Despite bone-chilling wind and the temperature sitting around -16 degrees, a recent Sunday was warm and happy for the Out of the Cold housing association. The long-awaited day had finally arrived when a group of unhoused people got to move out of the Gray Arena, which was being used as a makeshift shelter since early […]
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A beginners guide to biking to the beach in Halifax
What if we told you that you can bike from downtown Halifax to the beach? Really. Even if you haven’t biked in years and don’t remember the hand signals. It’ll be a bit sweaty and a bit stressful and you’ll curse at the lack of signage but you can do it—and it’ll be worth it. […]
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Where I work: Birdies Bread Co.
WHO SHE IS Jessica Best, owner of Birdies Bread Co., remembers the exact moment she fell in love with sourdough. After her culinary training, she began working at a bakery in St. John’s, Newfoundland. On her first day, Best saw the bread coming out after baking. “Making sourdough is such an intimate process,” she says. […]
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Rozina Darvesh walks the walk
The happy ending of The Wizard of Oz happens when Dorothy Gale realizes that as many wonders as there are over the rainbow, you don’t actually have to look that far to find your joy. She famously says, “If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my […]
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Best Pizza Pie
Gold Winner Morris East, Halifax Silver Winner Yeah Yeahs Pizza, Dartmouth Bronze Winner Stone Pizza Hall of fame Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria It’s all about the team for Jennie Dobbs, Morris East owner and now thrice a winner in this category. “This year I have two employees who’ve worked at Morris East for 10 years,” she […]
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DISH OF THE MONTH: The Smash Burger
Side Hustle Snack Bar at North Brewing Co. 899 Portland Street Sun-Thu, 11:30am-11pm Fri-Sat, 11:30am-midnight Kathy Jollimore and Brent Darbyson really didn’t mean to. When the co-owners of Side Hustle Snack Bar—the restaurant at North Brewing Company’s weeks-old pastel dream of a taproom—put a burger on their menu, they didn’t think it’d immediately be lauded […]
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Who to see at this year’s Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival
Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival Aug 17-18, 11am-5pm Alderney Landing, 2 Ochterloney Street If you want to check the pulse of the international comic book scene, hitting up the Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival has always been a surefire bet. The fest, held at Alderney Landing, routinely brings in top-of-their-field cartoonists and comic creators. For example, this […]
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Council to explore making open street events more affordable
Council’s work to help support open street events is now in motion. Councillor Sam Austin requested this week for the city to find ways to help support and reduce the costs of policing and street closures for these events. Austin says open street events provide a lot of value in his district, and thinks it […]
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The not-ready Centre Plan strikes back while moving forward
HRM’s Centre Plan is marginally closer to actually existing. The community design advisory committee reviewed all the land use bylaws included in the Centre Plan on Wednesday, and gets two more meetings to pick it apart, a version of progress that’s coming too late for councillor Sam Austin’s constituents, who blame “broken” bylaws for a […]
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Coastal Cook House offers Fisherman’s Cove a new feed
Kale Boucher and Jeff Lucas want to make their mark at Fisherman’s Cove. The pair of restaurant vets share 23 years’ experience between them—Boucher as a Red Seal chef, Lucas in both the front- and back-of-house—and have teamed up open Coastal Cook House (16 Government Wharf), a gourmet take-out restaurant on the scenic waterfront strip. […]
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Yeah Yeahs Pizza is coming to Halifax
If you’re a Yeah Yeahs Pizza fan you’re probably willing to go to the ends of the earth (or at least across the harbour) for your fix, but brilliant news—soon Haligonians won’t have to. Co-owners of Dartmouth’s highly addictive pizza joint, Josh Nordin and Dean Petty, have just started the renovation phase of their new […]
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SHOP THIS: The Valentine’s Edition
First you were running late on all of your Valentine’s Day gestures, then the snow storm hit and you didn’t leave your blanket fort for the entirety of Wednesday. Now you need physical proof you love your loved one, and it’s down to the wire. Lucky for you, Inkwell Modern Handmade Boutique (2011 Brunswick Street) […]