Back To School

Good morning wise pupils, welcome to Halifax! We present to you a syllabus of sorts, our annual Back to School Guide. Don’t slack on reading this one, it’s chock-full of tips (expert and otherwise) for how to survive the year ahead. CLICK HERE! You’re gonna be great. Happy learning!

Take a simple visual sweep across any crowd of people in Halifax and you’ll notice a lot of diversity. Whether it be the stage-front area at a killer rock concert, or a first-year Intro to Psychology university class, a whole spectrum of engagement emerges from the behaviour of those in attendance. Let’s run with the […]

I f you’re a student (or anyone else, but especially a student), you should pop onto the database at electionsnovascotia.ca and make sure you’re on the voting list. That’s because the premier will likely call an election next week, with voting in early October. Anyone who is a citizen, over 18 and has lived […]

Like sands through the hourglass, your summer slipped away quickly. Just when you were getting into it, it was gone. If you’re lamenting all of those hours you spent (wasted) in front of the television or your computer screen instead of frolicking in the sun, don’t. (Or, maybe do, but this might help you feel […]

THE BASICS “When I was a student, I figured out how to survive on an $11 per week grocery bill. Every night it was Minute Rice cooked up in the microwave with frozen corn, salsa and no-name cheese melted on top,” says Jenna Durling. It’s a far cry from the healthy, seasonal comfort food Durling […]

Anna Leonowens Gallery, 1891 Granville Street Well, duh, the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design would have its galleries on lock, showcasing not only creatives from across the country, and world, but students, staff and alumni, too. The great thing about the cluster of gallery spaces that make up Anna Leonowens (named for the […]

Pump your bod like A-Rod on Halifax’s local sports scene. We don’t need the Rogers Centre, we’ve got the Metro Centre. With a rich sporting history that dates back to the first days of hockey, Nova Scotia is home to some of Canada’s greatest boxers, ice legends and wrestlers. And our professional, minor and varsity […]

The sidewalk’s an everyday runway for the trio of photographers that work hard to make Fashion East (fashioneasthalifax.com) a wardrobe-inspiring blog. Krista Comeau, Melissa Dubé and Meghan Tansey Whitton share their best advice for finding pre-loved pieces. Make a mental list of the items that you really need or want since it’s very easy to […]

In the summer of 1989, an 138-page journal about antimicrobial science arrived at Dalhousie’s health sciences library. It was the July issue, and it wore a red paper cover that bore the title in big white letters: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Over the next months, the subsequent issues arrived, and librarians piled them on top […]

Everybody poops. A children’s book said it. Toilet paper companies make millions off of it, and doctors get worried if you aren’t doing it…but nobody wants to be the one to prove it. It’s time to flush away your shame. With the help of Coast readers we’ve created the seven deadly shit tips—a guide to […]

Even if you’re new to the city, you should already know that Halifax has always been the centre of sweet music scenes. The Mamas and The Papas, Sloan, Ben Caplan, Cousins and Classified all got their starts on a small stage in Halifax. If you’ve always wanted to be in a band or get involved […]

You guys, I only want the best for you. So when I sat down to write this exhaustive, encyclopedic, meticulously researched, comprehensive (and humble) guide to hitting the town, it was with the notion that in Halifax, although the myth of the most bars per-capita remains unconfirmed (and I remain skeptical), there is most certainly […]