Letters

Dear Editor,I would like to commend Stephen Kimber on his in-depth article on Doug Sparks and the school board seating dispute. This is a topic where the “mainstream” papers were disappointingly incomplete in their reporting. I know Doug Sparks and I knew the story behind his refusal to take his seat and it was great […]

Dear Editor,I would like to commend Stephen Kimber on his in-depth article on Doug Sparks and the school board seating dispute. This is a topic where the “mainstream” papers were disappointingly incomplete in their reporting. I know Doug Sparks and I knew the story behind his refusal to take his seat and it was great […]

Kimber’s telling of the story behind the story in Table Manners just serves to remind us all that racism is still very present not only in our school board rooms but throughout our community. I think we need to pay heed by taking responsibility for examining how our own “seemingly inocuous” actions and assumptions may […]

On Saturday I was watching a couple movies with my friends and noticed something awful- The exec’s at ABC are willing to keep the word ni***r in Forest Gump, and apparently the word c**n is not a problem either, but BLEEEP forbid anyone saying the lords name in vain. So let me get this straight, […]

I almost barfed when I read that Liz Feltham considers KFC, ‘the best’ fried chicken. Though, it was not because she referred to it just moments before as ‘dirty bird’. No. It was because of the support this oblivious woman gives to the ‘restaurant’ that demonstrates the most outrageously cruel and inhumane procedures on the […]

I almost barfed when I read that Liz Feltham considers KFC, ‘the best’ fried chicken. Though, it was not because she referred to it just moments before as ‘dirty bird’. No. It was because of the support this oblivious woman gives to the ‘restaurant’ that demonstrates the most outrageously cruel and inhumane procedures on the […]

My name is Michelle Myers, and I am writing this letter in response to the Halifax Regional School Board “seating scandal”. I am writing not only as a former student and President of Cole Harbour District High School, but also a concerned mother of two (in separate school districts). I’m not sure if “disgust” would […]

To The Coast, I feel compelled to write something about the Junos. $150,000 from DTCH and $30,000 from the Come To Life Initiative and we get some themed decorating contests, a few local artists freezing their unappreciated tushies off in Grand Parade, and some variation of an Exclaim hockey game. The lack of true local […]

To the editor, I found Stephen Kimber’s “Paying For Power” article in last week’s issue enlightening. His unfolding of information only peels back a small part of the unseen truths of Nova Scotia politicians. Rather than participate with the citizens of Nova Scotia, they hide stupid, simple facts. So what if the controllers are known? […]

To the editor, At the bottom of Bruce Wark’s editorial on the Peter March controversy, you printed the quaint little line, “We (The Coast) always promote reasoned public discussion.” So, who gets to decide what is and is not reasoned? Is there a board? Are members voted in? Freedom of expression would not need a […]

To the editor, After reading Bruce Wark’s February 16 column about Peter March, I can’t help but speculate that Wark’s own reasoning process is breaking down. If his goal is to persuade readers to accept his opinions, he must first convince us that he’s reliable. If an argument contains fallacies, thoughtful readers will not take […]

On February 20th, 2006 the Heritage Canada Foundation issued a press release listing downtown Halifax as one of the top 10 Most Endangered Places in Canada. The report goes on to say that the United Gulf Development’s proposal for building 27-storey towers on the former Tex-park site on Granville will “threaten a historic district and […]