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Best Wifi Spot
There are a lot of reasons why a coffeehouse such as The Wired Monk would win Best Wifi spot. Consider location, windows facing both Hollis and Morris Streets. Consider loungability, sipping your cup of java for extended periods while you fingers enable browsers, write dissertations, answer emails. Consider atmosphere, a friendly staff, organic slow-roasted coffee, […]
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Best Thing To Happen In Halifax In The Past Year
OK, there were plenty of concerns in advance of the show: the cost, how the Common would look, all of that. But Saturday, July 11 was a perfect summer day, and, in case anyone had forgotten, the man was a Beatle. The biggest community love-in of the summer gathered to sing along with “Eleanor Rigby,” […]
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Worst Thing To Happen In Halifax In The Past Year
We’re not sure what’s worse, the actual failure of the sewage treatment plant that—at the date of this writing—remains out of service, or the lack of transparency in the mayor’s office regarding the analysis of the plant’s shutdown. Thanks to pressure from the public and media, they’re being a little more open about the ways […]
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Best Activist
And this is very much as it should be. Duckworth died in August 2009, but before she went she saw a century pass and did a lot of good work with her time on the planet, including founding peace organizations such as the Nova Scotia Voice of Women. She was the first women in Halifax […]
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Best Activist Organization
The EAC is a hive of constant activity. Here’s just a sample of what they’ve been up to in the past year, provided by Charlene Boyce Young, in charge of development and outreach: “We are running a second year of the Green Mobility Grants program thanks to Conserve Nova Scotia’s support, helping sustainable transportation projects […]
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Best Comedian
“How peculiarrr,” writes Mark Little in an email upon hearing that he’s been voted Halifax’s Best Comedian again this year. He’s had a good 2009: he won a Yuk Yuk’s competition and the Just For Laughs Homegrown Competition. He’s been working with his Picnicface cohorts on a variety of projects, including a screenplay called Roller […]
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Best Car Dealership
It is a new green world: the popular vehicle on the O’Regan’s Toyota Halifax lot is the redesigned Prius for 2010. It’s all in the small details: the new Prius has new styling, outstanding fuel efficiency, more horsepower, more standard features and a lower sticker price than the previous model, starting at $27,500. Silver: Hillcrest […]
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Best Camera Store
“There’s still the mystery that is digital,” says manager Daryl Clarke, which poses the question, if it is a mystery that scares Carsand Mosher customers or compels them to buy. “Video and digital SLR cameras are a new trend,” he assures us. “And there are some cool [still] cameras that have great video features. There […]
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Best Esthetician
We couldn’t speak to Angela Bishop directly because she was on her honeymoon—congratulations!—but we did speak to Remedy Spa manager Nicola Hancock, who described Bishop as “friendly and really good with clients.” Bishop has been at Remedy for eight years, plenty of time to build a loyal following, clients that have become her friends over […]
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Best Trivia Night
The T-Room is a regular hang for Dalhousie engineering students who make up the bulk of the trivia masters on Friday nights. From 9:30 until midnight you’ll find Stan Selig and Thomas Craig holding court and stumping the punters with two rounds of 20 questions. “We take the best of different trivia nights around the […]