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There’s no taste like home
For those who worship at the altar of a curiously delicious curry, finding authentic Indian food in Halifax can be pretty tough. However, thanks to a creative entrepreneur, finding the perfect palak paneer may soon be a naan-issue. Growing up in West Bengal, India, Shivani Dhamija moved to Halifax a little over three years ago. […]
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Half-heard, Chapter 33
Outside under the sickly pale August moon that barely hung over the opening of the canopy of sidewalk trees, soundtracked by the far-away threnody of a disorganized quartet’s unintentionally sad rendition of Hoople/Bowie’s “All The Young Dudes,” were now 80 irrevocably intoxicated party-persons gathered around a full-fledged street-brawl between two guys that held David and […]
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Fashion ain’t easy
College students, current and former, are used to “camping out” in libraries, pulling all-nighters during the final term push. But Becky Gartner is taking it to the next level. In preparation for NSCAD’s senior fashion show, *Thaw*, the fourth-year student loaded up her trusty Dodge Caravan with a mattress, pillows and sheets and parked it […]
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Howard Epstein knows what killed the NDP
[Image-1] A former backbencher and an ex-Halifax council member, retired politician Howard Epstein has now published a political memoir, Rise Again: Nova Scotia’s NDP on the Rocks. Among other things, Epstein’s book is the former MLA’s account of the New Democrats’ sole term in office before being knocked back to third-party status in the 2013 […]
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City Council Report Card 2015
[Image-1] It’s coming up on three years since this colourful coterie of city councillors was elected to govern Halifax, and the cracks are beginning to show. Maybe everyone’s just smelling that fall 2016 election on the horizon, but personalities are finally bubbling up. Any 17 people forced to put up with each other for this […]
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Back in the FRED. zone
For the past few weeks, sliding and sloshing through what have become claustrophobic tunnels had slowly chipped away at my moxie, the weight of winter pressing down on my shoulders as heavily as the year’s snowfall. It reached a point where I would rather sit at home, blankly watching the fog creep up and down […]
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#NSFilmJobs in limbo
“The Liberal government must already regret its cryptic messaging,” says filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald, referring to a potential cut to the Nova Scotia Film Industry Tax Credit that has many people in a huff. “A petition in protest of it got 10,000 signatures in one day. They’ve instantly turned Trailer Park Boys fans against them. No […]
