Mar 10-16, 2016

News + Opinion

• City

  Salary freeze rejected during snarky council debate

  Councillors overworked and underpaid, say councillors.

  By Jacob Boon

  Mar 9, 2016

  
• City

  Craig McNally wants to build Halifax an indoor skatepark

  Local skaters are lacking shelter from the cold.

  By Mat Wilush

  Mar 10, 2016

  
• News

  Additional $10 million in tech upgrades needed for Halifax Convention Centre

  Public to pay half that cost as per newly-finalized agreement.

  By Jacob Boon

  Mar 9, 2016

  
• News

  Tim Rissesco enters race for Gloria McCluskey’s seat

  Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission director announces campaign.

  By Jacob Boon

  Mar 10, 2016

  
• News

  For-profit plasma clinics exploit blood for profit say NDP

  Canadian Plasma Resources eyeing Nova Scotia expansion.

  By Jacob Boon

  Mar 11, 2016

  
• Shoptalk

  The scoop on The Loop

  The Loop gets ready for a move with a cash mob

  By Lindsay Gloade-Raining Bird

  Mar 9, 2016

  
• Opinion

  Letters to the editor, March 10, 2016

  These are the letters and comments from the print edition

  Mar 10, 2016

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Trust your GUTS

  Dance like nobody’s watching at a party/fundraiser for Canada’s feminist magazine.

  By Adam Fiske

  Mar 10, 2016

  
• Arts & Culture

  How does your garden grow?

  Laura Jean Forrester brings Rise and Shine to Studio 21, just in time for spring.

  By Laura Kenins

  Mar 10, 2016

  
• Arts & Culture

  Clarke’s spirit

  Canada’s poet laureate comes home to deliver the Cyril Byrne Lecture.

  By Adria Young

  Mar 10, 2016

  
• Arts & Culture

  Watch teaser for a John Dunsworth and Cathy Jones webseries

  By Adria Young

  Mar 15, 2016

  
• Music

  Watch: hot new hip-hop video from Halifax's Ben Francis

  An exclusive premiere of "That Something" by the up and coming 18-year-old rapper

  By Adria Young

  Mar 10, 2016

  
• Comics

  Hey You Guys

  By Paul Hammond

  Mar 10, 2016

  

Food + Drink

• Drink

  Drink up the Beer Guide

  A look at the craft scene, from an organic malt house, to a Beer Bus to local carbonation innovation

  By Allison Saunders

  Mar 10, 2016

  
• Drink

  Malt teaser: the goods on Horton Ride Malt & Grain Co.

  Tapping into Nova Scotia’s first malt house

  By Tyler LeBlanc

  Mar 10, 2016

  
• Drink

  Get on the bus

  Sip your way around the city with Taste Halifax’s latest tour offering—the Beer Bus.

  By Adam Fiske

  Mar 10, 2016

  
• Drink

  99 bottles (and cans) on the wall

  Local brews you can use

  By Allison Saunders

  Mar 10, 2016

  
• Drink

  Locks and load: adventures with Dartmouth’s new brewery

  Nine Locks Brewing has arrived in Dartmouth, inspiring a can-do attitude for beer-fueled adventure.

  By Jessie Harrold

  Mar 10, 2016

  
• Drink

  Wizz kid, Guy Tipton

  Guy Tipton has changed the local craft brewing game with his at-home invention, the bubble-making FizzWizz.

  By Michelle Cameron

  Mar 10, 2016

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  Open your anger, Libra

  By Rob Brezsny

  Mar 10, 2016

  
• Savage Love

  Fantasy vs real life

  My wife wants rough sex, but she was raped. How do I navigate her requests? Plus: Dealing with a manipulative boyfriend.

  By Dan Savage

  Mar 10, 2016