[Image-1] Why are farmer’s markets suffering? Dear, no bread in the world is worth that much. When you responded that the price of your lilies were $12 each is why her face soured and she walked away. You see, greed is powerful. Jack up the price too much and it goes from being quality to […]
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Aziza’s charms
This is just one woman’s opinion, but when the universe offers you a chance to see a performance from someone who has held the title of “bellydancer of the universe,” you go. Laura Selenzi and Monique Ryan of Serpentine Studios—the cornerstone of Halifax’s thriving bellydance scene—are bringing the world famous bellydancer Aziza (and many other […]
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Tig on comedy
I’m always going to do whatever I think is funniest. If something’s dark, I’ll do it. If it’s a sock puppet, if it’s a stool, I’ll do it. There’s no preconceived idea of who I think I might be now.” —Tig Notaro, from a 2013 interview with Sydney Brownstone in Mother Jones. Catch Notaro with […]
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Nova Scotia refuses to open up adoption records
[Image-1] Adoption. The word itself summons emotions, opinions, sensitivities—insensitivities. Many of us know someone who’s been affected by it. Someone who gave up a child, or someone who was raised by parents who weren’t the ones that birthed them. But most of us know very little about such a heavy issue—and even less about how […]
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Waiter, there’s a grant in Halifax Soup
Hungry for a little more culture in the city? A new micro-grant initiative, Halifax Soup, is looking to fill your stomach and mind with a basic funding model that has already taken root in other cities. The idea is simple: community groups submit proposals, which are voted on by diners at a bimonthly communal meal. […]
Posted inFood + Drink
Gimme sum more Kee Heong
There is, perhaps, nothing better than an inverse relationship between how good your food is and how much it costs. Delicious, affordable snacks popped up all over the city last Saturday—burgers and banh mi, iced teas and tacos served up curbside for only a couple of bucks a bite. Open City excels at making great […]
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Where I work: Gianna Lauren
WHO ARE YOU? An observer, a people-person, coffee nut, wisecracker, audiophile and I’m scared of stepping on sewer grates. When I was in my late teens I reached this harmony with myself, a clarity of being, so to speak, and suddenly understood deep-down who I was. And I feel lucky for that. But years later […]
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Haters gonna hate: NS Liberals are their own PR problem
[Image-1] It’s not a great time to be a Liberal in Nova Scotia. Online and in conversation, anger at the government is only outmatched by charges of incompetence. Every month seems to bring a new crowd of rowdy protesters down to the Legislature. In short order, Stephen McNeil’s Liberals have pissed off health care workers, […]
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Epic fails
Arbitrator out of order The Liberals’ approach to health care union arbitration bordered on ridiculous. The government tried using legislation to force health care workers into specific unions. Arbitrator James Dorsey would ultimately be fired (once by phone and three times by letter), and the Liberals would let the unions do what they originally wanted—keep […]
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Media money
$8,050 Training sessions for members of new government’s executive council (paid to Fraser & Sons Communications) $5,520 Social media training for 60 staff members of Communications Nova Scotia (Famous Folks) $1,437.50 Training for community services minister Joanne Bernard (Vibert Communications) $2,760 Training for labour and advanced education minister Kelly Regan (Fraser & Sons Communications) $1,897.50 […]
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A friggin quarter…
[Image-1] I am a slightly old award winning global recording artist. I live in the South shore in a house that was bought and paid for by music. Mostly when I was a busker in Halifax in the 80’s. I don’t need to busk anymore but for a lark I go out and see how […]
