Moonshine Tuesdays at 9pm on CBC TV Streaming on CBC Gem Dysfunctional is probably the best way to describe the Finley-Cullen family. It’s a clan that includes five adult half-siblings, each of whom have eccentric personalities and backgrounds that don’t quite mesh well together. Throw in a late aunt’s will that divides up her personal […]
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Farewell to Fleur de Sel
“On a day-to-day feeling, you go through all kinds of emotions. I haven’t cried yet,” says Martin Ruiz Salvador. “But there are a lot of people eating there for their last time. They’re saying goodbye, they’re thanking you, they’re remembering their first meal there when it was just me and a dishwasher and Sylvie on […]
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Emma FitzGerald’s shore lines
Halifax Crafters Market Dec 1 (5-9pm), Dec 2-3 (10am-5pm) Olympic Hall, 2304 Hunter Street Free admission Emma FitzGerald struck a chord with Hand Drawn Halifax, her 2015 collection of portraits of buildings, people and landmarks from around town. Last year’s companion colouring book pushed local pride even further, even as FitzGerald herself was already looking […]
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Best Staycation Spot
Gold Winner Lunenburg Silver Winner White Point Beach Resort Bronze Winner Halifax waterfront It takes an entire town to dethrone White Point and its bunnies. The quaint and colourful Lunenburg scores gold with authority this year, drawing in tourists and locals in droves to its historic harbourfront, kick-ass restaurants and adorable shops. Dots and Loops, […]
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Cooking in a Tall Ship is like cooking at home, until there’s a storm
Life at sea seems romantic. A Tall Ship’s foresails fraught with salty wind, and mist breaking on the bowsprit as it stabs its way through the cold, pounding waves of the Atlantic. Nimble deckhands scramble up webbed rigging to a perch high above—unfathomable waters swirling darkly below while the horizon stretches boundless and bright—to shade […]
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Going deep in the shallows with Gilbert van Ryckevorsel
When the weather’s nice, there’s only one place you’ll find Gilbert van Ryckevorsel: Skulking along the bottom of a river, documenting what he finds. The diver/photographer has been exploring down there for nearly 50 years, and snapping pictures of it for almost as long. “It gives us a unique view of the underwater world, because […]
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South shore seasonal pub tour
Growing up on the south shore and attending school in Halifax, it’s not surprising that this beer and pub lover developed a preference for certain pubs and towns within reasonable driving distance. I got involved with a crowd in university that did an annual “South Shore Drinking Tour,” in which we drove to a bar […]