Nov 8-14, 2018

Vol. 26, No. 24

Erin Costelo made Sweet Marie across 10 wintry days in a single room, surrounded by trees. But her new album is no pastoral folk journey—it’s a soul-driven, feminist-fired recording she’s taking all over the world.

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City

Bilby Street’s unaffordable future

There’s little the community can do to stop new developments pricing residents out of their own neighbourhood.

By Sandra C. Hannebohm
Nov 8, 2018
City

Halifax steps up to fund Africville Museum

$8,000 operating grant from the city isn’t quite enough to keep the lights on, but it’s something to build on.

By Julia-Simone Rutgers
Nov 8, 2018
City

Soil cleanup on Shannon Park's Millbrook lands could cost $5 million

Costs and timetables for cleaning up the larger, adjacent property being pitched for a new CFL stadium are still an unknown.

By Jacob Boon
Nov 12, 2018
City

SCIENCE MATTERS: Tackling climate change requires healing the divide

We must call out those who stall or prevent solutions to serve their own self-interest and political agendas.

By David Suzuki
Nov 14, 2018
News

25 for 25: episode 2014

It's the Khyber, forever, with Emily Davidson, and comic superstar Kate Leth shares her strange adventures.

By Jacob Boon
Nov 13, 2018
Shoptalk

All aboard Maritime Express Cider

Valley-based cidery gears up for its grand opening.

By Rebecca Dingwell
Nov 15, 2018
Opinion

Letters to the editor, November 8, 2018

These are the letters and comments from the print edition.

Nov 8, 2018
Opinion

Refugee moms at serious risk for postpartum depression

Evidence shows the chance of experiencing postpartum depression is five times higher in refugee women.

By Salma Almukhaini
Nov 8, 2018
Opinion

Sharing nudes: Advice for all the Tony Clements out there

You don’t need to be the Annie Leibowitz of dick pics but some thought goes a long way.

By Leslie Greening
Nov 15, 2018

Arts & Culture

What to Expect When You Aren’t Expected’s queer health care study

The new play puts true birthing stories from queer Nova Scotia women on stage.

By Brennan McCracken
Nov 8, 2018
Arts & Culture

Visual arts review: James MacSwain, Ex Libris

Paper collages landing somewhere between book and sculpture at Hermes.

By Mollie Cronin
Nov 8, 2018
Music

The most confident version of Erin Costelo

On Sweet Marie, the Halifax soul siren started with a love song by Randy Newman and ended up somewhere bold and new: “It’s exactly what I wanted to say.”

By Tara Thorne
Nov 8, 2018
Music

A veteran helping veterans

Patrick Murray is a folk singer now, but his years of military service inform everything he does.

By Tara Thorne
Nov 8, 2018
Music

Have a super-sweet weekend with these Sure Things

By Morgan Mullin
Nov 8, 2018
Comics

Hey You Guys!

By Paul Hammond
Nov 8, 2018

Free Will Astrology

Free Will Astrology

Rob Brezsny says you might soon spawn a valuable creation, Aries.

By Rob Brezsny
Nov 8, 2018
Savage Love

Is my normal abnormal?

Seeing his peers settling down and having kids, a kinky bi guy wonders if he’s broken. Plus: A brother’s rubber love.

By Dan Savage
Nov 8, 2018

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