Seven months after the release of Scot Wortley’s report on street checks—which found that Black people were five to six times more likely to be street checked than their proportion of the population would predict—the province has made up its mind. Today, justice minister Mark Furey announced a permanent ban on the practice of street […]
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Thousands of Halifax climate strikers demand action
Generations flooded the streets of Halifax as thousands of Nova Scotians united on Friday afternoon to call out government inaction and make their voices heard. The main event of K’jipuktuk- Halifax Sept Climate Action Week, strikers marched throughout the city and died-in at Nova Scotia Power before reaching their final destination: City Hall. “I feel […]
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David Suzuki, Stephen Lewis and Catherine Martin on putting the climate first
A few days before the Halifax stop of their Climate First Tour, renowned scientist and author David Suzuki and Stephen Lewis, humanitarian and former ambassador for Canada to the United Nations, spoke with me over the phone from Vancouver. While we were speaking, millions of people around the world were striking for climate action, inspired […]
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As Hurricane Dorian makes its way to Halifax, surfers and the city prepare
Batten down the hatches, stock the pantry and hold on to your hats. While Haligonians prepare for Hurricane Dorian, which will likely be a category 1 storm by the time it hits the shores of Nova Scotia on Saturday evening, the province’s surfers are keeping an eye on swell reports. “Hurricanes bring the big waves,” […]
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Halifax Fringe 2019 – Day 2
@howtoplaywithzachfaie By Zach Faye I watched the first instalment of the incredibly earnest and possibly sinister Zach Faye’s Instagram livestream and I’m not quite sure what it is yet but I did it while eating a burrito from the comfort of my bed so I am already sold. A tale about a man and his […]
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Halifax Fringe 2019 – Day 1
Halifax Fringe 2019 is here. That means over 350 performances, over 55 shows, over 11 days, in 10 venues across the city. The 29th annual festival kicked off last night with the always popular Opening Night Sampler, held at the Neptune Scotiabank Stage and hosted by Cathy Jones and Bill Wood. Over the coming days, […]
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Consent Kitties hit the dance floor in the name of safe space
When his friends began avoiding the music festival scene due to one too many negative experiences on the dance floor, long-time festival-goer James MacDonald knew it was time for change. In 2017 MacDonald floated the idea of what it would be like to have a point person attend shows with the sole role of facilitating […]
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Which donair are you?
Y ou can’t go very far in this town without bumping into a donair of one kind or another. Cousin of the doner kebab, and friend to boozy crowds after the bars close, the donair is a true Halifax original. Although its basic recipe of grilled spiced meat, sticky sweet sauce, diced onions and tomatoes, […]
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Eighty percent of Halifax’s top-earned dollars go to men
T he glass ceiling of income inequality is alive and well, even for Halifax’s top-earning municipal employees. Analysis of the city’s sunshine list—published compensation data which includes the names, departments, positions and compensation for municipal employees earning over $100,000 a year—shows big gaps between the big bucks men and women are earning. The data shows […]
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A shoddy conviction comes to light in the Glen Assoun case
In March, after 20 years of being wrongly convicted of second-degree murder, Glen Assoun was exonerated—and new documents fought to be unsealed by local journalists tell us who is responsible for that shoddy conviction. What happened before then, and where are we now? Fast forward to March of 2019 when the federal government overturns Assoun’s […]
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Eight storey building gets approval for Brunswick street
An eight-storey residential unit building got approval from Halifax West and Community Council this week. The proposed property will nest behind the historic rectory building which sits at the front of the lot at 2267 Brunswick Street beside St. Patrick’s Church. The application was first put forward by Studio Works International Inc. on behalf of […]
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This shit is bananas
Another summer in Halifax, another stretch of months watching a plant die. For the first time in history there are bananas growing in the Halifax Public Gardens. The musa acuminate AKA dwarf banana plant has been growing in the gardens for eight to 10 years, and this spring began to produce fruit. There are over […]
