There is some kismet involved in Dane Stewart’s path to podcast prominence. Long before the Truro native’s show, Resurrection, claimed the top spot on Apple Podcasts’ Arts chart in Canada—and eventually reached #13 in the world—he met a man at a gay bar in Montreal. The year was 2016. It was Montreal Pride, and Stewart, […]
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The city you love is dying: Halifax’s sustainability crisis explained
The warning signs have been there for a while, but it’s becoming harder to deny that Halifax is dying. Not some glamourous death, a noble sacrifice for the greater good. Nor is it something expected after a prolonged and public illness. No, it’s a far more embarrassing death; We’ve been bitten by a zombie, and […]
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Halifax Water lifts boil advisory for 200,000 Haligonians
Two days after Halifax Water issued a boil-water advisory for roughly 200,000 residents across the HRM, the utility says it’s safe to drink water from the tap again. The advisory, which initially covered all residents serviced by the Pockwock water treatment facility—and included all of peninsular Halifax, along with large swaths of Bedford, Middle and […]
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Every woman killed since Brad Johns said domestic violence wasn’t an epidemic in Nova Scotia
In the nine months since former Nova Scotia justice minister Brad Johns told a pool of reporters that he didn’t consider domestic violence to be an epidemic, 10 women have been killed in the province. In nine of those deaths, the accused killers are the women’s husbands, boyfriends or sons. Last week’s grisly discovery of […]
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The cold truth about warmer Halifax winters
It’s January 2024 and my sneakers are wet. The rubber soles gave up months ago, meaning the three inches of mud and puddle water underfoot is seeping right into my socks as I clomp toward Susies Lake on a blue-grey morning that feels like it could be April. My feet, I imagine, have already taken […]
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Day three of the Halifax Fringe Festival is stacked with shows
Welcome to day three of the Halifax Fringe Festival! The weekend ramps up with more shows, which means more amazing, locally-produced art for you to enjoy. The Fringe is a time to celebrate all that Halifax has to offer in terms of arts and culture. Theatre plays, musical performances, circus acts and comedy routines […]
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What you need to know about Habitat for Humanity’s Huge House Party
The second annual Habitat for Humanity Huge House Party is scheduled to go down on Friday, Sep. 20, and there’s plenty to be excited about. The event raises money for Habitat for Humanity Nova Scotia, which is currently in the process of constructing two homes and has several other projects planned for next year. […]
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What’s happening on day two of the Halifax Fringe Festival
It’s officially day two of the Halifax Fringe Festival, a celebration of art that brings over 60 events across six different venues every year. The Fringe is a time to celebrate all that Halifax has to offer in terms of arts and culture. Theatre plays, musical performances, circus acts and comedy routines come together […]
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Halifax Fringe Festival kicks off today—here’s what’s going on
Artists and art lovers all over the city will be busy as the Halifax Fringe Festival starts today. The festival will present over 60 shows at six different venues, with some creatives even bringing their own. The Fringe is a time to celebrate all that Halifax has to offer in terms of arts and […]
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Shared trauma bonds two hockey players in this Halifax Fringe Fest play
One is a Canadian hockey player trying to make it big, in part to win the attention of his alcoholic father. The other is a Ukrainian hockey player, who wishes to bring his father to Canada and away from the war. Both junior A players have the same goal: to make the NHL draft. […]
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Credit union giving away cash prizes to help students with tuition
Every little bit counts when helping students pay college or university tuition fees. According to a Statistics Canada table on tuition fees, Nova Scotia undergraduate students from Canada paid the highest tuition fees in the country in 2023/24, at an average cost of $10,548. That’s nearly 50% more than the national average. Since 2018, the […]
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Your guide to all the shows at the 2024 Halifax Fringe Festival
If you want to see art that’s deliberately expressive, interesting or just downright weird, the Halifax Fringe Festival is for you. Unrestrained from any means of censorship, the Fringe Festival stages are a place where artists can put on whatever they’ve been working on, no matter the content. Over 11 days, Wednesday Aug. 28 […]
