Money matters After weeks of humming and hawing and much discussion, council has approved the 2025/26 municipal budget. The budget includes municipal operations, Regional Council-approved priority initiatives and investments to purchase, construct and rehabilitate municipal assets. Basically, all of the costs associated with running (and hopefully growing) Halifax. The 2025/26 municipal budget includes an operating […]
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Sexism vs. Misogyny: They are not the same and the difference matters
Nova Scotia is in the middle of a crisis—and we’ll say it over and over until everyone believes it. Since Oct. 18, seven women and one man have been killed in incidents of intimate-partner violence. In five of the seven homicides, the perpetrator then killed himself. As a province, we also own two records: the […]
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Municipal and provincial and federal, oh my!
In Halifax, it’s hard to imagine a time in the last year when front yards weren’t littered with election signs. First the municipal election, then the provincial one, and now here we are again. Hopefully you have recovered from your inevitable voter fatigue and feel reinvigorated to get out there and cast your ballot for […]
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Every big show happening in Halifax in April 2025
Spring has sprung, the days are getting long and as the calendar finally flips from March to April, there’s a brand-new lineup of shows coming to Halifax. As always, The Coast has you covered at what’s happening in town: Crypthand Crypthand is a new Canadian play that imagines the early life of Anne Lister, a […]
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Uniting for Action: Preventing Gender-Based Violence in Nova Scotia
We are in the midst of an emergency. The second annual Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Summit, organized by a collective of advocates and organizations, sold out in record time—because people know we are at a breaking point. But selling out a summit is not a victory. The real measure of progress is lives saved, harm prevented, […]
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The best (of) date day in Halifax
Figuring out what the best things to do, eat and see in Halifax is easy! We have taken the guess work out of it with our annual Best of Halifax readers choice awards. So we’re using that intel to put together a date day itinerary that is sure to be a hit. Let Halifax be […]
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Obladee, Ob-la-da, life may not go on for beloved downtown wine bar
Obladee Wine Bar—on the corner of Barrington Street and Sackville Street—is barely visible through the jungle of scaffolding. If potential patrons are making a decision based on curb appeal, they would most likely veer away from it, if they noticed it at all. The scaffolding has been in place since July 2023 when HRM issued […]
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ZUPPA turns 27 but isn’t scared of dying
Turning 27 can be a cursed year for great creative people, but Halifax-based Theatre Company Zuppa Circus—now known as just ZUPPA— hopes to sail through the milestone without joining the ominous and infamous 27 Club. The Coast caught up with three of its members on a Zoom call, and they seemed healthy and happy. Their […]
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FAT JULIET opening in fair Dartmouth, where we lay our scene
When Winnipeg native Stevey Hunter graduated from Dalhousie’s Fountain School of Performing Arts, they quickly became disillusioned by the options for roles available to them. So they did what any good creative does; they wrote one for themself. “Going to theatre school as a plus size actor, I felt very put in a box about […]
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Dalhousie student union launches fundraiser so Palestinian students can study in Canada
The Dalhousie Student Union is hoping to raise $30,000 to help Palestinian students affected by genocide to continue their studies in Canada. Launched this week, the DSU’s new fundraising campaign is one of the biggest in the union’s history. The goal is to support 15 Palestinian graduate students in getting matched with professors and research […]
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Two deaths in HRP custody bring back painful memories for Halifax mom
They say that time heals all wounds, but for Jeannette Rogers, the scab is ripped off and bleeds fresh every time an innocent person is killed in police custody. Losing someone in such a senseless way is a club nobody wants to be part of, but in the past few weeks, two more families joined […]
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The Halifax byelection finally started, but it might not finish
Update: Mark Carney will be Canada’s next prime minister, following his overwhelming win—85.9% of the vote—at the Liberal Party of Canada leadership convention yesterday, Sunday, March 9. Carney must be sworn in by the Governor General (no date’s been announced for that yet) and has to form a cabinet, then he can call a general […]