“If you want to make cookies, you’re breaking the law.” Last month a batch of pot cookies made it to the Supreme Court of Canada. Owen Smith was baking the fancier-than-average cookies in his Victoria, BC home for a marijuana compassionate club when the cops busted him. That was in 2009. Six years later, after […]
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That’s So You
“I feel my character was raised on another planet, and the only connection to Earth was through cable TV and the internet,” says Vancouver’s Out Innerspace co-artistic director David Raymond. He’s speaking about his Astro Boy/Leon: The Professional/pop culture amalgam character from the hyper-realistic Me So You So Me, a duet between Raymond and fellow […]
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Just SPEW it
“Anything that pisses us off will inspire new material. From our own destruction of our environment for economic gains, televangelists like Peter Popoff or the fact that Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 is probably going to make money. But [we’re] just saying it how we see it, not being preachy, it’s up to you to […]
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Choose your own comedy adventure for Ha!ifax ComedyFest
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The Elle word
“I’m sorry, I’m scatterbrained today,” my server says after I’ve been seated for almost 10 minutes. I hadn’t gotten a menu until just a minute or two before when another server walked by and asked if I was ready to order and the lack of menu was pointed out. She swung back with the menu, […]
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Mocean Dance’s survival in a wild land
The barren, windswept landscapes of Sable Island have inspired artists and travellers for centuries. Among its recent devotees is Vancouver-based choreographer Serge Bennathan, who joins forces with Halifax’s Mocean Dance to create a new piece, Sable Island, which premieres as part of Mocean’s new show, Close Reach, debuting this month at Alderney Landing Theatre, along […]
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Everything you need to know about Halifax’s budget
[Image-1] No one was praying yesterday at City Hall, but there weren’t many moments of silence either. Despite a quiet period of reflection to open city council’s meeting (instead of the usual invocation), the preceding committee of the whole was swollen with chit chat. Finally, after months of high-level discussions and dozens of hours of […]
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Humble Pie’s humble brag
Move over pizza slice, step aside poutine: meat pies are hitting the streets of Dartmouth. Humble Pie Kitchen has been selling New Zealand-style meat pies at the Alderney Farmers’ Market for over a year now, and owners Shauna MacLean and Denise and Mike Noakes have pie-in-the-sky hopes for the pastry-encased street food in Nova Scotia. […]
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Film funding talks take three
The first time they met, finance minister Diana Whalen refused to own up to her role in the potential destruction of the local film industry. After the two-hour meeting last Tuesday, she told reporters “they have a problem with this, we do not. It works for government.” .@dianawhalenNS says @Screen_NS told her #NSFilmTaxCredit doesn't work […]
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LMAO: Halifax’s comedy scene is small but powerful
[Image-1] The Halifax comedy scene is a small but mighty force. It may seem elusive from the outside, but it’s far from it. Comedy here is stupidly accessible, to the point where it seems you can’t eat an Ace Burger anywhere without being part of a comedy show. You just need to find the circles […]
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Mooseheads = T1000s
After a game where the Moncton Wildcats put on a show for their own fans (a 7-3 win, with the Cats Barbashev having 4Gs and 2As), Nikolaj Ehlers—the Mooseheads dashing dane—put on a show of his own, which could have been his last as a Moose. The Mooseheads set the tone after puck drop, controlling […]
