Canada Games
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Everybody dance now
Shine up them dancin’ shoes, folks. Word around the campfire is there’s going to be a flash mob tonight at the Joel Plaskett show at Celebration Square. A video of the choreography for Plaskett’s “Nowhere With You” has been circulating the interwebs for a few days, giving you dancing machines the chance to take part. […]
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Canada Games photo-blog by Courtney Kelsey & Zachary Barkhouse
This blog will follow the development of a project about the Canada Games being photographed by Zachary Barkhouse and Courtney Kelsey. Each day the two will present a short series of photos that document spectators watching the events and participating in surrounding activities.
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Really cool video of the Common skating oval
Just watch it: Send us your Canada Games pics and vids; email ourgames@thecoast.ca.
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The summer of ’69
We’re really excited about getting reader-submitted Canada Games photos and videos (see below), but I’m seriously doubting that any reader can match the production values, videography and, most astonishingly, soundtrack of the 1969 Halifax Canada Games promotional video: Send us your Canada Games pics and vids; email ourgames@thecoast.ca.
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Canada Games rejects security theatre
Be afraid! Fear, fear, fear! It’s what keeps the military state alive, keeps the cops well-funded. It’s your duty as a good citizen to be afraid. So, to help you along, at every turn, the powers that be need to inculcate fear, with visions of terrorists behind every bush, security theatre at every airport and […]
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The Coast meets the Canada Games
Welcome to The Coast’s Canada Games blog. We’ll use this space to do what we do best: provide a bit of insight, a bit more snark and still more fun. Expect some commentary, some pictures and some video from our videographer. And expect some community involvement: When we say it’s “Our Canada Games,” we mean […]
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The relative costs of maintaining the Common skating oval
Watching the public debate about whether the speed skating oval should be made permanent, I’m struck by how the costs of the continued operation of The Oval are blown all out of any reasonable proportion. Let me elaborate. First, let’s acknowledge that making The Oval permanent will entail one-time capital costs. It’s my desire that […]
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Alpine Skiing
You’ll have to head out of the city to find a hill big enough to ski on, unless you want to nose-dive down Citadel Hill. Ski Wentworth, an 80-minute drive from the city in the town of Wentworth, will be home to the downhill skiing events at the Canada Games but, for now, amateurs can […]
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Archery
Alfie O’Quinn, president of the Archery Association of Nova Scotia, made his own longbow last year. He chopped down an ash tree, cut out a suitable piece of wood, sanded it down and braided a string for it. He says archery is a fine-dexterity sport that requires discipline. If you want to get involved, you […]
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How to play like you’re in the Canada Games
The Canada Games will be in Halifax February 11-27, with teenaged athletes from every province and territory competing in 20 sports in what organizers are calling “the largest multi-sport event in Nova Scotia history.” If you want tickets to sit on your butt and watch these athletes, head to the official Games site. But if […]
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Keep the Common skating oval
Keep the oval. That message is coming through loud and clear from the 1,000-plus (some days over 2,000) people skating on the Common skating oval. The original plan was for the oval to be open to the public before and after the Canada Games in February, but then dismantled in March. There are six refrigeration […]