- Issue of
- Aug 8-14, 2019
- Vol. 27, No. 11
Prospectors holding rights to the land beneath your feet. Mining companies and government ministers dodging accountability. Police squelching citizen complaint. This is Nova Scotia’s fourth gold rush, happening to pristine nature near you.
News + Opinion
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- City
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Eighty percent of Halifax’s top-earned dollars go to men
The sunshine list shines a light on lacking gender parity in city jobs
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- City
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Airbnb listings seeing increased revenue, more “Superhosts”
New data shows Aribnb is on the rise in Halifax, while vacancy rates continue at record lows
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- Reality Bites
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John Perkins says he'll see Atlantic Gold, RCMP in court
"I do not want people to think that corporations are legally permitted to make false accusations against members of the public in order to have them arrested and removed from public meetings."
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- Savage Love
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Do I forgive him or do I forget him?
My new boyfriend seems pretty great, except for that one horrible thing he did that was totally crossing boundaries.
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- Voice of the City
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Lisa Cameron tells us how to get ahead of our bad bosses
With the Worker's Action Centre and the fight for $15
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- Environment
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Deniers deflated as climate reality hits home
As it gets harder to deny the reality of climate change, ridiculous claims and agendas arise
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- Environment
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Nova Scotia’s golden addiction to toxic mining
As one government department spends millions to clean up polluted sites from previous gold rushes, another department’s involved in making the next gold rush happen.
Food + Drink
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- Halifax Drinks
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With love (and beer), from Halifax
After being featured at the Seaport Cider & BeerFest, the Maine Beer Box will head home packing Canadian brews.
Arts + Culture
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- Theatre
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How The Light Lies (On You) illuminates failure’s long shadow
A new, all-woman theatre collective celebrates the overlooked legacy of artist Florine Stettheimer
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- Theatre
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The Power of Preston is in its people
A new musical showcases the “broadness and richness" of Canada’s oldest Black community.
Music
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- Feature
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New Hermitage’s soundtrack of the climate crisis will end your apathy
Composer/improviser Andrew MacKelvie and pals track the amount of CO2 in the air with a pair of synthesizers.
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- Reviews
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The Magic Flute blows on at the Halifax Summer Opera Festival
Mozart’s music might be “the most sublime ever written” but he’s no woke bae.
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- The Scene
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LISTEN TO THIS: DK and Ghettosocks deliver golden-age hip hop vibes with "Reflections"
A reworked jazz drum sample—paired with Ghettosocks' legendary wordplay—will make you feel like you traded your arms for wings.
Love the way we bitch
Visitor & Tourist Information
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- Tourist & Visitor Essential Info
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Fall for the top 5 waterfalls in Nova Scotia
These must-see natural attractions come in many different shapes and sizes, with varying levels of difficulty to access.
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