Letters

Thanks to Sue Carter Flinn for the great article on author Ami McKay and midwifery in Nova Scotia. In case you missed her at the International Writers’ Festival, Ami will also be reading from “The Birth House” at the Spring Garden Road Library on Thursday, April 7 / 7pm. By Sara Gillis, Spring Garden Road […]

Hey! What ever happened to the lovely Lorraine who was working at the Marquee? No one seems to know where she went and everyone has a different story. Could someone out there please tell us where she is working? LIfe in Halifax is just not the same without seeing her around. By Jason Bailey

Dear Editor I was interested to read your editorial about prostitution in today’s The Coast, not so much for its progressive bent, but for how classically liberal the viewpoint put forward is. It’s easy to think that decriminalising prostitution will have the same positive results as decriminalising marijuana has had in countries like the Netherlands. […]

As a professional, I accept and encourage criticism. I experiment to bring new ideas to the plates of my customers and their feedback is happily received and integrated. However, I feel that Liz Feltham’s critique of my restaurant (“Syn city,” March 16) was malicious, and her erroneous comments make me suspect of her food-related education. […]

Dear Lezlie Lowe, Thank you for your recent story connecting 20 years worth of dots back to 1986’s Out of the Fog compilation (“Making a Scene,” Juno Guide, March 30). Returning to Halifax in the late ’90s to a scene where there were actually venues for local, original talent to play, a market for their […]

To The Coast, Last week’s (March 30) fawning, drooling, gushing, “Oh my God, the Junos are in Halifax issue!” has entirely undressed you. You claim, and have from your first issue, some kind of moral high ground because you know what’s REALLY hip. You pretend to stand shoulder to shoulder with the struggling indie genius […]

Rah rah, Tara! Loved the Juno article. Thanks for telling it like it is! Quit voting with yer dollars, folks, and support stuff that’s fer real. Keep yer dollars local. The more support we all give local indie artists and the less attention we all pay to huge international bands, the more attention we’ll all […]

Dear Editor: In preparation for the Easter holiday, many parents will consider getting a pet rabbit as a present for their children. Rabbits do NOT make good pets for young children. Rabbits are easily stressed by excessive handling, and children therefore quickly lose interest in an animal that doesn’t like to be picked up and […]

To the bouncers of Halifax:As a regular patron of many bars and establishments throughout Halifax, I find it ditrubing that many of the bouncers that I encounter are ignorant assholes with belligerant and egocentric attitudes. Although there are many kind and honest bouncers throughout the city, many dickhead, power-tripping bouncers still exist. Being a Maritimer, […]

To the people of HRM, and the rest of Canada, It is time to scrap the young offenders act. Seriously. Yes, there is a strong argument to keep it intact, but I beleive that with the increasing frequency of significant crimes being performed by children – such as assult, attempted murder, grand theft auto, to […]

To the editor, Can you please tell me what qualifications your food reviewer, Liz Feltham, has, if any? She sure doesn’t know good food when she tastes it. I am the dining room manager of Syn restaurant and have worked in many restaurants and hotels over the past 15 years. Over the years I have […]

To the editor, My experience at Sensations Cabaret was not the same as articulated in “Where goes the neighbourhood?” (March 23). It is not the dark and seedy place that I pictured when reading the article. The dancers were amazing—for their acrobatic feats as much as their nudity—the staff is very friendly and the manager […]