[Image-1] Okay, I get it. We are in a city and there are rodents everywhere. HOWEVER the city needs to do SOMETHING about the rat issues in residential areas. It is getting quite out of hand. We have had a rat issue in our neighbourhood and with new construction it is getting much, MUCH worse. […]
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F U, I got mine. Oh, shit! I’m broke!
[Image-1] Omfg, if I hear one more goddamn sob story about these overpaid clowns coming back from the west without a quarter in their pocket, I think I’m going to lose it. You didn’t have the qualifications to shovel SHIT before you got out there, but suddenly two years of overpaying you 150Gs to drive […]
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It’s time this government got back to work and fixed Nova Scotia’s film industry
[Image-1] The making of films in Nova Scotia has been a part of the artistic and business landscape since 1913 when Evangeline, one of Canada’s very first films, was shot here. Thousands of Nova Scotians have been employed in this industry over the years. They and their families were a vital part of the Nova Scotia […]
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So you think you can lead the NDP?
[Image-1] It hasn’t been an easy road for Nova Scotia’s NDP. They went from forming the first NDP government in the Atlantic provinces in 2009, to collapsing in 2013, to a six-member caucus and third-place status behind the governing Grits and official opposition Conservatives last year. This weekend New Democrats will gather in Dartmouth to […]
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The queer history of tarot card readings
To some, tarot card readings are hokey carnival scams or sleepover activities, but for many LGBTQ individuals unwelcome in traditional religious doctrines, tarot readings were and are an inviting way to express their spirituality. Montreal author and professional tarot reader Oliver Pickle wrote She Is Sitting In The Night: Re-Visioning Thea’s Tarot about revamping a […]
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Take a bite out of downtown Dartmouth
Frankly, it’s getting harder and harder to find cheap food in Halifax, whether it’s at a restaurant or a grocery store. But as downtown Dartmouth continues to grow and flower with new small businesses, it’s become clear that it is also a destination for affordable dining. Tiny, well-honed concepts like Souper Duper are neighbours to […]
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Crepe life
It can be hard to see inside the Portland Street Creperie. The windows are often speckled with a layer of condensation, heat rising off of the griddles wetly knocking against the cold winter chill on the glass. And when they’re clear, there’s a good chance you’re just looking at a small crowd huddled inside, standing […]
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Canada’s first show with MC star A-F-R-O is in Halifax
“Man, he’s amazing,” says New Jersey producer Mr. Green (AKA Aaron Green) about 19-year-old Californian rapper All Flows Reach Out, or A-F-R-O. Green is just one of the many rappers and rap fans calling the MC (AKA James Gutierrez) the next big thing in contemporary hip-hop. And this Friday, A-F-R-O will make his first-ever Canadian […]
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What happens at the laboratory for dance experiments
“I went through this creative period where i was also songwriting, it came out of nowhere,” says Megan Matheson Hamilton, the flamenco dancer known as La Azulita. “We did it with the flamenco group, but I could picture it with a beat behind it and an MC rapping over it, giving insight to the Spanish […]
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Cottage fever
This spring-winter-spring-winter tease has gone too far, and the folks at the Savour Food and Wine Festival have clearly gone just as shack-wacky as the rest of us. This Saturday the folks at SFWF are hosting the antidote to winter 2016: a Craft Beer Cottage Party. Ticket-holders will have the opportunity to “enjoy beer the […]
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Free Will Astrology
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20) “People don’t want their lives fixed,” proclaims Chuck Palahniuk in his novel Survivor. “Nobody wants their problems solved. Their dramas. Their distractions. Their stories resolved. Their messes cleaned up. Because what would they have left? Just the big scary unknown.” Your challenge in the coming weeks, Pisces, is to […]
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A little piece of heaven
Sushi Ko Doraku 5640 Spring Garden Road, 1949 Upper Water Street $2.50/2.75 (nigiri), $4.50 (maki) Beef patties Stella’s Antiguan Cuisine Seaport Farmers’ Market, 1209 Marginal Road $3 each or 2/$5 Korean taco Indochine Banh Mi 1551 South Park Street / 1701 Barrington Street $4 California sandwich Izzy’s Bagel 1180 Bedford Highway $3.99 Onion bhaji […]