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[Image-1] I get that YOU have issues. We all do. Yet when you ignore your issues by pointing fingers at others in hopes of deflecting your far more extensive issues (I did some digging of my own. You might not want to assume the moral high-ground because you ALREADY look like a sickening person.) you…
You were on a north Dartmouth street, talking to a woman in a minivan and you had two dogs in tow. One was a small breed and the other a Greyhound. That poor animal was shivering and I found it chilly with my coat, sweater and t-shirt. Greyhounds, as you are supposed to know, get…
[Image-1] Hi. You were doing your x-ctry ski training on the trail yesterday, on the Bayers Lake section. You look stunning and focused. I admire the discipline you have and the self motivation required to be a high-performance athlete while striving to reach your goals. And your brilliant, natural smile is fabulous. I was the…
[Image-1] 1 Justin Trudeau promised gender parity in his cabinet, and today he delivered. Asked why appointing an equal number of women was important, Trudeau replied “Because it’s 2015.” For what it’s worth, writes Tasha Kheiriddin at the National Post, that’s only three more female cabinet ministers than Stephen Harper had in his last cabinet.…
Halifax rapper Bsdjzs sent us this hot new track, produced by falls from Minneapolis and mixed by Aux Jennings (Weirdo Click). The track, “Money,” was accompanied only by this: This song is about growth, progression & self love. Personally it’s about realizing no matter what, I’m going to get old but it’s up to me if…
Tonight at Gus’ Pub (9:30pm, $7), Halifax rock band Old & Weird will play with fellow locals Muncho Joe, Mauno and special guest iji, “absolutely perfect pop all the way from Seattle, Washington.” I’m not missing this one since it might be a few minutes before Old & Weird play Halifax again. After last summer’s release of…
I was told other professionals find me intimmidating , that’s their issue not mine. —You people need the help but you will never admit it
[Image-1] As I heard so many times during Harper’s gov’t. 39.5 percent of 68 percent is NOT a majority. Your bitch-shitting for the past nine years has create a new standard that you must now live with. —LOL at you!
[Image-1] Halifax has some problems. There’s an affordable housing crisis bearing down, executives are fleeing city hall and winter is coming. At least Regional Council will be able to keep warm during the oncoming snowstorms by stoking the fires of public outrage. If there’s one thing people love to hate more than donair debate, it’s…
Halifax singer-songwriter Gianna Lauren just released new track “Windows” via Forward Music Group. You can stream it below. “Windows” is described by Forward: “The track is at once propulsive while indulging in dueling electric guitars and competing temporal movements. The lyrics, hefty and bold, introduce suspicions of perception with lines such as ‘the world’s greatest gospel…
Not everyone around here knows that in the early 1960s, Denny Doherty was playing in bands in his hometown of Halifax before getting signed to Columbia Records. He soon met Cass Elliot and in 1965 Denny and Cass released “Go Where You Wanna Go,” their first single as a folk-pop quartet with Michelle and John Phillips called The Mamas…
[Image-1] A whispered ‘screw you’ to the four people who decided to travel four floors up to have a very audible conversation on a QUIET floor in the library. —You deserve no Halloween candy
To the foul miscreant who smashed nearly all of the jack-o-lanterns the night before Halloween that my roommates had so lovingly carved: As you are picking up someone’s beloved jack-o-lantern and throwing it purposelessly on the pavement like a senseless ape, does it ever occur to you that someone has put a lot of time…
[Image-1] Just want to express my appreciation of the director who is leaving my organization in November. She came into my office most days to say ‘hello’ and read the quote of the day on the calendar. We all liked this gesture very much and we are sorry to see her go. The HRM will…
If you’re down at the Halifax Seaport Farmer’s Market anytime this week, this is your last chance to check out the Nova Scotia Designer Craft’s Council’s member exhibition at the Mary E. Black Gallery (1061 Marginal Road, #104), a branch of the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design. Closing on November 8, the exhibition…
The East Coast Music Association just announced that two top Cape Bretoners — fiddler Ashley MacIsaac and singer/actress Heather Rankin — will be hosting the 2016 East Coast Music Awards in Sydney, Nova Scotia this coming April. ECMA Week takes place from April 13 to 17, and the televised awards gala will be held at Centre 200 (home of…
Making two horses repeatedly pull an oversized cart on concrete, with a dozen or so people on it, regardless of weather, is animal cruelty. I’m sick of seeing this thing in South End, the poor animals look like they’re on their last legs. It’s like f***ing Black Beauty scene in downtown Halifax. Can we please…
[Image-1] I was at a party on McL St in South end last night and for the first time became quite concerned. We were leaving the party and there was about 20 of us and a lot of us did have a few before leaving. I was there several times before but tonight I asked…
Today is the second day of Hal-Con Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Comic Convention at the Scotiabank and World Trade and Convention Centres and this year, Hal-Con is bigger and better than ever: the trade-show is located in the Scotiabank, there are gaming, pinball and arcade stations, there are panels and contests and tournaments and, of course, celebrity…
[Image-1] If you’re looking to find cheap smokes, ask the people lighting up outside Halifax’s libraries and high schools. A new study released yesterday by the lobbyists at the Atlantic Convenience Store Association claims illegal cigarettes account for more than 22 percent of butts collected at “popular smoking areas” near four Nova Scotian high schools.…
After over 40 years of building his brand, Pete Luckett is ready to say toodlee-doo to Pete’s Fine Foods. This evening, via a post on Pete’s website, the European grocer—known for its Sunnyside Mall, Dresden Row and the recently closed Wolfville locations—announced that it will be swallowed up by grocery giant Sobeys come November 2.…
Tonight at Lion & Bright (10pm, free), DJ T-Woo (Trevor Wood) launches the first episode of VIBES, his new weekly ‘DJ and chill’ night. Every Thursday, T-Woo is gonna bring us his favourite “rap, funk, house, weird stuff and remixes” to sooth our music-loving souls as we get some drink on and eat some fancy…
Last night at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax and Canada’s artists and art patrons gathered for the announcement of this year’s Sobey Art Award winner, a $50,000 prize that recognizes the best in contemporary Canadian art each year since 2002. Born in Tehran, raised in Toronto, representing Ontario, Abbas Akhavan was awarded the prize…
[Image-1] In some cities, a cemetery plot is prime real estate. An overabundance of the living leaves little room for the dead, driving down the availability of cemetery space even as prices for plots go up. A grave in perennially-overpriced Vancouver can cost as much as $52,000. But there’s a different kind of spectre haunting…
[Image-1] While the new Central Library is a hive of activity, the disused hulk of its predecessor sits down the street quiet as a grave. Fitting, as there’s an actual graveyard underneath the old library property on Spring Garden Road. That may come as a surprise to some, since there’s no interpretative panel, plaque or…
[Image-1] Most people probably think of organ donation as something that’s done for the good of the recipient. But Dr. Stephen Beed is not one of those people. “My argument for donation actually has nothing to do with the people who are going to receive the organs.” Beed, an ICU physician and clinical advisor with…
[Image-1] So, the World Health Organization came out earlier this week saying that eating bacon, sausage and a number of other nitrate-heavy deli meats is the equivalent of smoking cigarettes. If you heard the news, you probably just shrugged your shoulders and said “Ah well, what can you do? There are so few pleasures in…
[Image-1] The internet is full of lies. We know this. But no lie is greater than that of the “Super Easy Halloween costume.” Hey bloggers: costumes with accompanying makeup tutorials are not “easy.” Here are some legit quick Halloween costumes with varying time lengths and commitment levels—depending on how little time you have/how lazy you…
[Image-1] Dean Nelson’s family has been cutting granite since 1909. The vice-president of Heritage Memorials in Windsor says his company now produces upwards of 3,500 headstones annually for Atlantic Canadians. Emotionally and physically, it’s heavy work. Nelson spoke with The Coast about his headstone business and the mark it’s made. ——— Where do you…
[Image-1] If they’re not careful, the Liberals’ election promise to end Canada’s discriminatory gay blood ban could end up slipping through the bureaucratic cracks. The newly-elected Liberal government promised to end the restrictions Canadian Blood Services has in place preventing the donation of blood by men who have been sexually active with other men, but…
Holster your lightsabers, folks. Atlantic Canada’s largest sci-fi festival, Hal-Con, is back and bigger than ever this year. Costume contests, guest speakers and gaming seminars are just a few things to geek out about this weekend. Demand for tickets has been higher than any previous year, so it’s no surprise that organizers anticipate many more…
After Halloween, when your pumpkins are no longer useful or festive, they typically have one of two fates: rotting away on your porch or getting chucked into the street by unruly teenagers. Why do they get to have all the fun? You can bring your reject pumpkins to Common Roots Urban Farm this Sunday and…
Back in the early ’90s, playwright Doug Wright conducted a series of interviews with Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a transvestite who had survived, and thrived, both in Nazi Germany and under the Communist regime in East Berlin. For Wright, who grew up gay in America’s Bible Belt, von Mahlsdorf appeared to be gay-icon material: an outsider…
Back in the early ’90s, playwright Doug Wright conducted a series of interviews with Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a transvestite who had survived, and thrived, both in Nazi Germany and under the Communist regime in East Berlin. For Wright, who grew up gay in America’s Bible Belt, von Mahlsdorf appeared to be gay-icon material: an outsider…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Scorpio (Oct 23-Nov 21) I expect you to be in a state of continual birth for the next four weeks. Awakening and activation will come naturally. Your drive to blossom and create may be irresistible, bordering on unruly. Does that sound overwhelming? I don’t think it will be a problem as long as…
Q I am a straight, married, 38-year-old woman. My husband and I have two children. I have been with my husband for 12 years, married for six. Three years after we were married, we found out that he was HIV positive. We had both had multiple tests throughout our relationship. Both of us were negative…
Biking nightmare A strong word of caution to those with bicycles using or considering the free shuttle offered by the bridge commission. You would never imagine that a purposefully designed bike trailer could have such a design flaw, but depending on the bike design and what gear the bike is in, damage may occur through…
Blood is creepy, right? Nine times out of 10, if you find a list with the word “blood” on it, that list is going to be written by a total maniac. It seems like it would make for a very macabre recipe card, one more suited to Elizabeth Bathory than Betty Crocker. But that’s not…
