Without a media launch, formal announcement or much fanfare at all, the long-awaited $5-million inquiry into past abuse at the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children has begun. But Nova Scotians hoping to find out how a disturbing chapter in the province’s child-welfare history was able to unfold as it did will have to be […]
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Meet the tributes from District 6
[Image-1] Thanks to Darren Fisher’s federal election win, residents of Harbourview-Burnside-Dartmouth East get to vote in a by-election on Saturday, January 23, to fill Fisher’s vacated city council seat. One of these four candidates will soon represent the people of District 6—at least until October, when the general municipal elections happen and the seat goes […]
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7 reasons fire chief Doug Trussler should leave Halifax
[Image-1] On Tuesday Halifax Regional Council debated controversial fire staffing options in front of an audience packed with reporters and firefighters. In recent weeks, many have come forward in opposition to Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency’s proposal (among other changes) to put volunteers in Dartmouth’s King Street station on nights and weekends. Bowing to that […]
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Just how busy are the King Street station firefighters?
[Image-1] The proposal from Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency chief Doug Trussler to staff volunteers at the King Street fire station on nights and weekends has not gone without criticism. Downtown Dartmouth residents (among others in HRM) are strongly opposed to changes that they say will leave the dense urban centre vulnerable. Trussler and HRFE […]
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Dartmouth survey argues HRM spent too much on rebranding
[Image-1] According to a survey conducted by the Coalition to Preserve Community Identity in HRM, 65 percent of respondents feel that HRM’s 2014 rebranding was, and is, too expensive. Another 23 percent said they didn’t know enough about the costs to answer. The online survey was conducted over two months last fall by the Coalition—a […]
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Il Trullo tasty
It’s barely 5pm and Rachelle and I are watching the sun set on the shitty view of downtown Dartmouth that we have from our table in Il Trullo. We have been seated on the drab side of the almost-empty restaurant, with a view of the ass-side of residential downtown Dartmouth with its industrial buildings, train […]
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Classified Ad: Extras needed for Snoop Dogg/Classified video
Earlier this week, Classified released his new jam, “No Pressure,” with a sick feature from Mr. One-Eight-Seven himself, Snoop Dogg. The original dee-oh-double-gee references Scotia and it’s tight to hear those words out of his mouth, TBH. The track comes out in advance of Classified’s upcoming album, Greatful, which will be released on January 15 via HalfLife Records and Universal. […]
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Coming soon: Portland Street Creperie
Lifelong Dartmouthians, and father-son business partners, Neil and Max Cook understand the beauty of a handheld snack. The pair are behind the Portland Street Creperie (55 Portland Street), a new cafe/restaurant that’s aiming to greet downtown Dartmouth by the end of October. “When Max and I started talking about this in the early summer, about […]
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AFF Reviews: Bound, Undone, The Stanford Prison Experiment
This weekend, several selections at the 35th Atlantic Film Festival explored human psychology through various narrative styles. On Friday, I rolled into the Lord Nelson Hotel at 1:30am to catch 1980 sci-fi musical, The Apple, which was one of the best worst movies I’ve ever seen, a terribly awesome, tacky romp through the exploitative music […]
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Dartmouth trail to be completed 12 years after being started
[Image-1] It’s a conspicuously missing link on the multi-use paved path along part of Dartmouth’s waterfront. Now, more than a decade after the first phase of the municipal trail was constructed, a long-lasting gap is scheduled to be filled. Halifax spokesperson Tiffany Chase says that the city will finally plug the linear break that exists […]
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Joel Plaskett is opening a cafe/record store/barbershop
Joel Plaskett loves this town so much that he’s opening his own business on Portland Street. What a meta Dartmouth moment. Soon, you’ll be able to take the Dartmouth ferry into the town, and spend your pennies bumming around—at a Plaskett cafe. Last night both Halifax Retales and allNovaScotia reported that the former location of […]
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Dartmouth Yoga finds its centre
Dartmouth yogis have a new happy place. In late July the Dartmouth Yoga Centre quietly opened in in a prime location in the heart of downtown, above Dartmouth Yarns (122 Portland Street). Functioning as more of a cooperative than a studio, Dartmouth Yoga is brainchild of keen yoga teachers Jillana Burgess, Michele Banfield and Estelle […]