Only at The Coast: Halifax’s sexiest soul-funk band Loveland just released a new video for “Aloe Hotel,” a single from the nine-track record of the same name. Directed and edited by Brian Askew (The Everywheres), the video features Loveland at an actual Aloe Hotel: shades of green from kiwi, apple, fern, pine to pistachio, lime and aloe. There’s lots […]
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Safety > Exercise
[Image-1] In September I decided to move to the North end of Halifax in order to be closer to work, downtown etc. I own a vehicle but decided to walk to work each morning as it only takes me twenty minutes and it’s healthy, environmentally friendly, blah blah. This morning I was hit by a […]
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You Monsters
[Image-1] It’s been well over a year since the bright light of my life left. I don’t yell, or get angry, I’m not argumentative. The worst I’ve been lately is avoidant and judgmental, but not actively, and it’s not without reason. You’re all monsters. You’re all fucking disgusting angry people who revel in being cynical […]
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No easy fix to Preston land title cases, says area councillor
[Image-1] “It’s one reason why a lot of the young families in the community have been moving out,” says David Hendsbee, about the lack of legal title for North Preston homeowners. “They can’t get title to the property of their family homesteads to stay in the community.” The issue of North Preston families looking for […]
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Update: Steele demolishing 17 properties around Colonial Honda
[Image-1] April 29 update: Rob Steele’s been busy since we last left off. As noticed on the Halifax subreddit, the same companies buying up the houses on Fern Lane and the corner of Robie and May have also been purchasing buildings on the south side of the Colonial Honda dealership. Demolition permits have now been […]
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Dear fucked up family
[Image-1] It must be nice to have always fit in, to have always felt loved. I know our parents came from an era when affection was not shown to children. On top of that we were raised French Canadian Catholics where all you heard growing up was that God was an angry God and always […]
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Halifax rockers share thoughts for Kurt Cobain’s birthday
On Saturday, the world will once again mourn the loss of Kurt Cobain: tomorrow, February 20th, would have been his 49th birthday. Without a doubt, the Nirvana frontman is one of the most influential and legendary figures in the history of rock music. In a few short years (roughly five), he made his Seattle garage […]
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Electric Wires Underground
[Image-1] As I was watching The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo, I asked myself: Why does Sweden look so attractive? And I suddenly realized: all their electric wires are underground. Halifax, on the other hand, still has a long way to go. Above-ground electrical wires really look awful and I don’t see any working progress […]
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Fighting for status: Canada’s off-reserve aboriginal population
National chief Dwight Dorey of the Ottawa-based Congress of Aboriginal Peoples has been meeting with indigenous men and women across the country, holding consultations regarding the Supreme Court of Canada’s anticipated ruling on whether aboriginals who live off-reserve are Indians under the Constitution Act and therefore entitled to the rights that fall under federal jurisdiction. […]
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How long is someone labelled a Come From Away?
[Image-1] We were looking for a metaphor that would make it more understandable for others to comprehend what immigrants are going through in the beginning, and we came up with this: Imagine that you came into a shiny prom, pleasant yet unfamiliar music is played and all dancers are arranged in pairs or groups. They […]
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Going against the tide: The fight against Alton Gas
[Image-1] In the fall of 2014, construction started on a brine discharge pipeline next to the Shubenacadie River, an hour north of Halifax. The development, by a company called Alton Gas, hadn’t yet received full government approval, and it was met with swift protest. A camp was soon erected that was largely occupied by local […]
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Supper heroes
Ray sits on the front steps to the Discovery Centre holding out a cup. It’s -14 and Barrington Street is quiet. He makes little eye contact with strangers who walk by him as he holds himself tightly together, mumbling a few words. Ray usually finds himself sitting here until midnight. His wife Connie, who he […]