Q: I’m going to say up front that I know I am a complete and total asshole. I have been with my current boyfriend for about three years and we are living together. About a year ago, our relationship started to go bad when I found out I was pregnant and ended up having an […]
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Audio: Listen to reporters grill Peter Kelly on sewage plant secrecy
After today’s council meeting, myself, Metro reporter Kristen Lipscomb and Chronicle-Herald reorter Michael Lightstone grilled mayor Peter Kelly on the city’s continued secrecy in relation to the sewage plant failure. Council had just received a report from the Halifax Water Commission stating that a preliminary report explaining the failure was ready, and would be presented […]
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Shit happens
Q: I am a 28-year-old straight woman who has been dating a 24-year-old straight male for two months. Recently, I gave him oral sex while he was seated naked on my couch. The next day, as I went to sit on the couch, I noticed a brown stain on the cushion that looked highly suspicious. […]
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Mosher: Halifax will be next financial capital, “instead of Singapore”
Never mind the burning wreckage of the global financial industry, Linda Mosher still believes that Halifax will replace Singapore as the next global financial capital. At least, she repeated as much at last night’s council meeting. I suppose before the economic collapse, there was some logic in this line of thought—oh, not for anyone in […]
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Musquodoboit choir’s small wonders
The show’s set-list reads more like a college radio chart than typical choral fare. There’s no “In the Jungle” or “This Land is Our Land.” (Sorry, Pete.) There are a few special guest performers from the local music scene—Rich Aucoin and former Haligonian Mike Evin. And all 80 singers will be covering locals Aucoin, Joel […]
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Tracking the comic sounds of Michael Winslow
Michael Winslow is turning Japanese. “Domo arigato?” he squeaks in a bizarrely convincing female voice. “Where is the bank?” The self-described “voicestrumentalist,” stand-up comedian and veteran of seven Police Academy movies is on the phone from his Florida home. As will happen many times during our interview, he’s abruptly lapsed into one of his favourite […]
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Fid reopens!
After a six week wait, Fid pre-opened to media and fans last night. The new reno is modest and sets the tone for a more casual approach by the owners, Monica Bauché and Dennis Johnston, to their ten-year old fine dining institution. A banquette between the fireplaces, a redone bar where you can sit and […]
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Bear country
For a while, it seemed like we nearly lost him in the wilderness. For the last year or so, Haligonians wondered what happened to the former Gio chef, Ray Bear, when he struck out on his own. Answer: After a Valley hibernation, he opened every chef’s dream restaurant, Bear. Bear is a destination spot. A […]
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New Dog Day!
You might have heard that Dog Day has a new record out in April. Perhaps you would like an ear gander? You’re welcome.
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Why Ginger’s and the Granite Brewery closed
The rumours are true: After this Sunday, Ginger’s and The Granite Brewery will close for good. After 34 years of running a bar downtown, Kevin Keefe is getting out of the entertainment and bar business in Halifax, but his brand of beer will live on. He’s moving his brewing operations to Stairs Street in the […]
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Icy sidewalks
I’ve interviewed Gord Hayward, the city winter works superintendent, who is responsible for overseeing the crews that clear streets and sidewalks. Listen to it in the audio player below.