29-year-old woman and I’m a 22-year-old man. Originally, we were just sleeping together and nothing more. But then I realized I was starting to develop deeper feelings for you than lust. I wanted something to materialize between us. When I expressed this to you, I learned you wanted someone to seriously date as…
Loud-mouthed mother
I agreed to drive you to the clinic because your car was being borrowed and the only seats left there were on different sides of the room. After a minute you got up to get a magazine, and felt the need to get right in my face and say how a woman’s ass beside you…
Electronic vote verification was inappropriately delayed: E-voting expert
The elections office says that 67,007 people cast votes electronically in the city election, representing 22.5 percent of the electorate. But until The Coast started asking questions today, three days after the election, people who voted electronically still couldn’t verify that their ballots are among those counted by the elections office. At issue is a…
Halifax’s feral cat problem
We had been feeding a lovely feral cat. She was pregnant. Her ear was permanently crumpled down due to a severe mite infestation. The pain and discomfort she must have endured. She was pregnant. The SPCA said they could not take her because they were full, there was a feline leukemia epidemic throughout their facility…
We just met once…
…and this is crazy, but you have my contact info, so email me maybe. —Not Interested in All the Other Boys
Oh please sir, could you let me in?
So Friday night I got off work around 9, walked up to Gottingen Street to get a stamp for a certain show before the line got too long. So with wristband on that I had purchased for this certain festival, dead sober, no line-up, I did not think this was going to be a problem.…
There’s that feeling
I haven’t felt like this in awhile, but I recognized the feeling when it hit me. That feeling of “I hate everyone and everything” for no real reason. I try to ignore it but it weighs on me. I don’t like it, but I’ve been in a weird mood that’s fueled by it. It’s like…
We don’t remember days
And even if we never talk again, please remember that I’m forever changed by who you are and what you meant to me. —We Remember Moments
Crazy bitch
I recently joined an online dating site and told an old friend I ran into the other day about it. I couldn’t believe when this high school graduate told me she’s a member as well. She continued to tell me that a man, (no photo) with a PhD asked her out but she didn’t go.…
Cyclists in the HRM
It is completely necessary that cyclists get their own bike lines in the HRM. I’m a Halifax resident in the south end and I do not know how many times I’ve almost hit a cyclist due to them weaving in and/or out between both traffic and parked cars or randomly pulling out from a sidewalk.…
Jackie Barkhouse win over Bill Karsten reversed, and other election screw-ups
Late Saturday night, well, Sunday morning, actually, at around 3:30am, the HRM Elections Office announced on its website that the victor in the District 3: Dartmouth South- Eastern Passage district election was Jackie Barkhouse, besting Bill Karsten by just six votes. Everyone expected that Karsten would ask for a recount, as well he should’ve, with…
Oral rot
Please stop talking to me two inches from my face whenever you have something “important” to say… Here is something important you should know: Your breath stinks like fucking shit. I can see green, brown, blue plaque along your gum lines piled up like a snow drift against all the bottoms of your teeth. You…
Hearing our stories at the Live-In
The DaPoPo Live-In is an annual month-long celebration of theatre in Halifax. It is a breeding ground for new ideas. It’s a testing ground for fledgling plays. It offers workshops on everything from physical theatre to storytelling. There’s food and fun for people of all ages. Last night I attended the reading of Black Dragon…
All the young, beautiful, alternative fathers in the HRM
I’m sorry I always check you out when you are with your beautiful tattooed wife or your adorable children with awesome haircuts. You make me think bringing a fragile baby into this crazy world isn’t the worst idea. Please keep being attractive and involved in the lives of your kids and don’t ever return my…
Downtown dumps
You were sitting behind me on the 14 on Thursday night. I could hear you talking on the phone with your friend explaining what a shitty night you’d had and that you’d run into someone you didn’t want to see. I could hear you were very upset and I wanted to say something but for…
Call me a fool…
But I still think of you after three months. You have someone else in your life as do I. We are better off this way. You made the choice to cut me from your life, and at first I was terribly angry and hurt but now I am simply sad. You were a fun guy,…
Genuine human interaction
You stopped me to talk about the Ecology Action Centre, and I was in a pretty good mood and had nowhere to be immediately so I said “Sure, why not.” I want to thank you for being able to have a genuine conversation about the environmental issues surrounding Nova Scotia. We talked for about 30…
Happy single single
To the lovely lady in the blue Isuzu Thursday morning in the drive thru at the Bayer’s Road coffee chain. Thank you so much for paying for my coffee. It was totally unexpected and caught me off guard that I drove off with my money still in my hand. I waved at you but as…
This city, damn
It’s been a long 15 months! After leaving Halifax in search for opportunities in the bigger city, and even in the small countryside… we’re finally coming home. Not only that, but just scored the best downtown house to top it off. We’re in bliss. We can’t contain it. We can’t wait to come home to…
Pants
I am truly thankful for the time we spent together. You have helped me in so many ways. I know we may never be together again but I hope you cherish our time as much as I do. When we were good we were great. I had so much fun with you I will never…
No vote, no voice
Just heard that voter turnout in HRM for the municipal elections stood at a totally pathetic 37 percent. Guess what, fellow bitchers and would-be moaners? That means that 63 percent of you do not have the right to complain about the actions of our esteemed regional councillors, or lack thereof, because you failed to exercise…
Pedestrians, drivers, both assholes
There are bicycle lanes in Halifax. They’re amazing. They are also the ONE place a cyclist feels safe on the road. On some of our streets I have two options; Ride in the road and risk some asshole trying to overtake me, when there is clearly not enough room, and running me off the road;…
Another four years of this?
What in the hell, fellow downtown Dartmouthians, were you thinking? I can’t believe that tired old bag of mothballs was voted in again, and we have to wait for yet another term to get something done around here. I love where I live, but I know that it can be so much better. For a…
Please be you
You leave me hints to your identity, you write LOVE comments to me admitting you care about me. Then when I reach for the phone, I begin to have second thoughts about your identity. I’ve been through that before, years ago. As a result I was extremely hurt and remain hurt, not to mention felt…
Awful unprofessional place
This is to the most unprofessional call centre I have ever had the misfortune of working at in my entire life. The staff is unapproachable, the trainer is sooo blonde and ditzy that she spends more time like talking about her personal life like she just like don’t know like what’s going on. Thank fuck…
Geez… sorry, psycho!
This is to the bitch I knew years back: I came across you on Facebook and decided to send a friend request to you. Then I went to work. When I came back home, I go back on FB to a nasty private message from you which said “Who the HELL are you?? You got…
Wish I could read your mind
I wish I knew what you were thinking. I wish I knew what you’ve been up to and how you’re doing. I hope you didn’t change your mind about me. I understand why you pushed me away, at least I’m trying to, but I wish you didn’t. Don’t get over me. I’ll always come back…
Stop endangering pedestrian life
Christ it’s got to stop. I’m going to take action. I’m going to start standing at the side of the road, like I just might possibly cross, and then wait for traffic to come to a screeching halt. Then I’m going to give everybody the finger. Both directions. And I’m going to stand there with…
Man, I don’t know how to tell you
But I think you’ve made a big mistake. You had a woman (Im calling her #1) in your life who’s friendly and caring no matter what happened. She opened you up to a life without drugs, gave you support (saw it in her eyes at every NA meeting she came with you), and stuck by…
Magneto
Man this cuz named magneto keeps callin my phone and I can’t get over him. I dun’t even know the champ but he keeps callin me and texting me like “yo nukka who dis?” and I’m like you rascal get a job. I think he wants me to join his cartel. There should be a…
Some dumb bitch crosses the street
To the man in a truck trying to turn onto Barrington Street today and called me a “dumb bitch” for crossing said street: please note that I blew you some kisses. I figured maybe some compassion would help you become a more patient man. That’s some dumb bitch logic for you. —Some Dumb Bitch
Election results: What does it all mean?
Now that the HRM election is over, and the results are in, what does it all mean? There are three important general take-aways, as follows. Horrendously low voter participation Before we talk about who won mayor, or what the new council will look like, let’s acknowledge the biggest statement made is this election: an utter…
Election results by district
The elections office hasn’t released official voting turnouts yet, but I was able to cobble together district-by-district turnouts using previously released numbers of eligible voters per district, and matching that with numbers of votes per candidate as released on the city’s web site. The percentages below won’t be exact, because they don’t include spoiled ballots,…
Dan, Specks and Julie
Has your HPX comedown started sinking in yet? Are you curled up on your couch, listening to the album of someone you saw last night and reminiscing whilst shoving your face with chips? Yeah. Goodbyes are hard, but take solace in all those great memories you made this week. But, but… IS IT REALLY OVER?!…
Assholes who leave their dogs out in the cold
Really? REALLY!? So after almost two hours of your poor cold dogs barking their lungs out at eachother (one in the middle of the street out front and the other presumably fenced in the back) your stoned drunk or simply fucking stupid ass decides to let them in. You’re lucky animal control finally answered literally…
Top Ranking
There may not be a North of America reunion in your near future, but the next best thing can be found at RCHMND Shop (1876 Hollis) in Dissent in the Ranks, “an exhibition of artwork and ephemera associated with the band North of America” running until October 21. The show exhibits pieces and miscellany of…
Polaris to Purity Ring
Because I can’t get through a single Pop Explosion without saying something silly into a microphone, I decided to be proactive and get it out of the way early by participating in the Polaris Record Salon yesterday at The Carleton. Hosted by Polaris founder Steve Jordan, The Chronicle Herald’s Stephen Cooke, McNutt Against the Music’s…
Get the fuck over it already!
I’m sick of being painted as a bad person and a slut because I started seeing a guy who was originally supposed to be set up with your cousin. There was a party we all went to this past summer and you introduced your single cousin to this guy you knew. Later that night, he…
Three for one bus seats
When I first found out that Halifax’s buses don’t allow oversized or excessive luggage (or just stuff) on board I was bummed, but really, it made sense: buses are for people, people need space. Now WHY, does your entitled, infant covered ass get to take up THREE seats worth of space to park your car-sized…
Halifax for sale
So, you lost your MP status during the last federal election… I wonder why? What did the people of that riding know that the remainder of HRM doesn’t know? I know the city is trying to be environmentally friendly, but some things just aren’t worth recycling…. they’re just plain garbage. As someone who does pay…
01/85
To a certain “fast paced” bus to Sackville owned by a certain transit company… WHY THE FUCK is the 9am bus ALWAYS late to Halifax?? How come the bus just before you, the 8:50 TO Halifax is always on time, yet you are always late. You are supposed to be at the terminal by 8:53.…
Do cyclists in Halifax have a death wish?
I cycle. I have cycled in cities with worse traffic in Halifax. But I drive as well as cycle and cyclists in Halifax who are out on the roads around the city at dusk or later with NO LIGHTS are DANGEROUS. I don’t care whether you can see where you’re going—that’s your problem. But if…
Trusting women on South Park
Thanks so much to the gentlemen and ladies on South Park with signs supporting a woman’s choice to have an abortion. I love you guys. Thanks for bringing some balance to the issue. It made me feel so good to have you out there. —Lady Pushing a Stroller and Blowing You Kisses
First world problems
Every week I go to our International Development class, only to hear you and your materialistic friends talk about how daddy cut your cell phone minutes because he had to pay for your parking ticket, or how the department store has a great deal on perfume. You constantly complain about being hungry, and how you…
Dear Mr. Rabbit
Please know that I care. I just happen to be going through a lot of stuff now too. Everything just takes a bit of time. —Closer
Take this job description and shove it
You fucking pricks. You hire me a year ago for a job. You change that job description multiple times. I go with the flow because you tell me “it’s temporary, we’re growing and we need you for this right now, you will be back to your actual job we hired you full-time for in a…
Take the Shop Talk Guided Tour: The north end
The meat of the issue We love it when something old is unearthed for us to experience for the first time. One year ago, Frédéric Tandy opened Charcuterie Ratinaud (2082 Gottingen Street, 446-8222), bringing home the European practice of curing meats and making pâtés and sausages. “It’s something that people have been doing for hundreds…
Church-going and sonic parfaits
Forgive me father for I have sinned: up until yesterday it had been like, 361 days since the last time I planted my rear on a church pew. Thankfully I was saved yet again by ol’ Pop Explosion, which had me cozied at St. Matt’s and completely zoned out by crazy swells of sound last…
Searching for Sugar Man
No one knew who Sixto Rodriguez was in America, but unknown to him, half a world away he was a legend. Folk musician Rodriguez released only two records in his hometown of Detroit during the early 1970s, neither of which sold very well. After that, he seemed to disappear. But his albums somehow made their…
Paranormal Activity 4
Ghosts continue to be a problem in Paranormal Activity 4. The latest film in the annual Halloween series continues the irrelevant story of an invisible demon taking possession of spooky children by slowly opening doors at night. This time the unlucky haunted are a Nevada teenager and her family who have some seriously weird neighbours.…
Purity Ring
Thursday, October 18 at the Marquee Club, 2037 Gottingen Street, 10pm Megan James’ long, curly hair is freshly cut in preparation for Purity Ring’s Halifax gig. The singer’s mane had four months of tour growth, and her bangs were driving her crazy. The 24-year-old wanted to look like a prairie girl, and she does. We…
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Melissa Oldreive
I love my job because it’s full of opportunities for real change, and little by little, what I do helps ensure a sustainable future for Nova Scotia. I’m really excited by the possibilities for reshaping the public service as more young people join in, and I love knowing my education was totally worth it. I…
El-P
Thursday, October 18 at Reflections Cabaret, 5184 Sackville Street, 8pm, $10 Remember that scene in Tropic Thunder when Robert Downey Jr.’s character has a career retrospective with Ben Stiller’s character, telling him to “never go full retard”? Well, there’s a way in which El-P (Jaime Meline), the Brooklyn DJ, member of Company Flow and co-founder…
Savage Love
Q I’m pro-choice. The anti-choice position— particularly the dumb contention that “personhood” begins when sperm hits egg—is illogical and unappealing. It’s not the most unappealing quality I can think of in a partner, though—that would probably be dishonesty. Your advice last week to the young woman who discovered that her boyfriend is anti-choice was terrible. You…
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Erin Dean
I spend all day (and sometimes all night) in front of my computer, but I’ve never been happier with my work. I took the animation program at the Centre for Arts and Technology, and now I’m a character rigger for DHX Media. In the animation production pipeline, the character rigger works on putting controls on…
Tasseomancy
w/Sea Glasses, Doom Squad, Demetra Thursday, October 18 at The Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street, 8pm, $10 “Music is mystical,” says Sari Lightman, vocalist and songwriter in Tasseomancy, the Eastern European-inspired ambient-folk band she plays in with her twin sister Romy. After releasing the Tasseomancy EP in 2008 under their old moniker, Ghost Bees, the…
Free Will Astrology
Happy Birthday! SCORPIO (October 23-November 21) Sometime soon you may dream of being naked at a public event like a class at school or a committee meeting. I think this would be an excellent omen, so I hope it comes to pass. It would signify that you’re ready to shed the disguises that have been…
Freak Heat Waves
w/Heaven For Real, TORSO, Each Other Thursday, October 18 at The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, 8pm, $10 “We’ve always been attracted to the minimalist side of post-punk,” says Thomas Di Ninno. “And that was definitely a starting point for us.” On Thursday at The Bus Stop Theatre, with TORSO, Heaven For Real and…
BINGO!‘s a winner
Chances are you’ll find yourself on your own trip down memory lane with the five quirky characters in Daniel MacIvor’s reunion comedy Bingo!. Even if their reminiscences are not from your high school era, MacIvor speaks in big truths about youth, longing, belonging and vulnerability. Dookie (Marty Burt) is the golden bully boy, Nurk (John…
Cauldron
w/Metalheart, Dumpster Mummy, Black Moor Friday, October 19 at The Pavilion, 5816 Cogswell Street, 6pm, $10 Some of our brightest leave the Maritimes for Canada’s bigger cities, with dreams of stable employment and stronger economies. It’s in the news all the time. But how many move away to drum in a traditional heavy metal band?…
Sound garden
This Sound Will Save You isn’t the arrogant band you might assume it is. It makes a bold statement, but underneath it is a dreamy haze of electro-pop that’s adventurous, but not the slightest bit pompous. “We just felt like the music we were making was kind of saving us,” says the inimitably voiced Chloe…
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
w/INSTRUMENTS Friday, October 19, St. Matthew’s Church, 1479 Barrington Street, 8pm, $25 The Yamantaka // Sonic Titan story begins in much the same way it continues today: in the shared space between music and art. “The first time I met Alaska, we were in art school, in this interdisciplinary class, and she had built this…
The Cole Harbour haircut
The stereotype of the suburbs as a monoculture is immensely unfair. Some suburban areas in HRM, like Clayton Park, are probably more racially diverse than the urban areas, and there are exciting subcultures everywhere you look. Additionally, as I’ve explained before, demonizing the suburbs doesn’t serve any useful purpose, and probably is counter-productive in terms…
Final early voter turnout is 22.5%
Early voting closed at 7pm tonight. Click here for details.
HPX goes Rockabilly
One of the best things about this week is the reminder that pop can take on many different forms. Teaming up with the reliably energetic Rockabilly Riot team, HPX is celebrating blues, alt-country, rock and roll and a little sass in the form of burlesque beauty Helena Darling this Friday. “I think it’s a great…
Deer Tick
w/Billie Dre and the Poor Boys, The Belle Comedians, The Novaks Friday, October 19 at The Marquee Club, 2037 Gottingen Street, 9:30pm Deer Tick got labeled with the “alt-country” moniker early in its career, but the band’s real sound, most would argue, is the rock and roll of its raucous, alcohol-fuelled live shows. “It can…
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Get working with Career Minded
It’s always nice when you can go to school for training in the job you want. And when you can get that education and start that career all in one awesome city like Halifax? Double nice. We talked to six people who are living that dream to find out how they did it. Click the…
Catriona Sturton
w/Dark for Dark, Amos the Transparent, The Burning Hell Friday, October 19 at The Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street, 10pm “It’s so awesome,” says Catriona Sturton about the 20th anniversary of HPX. “I don’t know how to emphasize how much it means to me; ‘a lot’ just doesn’t sound like enough,” says the songwriter, best…
Halifax Pop Explosion 2012
Have a good long read of all our Halifax Pop Explosion 2012 coverage right here. With Purity Ring, Career Suicide, Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, The Super Friendz, Monomyth and more!
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Aaron Archibald
I’m an electrician. I took the electrical construction program at the NSCC and now I apprentice with Expert Electric & Alarm in Dartmouth. I’m writing my red seal interprovincial exam at the end of October, which will make me fully certified to work anywhere in Canada. Becoming an electrician is a long process, but if…
The Super Friendz
w/Stratejackets, Hip Club Groove, Cool Blue Halo Saturday, October 20 at The Marquee Club, 2037 Gottingen Street, 9:30pm Remember staying up for MuchEast on Sunday nights, thumb hovering over the Record button on your VCR in case a favourite video came on? Remember buying seven inches at Sam’s on Barrington or Dischord on Granville, reading…
Stories We Tell
We begin with Margaret Atwood, Bon Iver, home movies from the 1970s and we’re totally in: Sarah Polley’s very personal documentary about her mother, her family and a secret kept between them. “You know all about it, you know it’s a delusion,” narrates the man who raised her. “It’s all done with mirrors, mate, they…
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Dave Hung
I’m a primary care paramedic. I work for the HRM division of Emergency Health Services, a privately-owned company responsible for managing ground ambulance, medical communications centre and air medical transport operations all over Nova Scotia. The best part of my job is the adrenaline rush I get from dealing with life and death every day.…
Monomyth
w/The Group Sound, Cold Warps, Black Lips Saturday, October 20 at Olympic Community Hall, 2304 Hunter Street, 8pm, $25 Technology is a bitch, and no one knows that better than Monomyth. Their new tape, a hotly anticipated cluster of plastic, electromagnetic tape and pop, has hit a minor snag. “The tape is being delayed due…
Samsara
A startling assemblage of images from across the globe flicker by in the non-narrative documentary Samsara. Director Ron Fricke and producer Mark Magidson, who made the similar film Baraka, filmed in 25 countries over a period of four years and the end result is a time capsule to humanity’s beauty, power, ugliness and grace. Audiences…
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Leah Skerry
I work as a managing partner of a successful web design company. I studied commerce at Saint Mary’s, and I started my own business while I was still a student. I’ve always been really independent—I moved out of my parents’ house when I was 16—and learning the ropes of starting a business on my own…
Bane
w/Barlow, Code Orange Kids, Ceremony and secret guest Saturday, October 20 at The Pavilion, 5816 Cogswell Street, 5:30pm, $15 Bane takes you right back to the (somewhat earnest) days of your youth, when you were fitter, more attractive, healthier, way angrier and only needed three chords for the rest of your life. Unlike your lazy…
Peninsula North, Peninsula South and Dartmouth Centre
Here’s a quick analysis of the three council races most geographically congruent with The Coast’s distribution area: Peninsula North: Sloane and Watts, head to head With the reduction of the number of councillors from 23 to 16, three of the new districts find veteran councillors running against each other. Interestingly, the political leanings of those…
Alex Cross
Tyler Perry is somehow supposed to stand in for Morgan Freeman in the catastrophic Alex Cross. Previously played by Freeman in Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider, Alex Cross is a Sherlockian detective on the hunt for a sadistic assassin obsessed with experiencing pain. That by-the-numbers case falls aside when the killer, ludicrously…
Career Suicide
w/Vixens, Word on the Street, Napalm Raid Saturday, October 20 at Michael’s Bar and Grill, 6100 Young Street, 10pm, $15 Career Suicide’s last Halifax visit was raucous and unforgettable, resulting in a bit of broken glass, a lot of hoarse vocal chords and a long-lasting feeling of punk satisfaction. For a band that’s been around…
Turbine turns 15
Fifteen years and 75,000 signature pieces have spun by in a whirlwind for Turbine’s Lisa Drader-Murphy. “We kind of started with a bang at our very first show one year after we opened in Calgary,” says the now Annapolis Valley-based designer. She’s celebrating 15 in a big way too. With 300 brand new pieces, her…
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Glenda Keenan
I’ve always been interested in the issues seniors face in my community. My mother was a home support worker for the provincial home-care program when I was growing up, and during high school I volunteered at a long-term care facility. While I was doing my undergrad at Dal, I worked as a summer student in…
Cold Specks
w/Julie Doiron Saturday, October 20 at St. Matthew’s Church, 1479 Barrington Street, 8pm, $25 Al Spx knows that a Cold Specks show can be heavy, full of slow-burning songs that grow from small flames to boisterous wildfires, with lyrics weighed down by questions of faith, loss and doubt. Which is why sometimes, like at her…
Learn outside the box
Sure, Halifax may be home to at least seven institutions of higher learning, but if you’re looking for some info about ants farming aphids, menopause or Initiative 2045 (look it up, it will BLOW YOUR MIND), look no further than the Roberts Street Social Centre. The Roberts Street Social Centre has long been a hub…
Life of pie
Piatto Pizzeria’s char is up to par, but a lighter touch would plant it firmly in Italian trattoria territory. by Melissa Buote As soon as you walk in the door of Piatto Pizzeria, you are welcomed by the gaping, fiery grin of the pizza oven. It’s a show piece that is done a bit of…
Shooting Guns
w/Ampersand, Like A Motorcycle, The Pack A.D. Saturday, October 20 at Reflections Cabaret, 5184 Sackville Street, 8pm, $20 Saskatoon’s Shooting Guns’ aim is true: to fill your head with sludgy, unadulterated doom metal riffs, providing a sweet musical high to coast on for awhile, complete with cool-looking pentagrams, psychedelic melodies chugging away and heavy as…
Uncanny Valley creeps
Ambera Wellmann’s Uncanny Valley takes the already spooky images of silicone dolls (Real Dolls, the World’s Finest Love Dolls) and turns them into unsettling portraits. Dead eyes and empty mouths tie the paintings together with an eerily similar family resemblance. Set against bright, flat backgrounds, Wellmann’s plastic subjects gaze at the viewer seductively, but elicit…
Gottingen Street’s affordable housing crisis
Everyone agrees: too many low-income people can’t afford a decent home in Halifax. So how come housing activists, developers and governments aren’t producing new options? Part of the answer is that affordable housing is tossed like a hot potato between the province and city. But the province has initiated talks with the city to determine…
