On Friday, Nova Scotia’s Jeopardy! phenom Mattea Roach took their final bow on the Alex Trebek Stage after losing their semi-final game in the Tournament of Champions. Barring a special reunion episode, Roach’s time on the iconic trivia show has come to an end. But you don’t become the fifth-best J! player of all time […]
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The top 5 “Halifax’s freshest memes” from the past 5 years
In the life of a university student in Halifax—or anyone in the city with a love for meme culture—there has been a reliable provider of LOLs for the past five years. @dal_memes made its first Instagram post on November 16, 2016. By the end of September 2021, the account—which is not affiliated with Dalhousie University—celebrated […]
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Best Halifamous Person
As The Coast pointed out in December 2007, last year our homegirl Ellen went from local teen talent to international megastar, as the teen dramedy Juno led to her first Academy Award nomination and a gig hosting Saturday Night Live. It might seem perverse to say it, but that was the easy part. Sure, she […]