Last weekend, the second Flourish Festival went down in Fredericton, NB for three whole days of music in the city’s bars, vintage boutiques and record stores. The lineup featured a killer mix of bands, including a bunch from Halifax: The Everywheres, Walrus, Gianna Lauren, Beauts, Klarka Weinwurm, No Problem, The Age and many others. Local photographer Kate Giffin took […]
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Council approves $85,577 to review firefighter response times
[Image-1] It was a familiar site inside City Hall on Tuesday, as council once again questioned the plans of Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency chief Doug Trussler. At issue was a proposed external service standards review, which will be undertaken by Pomax Consultants (the only company who bid on the tender), at a cost of […]
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Josh O’Kane talks his new Joel Plaskett book Nowhere With You
If there was ever a local musician worthy of his own book, you already know it’s Dartmouth’s Joel Plaskett. Published on April 1 by ECW Press, and written by Globe and Mail reporter Josh O’Kane, the 200-page non-fiction narrative Nowhere With You traces Plaskett’s Maritime success against all social and cultural odds, from his early days in Thrush […]
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Don’t underestimate the value of a decent transit map
[Image-1] Halifax Transit has a new roadmap for success, but figuring out how to get around this city on anything other than a smartphone is still something of a paper chase. On Tuesday HRM regional council tentatively approved an overhaul of the municipality’s transit network. The Moving Forward Together plan from Halifax Transit will begin […]
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Here’s the latest proposed look for the Nova Centre
[Image-1] There’s finally a clear picture of those design changes being proposed for the Nova Centre. In March, the as-yet-finalized changes to the $500-million complex caught the municipality and the public by surprise when a vague description appeared on an information item that was supposed to go before HRM’s Design Review Committee. That meeting was […]
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PHOTOS: The Sheepdogs barking at The Marquee on March 16
On Wednesday, March 16, Saskatoon classic-style rock band The Sheepdogs played one of two sold-out shows at The Marquee Ballroom, and Coast photographer Andrew Donovan (Phototype) was there in the jam-packed crowd to snap pics of canines howling at the moon. Related Stories
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Manifest destiny: NSCC music business students strut their stuff
“The Halifax music industry is overflowing with incredible, underrated musicians who are yet to be discovered,” says Emma Cassidy, one of the 21 students in this year’s edition of the Nova Scotia Community College‘s Music Business Program. Tonight at The Marquee and The Seahorse (2037 Gottingen Street, 10pm, $8/$5), students in the program are putting on […]
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A game of cat and mouse for public housing tenants
[Image-1] When Jodi Brown moved into her new home in Spryfield’s Greystone neighbourhood, she knew she would be making some changes in her lifestyle. She didn’t know that she was signing up to live with rodents. Like many tenants in public housing throughout HRM, Brown is dealing with an infestation of mice. And just like […]
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Halifax Transit wants to order 1,000 rubber ferry tub toys
[Image-1] Bert and Ernie never sang about a “rubber ferry,” but there’s a possibility tourists visiting Halifax in the summer months may. Halifax Transit is toying with idea of selling rubber ferry tub toys to residents and tourists that make regular use of the ferry. A standing offer from the municipality is looking for the […]
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New ownership a bumpy road at Smiling Goat
[Image-1] Things have changed at the Smiling Goat Organic Espresso Bar. New owner Kit Singh took over the coffee shop at the end of January. He says he became instantly attracted to business opportunities in the city after taking a trip to Halifax in September from his home in England. “When I came to know […]
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Weapons of mass intimidation
[Image-1] It was a police emergency like few others. A man, possibly armed with a sword, had broken into a house and was fleeing the scene in a canoe on the Northwest Arm. Two police cars arrive at the Armdale Yacht Club, the officers inside looking to hitch a ride on a boat so they […]
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Watch Chloe x Halle’s new video for “Drop”
Here’s a local connection: yesterday, sister-singer duo Chloe x Halle released a video for “Drop”, directed by Halifax’s Andrew Hines. It’s an absolutely stunning visual that complements an incredibly stunning song. Last year, after millions of views on their homemade Youtube videos, and a gorgeous cover of Beyoncé’s “Pretty Hurts”, Chloe and Halle Bailey were signed to Bey’s new label Parkwood Entertainment. You […]
