25 for 25: episode 2007

City councillor Lindell Smith was a 16-year-old aspiring audio technician the first time that he was mentioned in The Coast, as part of Stephen Kimber’s 2007 cover story, “Inside the Square.” Smith joins us to talk about the stigma surrounding Uniacke Square, his political goals and how the north end has changed over the past decade.

Also, it was 11 years ago when the Halifax Cycling Coalition formed in response to the death of a cyclist on Barrington Street. Executive director Kelsey Lane calls in from her vacation to chat about the coalition’s history and the exhausting work of improving HRM’s streets one metre at a time.

All this, plus Island Greek opens, the Apple Barrel closes, Peter Kelly cozies up to the Guardian Angels, the province cracks down on squeegee kids, Celine Dion snubs the city and we say goodbye, one last time, to Helen Hill.

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Tim Bousquet talks about when the sewage treatment plant failed. Plus, Paul McCartney is in town, dead birds in the Public Gardens and, yes, Brindi.

25 for 25: episode 2010

Talking with Juanita Peters about Halifax’s Africville apology and more events from eight years ago.

25 for 25: episode 2011

Rich Aucoin goes behind the music for We’re All Dying To Live and Stephanie Johns prints a curse word on our cover.

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Graham Steele on the end of Nova Scotia’s NDP government and Selena Ross on the story of Rehtaeh.

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This article appears in Sep 13-19, 2018.