Letters

A note on Dana This is Dana, or so the American Apparel ad tells us. It goes on to enlighten us thusly: She likes riding on the backs of motorcycles, hot guys with bi…g muscles, and is obsessed with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. She graduated from Silverthorne High School with a 50 percent average, and […]

Master Plan The review of HRM’s “Master Plan” confuses me. HRM seems hesitant to make any substantive changes. The document states that the plan will be reviewed every five years to gauge whether it is meeting its objectives. HRM is 10 percent off its suburban growth target of 50 percent suburban development. In actuality, HRM […]

Trafficking in law I am writing to raise a concern regarding the seemingly increasing tension between motorists and cyclists on the streets of HRM. I both drive and cycle and have noticed that while the majority of motorists and cyclists manage to co-exist in harmony, I have seen both fellow motorists and fellow cyclists who […]

font size=”+1″>F for hyperbole Tim Bousquet’s simile comparing Tim Outhit’s tax reform proposal to the horrific, ethnically targeted violence of Idi Amin is distasteful, disgusting and not the least bit clever (“City council report card,” May 9). If it was a swing at humour, Bousquet missed big-time. This is the type of hyperbole that belongs […]

<font size="+1"GROUP WORK Re: “Bigger love,” Feature by Katie Toth (May 1): For an entire generation, right-wing political movements have hit us on the head with “the return to family values” as a top-shelf intoxicant in their political agenda. Yet equally political is the personal choice of living a more honest, egalitarian way of life. […]

Portland’s place There are so many good small businesses in Dartmouth, it must have been tough to choose the ones to include in Allison Saunders’ ShopTalk Guided Tour last week. My new favourite place was passed over: Cafe Brea on Portland Street, across from the Penhorn Terminal (i.e. lots of public transit service!). The owner […]

Star brights I miss being able to go out in my backyard to do some gazing (“Turn the lights down low,” Voice of the City by Dave Chapman, April 18). Since my neighbourhood became overrun with car dealerships and their bright lights on all night, I’m greatly reduced as to what constellations I can see. […]

HEADS AND HEARTS I can tell you from first-hand accounts of trying to help more than one friend through mental health crises—the health system here has no idea what to do if you go into the emergency room in crisis (“Remembering Alex,” Reality Bites by Michaela Cavanagh, April 4). We had to leave and call […]

RARE BURGERS It is treat, when in the US, to be able to order a burger medium or even medium-rare! But I guess in Nova Scotia, it’s always the civil servants looking out for us (“Pink matter” by Simon Thibault, Feature, March 20)! We are, after all, maybe the only place in the world where […]

IRVINGS IRE The Irvings have a fortune of $3.5 billion. Our government is giving them $244 million to upgrade their ship-building facilities. Meanwhile, NSCAD, after following the government’s advice and moving to the waterfront, finds itself $9 million in debt and in danger of extinction. Here’s my solution (full disclosure: I’m a graduate of NSCAD […]

Archival notes It was great to hear about Rosalind Whelan’s Vintage Halifax Facebook page (“Halifax in the past lane,” Voice of the People, March 7). It is admirable that Rosalind has curated a space where people can use historical photographs to share memories, reconnect, and debate about the world around us. This speaks volumes to […]

Flat notes The musicians and management of Symphony Nova Scotia have reached a new collective agreement after 11 months of negotiating (“Musicians in tune with management,” Reality Bites by Hilary Beaumont, February 21). While it may appear that all is well now in symphony land, and musicians have agreed to work along with management to […]