I am a longtime student of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche and have watched him tirelessly gather the Shambhala community together after the devastating deaths of his father Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche in 1987 and the Vajra Regent Osel Tendzin in 1990. While the Shambhala community continued to reel from these shocks, Sakyong Mipham devoted himself to furthering […]
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The Angry Inch rocked!
To the editor, I must commend a performance much enjoyed by all in attendance: Hedwig and the Angry Inch quite literally ROCKED. (“Giving an angry inch,” Arts, July 23.) Rarely have I been so impressed with an actor as I was with Ian Mullan. His memory, timing, vocals! That’s an obscene amount of talent in […]
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Park Commons shows elsewhere
To the editor, I want to add my concerns over the recent appropriation of the Commons on both the Dartmouth and Halifax sides of the harbour. I applaud the recent actions of Dartmouth High students and other community members for defending the Dartmouth Commons, which are again facing piecemeal diminishment. In Halifax, the KISS and […]
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Stumped on the Common
To the editor, After the McCartney and KISS concerts, there will be an all-summer effort to repair the damage to the Common just in time for winter. We have not been doing very well getting event damage repaired, have we? Witness the two- or three-time gap in the mature trees lining the north side of […]
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Tall Ships: shit’s gone too far
To the editor, I have appreciated The Coast’s perseverance in keeping city hall’s feet to the fire around its recent sewage debacle. Keep up the good work. However, last week The Coast included in your tall ships issue a map of the Halifax wharf (News, July 16), which pictured tall ship anchorages and their proximity […]
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Aboat that tall ships coverage
To the editor, Hope no visitors to our lovely city saw the cover of The Coast last week, with its reference to the “annoying masses” on the waterfront. I never knew you could be so exclusive. Lighten up, as they say, and enjoy the passing parade, nautical and human. —Ann Cameron, Halifax
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NDP victory: Don’t eat the rich
To the editor, I read with interest the feedback on Stephen Kimber’s question, “What now?” (June 11, Upfront). The notion that previous governments have not done enough for the poor due to their support for the rich is misguided. While I agree more needs to be done for those struggling, let’s not forget the hundreds […]
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Who got the meat?
To the editor, Stephen Kimber’s question, “What now?” (June 11, Upfront), about how the new NDP government will operate, recalls a conference on poverty I attended years ago. A participant told me of social workers teaching poor people how to make soup from bones. One of them asked: “Who got the meat?” The new NDP […]
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Idle cars, idle dollars
Dear Metro Transit, As I write, there is an HRM vehicle (car, not bus) sitting outside my office window that has been idling for 10 minutes. Inside which there is a uniformed Metro Transit employee eating his lunch. Quoting your own Policies & Guidelines: “As it currently stands, after three minutes, Metro Transit operators are […]
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Enough of Kelly & Co.
To the editor, I would like to thank Tim for a job well done. It’s a well-researched article on Peter Kelly’s sewage disaster. It apalls me to think that my nose is right and my tax dollars are down the drain—at $333 million and climbing. I work next to the harbour at a large public […]
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Criminal lawn-sitter
To the editor, When I return home from travelling, I find myself feeling bittersweet. The usual shift from adventure to work, routines, bills, blah. This time seemed different—I came home from a vacation in Amsterdam to a sunny day in Halifax. People were on the streets, shops had their doors open, bodies were actually sitting […]
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Urban planning explained
To the editor, Congratulations to Tim Bousquet for his article “Urban dreams” (May 28, News). It is one of the most concise and accurate accounts of what has been going on for the past few years in the HRM By Design downtown development fiasco. The issues have many citizens concerned about city hall’s proposed processes. […]