[Image-1] 1 Did you know The Coast’s homepage won’t accept swear words in headlines? We didn’t until trying to publish this Voice of the City by “asshole with a shovel” Paul Vienneau. The photographer and ice-destroyer was one of several voices whose input was sought, then ignored by the consultant report on what went wrong […]
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Monday’s 10 things to know
1 The municipality’s in the weeds when it comes to grass cutting this summer. City editor Jacob Boon reports that “tens of thousands of dollars” in fines have been issued by HRM against its grass-cutting contractors over poor service this year. Back in May, Halifax tendered out several three-year contracts for grass cutting at a […]
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Friday’s 8 things Stephen Harper doesn’t want you to read
[Image-1] 1 Anyone who wasn’t watching Donald Trump or prepping for a fond farewell to Jon Stewart was probably live-tweeting last night’s leaders debate. In case you missed it, there’s plenty of coverage today from outlets regional, national and international. Seriously, lots and lots of coverage. As is his wont, Prime Monster Stephen Harper took […]
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Thursday’s 8 things to read during these dog days of summer
[Image-1] 1 This coming Monday is a big deal for the Halifax music scene–– longtime music hub/incubator/rowdy drunken staple $Rockin 4 Dollar$ celebrates its tenth anniversary of making the city a better place. Lewis Rendell rocks us down memory lane in this week’s issue, so you have time to brush up on your history before […]
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Tuesday’s 6 things you’d better know by now
1 Summer means no school and little political action, so crime is continuing to dominate the headlines. Police are looking for someone who b<a href="http://metronews.ca/news/halifax/1439864/hot-water-poured-on-man-sleeping-on-street-in-halifax-suffers-burns-to-face/" target="_blank"burned a sleeping man’s face by pouring hot water on him. The cops have also pressed charges against a 20-year-old man who stabbed another male then politely drove his victim […]
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Friday’s 11 things to get your read on with
[Image-1] 1 Mayor or marrier? (Sorry.) Later today, 25 same-sex couples will renew their vows under the officiating of Mayor Mike Savage. It’s all to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Canada’s Civil Marriage Act and the legalization of same-sex marriages. Events kick off at Grand Parade at noon, with music by the Maritime Brass Quintet, […]
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Wednesday 4 things you have to know right now!
[Image-1] 1 Epic troll Peter Kelly is back in the news, this time after conducting an external review of Charlottetown city council’s pay for some reason. The non-tendered review was conducted by Westlock, Alberta’s most famous CAO after the PEI city’s government “reached out to numerous people in the Charlottetown area to do the review, […]
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Tuesday’s 9 things we’re talking about
1 Way to be a buzzkill, HRM. The Macdonald Bridge is now closed on Friday evenings (starting this weekend) due to the Big Lift. Previously the massive re-decking project was previously only closing the harbour bridge Sunday through Thursday, from 7pm to 5:30am. Now bridge traffic will be cut off six nights a week for […]
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Monday’s 9 things you need to know
[Image-1] 1 Everyone still hates the Liberals’ budget. Three months after introducing unwelcome austerity cuts, the Nova Scotian budget is still being criticized by local non-profit groups. The Deafness Advocacy Association Nova Scotia will cease to exist within a year, says the group’s executive director—all because of losing a $34,200 annual grant from the province. […]
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Thursday’s 8 things you really should know
1 Evolve Festival kicks off today in the Antigonish-ish area of our beautiful province, and you probably haven’t even packed yet, have you? You were planning doing that after work, weren’t you? Luckily enough, our pal Adria Young has compiled a cheat sheet for festival packing that’ll help you avoid stinking, starving and having to […]
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Wednesday’s 10 things you need to know
[Image-1] 1 Huzzah! Evolve is saved! The music festival was facing cancellation yesterday after its liability insurance was pulled for wanting to offer free drug-testing to attendees. After what CBC says was a flurry of calls and an amazing outpouring of support, festival producer Jonas Colter has found a new insurer (belonging to the family […]
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Monday’s 7 things you gotta know
1 The casualties from the new Nova Scotian film industry have started to arrive. Last week Nova Scotia Business Inc. started accepting applications for film and TV productions under the Liberals’ new tax credit system. A Jim Henson Co. show planning to shoot here has ditched NS for British Columbia, and Screen Nova Scotia’s Marc […]