Sep 28 - Oct 4, 2017

News + Opinion

• City

  Clearcutting our losses

  The long history of Nova Scotia sacrificing its forests to big pulp, and why it has to end.

  By Joan Baxter

  Oct 5, 2017

  
• City

  Amy Goodman isn’t giving up hope

  The acclaimed journalist and host of Democracy Now! talks media, politics and resistance this Saturday in Halifax.

  By Jacob Boon

  Sep 28, 2017

  
• City

  Tory leader says premier engaged in a cover-up of Michelle Coffin’s story

  Jamie Baillie finally got Stephen McNeil to address The Coast's interview with former Liberal staffer during question period.

  By Maggie Rahr

  Sep 29, 2017

  
• City

  Update: Jimmy Melvin Jr. is his own lawyer now

  Accused of attempted murder in 2008, he has been representing himself for the end of his case.

  By Katie Toth

  Oct 3, 2017

  
• City

  SCIENCE MATTERS: Bye-bye, bug splatter

  By David Suzuki

  Oct 3, 2017

  
• City

  Update: Matt Whitman all-lives-matters Cornwallis panel

  Outspoken councillor faces blowback for his criticism of the committee tasked with judging Halifax’s problematic founder.

  By Jacob Boon

  Oct 4, 2017

  
• News

  Eight-person expert panel proposed to determine the fate of Cornwallis

  Terms of reference for the citizen committee, made up of Indigenous and non-Indigenous residents, will be debated by city council on Tuesday.

  By Jacob Boon

  Sep 29, 2017

  
• Shoptalk

  Lion & Bright asks customers to close laptops in the evenings

  “It’s not the place of sanctuary and leisure that we really want it to be.”

  By Rebecca Dingwell

  Oct 3, 2017

  
• Shoptalk

  Drink this: Good Robot's Reclaiming My Time stout

  Evelyn White and Good Robot team up to make a Communibrew inspired by Maxine Waters.

  By Dina Lobo

  Oct 3, 2017

  
• Shoptalk

  Halifax street style: Cambridge Street

  Scouring the streets for the city's most fashionable

  By Meghan Tansey Whitton

  Oct 4, 2017

  
• Opinion

  Letters to the editor, September 28, 2017

  These are the letters and comments from the print edition

  Sep 28, 2017

  
• Opinion

  Stuck in the middle of the arts funding food-chain

  If Halifax wants a sophisticated cultural ecosystem, the private sector needs to invest in mid-size arts organizations.

  By Maggie Stewart

  Sep 28, 2017

  

Arts + Music

• Arts & Culture

  The noise-rock dynamics of Botfly

  The Halifax trio let the best ideas win on its debut LP, which is still heavy but intriguingly listenable.

  By Jonathan Briggins

  Sep 28, 2017

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Lifeblood of Pineo & Loeb

  The EDM duo goes all in on its debut album, out September 29.

  By Ava Coulter

  Sep 28, 2017

  
• Arts & Culture

  The Delinquents Movie drops in for its Halifax premiere

  Dedicated east coast snowboarders shred all over Atlantic Canada in new documentary

  By Jill Ellsworth

  Sep 28, 2017

  
• Arts & Culture

  Movie review: Game, set and match for Battle of the Sexes

  The outcome of this battle is a 44-year-old statistic, and still you're pinned to your seat.

  By Tara Thorne

  Sep 28, 2017

  
• Music

  Ten rockin' weekend picks

  Hopscotch Festival, Mirus' mixtape release party, the Halifax Record fair and Halifax Oyster Festival make for one bangin' weekend. 

  By Morgan Mullin

  Sep 28, 2017

  
• Comics

  Welcome to Hellifax

  By Tim Carpenter and Jordyn F. Bochon

  Sep 28, 2017

  

Food + Drink

• Food

  Shucking champ Eamon Clark is in town

  Come shell or salt water, he’s coming to town for Halifax Oyster Festival.

  By Vaughn Stafford Gray

  Sep 28, 2017

  
• Drink

  Five new-to-Nova-Scotia grape varieties

  A ripe for the picking rundown of what’s new on the vines.

  By Moira Peters

  Sep 28, 2017

  
• Drink

  Thinking outside the vines

  From the south shore to Cape Breton, the wine regions outside of the Annapolis Valley navigate a unique set of challenges—and advantages.

  By Moira Peters

  Sep 28, 2017

  
• Drink

  Four local wines to hunt down

  Local wine experts weigh in on what homegrown bottles they’re drinking.

  By Allison Saunders

  Sep 28, 2017

  
• Drink

  Annapolis royalty: a first look at Lightfoot & Wolfville

  A trip to the just-opened, epic winery where heritage and modernity meet on the shores of the Minas Basin.

  By Melissa Buote

  Sep 28, 2017

  

Lifestyle

• Free Will Astrology

  Free Will Astrology

  Bulk up soul-wise, Aquarius

  By Rob Brezsny

  Sep 28, 2017

  
• Savage Love

  Quick hits

  Dan visits San Fransisco and answers questions about serial first daters, bride-zilla, married life and cannabis lube.

  By Dan Savage

  Sep 28, 2017

  
• Cannabis

  Getting deep into the post-prohibition weeds

  Dal law school panel wonders if Canada is ready for legal marijuana.

  By Lucy LaPlante

  Sep 28, 2017