Who’s ready to get shucked up? You’ll have to wait until October 3, but the inaugural Halifax Oyster Festival (full disclosure, a Coast-planned event) is coming for all of you local-loving, wine drinking, seafood enthusiasts. Also, anyone who likes to have fun. Let’s dig into the details. Together with Afishianado, Benjamin Bridge, Select Nova Scotia […]
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Halifax hires Amanda Whitewood as new chief financial officer
[Image-1] Halifax has finally found a replacement for dearly retired Greg Keefe, announcing today it has hired former Capital Health vice-president Amanda Whitewood as HRM’s new chief financial officer. Whitewood will take over the position of director finance/ICT and CFO starting on July 27. For the last several years Whitewood served as CFO and vice […]
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Who’s coming to the new Halifax Convention Centre?
[Image-1] Late last month, Trade Centre Ltd. announced 30 events have been confirmed for the new Halifax Convention Centre when it opens in 2017. What they won’t say is who’s coming. “Out of respect for our clients, we leave the timing of their event announcement to their discretion,” says TCL spokesperson Rachel Potter over email. […]
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Solar City’s slow launch
[Image-1] The sun is setting on Solar City’s leadership, but departing Halifax staffer Richard MacLellan says not to worry: The city’s award-winning energy program continues unabated. For the moment, MacLellan is Halifax’s manager of energy and the environment. Soon he’ll be leaving the city behind and taking a position as CAO for Queens County. MacLellan […]
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Baby guinea pigs dumped in Point Pleasant Park
Watch where you step, Point Pleasant Park-goers! A lesson learned to Jennifer Ferguson, who was walking her dogs through the park on June 20 when she noticed a man crouched by the side of the road. He appeared to be letting what she thought were his rabbits have a romp in the grass. When […]
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All of June’s stupidest press releases
[Image-1] Summer is when brands hit the beach. June is the perfect month to scare kids about outdoor safety, or barf out the latest fetishization of Canadian culture. For example, here’s a small sampling of some of our favourite weird press releases from the past four weeks. Please enjoy responsibly, as we all try to […]
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Everything Scotiabank got for buying the Metro Centre’s name
[Image-1] How long ago last summer seems. Twelve months past, it was all the news could talk about when Scotiabank bought up the naming rights for what we then called the Halifax Metro Centre. It was a 10-year, $6.5-million agreement with HRM which will help fund major capital upgrades. Six months after being announced, the […]
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Where to cry in public in Halifax
[Image-1] Blessed is the individual who hasn’t felt the need to shirk public decorum, crumple to the sidewalk and drown in a puddle of hot snotty tears. For the rest of us normal folks, crying in public is an inescapable eventuality. The body’s natural reaction to modern life, crying can burst forth from any number […]
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The Hot Summer Guide is here!
After one hell of a winter you deserve the biggest, best and brightest summer on the planet. And our 20th annual Hot Summer Guide issue will help you achieve that seasonal greatness. Grab a copy and hang on to it all summer long, or click below to check out these individual stories: Summer 2015’s festivals […]
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20 spots to go swimming
Black Rock Beach 2.3 kilometres OK, we don’t recommend actually swimming here, but it’s good quick fix for a sand-between-the-toes, salt-in-the-air craving. Point Pleasant Park Dingle Beach 6 kilometres <img Again, questionable swimming but still a nice place to explore trails, picnic or chill by the water. Bus 15. Sir Sanford Flemming Park, Dingle Road […]
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How long does it take to mow the grass on Citadel Hill?
[Image-1] Quick, what are your favourite summer smells? Probably something tasty being grilled, or maybe saltwater and sand dried from an afternoon at the beach. But one unmistakably-summer aroma is the smell of freshly-cut grass. Halifax might be a bubbling urban metropolis, but we have the distinct benefit of sharing one giant front yard. Citadel […]
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This issue has 22 years
[Image-1] This is a big week in The Coast’s world. On Wednesday, because of last year’s powerful feature “The always-on stalker,” the paper received an Excellence in Journalism award from the Canadian Journalism Foundation—a first not just for The Coast but for any media organization in Nova Scotia. Saturday, I’ll be speaking for The Coast […]
