Dec 21-27, 2006

News + Opinion

• City

  Mr.smith goes to Spring Garden

  He’s been an unskilled immigrant, a successful Halifax city treasurer and a person who likes to do what others can’t. Now Bernard Smith is manager of Spring Garden Road’s business association

  By Jess Mcdiarmid

  Dec 21, 2006

  
• City

  The year in disappointment

  Five things that made 2006 suck more than it would have anyway

  Dec 27, 2006
• Opinion

  Letters to the Editor

  Dec 26, 2006
• Opinion

  Echoes across time

  Editorial by Bruce Wark

  By Bruce Wark

  Dec 21, 2006

  
• Healthcare

  Living positive

  After she was diagnosed with HIV, lifelong drug abuser Pam Leedham figured killing herself would be the easy thing to do. She decided to take the hard route instead, fighting both addiction and disease, one affirmation at a time.

  By Lezlie Lowe

  Dec 21, 2006

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Copy that

  The Halifax zinesters’ guide to surviving Holiday Parties. Compiled by Sue Carter Flinn

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Dec 21, 2006

  
• Arts & Culture

  Finders, keepers

  Even the most responsible plans can’t weather every storm.

  By Stephanie Domet

  Dec 21, 2006

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Darkness

  By Sarah Mian

  Dec 21, 2006

  
• Arts & Culture

  Until morning

  The past has a way of coming back for the holidays.

  By Ryan Turner

  Dec 21, 2006

  
• Arts & Culture

  Sweet Revenge

  by Sue Carter Flinn

  By Sue Carter Flinn

  Dec 21, 2006

  
• Music

  Culture vultures get fed (but not by the feds)

  Tara Thorne fills your stockings with arts news.

  By Tara Thorne

  Dec 21, 2006

  
• Comics

  Little Houses

  Dec 21, 2006

  
• Comics

  Postage

  By Joey Comeau and E. Horne

  Dec 21, 2006

  
• Comics

  Howlett Fills in

  By Mike Holmes

  Dec 21, 2006

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

  Dec 21, 2006
• Savage Love

  SAVAGE LOVE

  Dec 21, 2006
• Savage Love

  Savage special

  What kind of holiday would it be without a batch of letters discussing the woman who gives face-numbing blowjobs?

  By Dan Savage

  Dec 21, 2006
• Buy Local

  Warping paper

  By Kate OConnor

  Dec 21, 2006

  
• Health

  Home version

  The line between playing the game and living the game.

  By Sean Flinn

  Dec 21, 2006