Ethan Chitty started Food for the Ears in 2023 while he was in high school. It would be an evening concert, hosted in Truro, supporting his local food bank: the Colchester Food Network. In 2026, Food for the Ears has grown significantly. It’s now held in Halifax, with all-star artists from across the province coming […]
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What you need to know about The Coast’s Halifax Burger Bash 2026 presented with Garrison Brewing
For 13 years, The Coast’s Burger Bash presented with Garrison Brewing has been raising money for Feed Nova Scotia through partnerships with great restaurants across the city, donating a portion of their proceeds from their beautiful burger creations to the non-profit. This year is only a little different, in that Burger Bash 2026 is bigger […]
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Hangama Amiri returns to Halifax with stories stitched in fabric
For Hangama Amiri, fabric isn’t just a medium, it’s a memory. “Working with fabric kind of made me much closer to who I was as an artist, as a refugee woman as well, as an immigrant,” she says. “My art is related to a lot of feelings and kind of memories of back home.” Now […]
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Michelle Ashley’s Bakery: sharing a North End secret
There is something quietly compelling about the North End of Halifax right now. It is not just the restaurants that get the big headlines, but the smaller, more personal spaces that feel discovered rather than marketed. Places that rely less on spectacle and more on craft. Tucked into that North End rhythm is Michelle Ashley’s […]
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An Instagram account implied a Mi’kmaw artist was at a protest he didn’t attend. The account is likely a Polymarket-affiliated AI poster
A social media outlet implied Mi’kmaw hip-hop artist Tevin Nicholas, who goes by the stage name T3KILLAH, was present at a protest in Potlotek First Nation where police vehicles were later vandalized. There’s just one problem: Nicholas was reportedly hundreds of kilometres away from the Potlotek protest, attending another outside Sipekne’katik First Nation, on Highway […]
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From paneer to pints: Shivani’s Kitchen expands with ice cream, dosa batter in upcoming major retail push
Shivani Dhamija is turning comfort food into a cultural connection on Canada’s East Coast. As the founder of Shivani’s Kitchen, Dhamija has built a growing food business rooted in bringing Southeast Asian flavours, particularly Indian staples, to Halifax and across Nova Scotia. What began as a small effort to serve a homesick student community has […]
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This Italian game dev is not just inspired by Nova Scotia—it’s the setting of his next project
Edoardo Vitali, an Italian game designer, spent a year in Nova Scotia in the 2010s. Inspired by what he saw, Vitali is developing an atmospheric mystery video game called Benton Cove, set in a fictional town within the Annapolis Valley. Having lived in Dartmouth, Vitali had the chance to experience much of the province’s finest […]
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Where’s Houston? Premier criticized for legislature, budget bill vote absence
The Nova Scotia NDP are criticizing Premier Tim Houston for his continual absence from the legislature. Last month, the controversial provincial budget bill passed without Houston’s attendance. During that time, he was in Texas for an oil and gas conference. Now, with the legislature continuing its spring session, Houston has once again taken off to […]
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Where you can recycle your old electronics for Earth Day
With Earth Day coming up on April 22, the Electronics Recycling Association has partnered with the Discovery Centre in Halifax and the Alderney Landing Community Cultural Centre in Dartmouth to collect and recycle unwanted, unused, or gently used electronics. In press releases sent out on Monday, the organization announced it would be present at the […]
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Everything happening in Halifax over Easter Weekend
Easter Weekend is upon us. For some, it’s a time of religious significance. For others, it’s a nice break after the end-of-fiscal-year hijinks. Thankfully, Halifax isn’t short on events to participate in over the weekend. Egg hunts, block parties, community dinners and more are all planned to go ahead, and we’ll be listing all the […]
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Cathartic and confident: Loviet talks new ‘Debutante’ EP
After dropping four singles in the past six months, Loviet is gearing up for the release of her newest EP on April 10: Debutante. Based in both Halifax and Toronto, Loviet has been perfecting her alt-pop rock sound in the studio while touring relentlessly across Canada and the United States. Debutante is the culmination of […]
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Banning the people from the people’s house
On Wednesday, March 24, a group of spectators sat in the public gallery of Province House at 11:30pm and watched the government pass a budget that is doing real harm to real people across Nova Scotia. They didn’t go there to protest. They didn’t go there to sing. They went to look the government in […]
