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[Image-1] Huge shoutout to all the city bus drivers who think they don’t need to stop at designated stops to pick up riders, your day will come within 10 years when all buses will be driven by computers!!!! —a rider who has seen way too many buses sail on by bus stops
I had no intentions of this going anywhere but what a whirl wind it has been. now after our chat it is decision time for me WOW can’t sleep —sleepless in HRM
You might not have known this (who would?), but you made my Thursday. The day was challenging, the week was blah, and this year has been downright awful at times. You made me smile, blush and feel…something. In front of a line full of customers, you offered to drive me and my wine home. You…
Not sure how many of you agree with me, but can I just point out that the food reviews in this paper are lackluster? Every paragraph is laid out in the same or similar pattern, like the author follows a CV template: Loosely describe venue, note how many people are in the restaurant, use poor…
I’m on the 20 bus to downtown when a Muslim woman gets on the bus with her toddler in a stroller. (On a side note, no one in the front seats moved for her so she had to stand in the middle of the isle with her child). Behind me, a conversation goes on about…
These words, “I get the Coast now just to see if you got something in!” That was great… That.. was what I needed to hear. It’s a big gamble starting out on a quest for a new career in your 40s, especially with no more background than years of toiling away in factory jobs. I…
To the person who returned my iPhone to the Central Library on August 22: THANK YOU! Drunk as a skunk, I lost it, in a destination I do not recall. I had recently bought this phone too and was saddened by my stupidity. There are still good people in this world, and positive thinking really…
[Image-1] Dear jogging group that stops to rest out front of a craft beer outlet on Agricola: I commend your efforts to live healthier. Now please move your large group of asses off the sidewalk and into the HUGE parking lot directly behind you. Non joggers would like to use the sidewalk to walk on…
Starting tomorrow, Hopscotch Festival is back in Hali, for three days filled with hip-hop music and dance, and visual urban art. Hosted by HRM, this fest turns 7 this time around. Hopscotch kicks off Thursday with an artist mixer they’re calling “NS meets UK,” at Seven Bays Bouldering. These emerging hip-hop and grime artists hailing…
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Russell Walker from Bedford Basin West sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? Because of…
Jay Aaron Roy is the owner of comic shop, and youth drop-in centre, Cape & Cowl Comics & Collectibles (536 Sackville Drive), which celebrates two years in business this week. We chatted about lessons learned, the importance of a strong community and why the shop will never leave the neighbourhood. ——— What is the biggest…
[Image-1] Mayoral incumbent Mike Savage and election challenger Lil MacPherson, co-owner of the Wooden Monkey restaurant, squared off on Tuesday night during a debate hosted by HRM’s eight business improvement districts. The event, held at the Westin Hotel, covered a range of issues from environmental concerns to city development. Here are some of the highlights.…
First of all, I’m not 300 lbs. I weigh a deuce and change. As long as this fat ass fits in a vacant bus seat, I’m gonna take it. You don’t like it, go fucking stand. I took the seat between you and the scrawny dude eating his hickory sticks. I sure didn’t like the…
[Image-1] Here is a big fuck you to the three big banks that have decided for themselves that they no longer want money and business from legal businesses. I didn’t realize that there was such a moral distinction when it comes to banking and lending practices. After hearing what those people in Sackville are going…
Why are there people driving scooters (ie – Vespas) on the sidewalks? Don’t they belong on the road? —#scooterfail
You were so stunning , with your beautiful eyes and tattoos and I feel like we had a moment. I was getting coffee with a friend. I should have asked for your number , perhaps I will have to come back so you can make my day all over again. —Caffeine dreams
you are my absolute favourite human. I am infinitely lucky to have met you and have you be a part of my life. Although you’re traveling to the other side of the world and I will miss you immensely~ I can’t wait to come and explore it with you! Thank you for your love, presence,…
[Image-1] Chaining a mother of four to a hospital bed while she awaits a decision on whether she’ll be deported is torture—full stop. So says HRM’s former poet laureate and prison reform advocate El Jones, who is organizing an emergency rally outside Fliss Cramman‘s Dartmouth hospital room to try and get the Department of Justice to…
[Image-1] Change could be in the air for District 14. Voters in the suburban sprawl of the Sackvilles and other rural residents will have to choose between an absent, popular incumbent who’s challenged by two strong newcomers. Eligible voters: 16,496 (as of 2014) (Up about 1,000 people from 2012) Past voter turnout: 28.45 percent…
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Trevor Lawson from Waverley—Fall River—Musquodoboit Valley sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? I have…
[Image-1] The municipality needs to do a better job protecting north end communities from poor planning choices. That was the central message from the candidates for District 8 during a forum held Tuesday night at Dalhousie University. Around 60 people attended the presentation from six of the seven candidates for Halifax Peninsula North. Irvine Carvery,…
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Kevin Copley from Middle/Upper Sackville—Beaver Bank—Lucasville sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? This October,…
[Image-1] It takes nearly two hours to drive fully across District 1, making the open race for Waverley—Fall River—Musquodoboit Valley more of a marathon than a sprint. The six candidates battling it out will have to decide between canvassing for voters in the area’s concentrated suburban centers, or visiting the spread-out, often ignored rural communities…
Bedford Basin West spans Halifax areas like Fairview, Clayton Park and Rockingham, with a constituency largely populated by families, seniors and folks who commute into the downtown daily. It’s also an extremely diverse community—the most ethnically diverse east of Montreal, according to candidate Mohammad Ehsan. Eligible voters: 18,578 (as of 2014) (Down a few hundred…
[Image-1] We as citizens of Halifax Regional Municipality should be demanding much more from our Mayor and Councillors. Are we tired of the lack of garbage cans and filth throughout our city? Are we tired of the lack of benches at bus stops not to mention lack of bus shelters? Are we tired of waiting…
Well, Ottawa has decided to jam it’s carbon pricing scheme down our throat. Nova Scotia has already explained to them that because our incomes are low and some of us rely heavily on oil to heat our homes, Nova Scotia has invested heavily in it’s own homegrown strategy for the environment. BUT it looks like…
I’m considerably less than pleased with American Airlines. Yet again they’re bailing on Halifax altogether in January 2017. The last time they dropped YHZ is was for their Halifax-JFK flights (and briefly, Boston) a few years back. US Airways started YHZ-Philadelphia about 5 or 6 years ago, but last year, American bought US Airways and…
Never thought I would find someone like you among the stars in this universe. So glad I have you to share this cloud with. Thank you for putting the bounce in my step 😉 —From, Blue eyes
Thank you to the kind, well mannered gentleman who said”Pardon us” as I moved for him and his friend to pass me on Windsor Street Thursday night. I find it difficult to be at ease with people behind me as I walk at night plus I was using the walk to reflect on my current…
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Scott Guthrie from Timberlea—Beechville—Clayton Park—Wedgewood sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? I understand that…
[Image-1] Months ago the North End Community Health Centre was asking the province for more funding to fix its collapsing roof. Instead, the north end medical centre will be getting a whole new location courtesy of a 10-year lease from the Liberal government. The announcement was made Monday afternoon at a press conference held with…
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Carlos Beals from Harbourview—Burnside—Dartmouth East sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? As a young…
[Image-1] Residents of Dartmouth Centre got a chance to put faces to campaign buttons when seven of the eight candidates running in next month’s municipal election took part in a candidates forum Sunday night at Grace United Church on King Street. Tim Rissesco, Kate Watson, Sam Austin, Gabriel Enxuga, Ned Milburn, Warren Wesson and Derek Vallis…
[Image-1] We broke things off about 3 years ago, I was a mess emotionally, things got messy we both said things we probably regret. You blocked me from facebook, and completely cut off communication from me for 3 years. I was broken hearted for a good year. I moved on after that year and was…
The article on ‘Bike parking installed on Cornwallis Street last week has been vandalized repeatedly’ is about someone moving the bike corrals off the street and onto the sidewalk between huge planters. There is nothing wrong with that. The person that is parking on the street where the corrals were is totally right. That what…
[Image-1] I am a Dalhousie student for whom Masuna Khan’s article evoked familiar themes. (“The struggle of a Muslim woman of colour in Halifax”). As a woman who uses a wheelchair, I too have experienced countless disappointments in Halifax when applying for jobs. After submitting resume after resume to employers who claim to “welcome applications from…
It says right on the back of the frigging disabled parking tag NOT to hang it from the rear-view mirror while driving. On my way to & from work five days a week, I count no less than 50 drivers a day who, like the self-entitled dicks they are, proudly display their tags while driving.…
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Matt Whitman from Hammonds Plains—St. Margarets sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? Residents can…
[Image-1] Someone with nothing better to do keeps phoning in fake bomb threats to Halifax police, inciting more weary annoyance from the population than panicked terror. Around 1:30am Sunday morning, Halifax RCMP were called by someone saying he was in the parking lot of Cole Harbour Place with bombs and a hunting rifle. Police surrounded…
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Kate Watson from Dartmouth Centre sent back. [Disclosure: Watson is The Coast’s regular freelance theatre writer, on hiatus from…
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Anthony Kawalski from Halifax Peninsula North sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? Because I…
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Ned Milburn from Dartmouth Centre sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? I bring informed…
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Shawn Cleary from Halifax West Armdale sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? Fresh ideas,…
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Brenden Sommerhalder from Halifax Peninsula North sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? For years…
10. Toronto Maple Leafs Training Camp Sept 23-26 Hockey heads, get ready! The Toronto Maple Leafs are coming to Halifax for a mini training camp to kick-start the season. They’ll be logging hours doing drills from around 9:30am Friday and Saturday at the BMO Centre in Bedford. Then, Sunday night at 6, the team will…
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Tim Rissesco from Dartmouth Centre sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? I have the…
Gavin Uhma is a bit of a legend in the local tech community. He’s the Halifax-via-Cape Breton guy who invented GoInstant, “co-browsing” software so good that it was bought in 2012 by the giant Salesforce.com, for a reported $70 million. After a stint with Salesforce that ended last October, his new business Sidestory just launched…
[Image-1] Jono Developments will pay HRM $3.6 million for the former St. Patrick’s-Alexandra elementary school. Regional Council voted 14-2 in approval of a settlement agreement between the municipality and the developer during an in-camera meeting Tuesday night. Only peninsula councillors Waye Mason and Jennifer Watts voted against the sale. Some of that money may end up…
Prepare your palate for serious sipping with our spotlight on the local wine scene.
It’s been a dry summer. As John and Anne Warner walk around their vineyards, the grass crunches underfoot like gravel. Leaves and fields are tinged with yellow and dust picks up on the country roads with each breeze. Cereal crops planted in between the grape trellises struggle to make their way through the cracked dirt.…
[Image-1] The Coast sent all 53 candidates running in HRM’s municipal election the same 15-question survey in order to help their residents and our readers know a little more about who’s running for council. Here’s what Dominick Desjardins from Halifax South Downtown sent back. ——— Why should residents of your district vote for you? We need…
[Image-1] What would possess a person to want to spend a beautiful summer’s day inside a dark theatre, watching show after show after show? Well, when it’s the Atlantic Fringe Festival and there are performers from all over the world in town, you shouldn’t let an opportunity to see fantastic theatre pass you by. Even…
[Image-1] Development in Halifax has claimed another victim and outraged citizens, after city council voted against a motion to expedite heritage status for the historic Fram House on Young Avenue. The decision comes after the Cleveland Estate, also known as the wedding cake house, was demolished earlier this year. Both houses were bought by the…
[Image-1] In today’s age of inflated housing prices and looming bubbles, shadow selling, house flipping and trading, the real estate supply in Canada is beginning to look and act a whole lot more like precious metals than necessary dwellings for you and your family. “Parts of the HRM are certainly still affordable with an average…
Divest this Divestment from oil assets does little to nothing to prevent climate change or fossil fuel usage (“Divestment dinosaurs,” Voice of The City by Simon Greenland Smith, September 15). All it does is lower stock prices marginally so third-party investors can get a slightly lower price when they are on the market for energy…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Libra (Sep 23-Oct 22) Here’s my translation of a passage from the ancient Gospel of Thomas, a gnostic text about the teachings of Jesus: “If you do not awaken and develop the potential talents that lie within you, they will damage you. If you do awaken and develop the potential talents that lie…
Q I’m a 27-year-old straight male and a high-school teacher held to a strict code. I left my fiancée in June and haven’t had sex since. Needless to say, I’m really horny. I’m also in that weird in-between age where I’m not comfortable hanging out at college bars but I’m also a bit younger than…
I’m a member of the school board and during a recent debate I used a word that angered members of the audience. The word was privilege. In particular I was referring to white privilege. What the anger made clear is that the word requires explaining. Some still think privilege refers exclusively to material advantage. It’s…
The Nova Scotia Community College’s campus in Kentville is bearing more fruit than ever before. Almost 10 years ago, the school was approached by provincial wine industry organizations—folks like the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and the Grape Growers Association of Nova Scotia hoped the college would look into the training needs of the industry.…
[Image-1] Life evolved to live within limits. It’s a delicate balance. Humans need oxygen, but too much can kill us. Plants need nitrogen, but excess nitrogen harms them, and pollutes rivers, lakes and oceans. Ecosystems are complex. Our health and survival depend on intricate interactions that ensure we get the right amounts of clean air,…
Sean Myles has been working on breeding new grape varieties since 2011, when he partnered with Hans Christian Jost—the then-owner of Jost Vineyards—on a cross of Muscat and L’Acadie Blanc grapes. An assistant professor at Dalhousie, Myles works in the Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences and is the Canada Research Chair in Agricultural…
So far, this fall isn’t really all that fall-like—not that we’re complaining. And neither is Nicole Raufeisen, the sommelier and manager at the waterfront’s 27-seater bar Little Oak. She’s easing into the season, sipping on mostly lighter reds, as well as sherry. “I know people don’t think of sherry as a wine because it’s fortified…
Moira Peters knows a lot about wine. A trained sommelier, wine columnist and the owner of Unwined Tasting Parties, she doesn’t just talk about the juice—her life is all about it. Even more so now, as she adds her latest badge of vino know-how: Writing the book on local wine, literally, as co-author of The…
“Do we have ice?” asks a worried-looking dancer, as she stumbles out of a studio at Halifax Dance. “I just kicked Gillian in the face.” When you use your body as a tool for art, these kinds of things happen. A lot. “It’s worth it,” mutters Gillian Seaward-Boone from underneath the blue ice pack she…
When Emmy Award season finally came to its climactic end last Sunday, after three different ceremonies to honour the best in American TV, Game of Thrones walked away as the winningest fictional show ever. To get an idea of the depth of talent on GOT, consider some of the show’s nominees who didn’t win this…
Mocean’s first decade grew the company into what it is today. Founded by Carolle Crooks Fernando, Sarah Rozee, Alicia Orr MacDonald, Sara Harrigan and Lisa Phinney Langley (who left after a few years), Crooks Fernando credits the company’s strength and longevity to two things: Halifax’s excellent talent and a strong foundation of organization. “We were…
