1 A hot take on hot dogs is slated for the corner of Agricola and Charles Streets thanks to T-DOGS, a New York-style hot dog cart serving up handmade sausages courtesy of Tony Rinaldo, his best bud Patrick Lowe and his brother Sam. Local ingredients, family recipes and chef-inspired creative twists are coming for us […]
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Pjilasi Mi’kma’ki: New bilingual Mi’kmaq/English podcast launches
A new podcast seeks to keep Mi’kmaq language, culture and current affairs thriving and accessible.
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How to destroy a political movement
[Image-1] In terms of the province’s shale gas development agenda, 2013 would turn very nasty. With billions of dollars in hypothetical royalties at stake, two years of false starts, and the likely threat of Southwestern Energy (SWN) suing the province for tens of millions of dollars if the company was forced to default on its […]
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How Robert Houle “decolonized” himself through painting
[Image-1] Robert Houle turned painting into a full-time gig after selling his first piece—a small eight-by-10-inch acrylic titled “Red is Beautiful”—for $90 back in the ’70s. Since then, he’s served as the first curator of Contemporary Indian Art at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, garnered international exposure and most recently won the Governor General’s Award […]
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Family secrets after the Sixties Scoop
My heart is racing. I’m sitting across a conference table from P, a social worker, in the meeting room of the Elsipogtog child and family services centre. He pushes a thick file of papers towards me, held together with an alligator clip. I’ve asked for these pages, because I need to know more than what […]
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Comfort, safety and the politics of sexualized violence
[Image-1] After weeks of protest and public debate about gender-based violence, a high-profile public event took place at the Halifax Central Library last Thursday. Hosted by the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs, it attracted hundreds of Haligonians concerned with the apparent increase in public displays of sexualized violence on HRM campuses. It was […]
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Twelve hundred daughters, sisters, mothers
[Image-1] It’s always a good time to be reminded about the confounding number of murdered and missing First Nations women in Canada, but today it’s sadly even more relevant. As reported in Metro, and via her own Facebook page, Loretta Saunders’ sister, Audrey, is seeking donations to help travel to Halifax next week for the […]
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Seven Sparks’ program heals with sweat
Complete blackness envelops me. The chanting and heavy breathing of everyone else rings loudly, like thoughts in my own head. I retreat under my towel from a blast of cedar smoke and scorchingly hot steam. This is hopefully the closest sensation to burning alive that I’ll ever feel. Finally, I murmur the sacred words and […]