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Fourteen abandoned beagles are in need of new homes, reports Metro’s Rebecca Dingwell straight from the news page to my heart. The babies were taken from an East Hants property by the Nova Scotia SPCA Cruelty Investigations team, who say the dogs had been “left by themselves” for a couple of days with no sign anyone was coming back. The seven adult dogs have been medically assessed and are up for adoption now. The other puppies will have to grow a bit more before the SPCA finds them a forever home.
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On the subject of people leaving behind things they don’t want, a family on Huck Finn Road in Hubley found a bunch of garbage and shit dumped on the access road to their house. A “small dump truck”’s worth of debris was discovered by the family Monday, none of it in clear bags.
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Michaela Sam and the Canadian Federation of Students says Nova Scotia should follow Newfoundland’s lead and start offering student grants instead of loans. The Department of Labour and Advanced Education counters that converting all of Nova Scotia’s student loans to grants would come with a “significant” annual $18 million cost. Maybe, but I don’t know, $18 million a year actually seems pretty low for scrapping student loans. I mean, that’s like half a Nova Star.
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Oh, speaking of the Nova Star, SPOILER ALERT: it’s on track for an “extremely disappointing” year. Nova Star Cruises has landed some winter work for the ferry—hauling passengers between England and France from November until May—but passenger numbers for July saw “almost no increase for the month” compared to the same period last year, says Michael Gorman with the Herald. Gorman quotes Transportation minister Geoff MacLellan saying “there’s certainly cause for concern and we’re not pleased whatsoever about what the numbers look like.”
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“COUNTERPOINT: Killing animals for fun is outrageous”
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Transport Canada is recalling 3,000 BMW and Mini cars that had been parked at the Halifax port back in February. The past winter’s harsh weather means the cars may have been exposed to “excessive standing water and salt.” That would have created problems with the steering, and increased the risk of electrical fire.
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Everyone’s favourite Ellen Page was on hand to celebrate Jamica’s first Pride event this past weekend. The Oscar-nominated actor from Halifax, who publicly came out last year, and other Pride attendees faced threats of violence over the festival that had Jamaica’s government calling for calm. Homosexuality is still illegal in the Caribbean country, but attitudes are evolving says Shaggy, the Jamaican singer and a person who should be quoted in every article. “At the end of the day, come on,” Mr. Boombastic implores. “That’s so old school and old fashioned right now. Come on, man, get over it.”
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The Dutch Mason Blues Festival concerts that were scheduled to take place at Alderney Landing this weekend have been cancelled, not citing poor weather, but lackluster ticket sales. This year’s festival honouring the late blues legend was to be the first in Dartmouth, having been held at the Truro Raceway for the last ten years. Ticket holders looking for refunds or exchanges are being instructed to contact the Ticketpro Box Office.
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Cut to the latest retail news—downtown Halifax’s dapper Sailor Bup’s Barbershop announced this morning via social media that it was expanding, opening a second location...in Dartmouth. If you notice around October 1 that the people of Pleasant Street are suddenly looking slicker than ever, that’s why.
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A Halifax supergroup if there ever was one, Aqua Alta is the pet project of Jenn Grant, Charles Austin and Graeme Campbell. Currently touring the festival scene in support of their unbelievably ethereal debut album Dreamsphere, this show is their only hometown show of the summer and the first since the album’s release.
In case you were late to this video coming out yesterday, that’s totally fine, because it’s about buses being late.
