Aug 20-26, 2009

Vol. 17, No. 13

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City

Sex work in the shadows

By Meredith Dault
Aug 20, 2009
City

City hires auditor

Who is "he" and why was the auditor being told to investigate the HPD? Because of Council secrecy, we don't know -- yet.

By Tim Bousquet
Aug 20, 2009
City

Charlie A'Court busks for housing

Truro bluesman to busk around town to raise funds for Halifax Housing Help an NGO facing a federal-funding gap.

By Lizzy Hill
Aug 20, 2009
City

Dartmouth waterfront trail is incomplete.

By Patrol Superintendent Laportno
Aug 19, 2009
News

Incredible Picnic postponed

Hurricane Bill's expected arrival pushes picnic to August 30

By Kyle Shaw
Aug 20, 2009
News

Court orders HRM to pay $81,125 for smelly sewer plant

Judge rules in favour of 70-year-old North Preston man

By Tim Bousquet
Aug 20, 2009
News

Muriel Duckworth dies

By Tim Bousquet
Aug 22, 2009
News

Globe & Mail gets Halifax sewage wrong

By Tim Bousquet
Aug 22, 2009
News

Tribute to Muriel Duckworth

Bruce Wark reflects on the work of a notable peace activist who passed away Saturday.

By Bruce Wark
Aug 24, 2009
News

Contest! Name the sewage plant, win a crappy prize!

PETA asked to change the name for our Harbour Solution. Kelly admitted the plant has no name. The Coast says, "Our Readers can name it. And we'll give them a prize."

By Tim Bousquet
Aug 24, 2009
News

Province fails to meet legislated environmental targets

Ecology Action Centre report slams province for not fulfilling key points of progressive Environmental Goals Act

By Tim Bousquet
Aug 25, 2009
Shoptalk

Refugees from Windsor and Almon

By Carsten Knox
Aug 21, 2009
Shoptalk

Susie's Shortbread celebrates a year

By Carsten Knox
Aug 23, 2009
Shoptalk

Help wanted. Payment: beer!

Hart & Thistle needs help harvesting hops

By Tim Bousquet
Aug 20, 2009
Shoptalk

Radical concepts is getting out of leather

By Carsten Knox
Aug 22, 2009
Shoptalk

New Japanese Restaurant opens

By Carsten Knox
Aug 24, 2009
Shoptalk

Free yoga at Moksha

By Carsten Knox
Aug 24, 2009
Shoptalk

Palookas Boxing Club in regulatory battle

By Tim Bousquet
Aug 26, 2009
Opinion

How to listen to citizens

Obama workers at last week-end's national NDP convention tell the party members how to rediscover its traditional grassroots appeal.

By Bruce Wark
Aug 20, 2009
Opinion

Andre Rochefort: primo bowler

Modest to a fault, champion bowler Andre Rochefort is knocking them over in the five-pin world.

By Lezlie Lowe
Aug 20, 2009
Opinion

The operational loop

It is not that the design/build process is necessarily flawed, but that it wasn't carried out properly

By Letters editor
Aug 26, 2009
Opinion

Dual methodologies

The word "error" should have been used more cautiously by Mr. Bousquet; however, he has done a good job lifting the veil of secrecy around the sewage plant mess.

By Letters editor
Aug 26, 2009
Opinion

Not so super

Why is it impossible to find local produce in big supermarkets when local produce is at its peak?

By Letters editor
Aug 26, 2009
Environment

Rail to trail project gets OK

Halifax council spends $2.7 million to purchase Chester Spur Line, a rail corridor from Fairview out to the Lakeside Industrial Park.

By Tim Bousquet
Aug 20, 2009

Arts & Culture

Gomorrah

Directed by Matteo Garrone (DISCOUNT VIDEO DISTRIBUTION)

By Sean Flinn
Aug 20, 2009
Arts & Culture

Mad Men reborn

TV review: Mad Men, Season three premiere (AMC)

By Sue Carter Flinn
Aug 20, 2009
Arts & Culture

The Bard's CSI

Theatre review: Shakespeare by the Sea: Macbeth

By Kate Watson
Aug 20, 2009
Arts & Culture

Kate Beaton’s drawing lessons

Comic artist Kate Beaton turns the past on its head, with wonderful inside jokes that will make history and literary buffs chuckle.

By Vincenzo Ravina
Aug 20, 2009
Arts & Culture

Eli Roth’s personal effects.

Tired of Jewish stereotypes in film and haunted by his family’s history, actor/director Eli Roth finds many reasons to beat Nazi skulls in Inglourious Basterds.

By Hillary Titley
Aug 20, 2009
Arts & Culture

Atlantic Film Fest announces its Atlantic program line-up.

This year's line-up will rock you like a, um, hurricane.

By Sue Carter Flinn
Aug 20, 2009
Arts & Culture

Go to The Room!

Thursday night, the so-sucky-it's awesome cult film makes its Halifax debut.

By Sue Carter Flinn
Aug 26, 2009
Arts & Culture

Worms 2: Bigger, badder, wormier

GAMES: Worms 2: Armageddon,(XBOX 360)

By Sean F. Hamilton
Aug 20, 2009
Arts & Culture

The Baby Formula: Director interview

Special screening: Sunday, August 23, 7pm and Q&A w/Alison Reid, The Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street, $10/$8

By Hillary Titley
Aug 20, 2009
Arts & Culture

Inglourious Basterds: the Palermo review

Troubled and brilliant Quentin Taratino's rises above the sum of its parts

By Mark Palermo
Aug 20, 2009
Arts & Culture

ADVENTURELAND

Directed by Greg Mottola (MAPLE)

By Tara Thorne
Aug 20, 2009
Music

Rocket Reducers and Ultra Violence Ray try on Halifax for size Tuesday August 25 at Gus'

Also the All Wound Up one year anniversary!

By Stephanie Johns
Aug 20, 2009
Music

Minivan Halen's last show at the Paragon

AKA: MVH, My Vloody Halentine

By Stephanie Johns
Aug 20, 2009
Music

Sunset Rubdown

Dragonslayer (Jagjaguwar)

By Dave Hayden
Aug 20, 2009
Music

Modest Mouse's guitar technician weighs in on our harbour issues

And brawlin' ways

By Stephanie Johns
Aug 26, 2009
Music

No UV Ray/Rocket Reducers... but BURIED INSIDE!

Tonight: All Wound Up One Year Anniversary

By Stephanie Johns
Aug 25, 2009
Music

Quick! Attend this! Fresh Flesh tape release at the Khyber

Make a tape, bring a boombox

By Stephanie Johns
Aug 26, 2009
Music

Black Moor survives and conquers

The Halifax metal band turned the volatile aftermath of a life-threatening car accident into their victorious new album, The Conquering

By Stephanie Johns
Aug 20, 2009
Music

Alex Fountain memorial show at the Pavilion

Monday, 6pm. With Stay Hungry, Envision, The Gideons, Megalodon, The Carrier, York Redoubt and Memories of Phoenix

By Stephanie Johns
Aug 24, 2009
Music

The Cliks

Dirty Kin (WEA)

By Shannon Webb-Campbell
Aug 20, 2009
Music

It's all Something Good

Just Add Water, the group's debut album, is some of the best work Markit and Boy-ill have done.

By Mark Black
Aug 20, 2009
Music

TODAY: David Myles at Grand Parade

Soul man David Myles comes back to Halifax for a show after a long tour, including shows with Jools Holland in the UK

By Sean Flinn
Aug 20, 2009
Music

Electro Chiac Therapie

Reclusive Mute seven-inch, (Radiator Collective)

By Laura Kenins
Aug 20, 2009
Music

Q&A with Something Good

Markit and Boy-ill talk it over with Mark Black

By Mark Black
Aug 20, 2009
Music

Amanda Blank

I Love You (Downtown)

By Loukas Crowther
Aug 20, 2009
Music

Ryan Dahle

Irrational Anthems (Limblifter)

By Sean Flinn
Aug 20, 2009
Music

Black Moor's Top 5 metal songs

Halifax metal band choose their current all-time favourite rock songs

Aug 20, 2009
Comics

Tour Stories: best and worst food experiences by Stephanie Johns

By Mike Holmes
Aug 20, 2009
Comics

The Gomer Times #12

By Seth Scriver
Aug 20, 2009

Food

Assembling a local picnic basket

Incrdibly local: Hey, Boo-Boo, why don’t we bring our own pic-a-nic basket to the Incredible Picnic? Postponed until August 30

By Lizzy Hill
Aug 20, 2009
Drink

Top Quiz and Trivia nights

Sit still in a hot bar, drink beer and answer these skill testing questions at the best quiz nights in town

By Holly Gordon
Aug 20, 2009

Savage Love

Welcome to Gaydom, boys

You older, wiser, experienced men have a duty to respect and educate the newbies. Savage Lovecast #148

By Dan Savage
Aug 20, 2009
Sports

Bike polo hits Hali

Dedicated fixed-gear riders bring the "hipster NASCAR" rolling into town.

By Anna Duckworth
Aug 20, 2009

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