Feb 6-12, 2020

Vol. 27, No. 37

The trolls are freaking because Canadian citizen and former child soldier Omar Khadr is coming to town, to speak at an event the Halifax-based Child Soldiers Initiative is co-hosting. So we got a local veteran to explain why the trolls are wrong.

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City

Sex + dating survey: Let's talk about consent and rape culture

Almost 20 percent of survey respondents said they have been raped, while 11 percent weren't sure.

By Caora McKenna
Feb 12, 2020
City

There are still 47,000 Nova Scotians waiting for a family doctor

Family practice waitlist is shrinking, but not just thanks to the province.

By Isabel Buckmaster
Feb 6, 2020
City

Nova Scotia’s minimum wage to rise to $12.55 in April

It will put about $2,000 extra dollars in NS pockets before tax per year.

By Julia-Simone Rutgers
Feb 6, 2020
City

Talking climate change basics with Halifax climate scientist Jeffrey Taylor

From greenhouse gasses to what committed change means

By Mira Dietz Chiasson
Feb 6, 2020
City

Child soldiers Omar Khadr and Ishmeal Beah speak at Dalhousie

Dalhousie's Institute for Child Soldiers marks 10 year anniversary with talk on child soldiers and modern war.

By Matt Stickland
Feb 12, 2020
News

If Omar Khadr is a terrorist, then so am I

A veteran reflects on children of war, the complexities of the modern battlefield and Canada’s best-known child soldier.

By Matt Stickland
Feb 6, 2020
News

HRM's budget committee settles on tax rate and extra spending for 2020/21

Funding for splash pads, more books and menstural products en route in Halifax.

By Caora McKenna
Feb 14, 2020
Shoptalk

LOCAL By Local Girl explores what "made here" means

The conceptual, art-fashion project is stylish wherever it calls home.

By Josefa Cameron
Feb 6, 2020
Opinion

‘There are no rules’ when it comes to restaurant accessibility in Halifax

Date prep takes on a whole different meaning for mobility device users in this city.

By Abby Surrette
Feb 6, 2020
Opinion

Speaking for The Coast: Welcome to the new

Start the presses!

By Kyle Shaw
Feb 6, 2020
Opinion

Letters to the editor, February 6, 2020

On the Northern Pulp mill and Owls Head Provincial Park.

Feb 6, 2020

Arts & Culture

Viola Desmond and the Controlled Damage done

Andrea Scott’s world-premiere Neptune play unpacks the legacy of Nova Scotia’s accidental activist icon.

By Michael Lake
Feb 6, 2020
Arts & Culture

Gabrielle Zilkha is Queering The Script

The filmmaker's latest documentary highlights the hidden history of queer women on TV.

By Steve Gow
Feb 8, 2020
Arts & Culture

The Steady Theatre Co. steers on

A theatre troupe making it work—and making art—wherever it can.

By Michael Lake
Feb 6, 2020
Music

Vadell Gabriel loses at love but wins with rhymes

Halifax’s hero of new jack swing drops an EP for the brokenhearted.

By Alec Martin
Feb 6, 2020
Music

Alessia Cara to play Halifax Jazz Fest on July 9

Toronto's biggest musical export since Drake headlines the waterfront main stage.

By Morgan Mullin
Feb 10, 2020
Comics

Hey You Goofs!

By Paul Hammond
Feb 6, 2020

Food

Welcome to The Town's End

By Team Coast
Feb 6, 2020

Free Will Astrology

Seek inspiration from Picasso, Scorpio

By Rob Brezsny
Feb 6, 2020
Savage Love

Cam what may

Sex work has changed since the days of peep shows.

By Dan Savage
Feb 6, 2020
Cannabis

Why is it so hard to find legal edibles?

The long wait for "Cannabis 2.0" products is almost over—here’s what’s about to hit Nova Scotia shelves.

By Victoria Walton
Feb 6, 2020

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