Gold Winner Morris East, Halifax Silver Winner Mother’s Pizza Bronze Winner Piatto Pizzeria + Enoteca Hall of Fame Salvatore’s Pizzaiolo Trattoria “We started out 10 years ago with a simple menu philosophy of sourcing the best ingredients to make not just good pizza, but great pizza with creative toppings. With every year that passes, I […]
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Best Comics Store
Gold Winner and Hall of Fame inductee Strange Adventures, Halifax Silver Winner Cape & Cowl Comics and Collectibles Bronze Winner Strange Adventures, Dartmouth Editor’s note: With this 2017 Best Comics Store win marking at least 10 golds in a row, Strange Adventures joins the pantheon in the Best of Halifax Hall of Fame. The cartoon […]
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Memories of life at the Elmwood
While researching this week’s cover story on the history of the Elmwood building at South and Barrington, The Coast ended up speaking with dozens of current and former tenants from the past 40 years. They shared their memories—and a couple ghost stories—about what it was like living at the ageing historic property. Here’s what they […]
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The fall of the house of Elmwood
“So much of mankind’s varied experience had passed there—so much had been suffered, and something, too, enjoyed—that the very timbers were oozy, as with the moisture of a heart. It was itself like a great human heart, with a life of its own, and full of rich and sombre reminiscences.” —Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of […]
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Cornwallis panel needs to proceed slowly, cautions HRM councillors
It’s been over a week since Halifax Regional Council voted for an expert panel to examine how the city commemorates its problematic founder, but there’s still no word on who will take part. Officially, HRM has four names selected. Those individuals are being contacted by city staff for confirmation. Another four names will be selected […]
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Dealer’s choice: Nova Scotia launches public cannabis consultation
Nova Scotia’s government wants the blunt truth. The province has unveiled an online survey seeking public input on proposed rules and regulations for recreational cannabis. “As the federal government moves toward legalizing cannabis, our top priority is to protect the health and safety of Nova Scotians,” claims Justice minister Mark Furey in a press release. “We want […]
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The noise-rock dynamics of Botfly
Botfly w/Vulva Culture (solo) Dark Sky Parks, Die Hexe Thursday, September 28, 7pm Plan B Merchants’ Co-op 2180 Gottingen Street $5, all ages After five years of writing songs and four years of releasing music, noise rockers Botfly have unleashed a self-titled debut album. “I mean I guess you can only release so many EPs,” […]
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Police board to discuss new services for First Nations communities
Halifax’s police oversight board wants to help serve and protect the municipality’s First Nations-owned lands. Councillor Waye Mason will put forward a motion at the next Board of Police Commissioners meeting looking to establish a more formal relationship between Halifax Regional Police and the city’s First Nations. Three Indigenous bands currently own addition-to-reserve lands that fall […]
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10 essential Halifax fashion accessories
1. Rubber bootsUnless you want to live with perpetual trench foot you better get something waterproof on your tootsies. Sideways rain, deep puddles, swampy green-spaces and a winter that’s more wet-and-melty than white-and-fluffy will make your rubbers a welcome outfit staple. Also somehow socially acceptable? Wearing knee high Hunters when there isn’t a cloud in […]
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Bob Bjerke’s dismissal moves Halifax back in time
I’ll preface this article by admitting that I don’t yet know the details of chief planner Bob Bjerke’s quick exit (read: dismissal) from his role at HRM. No one does, not even the rest of HRM’s planning staff or apparently Bjerke himself (according to media interviews). This alone speaks to the culture of elusiveness that […]
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Macdonald Bridge bikeway connectors get green light from city hall
The city is going to drastically overhaul how cyclists travel to-and-from the Macdonald Bridge. Regional council voted Tuesday to approve the Macdonald Bridge Bikeway Connectors project—rebuilding access and exit ramps for cyclists in Halifax and Dartmouth. At $7.3 million, the new project isn’t cheap. But it is vital, said councillor Sam Austin, as the bridge […]
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White supremacy doesn’t stop at the border
One of the voices behind Tuesday evening’s demonstration in solidarity with Charlottesville says fascism and white supremacy isn’t isolated to the deep south. “It’s important to recognize the way the forces that animate the far right and white supremacists in the United States don’t stop at the border,” says Brad Vaughan, who’s with the local […]
