Vol. 16, No. 30
No deal for DHX
A proposed merger between a Halifax film company and a multinational entertainment giant collapses. What does it all mean for local business?
By Lizzy Hill
Overflowing trash bin on Best Street in Dartmouth.
Guns for kids
By Tim Bousquet
The dismal science
The Company House
Letters to the Editor
Iggy pops up
Editorial by Bruce Wark
By Bruce Wark
Why Christmas?
There’s no good reason for a sane, rational person to like this time of year. And yet, Lezlie Lowe does.
By Lezlie Lowe
Parking Ban Woes
NSCC report card ready
Harper: Canada’s saviour
Into the wild Blue Mountain
Just 10 kilometres from downtown sits a wilderness area that any other city would die for. But will Halifax rise to the challenge of protecting Blue Mountain—Birch Cove Lakes? By Tim Bousquet. photos Aaron Mckenzie Fraser
Harper's cuts lower the curtain on arts funding
Local arts organizations are already affected by Stephen Harper’s funding cuts.
By Laura Kenins
Drop-In
Dave Lapp
By Alison Lang
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Directed by Sanaa Hamri
By Tara Thorne
Swallow Me Whole
Nate Powell
Homegrown Skateboards' wheel life
It’s no grind: Homegrown Skateboards’ new promo film Knock on Wood celebrates the team and their skills.
Man on Wire
Directed by James Marsh
By Lindsay McCarney
NSCAD union votes 97% in favour of strike
Kevin Fox
Songs for Cello & Voice
By Sue Carter Flinn
Boxing Day bonanza
Sarah Slean
The Baroness Redecorates
By Shannon Webb-Campbell
Blown Gasket Orchestra
Rock City
By Sean Flinn
Annabelle Chvostek
Resilience
By Sarah Greene
Sure thing: Virtuoso Strings
Sunday, December 21, St. Matthew’s, 1147 Barrington, 8pm, free with non-perishable food items.
By Jane Kansas
Ludacris
Theater of the Mind
By Caley MacLennan
Tom Petty in the snow
Books on Tape
Saturday, December 12, 1:27am, at The Seahorse.
Plants and Animals' home invasion
Polaris nominees Plants and Animals return to Halifax for a little holiday fun. Get ready for the festive special.
Miss Murgatroid and Petra Haden
Hearts & Daggers
Heads and tails: charcuterie
Charcuterie, the thrifty art of cooking with all parts of beast or fowl, is in vogue.
By Lindsay Cameron Wilson
Savage Love
Dan Savage says it’s not cheating if you’re broken up.
By Dan Savage
Restoring an unsung hero: How eelgrass is making its comeback in Nova Scotia
By Alison Auld, Climate Story Network
Atlantic Canada’s largest queer arts festival returns to Halifax
By Martin Bauman
Old Man Luedecke is back off the scallop boat—and sounding as new as ever
Every big show coming to Halifax (and beyond) in 2024
By Team Coast
