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[Image-1] This is a big thank you and shout-out to the two Halifax Transit drivers who helped me get my Kobo e-reader back after I accidentally left it on the bus on the Friday before Thanksgiving. My husband raced me out to the bus depot in Burnside once I panicked and realized I left it…
Worst state of youth mental health; Worst obesity rates amongst youth (and probably adults); Worst unemployment; Worst taxes; Worst cost of milk; Worst practical cost of living; Worst salaries; But it’s so pretty here. —Worse worst
Then they took the merry-go-rounds. Then the steep metal slides. Now the swing sets are gone. Oh HRM, swing sets? Did you think we wouldn’t notice if they disappeared slowly, from one playground at a time? —All that’s left are the monkey bars
What kind of selfish PRICK sticks his tongue down a girl’s throat when he’s got a cold? You tell me so after the fact. Thanks asshole. I didn’t even want to kiss you to begin with. Now, this morning I wake up with my throat on fire, nose running like a faucet, eyes burning and I can’t stop…
[Image-1] Every morning for the past month on the 80 going to work I saw a pair of deer on the Bedford Highway—a doe and a much smaller one that appeared to be her fawn. Every morning I got this sick sinking feeling for the pair of them. Well, hats off to the POS responsible…
Why—WHY—are you erecting some crappy art structure in an attempt to beautify a construction site instead of filling the holes in the street? There are more empty storefronts than stores and you spent HOW MUCH on canvas-draped scaffolding? Fucktards! —The NEW ED of the business commission
I really enjoyed the informative talk about life from a young gentlemen at the old library and our world will be a better place down the road, with this generation. —A tree lover
I see you almost every day at my work. You don’t know it, but you are the reason I put my lipstick on in the morning. There seems to be something special about you. Would love to get to know you more. Hope you keep stopping by 🙂 —shy admirer
[Image-1] Quite the couple of weeks for Halifax Police, eh? First, they took the “unprecedented step” of releasing to the public HRP’s full response to Hilary Beaumont’s Coast cover story (a move we had some issues with). Now, another lengthy essay has been penned by the police after the shocking story of a violent home…
Pride of Newfoundland, Hey Rosetta!, the permanently excited band, come to Halifax in support of its newest album, Second Sight. Released October 21, you can stream the entire album right here, courtesy of Exclaim! (also a very excited magazine*). Catch all seven of the Hey Rosettas(!) at the Rebecca Cohn Auditorium on Friday, January 30.…
[Image-1] My shirt might have been outrageous, but I genuinely liked you and your adorable freckles at Refs on Saturday night. Find Ashley Nunn-Smith on Facebook if you liked me too. —Ashley, who still owes you a drink
To one in particular, thank you for restoring my faith in the sense of community and taking care of me in the shittiest of situations that nobody should ever have to deal with. I realize it was not an easy thing to procure, however, I appreciate everything you did for me provided the circumstances. I…
Here’s the sauce, mother fucker. There’s something wrong with your mind. You are so delusional, so narcissistic, you don’t even see your face right in the mirror. I’ve dealt with your mental fucking sickness, your arrogant “hate” for fat people; an opinion which I can’t beg you to keep to yourself and NOT shout it…
1. Time travel at Honeybee Vintage Bridal Walk through the gate into Glubes Lofts’ (2130 Gottingen Street) laneway and Honeybee Vintage Bridal and you’ll be transported back a few decades. Melanie Peters’ boutique is bursting with throwback wedding attire for the betrothed, yes, but there’s also a vibrant selection of pre-’80s party-wear and gorgeous accessories…
[Image-1] Last week The Coast published an investigative cover story on community mailbox placement in Halifax. It was met with strong public outcry, including such comments as “clickbait trash” and “who cares?” Something that didn’t make it into the article, because I only found out about it late last week, is the list of “corporate…
Thanksgiving is over, but turkey is still on the menu at Province House. Tomorrow a group of “concerned Nova Scotians dedicated to ensuring Food Sovereignty” will present a petition of over 3,000 signatures to the legislature. The move comes from what some are calling “questionable actions” by Minister of Agriculture Keith Colwell and the actual-thing-that-exists…
To all you brainless little ‘selfie’ twits out there: what are you going to do with your thousands of stupid photos in 10 years? Cry relentlessly? —I Thought So.
You liked my hair, and told me so. Thank you for that, I was having such a hard day, and you gave me the confidence to get through it! I still really love your blue hair. —Princess Bubblegum
sure sell this building after all it’s in Dartmouth, might as well keep the dumps in Halifax open the barn with no cattle aka the forum and the dump in point pleasant park do we not send by law enforcement to close eye sore? Well there a lot of them in Halifax stop wasting my…
Technology has certainly evolved in 25 years, but the Halifax Theatre for Young People production of John Lazarus’ 1988 play David for Queen proves that attitudes are much slower to change. It‘s the story of a gay junior high student’s journey towards self-and-social-acceptance, and while playwright Kristin Slaney has updated the script to incorporate current…
Thanks to the guy in the Black Chevy Equinox who pulled up to check in with me while I was waiting in the construction line up on Kearney Lake Road on my time trial bike. I was having the worst ride ever, having just road my bike over terrible terrain while swearing out loud. You…
Each time I ignore another one of your dumb messages about how much you miss me, I want you to remember that it’s because I have a real man now. We have amazing chemistry and he treats me like gold. I’m so glad I left you. —Cloud nine
yes only in this dumbass city does our new mayors flag ship have the isis yes you too could get by the drones for callin 311 do not believe me call hrm and they will give you isis phone number and if you want to google put hrm in front isis to avoid those messy…
I just read another story on how our wonderful NS Turkey Producers Marketing Board, with the full support of our Agricultural Minister Keith Crowell. Are shutting down local slaughter houses & attempting to shut down small farmers raising free range turkey’s & being able to sell them to those of us who want it. On…
For months now you have shown a total lack of common sense parking your “Dumb Car”. You consistently block the parking spaces of several people and have created a choke point that places both cyclists and drivers at risk for an accident. Sure there is a curb there that is about 8′ long, but really?…
I was thinking last night; and maybe it was the pot, maybe it was him, maybe it was that 4 a.m. is not when you should be thinking, but should be sleeping; but the following occurred with acute visuals to boot… Everyone, almost everyone, has gone so insane and the world has gotten so fucked…
being a drama queen isn’t being emotionally mature. —Not as trendy, way more lendy
You were on the 14, with your Pittsburgh Penguins cap, and backpack. You were gorgeous and I wish I had sat down next to you. Your brown eyes had me fixated the moment I saw them. I hope you are dong well, and that life is good to you. —ABxx
[Image-1] At first, the Liberal health care bill was only aiming to blow-up and rebuild the system’s administration over the next six months in order to maybe, someday, save five million dollars. Suddenly, though, it was about picking a massive fight with 24,000 health care workers by ignoring their rights. Twenty-four thousand fellow Nova Scotians…
Don’t we hear about Sexual Assault victims who suffer from PTSD in the media? —Still suffering in silence
I had given you up for dead, figuratively, resigning myself to life without you. I couldn’t comprehend your evasiveness and decision to dredge such a rift between us as you were getting ready to leave, and I had nothing left to make the effort to comprehend it or try to salvage what we could. Our…
[Image-1] Bria awoke. Her eyes, still fuzzy from the battle, adjusted to the small fires lighting the hall. Where was she? Underground? Dead? She remembered being on the Capital steps, the people cheering for her. She had won the Turkey Games, but it had cost so much. “Hello?” she cried out, afraid. The only replies…
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of his album Reckless, Bryan Adams is serenading us all with his gritty yet sensual voice at the Metro Centre in Halifax on February 18. Tickets go on sale Saturday, October 25, $28.50-$107, available at the Ticket Atlantic box office at the Scotiabank Centre, at participating Atlantic Superstore outlets, by…
Q I’m 25, I’m a virgin and I find it quite difficult to relate with girls. My main problem is I can’t accept my sexuality. I’m into fetish SM. But it seems like there are two parts of me. The first part of me wants to lick women’s feet and be humiliated. The second part…
Last week I received an invitation to meet Jake Doyle from CBC’s TV detective series, Republic of Doyle, at a party celebrating the sixth and final season of the show, which premieres tonight on CBC. The only person I know who religiously watches the Newfoundland-based drama-comedy is my awesome stepfather, Richard. I asked him if…
“We’re convinced people can hear our desperate want to do this, and can’t deny us as a result,” says New Fries’ Anni Spadafora. “We think they hear the fun, and our desire to just bang around and not take this too seriously, and maybe that’s a hilarious and beautiful thing to watch adults do.” Toronto’s…
Michael Rowe plays the villainous sniper Deadshot on Arrow, but before that he played drums in Bucket Truck, the Newfoundland hard-rock band that was based in Halifax for the first half of the ’00s. When did you start acting? My goal has always been to do something creative for a living, and prove that it…
Response to “The always-on stalker” Last week’s cover story by Hilary Beaumont inspired swift, emphatic reactions from readers in Halifax and around the world—a small sample of the comments from thecoast.ca follows below. As you can read on page 6, some of the institutions implicated in the story are promising to respond with corrective action.…
San Francisco/Toronto/highways of the world metal band Castle has been touring steadily for nearly three years, and these long stints of road warrior-ing lend themselves to hibernating and writing albums when they return, like Castle’s most recent release, *Under Siege*. “When we write it’s a very intense process. I set up a home studio and write…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Libra (August 23-September 22) “I am naughtiest of all,” wrote poet Emily Dickinson in a playful letter to Maggie Maher, dated October 1882. In accordance with the astrological omens, I authorize you to let that same declaration fly frequently from your own lips in the coming week. Feel free to invoke other variations…
We’ve all heard about the exception that proves the rule. Well, that exception has a name: Domino’s. Domino’s, I’ve discovered—as much as a crackpot theorist can discover—is the linchpin that holds the precarious perfection of 480 Parkland Drive in check. It’s the only explanation for how goddamn good the other restaurants in that strip mall…
Every October, I get a phone call from my mother. “Are you making that turkey again this year?” That turkey is a cider-brined turkey, made according to a recipe I found in a magazine about eight years ago. It’s a turkey I have made for family and friends, and it has led me to believe…
Halifax Theatre For Young People co-artistic director Tessa Mendel first read playwright John Lazarus’ *David For Queen* 20 years ago, and was struck by the way the play dealt with the challenging issue of coming out in high school with sensitivity and humour. Twenty years later, Mendel revisited the play with a mind to update…
Seth Glasgow will never forget the day Got A Voice, the official radio station of the Gottingen 250 festival, started broadcasting. He was an intern helping to run the show when the fire alarms were triggered in the North Memorial Public Library, where they had set up. Everyone evacuated, and once they were back inside…
You know the part in the Wizard of Oz where Toto pulls back the curtain and exposes a guy who’s pulling levers to create a talking head holograph that’s supposedly the wizard? That’s the scene Garry Williams uses to explain the theme of this year’s DaPoPo Theatre Live-In. “We’ve called this Live-In ‘Looking Behind the…
Right now it’s quiet on Chandler Drive. There’re no squealing tires or screeching brakes—no crash of metal into metal. Not yet, anyway. There’s still plenty of traffic up above, on Glendale Drive. The point where the two streets intersect may be one of the most dangerous turns in Lower Sackville. Less than 30 metres down…
Readers are calling for change and the government is promising it following last week’s cover story investigation by The Coast into how public systems failed to respond to two women who are being relentlessly harassed online and off. The Coast has kept in touch with the two women, known in the story as Nicole and…
Welnot could see right through Alex’s snooty, high-falutin academic techno-babble and self-satisfaction; all his prefixed-isms and suffixed terms and endless references to other books there’s no way he finished. Right there in that room, he knew what was going on. He knew Alex was trying to pull one over on everyone, fool them all into…
[Image-1] Betty Peterson has been marching for decades. The American ex-pat moved to Nova Scotia in the ‘70s, eventually sharing a house with social justice icon Muriel Duckworth and spending her time fighting for peace. In 1982, she joined a million voices in New York calling for an end to nuclear arms. Now, Pier 21…
As a social worker who works with youth, and has for the past 22 years, I spend most of my time with who I call “tweeners.” These are the youth who are in-between. School is not working for them. They are often on the verge of dropping out, but they don’t yet possess (or haven’t…
[Image-1] Last week 23 people were laid off at the Irving-owned Halifax Shipyard. Seven were re-hired immediately after. This week several more were left without work—though again the company opened its doors shortly afterward. “Ship repair and ship construction is always like this,” says Cliff Pickrem. He’s president of Unifor Local 1, the union that…
