Jul 19-25, 2018

News + Opinion

• City

  Mass exit at Ruby’s Rhinestone

  Five employees of the downtown country bar jointly quit after allegations of sexual harassment and an unsafe work environment.

  By Jacob Boon

  Jul 19, 2018

  
• City

  Restorative justice workers ready for a strike

  Province won't get involved in negotiations between Community Justice Society and unionized caseworkers, despite providing almost all of the program's funding.

  By Sandra C. Hannebohm

  Jul 19, 2018

  
• City

  Reintegration: A nicer word for assimilation

  To many in this country, Muslim children fleeing violence will always be a project in need of fixing.

  By Masuma Khan

  Jul 19, 2018

  
• News

  25 for 25: episode 1999

  Andrea Dorfman talks first features and Rick Conrad holds up his union sign at the Herald as the uncertainties of the year 2000 loom.

  By Team Coast

  Jul 23, 2018

  
• Shoptalk

  Long Lake Adventure Company launches

  Let's go paddling

  By Allison Saunders

  Jul 23, 2018

  
• Opinion

  Letters to the editor, July 19, 2018

  These are the letters and comments from the print edition.

  Jul 19, 2018

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Funny things are everywhere

  Established and emerging comedians alike share the big stage to help kick off Pride with some alternative storytelling.

  By Tara Thorne

  Jul 19, 2018

  
• Arts & Culture

  Visual arts review: A Tapestry of our Towns

  Art 1274 Hollis celebrates a decade

  By Mollie Cronin

  Jul 19, 2018

  
• Arts & Culture

  Theatre review:Othello at SBTS

  The performances and setting boost this Shakespearean tragedy.

  By Lara Lewis

  Jul 19, 2018

  
• Arts & Culture

  Movie review: Three Identical Strangers

  Tim Wardle's separated-at-birth doc is one of the summer's biggest thrill rides.

  By Tara Thorne

  Jul 26, 2018

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Checked out: AIDS testing in Nova Scotia falls behind

  Frontline HIV/AIDS workers in this province have fewer resources to work with, and there seems to be a lack of support and desire from the province to help.

  By Preet Bhogal

  Jul 19, 2018

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Radical softness

  Drag artist Brad Jones—AKA Jennifer DaFuque—is making space for Indigenous identity at Halifax Pride.

  By Karli Zschogner

  Jul 19, 2018

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Queer erasure on stage

  Kamp co-creator Garry Williams is worried about straight-washing theatre.

  By Michael Lake

  Jul 19, 2018

  
• Cultural Festivals

  Drag princess

  12-year-old Lucas Campbell has a passion to be himself.

  By Hanna Butler

  Jul 19, 2018

  
• Music

  FOONYAP’s vessel for feeling

  The Calgary artist loops violin, mandolin and vocals for a unique and captivating distillation of indie-rock.

  By Brennan McCracken

  Jul 19, 2018

  
• Music

  Have the best weekend under the rainbow with these Sure Things

  By Morgan Mullin

  Jul 19, 2018

  
• Comics

  Art Brat Comics

  By Mollie Cronin

  Jul 19, 2018

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  Be bold and brazen, Pisces

  By Rob Brezsny

  Jul 19, 2018

  
• Savage Love

  Connections

  Navigating kinks, sexuality and a 30-year age difference

  By Dan Savage

  Jul 19, 2018

  
• Cannabis

  Public takes debate on Halifax's new cannabis bylaws to social media

  Is the city trying to make it illegal to smoke legal weed?

  By Sandra C. Hannebohm

  Jul 21, 2018