Tayvon Clarke’s best trick on his skateboard is a backside heel flip. To do it he combines a backside 180—which is already a combo of an ollie and a 180-degree turn—and a heelflip, where the heel hits the board and causes it to spin 360 degrees lengthwise. It requires—like all parts of skateboarding—hours and hours […]
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Voice of the city: Making the case for play
For many adults, the pressure is on since children are out of school—and will be until at least May 1. The absence of a structured environment that includes bells signalling the next activity or timed eating and recess, is no longer part of a child’s day. Afterschool sport and recreation programs have stopped. The result […]
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Under pressure: a chill smoke-up goes down a dark path
Remedy fits right in with the student vibes of the Quinpool area, constantly peppered with nervous young Dal dudes asking the budtenders, “What’s strongest” or “What do you like best?” I predict this “act cool” bro-stammer will elongate our cider-buying time at post-legalization NSLC checkouts, but the Remedy staff are a helpful and charismatic crew […]
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New Brunswick’s high hopes for cannabis
1. With Canada’s Cannabis Act, Bill C-45, passing its second senate reading, recreational legalization is middling toward reality across the country. As the provinces scramble to prepare for the unknown date, New Brunswick is notably on the ball when it comes to cannabis industry development. The province’s 2016 Economic Growth Plan naming cannabis as a […]
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Green is the new gold
“What would you do-o-o for a Klondike Bar?” sings the commercial, a nod to the epic discovery of gold in the Yukon in 1896. In the ensuing gold rush, after news of the Klondike’s riches reached the outside world, tens of thousands of would-be gold-diggers giddy’d up and headed for Canada’s north. News of Justin […]
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How to get started with cannabis
Annie MacEachern is an advocate using her voice to help get medical weed patients heard in the din of recreational pot legalization. But she’s also an experienced cannabis user herself, and when we chatted about the medical cannabis fight she had some great tips for pot newbies. Here’s MacEachern’s advice on where to start, and […]
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Q&A: Coming out of the cannabis closet
WWhen she was 19, Annie MacEachern moved from Prince Edward Island to British Columbia, where—of course—she discovered the joys of cannabis. She remained a recreational weed user when she came back east to get her public relations degree at Mount Saint Vincent University, during work stints in the Alberta oil patch and through her eventual […]
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High Five: Solo edition
Legalization is going to mean a lot more people casually smoking up together, but with weed sometimes it’s nice to just go solo. Here are five high-elevating things you can do to have the time of your life without leaving home. One of these suggestions is bound to tickle your fancy. 1Masturbate Speaking of tickling […]
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Silent nights (and days) at Shannon Park
[Image-1] They’re not exactly fields of dreams. They are more like unused playing fields of tall grass and untidy turf. The outdoor sports area at Shannon Park in Dartmouth is owned by Canada Lands Company, the federal Crown corporation overseeing the redevelopment of the surplus military property. It’s not totally unusable, but future versions of […]
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A league of your own
Don’t let anyone tell you you’re not a winner. Whether you’ve been cut from the varsity squad, are more of a beer league player or enjoy the happy medium of competitive fun, there are loads of outlets for your athletic abilities outside of the intramural world. No bench-warming, no gruelling punishments, just a whole whack […]