On June 23, Emma MacLean and her girlfriend Tori were attacked—verbally and physically—by a group of young men in the early morning hours on Argyle Street. When The Coast reached out to Halifax Regional Police (HRP) to request an interview about the attack, Const. Anne Giffin said: “an assault occurred at approximately 1:50 a.m. on […]
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Alice in Wonderland pits femme icons against each other, but love wins in the end
At the risk of dating myself, I must confess that as a child, I wore out my VHS recording of a live action version of Alice In Wonderland. I remember being equal parts horrified and intrigued by the insanity of it all; the unsettling riddle-speak, the unhinged characters and don’t even get me started on […]
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Wu-Tang Killa Beez performing in Halifax for a good cause
A few of the Wu-Tang Killa Beez will stop by Halifax this month for a fundraising concert supporting the Union of Black Artists Society (UBAS). The concert will be the union’s first big fundraising effort after their successful Block Party celebrations last summer, which launched the organization. With help from Obediya Jones-Darrell’s Sound Body Culture […]
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Your Guide to KANA’TA: Canada Day 2024
Canada’s birthday is right around the corner and this year, the celebrations are going to look a little different by design. According to HRM, this year’s Canada Day program was developed in close collaboration with Indigenous communities and is bursting with programming that honours the traditions of the Mi’kmaw Nation and celebrates pan-Indigenous communities that […]
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Embracing Mi’kmaw concept of reciprocal learning on National Indigenous Peoples Day
National Indigenous Peoples Day, as it’s known today, is celebrated annually on June 21 in Canada. In 1996, Governor General of Canada, Roméo LeBlanc, issued a proclamation declaring the recognition of this day, then known as National Aboriginal Day. However, there’s a third name for June 21: “Freedom Day.” LeBlanc was coining a day of […]
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HRM cuts independent experts from policy making
Halifax’s city council is trying to modernize governance in the HRM. For those who have never really thought about how your government actually functions to shape your life, one main way legislative change happens is through the work of committees. In very general terms the role of a committee or board is to read a […]
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Wonder Women converge on Halifax
With men in powerful positions running amok, if ever we needed a superhero to swoop in and save the world, it’d be now. Luckily, there were over 800 of them crammed inside the Halifax Convention Centre on Friday. They wore different disguises—stilettos, blazers, wide rimmed glasses—and went by different aliases—communications manager, non-profit director, family lawyer—but […]
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Gig for Gaza raising awareness and funds for Palestinian charities
With the ongoing crisis in Palestine, some may be wondering how they can help. The organizers of Gig for Gaza have found a way. On June 20 at the Marquee Ballroom, a concert will be held featuring several well-known Nova Scotian artists, all to raise money for relief efforts in Palestine through the Palestine […]
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Green Arm Band Initiative reminds us that referees are human beings
The other day I was at The Gap and I saw the most disturbing thing. The teenage sales associate was being followed around by this middle-aged man, and—as she tried to do her job—he was correcting her, even yelling at her. He was berating her at every turn. She folded a stack of t-shirts and […]
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Political failure continues to cause homelessness
One of the single best sport tournaments in the world is the English Football Association Challenge Cup. The FA Cup is a domestic tournament to find out who the best team in England is. This year, as in most years, that title has gone to one of the teams in England’s highest league, Manchester United. […]
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Healthy Relationships for Youth Program teaches students to stop violence before it occurs
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to confirm that there is something very amiss in HRM schools. The threat of violence seems to be looming like a dank fog. Ongoing bomb threats and fear of violence has led many teens to go as far as arming themselves. Just last week, students staged a walkout, waving […]
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Dal faculty call for ‘an end to the scholasticide in Palestine’
Graduation season is behind us, in Halifax. But Students for the Liberation of Palestine – Kjipuktuk–or SLPK–are still on campus at Dalhousie University. In May, the SLPK’s calls for divestment and disclosure from Israel were joined by two motions passed by the Dalhousie Faculty Association–or DFA–to take a stand against the war on Gaza. “As […]