In November 2022, The Coast broke the story of the ballooning price tag on Dalhousie University’s new home ice rink. When the school’s Board of Governors approved the rink in 2021, the budget was $21.6 million; by 2022, the cost was up to $36.5 million. The additional $14.9 million was approved by the board in […]
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North Preston R&B artist JupiterReign embraces her star turn
JupiterReign is having a year to remember. Eight months on from releasing her debut Intergalactic EP, the soft-spoken North Preston R&B artist—otherwise known as Thaydra Gray—is enjoying a star-touched moment of her own: The 27-year-old is in the running for four African Nova Scotian Music Association Awards, including Rising Star and Artist of the Year. […]
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Two years later, what are your thoughts on $10-a-day child care?
Since 2021, families in Nova Scotia have been promised $10-a-day child care, on average, by March 2026. This promise, made through the Canada-Nova Scotia Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, pledges $605 million from Ottawa plus $40 million from Nova Scotia over five years to make sure all families find “high-quality, affordable, flexible and […]
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Halifax sees two of the busiest cruise ship days of the year this week
As many as 35,000 cruise ship passengers could filter through Halifax this week. And no two days are busier than Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 26 and 27, when four ships—the Liberty of the Seas, Norwegian Pearl, Mein Schiff 6 and Carnival Venezia—will bring an estimated 12,500 visitors through the Halifax Seaport and into downtown. Each […]
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Who pays for a $40-million stadium at Wanderers Grounds?
Halifax Wanderers president Derek Martin has dreams of a permanent 8,500-seat stadium in Halifax’s downtown. Last week, the Canadian Premier League soccer club founder made his pitch to the HRM’s Community Planning and Economic Development Standing Committee to overhaul the municipally owned Wanderers Grounds—where his club plays—in favour of an all-purpose venue. The cost? An […]
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A major motion picture star arrives in Halifax Harbour this week
Did you ever watch the movie After the Sunset? Salma Hayek and Pierce Brosnan? Woody Harrelson and Don Cheadle? (You don’t remember it? It, uh… didn’t do very well at the box office.) The film revolves around a diamond thief (Brosnan, naturally) and an FBI agent determined to catch him (Harrelson). There’s a mega-expensive diamond […]
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Fixed-term leases that let Nova Scotia landlords avoid rent cap rules are popular and legal, but are they fair?
When Bridget moved into her north end Halifax apartment in late 2020, she thought it would be her final long-term stop until she could afford a home of her own. She settled in over the next three years. Living close to Fort Needham Park, with its wooded trails and views of the Narrows, she could […]
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Clean-up begins in earnest after post-tropical storm Lee leaves Halifax behind
Todd Ashley is having the morning of all mornings. The co-resident manager of 5240 Kent Street, a three-storey apartment building owned by Killam Apartment REIT, has been on the phone for most of early Sunday looking to corral someone to clear up the mess in front of his building so his neighbours can get their […]
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“I was 12 and already felt betrayed by the people in power”
Jane Elliott stands poised with her back to the red stone tower of Halifax City Hall. She’s dressed in a sleeveless top and rain pants. Ready for heat. Ready for rain. The northern face of the seven-story tower faces out towards Grand Parade, dotted with tents wet with the morning’s rain. The clock on the […]
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Will Halifax’s trees survive the next hurricane?
Hurricane Lee, almost assuredly, will not hit Halifax with the same oomph of last year’s Hurricane Fiona, but it could still bring enough wind, rain and surf through the Maritimes over the weekend to stir up memories. Winds are forecasted to gust between 60 to 90 km/h throughout the HRM and much of Nova Scotia […]
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Everything you need to know about Halifax’s 2023 Hopscotch Festival
One of the buzziest groups in alt-rap is coming to Halifax’s Hopscotch Festival this year. Grammy-nominated duo EARTHGANG, who first made a splash when they signed to J Cole’s Dreamville Records in 2016, are performing at the Light House Arts Centre on Sept. 21. Along with Los Angeles-based rapper-producer The Alchemist, they make up the […]
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Voting is open for the 2023 Best of Halifax
This is it Halifax, the final vote for the 2023 Best of Halifax. Now in its 29th year, The Coast’s annual BOH Readers’ Choice Awards is the definitive guide to local excellence, and you get to make the decisions. After a public nomination period earlier this summer, we at The Coast tabulated the nominees to […]