BOOKS Boy in the Moon, Ian Brown (Random House) The old cliche of “you’ll laugh, you’ll cry” stands true for Ian Brown’s essays on his son, who was born with a rare genetic defect. Brown lets down his macho journalist persona and delivers an incredibly honest reflection on manhood. —SCF February, Lisa Moore (Anansi) I […]
Holiday Planner
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Holiday parties: Drinking on the company’s bill
Trying to find the right place to drink too many rum and eggnogs and sloppily make-out with that guy from accounting? Whether you have a small crew or a full staff, consider these places for your next drunken rendition of “Frosty the Snowman.” –Kyle Wells Victory Arms Pub This Lord Nelson Hotel bar can hold […]
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Holiday fashion special
Cute as an Elf? Buttoned up like Scrooge? Before you head out, click through our slideshow for local styles that reminded us of our favourite holiday films.
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Seasonal recipe from Fresh and Local
For a great meal at this time of year, Craig Flinn recommends the following dish from his new Fresh & Local cookbook. Not only do we trust the chef, we like that the recipe uses the same kind of fish as Flinn is holding on this weeks cover. Sea trout is available year-round because it […]
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Eating la vida loca
You don’t have to look far to find your favourite foodie a perfect gift this holiday; Craig Flinn’s first cookbook, Fresh & Local: Straight from Canadian farms to your table has hit the stands just in time. It’s a fitting title, because fresh and local is the hottest culinary thing going, spawning its own lexicon […]
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Knit wit
Knitting’s not just for grandmas anymore. But you already know that if you live in Halifax. For the last few years—if not more—knitting has been gaining popularity with a new generation. Let’s say you’re secretly envious of friends who knit and always wanted a knitting project to keep in your purse (or knapsack)…well, there’s no […]
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Requiem for the Christmas spirit
It was in the middle of November that I snapped. I had been doing my best to shut out the obnoxious flood of Christmas advertising. Television ads muted, garlanded displays bypassed and bright red ad copy ignored. It was the desperate, false cheer aimed at encouraging yuletide commerce (since Halloween commerce was now moot). Then, […]
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No place like home
What if you couldn’t go home for Christmas? Many local international students have to be resourceful at this time of the year—support for students with nowhere to go isn’t always available from their schools. Nova Scotia Community College international manager Zoran Kundali says his school doesn’t organize events for international students at Christmas. And as […]
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Treecycle and treeuse
Nova Scotia is home to 30,000 acres of sweet-smelling balsam firs and pines, some ready to be harvested for the holiday season. In 1996, Lunenburg was designated the world’s balsam fir capital because it produces more fir trees than anywhere else, and Nova Scotia trails just behind Quebec as the country’s biggest overall Christmas tree […]
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Joy, love and pieces
Catherine Sutherland Given the current economic calamity, the familiar sight of smashed bus shelter glass, like piles of chipped ice, strikes the passerby as sinister, something more than evidence of last night’s drunken stupidity: a population feeling the pressure expresses its anger in the streets. But, for the holidays, consider the beauty in the destruction. […]
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Life free and DIY hard
Kyla Francis Picture Kyla Francis wandering in and out of secondhand stores “like a junkie looking for a fix,” she says. “I love looking for treasure and then finding a fun way to add my own inspiration to it.” She took excess stackable white cups from the Delta Barrington (found on the Agricola Army Navy […]
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Eat, drink and be eco-friendly
Ah, Christmas: “tis the season for conspicuous consumption. Environmental principals begone—let’s go shopping! But baby Jesus wasn’t born so you could make a mess of the planet! From bird-strangling tinsel to garbage bags filled with shiny paper and plastic bows, does waste really need to be a prerequisite for the holidays? Your annual holiday party […]