This week on the podcast, all-around awesome person Rich Aucoin (one of the tallest people Tara knows) is with us talking about his triumphant year in 2011; headlining the Pop Explosion and releasing his long-awaited album, We’re All Dying To Live. Then, arts editor Stephanie Johns is back with stories of outrage from the one […]
Cats
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Coast 25: 46 of the weirdest things we’ve ever published
The prophet in Clayton Park Bill Deagle says he knows things they don’t want you to know about 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing and other government secrets. Now he lives in suburban Halifax, with an internet radio broadcast and orders from god to get the truth out there. Celine Dion’s cancelled Halifax show After the […]
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Lily Pad Cat Lounge is opening in Dartmouth
Jody Godin had always wanted to start her own business, and a couple years ago she decided to take the leap. After jumping through some hoops and doing some crowdfunding, the Lily Pad Cat Lounge (590 Portland Street) is about to open in Dartmouth. “I love animals, but I especially love cats,” says Godin. She […]
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Watch: A teaser for the Halifax Cat Fanciers’ Society Cat Show
Today at The Coast, watch the trailer for Cat Show, which chronicles the competition and heats between Halifax’s north-end cats and their owners, all participants in the Halifax Cat Fanciers’ Society’s Biennial Spring Classics. The trailer is a pitch for a potential satire (catire?) web-series, based on real life events. In 2013, Kathleen Prinsen‘s tabby Florian […]
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Adria’s Top Ten Vines of 2015
2015 was the year of the Vine, the social media/video sharing app on which users can upload seven to ten second clips of footage, most often of random blunders from their cellphones, and loop them into eternity. Vines are a particular Internet phenomenon; the content ranges from wipe-outs to sport clips to news bloopers, traffic […]
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Meow Flicks
There’s something unusual going down at the Citadel on Caturday. Now in its second year, The Just For Cats Film Festival will transform the Citadel’s fortress into an outdoor theatre and screen the “greatest hits” of viral cat videos on a giant pop-up screen–expect some furr-miliar faces like Lil Bub and Keyboard Cat. The entertainment […]
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Halifax’s feral cat crisis is alive and well
[Image-1] In 2012, the Halifax cat known worldwide as Tuxedo Stan ran for mayor, drawing awareness to the city’s feral cat problem. He quickly became a famous internet cat, and shortly after, city councillors signed the Tuxedo Stan pledge and promised to address Halifax’s feral cat crisis. Three years later, Stan is dead, and local […]
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All of April’s stupidest press releases
[Image-1] We get a lot of press releases during our day. Some of them are useful, others not so much. Presented without judgment or context, this past month’s weirdest releases. Cat-chella Festival: Meow Mix’s Kitty Girl Group Releases Hit Song! “The new song combines three of the world’s most powerful artistic forces: Girl Power, Beyonce-style […]
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Flack attack: The first USB-powered cat bed
[Image-1] We get a lot of press releases during our day. Some of them are useful, others not so much. Presented without judgment or context, March’s weirdest releases. Meow Mix Launches World’s First USB-Powered Cat Bed “A product that prevents your cat from sitting on your actual keyboard by instead providing an alternate keyboard that […]
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The James Bond of cats
[Image-1] We get a lot of press releases during our day. Some of them are useful, others not so much. Presented without judgment or context, this past month’s weirdest releases. Santa’s post office getting busier and busier! Canada Post wants children to believe in a festive arctic wizard, but not that he’d have access to […]
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Kitty pride
The Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery has gotten right down to brass tacks. You and everyone you know likes cat videos. Don’t even attempt to front. Running to November 24 at the MSVU Art Gallery (166 Bedford Highway), the Here Kitty, Kitty Cat Video Festival is a collection of submitted feline-centric videos (either homemade or […]
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Best Pet Supply Store
The business calls itself “Canada’s Healthy Choice for Pets,” with locations in Bedford, Dartmouth and at Bayers Lake, carrying brands such as Nature’s Harvest, Natural Balance, Wellness, Holistic Blend, Home Made 4 Life, Healthy Paws and many more, including dog health supplements. Or pick up a few accessories, everything from beds to bones, creates to […]
