Mark Furey speaks with conviction about the bright future of movie-making in Nova Scotia. “The film and television incentive fund is here to stay,” says the provincial business minister. And you’ve gotta believe he believes it. Last April, after the Liberal budget killed the film funding program that had been luring major productions to the […]
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Free Will Astrology
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Aries (Mar 21-Apr 19) “When I discover who I am, I’ll be free,” said novelist Ralph Ellison. Would you consider making that a paramount theme in the coming weeks? Will you keep it in the forefront of your mind, and be vigilant for juicy clues that might show up in the experiences headed […]
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Clear your calendars: Halifax Pop Explosion dates announced
[Image-1] The Halifax Pop Explosion has just announced its dates for 2016. Surprise! It’s October 19 to 22. While we’re waiting patiently for the line-up to be announced, what better time to muse about who’s on our wish-list? Run the Jewels: Killer Mike and El-P are at the height of their gritty, uncompromising hip-hop game. […]
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Council asks for 23 amendments to new Halifax Transit plan
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 Regional council has voted to overhaul HRM’s transit network—barring a couple dozen amendments it needs to investigate first. 
Halifax Transit’s Moving Forward Together plan was discussed for several hours at Tuesday’s committee of the whole meeting. The five-year plan has been in the making since 2013, and will dismantle and rebuild the municipality’s […]
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I hate my apartment building!
[Image-1] Hey, if I’m paying $900/month plus power to live here, I would appreciate that I don’t have to deal with the following noises from neighbors: -Loud sex -Loud music -Some dude growling like a vicious dog -Thumping and running -Kids screaming -Loud TV I filed 17 noise complaints since I moved here in November […]
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Stop making people disposable
[Image-1] Dating is hard. Making friends is even harder. Why are we so quick to just dispose of good people? To The Australian, The Chef, The Lawyer, The Artist, The Electrician, YA’s Friend and anyone else I may encounter in the future: I’m not perfect by any means. But I am pretty, I am smart […]
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Invasive bottle collectors, please back off!
[Image-1] I used to have no reason to be bothered by the down-and-out people who roam my neighborhood every Sunday night collecting bottles and cans in their shopping carts. In most cases they simply open up the bags I leave out on the curb and take what the want. Lately, I’ve been finding that the […]
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To my new Syrian friends: thank you for your kindness
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To my new Syrian friends—who will never read this, as it is published at a time when you do not read English—thus it is addressed to greater Halifax, on your behalf. Your families only moved into my building a month ago, but I already feel like I have known you all forever. The last two […]
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Here’s the latest proposed look for the Nova Centre
[Image-1] There’s finally a clear picture of those design changes being proposed for the Nova Centre. In March, the as-yet-finalized changes to the $500-million complex caught the municipality and the public by surprise when a vague description appeared on an information item that was supposed to go before HRM’s Design Review Committee. That meeting was […]
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We spoke to a Chronicle Herald writer about that refugee story
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 This past Friday the Chronicle Herald published an article detailing the alleged brutality of refugee children at a local elementary school. It was widely and strongly criticized. By Saturday night the most outrageous passage—which quoted an anonymous source who said a refugee child choked a classmate with a chain while yelling “Muslims rule the […]
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PHOTOS: The Sheepdogs barking at The Marquee on March 16
On Wednesday, March 16, Saskatoon classic-style rock band The Sheepdogs played one of two sold-out shows at The Marquee Ballroom, and Coast photographer Andrew Donovan (Phototype) was there in the jam-packed crowd to snap pics of canines howling at the moon. Related Stories
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Manifest destiny: NSCC music business students strut their stuff
“The Halifax music industry is overflowing with incredible, underrated musicians who are yet to be discovered,” says Emma Cassidy, one of the 21 students in this year’s edition of the Nova Scotia Community College‘s Music Business Program. Tonight at The Marquee and The Seahorse (2037 Gottingen Street, 10pm, $8/$5), students in the program are putting on […]