Feb 15-21, 2007

News + Opinion

• City

  Lulu’s last show

  Lulu LaRude, one of Halifax’s most famous drag queens, passed away on February 8 of a brain tumour. Mike Fleury reports.

  By Michael Fleury

  Feb 15, 2007

  
• News

  Redrum

  Mike Fleury changes the locks.

  By Michael Fleury

  Feb 15, 2007
• Shoptalk

  How sweet it is

  Guy Quenneville browses for business news.

  By Guy Quenneville

  Feb 15, 2007
• Opinion

  Letters to the Editor

  Feb 16, 2007
• Opinion

  Letters to the Editor

  Feb 18, 2007
• Opinion

  Letters to the Editor

  Feb 16, 2007
• Opinion

  Where the sun don’t shine

  Editorial by Bruce Wark

  By Bruce Wark

  Feb 15, 2007

  
• Opinion

  As seen on TV

  Feb 16, 2007
• Environment

  Sink or swim

  Tim Bousquet watches the waters rise.

  By Tim Bousquet

  Feb 15, 2007

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  Bollywood/Halifax

  On the eve of Bollywood smash Guru’s arrival in Halifax, Carsten Knox hits the BLIP to find the Indo-Canadian community out in full support.

  By Carsten Knox

  Feb 15, 2007

  
• Arts & Culture

  As seen on TV

  George Canyon. JD Fortune. Bubbles. All television-made celebrities and successful musicians. And all from the same town. What’s in the water in New Glasgow?

  By Shayla Howell

  Feb 15, 2007

  
• Arts & Culture

  Norbit

  Mark Palermo finds things to admire in Norbit.

  By Mark Palermo

  Feb 15, 2007
• Cultural Festivals

  ECMA Day 1 - Controlled Chaos

  The awards weekend gears up

  Feb 16, 2007
• Cultural Festivals

  ECMA Day 2: Here, there, everywhere

  Music, parties, and too many bars to count make for one crazy night

  Feb 17, 2007
• Cultural Festivals

  ECMA Day 3 – The Halifax mob descends on the Awards showcases

  Statement of the day: "Sorry, but we're filled to capacity."

  Feb 18, 2007
• Cultural Festivals

  Day 1 The Start of a Long Weekend

  Feb 15, 2007
• Cultural Festivals

  ECMA Day Four - Awards as a measuring stick

  Time for this reporter to hit the sack...for a week or two

  Feb 19, 2007
• Music

  Near, far...well, near, actually

  Tara Thorne balances out all that music news, right here.

  By Tara Thorne

  Feb 15, 2007
• Music

  Bands on film

  Carsten Knox presses play on the three local discs vying for DVD of the Year honours.

  By Carsten Knox

  Feb 15, 2007

  
• Music

  Safety dance

  Our passel of local music experts weigh on a select group of ECMA categories, and with help from your online votes, toss out some predictions (In-Flight), conspiracy theories (hip-hop) and rants of all kinds (Zellers).

  Feb 15, 2007

  
• Music

  Myles above

  Things have changed for the Fredericton native, whose second record has propelled him to the forefront of the Halifax scene and onto the biggest ECMA stage.

  By Sean Flinn

  Feb 15, 2007

  
• Music

  Like a Skyhawk

  Local teacher Glenn Taylor scores an ECMA nod for Best Children’s Recording for his anti-bullying spectacle Skyhawk: The Musical, performed by more than 45 students at Spryfield’s Elizabeth Sutherland School.

  By Stephanie Johns

  Feb 15, 2007

  
• Music

  Show time

  Fourteen shows worth standing in line for. Bring a hat.

  By Tara Thorne

  Feb 15, 2007

  
• Music

  Rose’s garden

  The witty and sensitive singer-songwriter has come into her own since the release of her first LP, If You Were for Me, nabbing ECMA nominations for Songwriter and Rising Star. She’s ready for all that’s come her way, and anything after.

  By Johnston Farrow

  Feb 15, 2007

  
• Comics

  Thanks Jill

  Feb 15, 2007

  
• Comics

  Act Break

  By Mike Holmes

  Feb 15, 2007

  
• Comics

  I Picture You

  By Joey Comeau and E. Horne

  Feb 15, 2007

  

Food + Drink

• Restaurant Reviews

  Southern hospitality

  Don't mess with Texas, but do try their food at the Lone Star, says Liz Feltham.

  By Liz Feltham

  Feb 15, 2007

  
• Restaurant Reviews

  Neighbourhood diner

  By Austen Gilliland

  Feb 15, 2007

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

  Feb 15, 2007
• Savage Love

  SAVAGE LOVE

  Feb 15, 2007
• Savage Love

  Savage lova wextra

  vanilla+kink=truelove

  By Dan Savage

  Feb 15, 2007
• Sports

  Punch it up

  A long-vacant theatre on Gottingen is about to step into the ring as a boxing gym. Guy Quenneville straps on his gloves.

  By Guy Quenneville

  Feb 15, 2007