“We’re just a year older and deeper in debt,” says John Beatty, owner and operator of the popular antiques and furniture store. He’s joking about the debt, we think. “Business is booming,” he confirms, which he says is largely due to the store’s policy of ensuring there’s a change-over in inventory every 90 days through […]
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Best Antiques Store
“We’re just a year older and deeper in debt,” says John Beatty, owner and operator of the popular antiques and furniture store. He’s joking about the debt, we think. “Business is booming,” he confirms, which he says is largely due to the store’s policy of ensuring there’s a change-over in inventory every 90 days through […]
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Best Councillor
“The city is abuzz” with positives, says Sloane. They include being able to secure funding for Centennial Pool and keeping local schools open—including St Patrick’s-Alexandra—HRM by Design (“whether you like it or not,” she says, laughing) and the potential for affordable, mixed-use housing. Moving forward she’s going to work towards the getting the master plan […]
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Best Drag Performer
Rouge Fatale came off a triumphant summer helping put together Pride here in Halifax and now will be appearing on regular Sunday evenings at Menz Bar. All bow down before the new Ms Menz! “I’ll be doing mostly comedy,” says Fatale, “musical, the old-fashioned drag thing.” She says she plans to get the audience really […]
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Best Member Of The Provincial Legislature
Was it just us or did the city collectively exhale when the NDP swept to power this past June? It may be less fun to mock premier Dexter than it was RodMac, but now the provincial political complexion has changed to a shade of tangerine, are our expectations even higher? Well, they should be. We […]
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Best Member Of Parliament
Everyone respects and likes the NDP’s Megan Leslie, even people who don’t share her political views. It’s because she’s young, bright and she’s representing us in Ottawa with a lot of character. In case you think we’re biased, consider that in May of 2009 Leslie was voted Rookie MP of the Year in *MacLean’s* magazine […]
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Best Theatre Impressario
“Impressario” is a term that doesn’t really resonate with Shahin Sayadi. He just does what he does, pursuing his muse. “I appreciate the coverage and the recognition,” says Sayadi, modestly. His theatre company, OneLight, has earned its recognition. It’s been operating since 1999—Sayadi’s wife Maggie Stewart is OneLight’s managing director—and will soon launch its ninth […]
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Best Professor
Barker teaches three excellent-sounding courses this year, on top of being the chair of the Dalhousie University theatre department. At King’s she teaches a third-year course, Opera & The Idea of Enlightenment, looking at opera from the 17th through the 20th century. Then there’s Modern Theatre, another third year course. New this year, Dramatic Theories […]
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Best Host
Outside Laura Dawe’s North Street house there’s a chalkboard, livening the neighbourhood with the regular truisms she writes upon it. “Someone described it as analogue Facebook updates,” says the Edmonton-born, Ontario-bred, fourth-year Dalhouse student. The “community outreach” started with Dawe collecting plastic figures to create a shrine, a plastic garden of sorts out front. “People […]
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Most Important Local Issue
Like a lingering bad smell, this issue hasn’t gone anywhere. This time last year we were congratulating ourselves for the multi-million dollar Harbour Solutions Project which was already cleaning up hundreds of years of sewage in the harbour and marveling at Peter Kelly’s swimsuit. But we all know how that’s turned out. Silver: Public transit […]
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Best Political Cartoonist
Editor’s note: With his latest Best Political Cartoonist win in 2009, Bruce MacKinnon was elevated to the Best of Halifax Hall of Fame. We reserve our Hall of Fame—-a special honour that retires both the winner and the category they won in—-for the iconic figures, people who have owned their title year in and out, […]
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Best Public Space
The Victorian green space remains a gorgeous retreat within the city, from the magnificent wrought iron of the gate at Spring Garden and South Park to the geese, ducks and swans floating through the gentle waterways. Through the summer’s warmer days it’s a popular spot for wedding photos, though we know people who like to […]