Jan 25-31, 2018

Vol. 25, No. 35

Don Connolly has been the voice of *Information Morning* for 42 years. On Friday, he’ll sign off for the last time with a big live show at the Cunard Centre. What he’s always tried to do, he tells Katie Toth, is the work.

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City

Cleary downplays Stroink conflict on Willow Tree

Councillor says his friendship with Armco's agent causes more problems for him than it grants the developer any favours.

By Jacob Boon
Jan 25, 2018
City

Fighting for equity in the workplace

Liane Tessier and Judy Haiven are founding a "mutual help group" to support marginalized people who have experienced discrimination on the job.

By Rebecca Dingwell
Jan 25, 2018
City

Abdoul Abdi and the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children

The department of Community Services is willing to investigate abuses from decades ago, while ignoring the problems of today.

By Kieran Leavitt
Jan 25, 2018
City

A lack of imagination on Bloomfield

Parent Caroline Arsenault is upset the province passed on HRM's offer to buy the decaying property for a new school.

By Jacob Boon
Jan 30, 2018
City

Cornwallis statue is history

Council votes to temporarily remove racist monument in act of reconciliation.

By Jacob Boon
Jan 31, 2018
City

SCIENCE MATTERS: Emergency order aims to protect resident orcas

By David Suzuki
Jan 31, 2018
City

Spectacle Island speculation

The owner of this small island in Purcells Cove might make it a park, if the city will buy if off him.

By Cory Funk
Feb 1, 2018
News

Nova Scotia biomass plant has been running 24/7 for months

High natural gas prices make burning waste wood the most economical choice for customers, says NS Power.

By Jacob Boon
Jan 26, 2018
News

Province passes on Bloomfield Centre

Languishing north end site unlikely to be chosen for new Francophone school. City staff recommend selling it off instead.

By Jacob Boon
Jan 26, 2018
News

Khyber Catch-22: HRM wants funding commitments before selling historic arts hub

But the preservation society trying to save the site says it needs to own the building before anyone can ask for other government funding.

By Julia-Simone Rutgers
Jan 26, 2018
News

Mi’kmaq Chiefs call for immediate removal of Cornwallis statue

Assembly will no longer participate in Halifax’s panel examining commemoration of the city’s controversial founder.

By Jacob Boon
Jan 26, 2018
News

Mayor on Cornwallis panel: “I don't really think it's useful to point fingers”

Mike Savage offers no direct comment, but alludes to Chief Wilbert Marshall's nomination for historical panel as one of the "issues” for why it imploded.

By Jacob Boon
Jan 27, 2018
News

Khyber sale moving forward

Council fast-tracks plans to turn Barrington Street property into arts hub.

By Julia-Simone Rutgers
Jan 31, 2018
News

New trial ordered for cab driver Bassam al-Rawi

Judge Lenehan’s controversial decision quashed on appeal.

By Maggie Rahr
Jan 31, 2018
Shoptalk

Speeding beauty

By Kyle Shaw
Jan 24, 2018
Shoptalk

New Scotland Clothing goes big

By Allison Saunders
Jan 25, 2018
Shoptalk

Seven Bays Bouldering takes it higher

North end bouldering gym expands to basement, offers new equipment.

By Rebecca Dingwell
Jan 31, 2018
Shoptalk

Rousseau Chocolatier's redux

By Allison Saunders
Feb 1, 2018
Shoptalk

Maggie MacCormick is having a seconds sale

By Allison Saunders
Feb 1, 2018
Opinion

I know what support feels like, and now I feel it slipping away

Midwives are what new mothers need and deserve, so why can't this province offer them a reasonable compensation?

By Whitney Cruikshank
Jan 25, 2018
Opinion

Letters to the editor, January 25, 2018

These are the letters and comments from the print edition.

Jan 25, 2018
Opinion

Politics and misogyny at the Nova Scotia Legislature

Three times I dove into politics with relish. Three times I left feeling a bit less as a person.

By Michelle Hebert Boyd
Jan 29, 2018

Arts & Culture

Good morning, and good luck

After 42 years, more than 70,000 interviews and nearly as many taxi rides, Don Connolly will sign off for the last time this week. As his “season of cake” winds down, he looks back on four decades of hosting Information Morning.

By Katie Toth
Jan 25, 2018
Arts & Culture

Salt-Water Moon's dance

The classic Canadian two-hander brings a little warmth and love to Neptune.

By Michael Lake
Jan 25, 2018
Arts & Culture

After the Don

Five possible candidates to be the new host of Information Morning.

By Kyle Shaw
Jan 25, 2018
Arts & Culture

Review: Melanie Authier, Contrarieties and Counterpoints

Otherworldly abstracts at MSVU Art Gallery.

By Mollie Cronin
Jan 25, 2018
Music

Ten unmissable weekend picks

NSCAD hosts a TEDx talk, African Heritage Month kicks off with a swank opening night and Don Connolly hosts his last Information Morning from the Cunard Centre.

By Morgan Mullin
Jan 24, 2018
Music

Stars announce Halifax concert

Montreal's ethereal pop six-piece hits the Marquee Ballroom April 13.

By Morgan Mullin
Jan 25, 2018
Music

ECMA nominees announced

Rose Cousins, Jenn Grant, KINLEY and Ria Mae lead the 2018 pack.

By Tara Thorne
Jan 29, 2018
Comics

Art Brat Comics

By Mollie Cronin
Jan 25, 2018

Food

Made with Local’s big year

Six years in MwL still strives to create "nourishing products that literally and figuratively feed the community

By Dina Lobo
Jan 25, 2018
Food

DRINK THIS: San Junipero

Star bartender Emily Orr shares her twist on the pisco sour, a seasonal standout from Field Guide’s new winter menu.

By Allison Saunders
Jan 25, 2018
Restaurant Reviews

Easy excess at Rinaldo’s

Heavy, homey and bursting with energy, you won’t leave this Italian American joint unsatisfied.

By Melissa Buote
Jan 25, 2018

Free Will Astrology

Free Will Astrology

You’re the star, Sagittarius

By Rob Brezsny
Jan 25, 2018
Savage Love

Mother dear, friend queer

Why you shouldn’t reveal an incestuous relationship to your partner during “truth or dare.” Plus: Repressed homosexuality?

By Dan Savage
Jan 25, 2018
Cannabis

Bisexual women have good reasons for using weed so much

High and bi: Studying the relationship between cannabis use and sexual identity.

By Lucy LaPlante
Jan 25, 2018

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