[Image-1] I have to hand it to you: you looked the part. Your driving cap was sitting on your head just so, your beard was freshly clipped. Even if you weren’t in an El Camino, you would have projected the perfect image of a Driving Guy. I would have never questioned your authenticity if you […]
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It’s not easy being green
[Image-1] What the fuck, H^LIF^X? I put my one bag of trash outside this morning in a clear bag right along with the pile of black bags of unsorted trash put out by the other tenants. All those black bags were collected while my single, half full, properly sorted clear bag was left behind. I […]
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You would know how good it is if you fucked him
[Image-1] I don’t know if it was the alcohol or if you’re normally this rude, but what you said to me was out of line. We met at a mutual friend’s place for a girls night. After getting buzzed we played Truth or Dare. On my turn I picked Truth and was asked how often do […]
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Increasing book taxes is bad for readers
[Image-1] In 2014, the McNeil government commissioned Laurel Broten, a former Ontario MPP, to review Nova Scotia’s taxes. Her review, entitled Charting a Path for Growth and completed late in 2014, made many recommendations including the removal of the POS rebate of the provincial portion of the HST on books. When the HST was introduced […]
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Letters to the editor, March 12, 2015
I’m walkin’ (and fallin’) here I’m writing with one finger, left hand, because I broke my right wrist last week. I was returning home from the ice on the sidewalks protest, because I’d been walking those sidewalks for weeks. Slush got me in the end (“Why isn’t this city more pedestrian-friendly?,” Feature by Erica Butler, […]
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The battle between Halifax Fire and city council
[Image-1] “A line was crossed, from our perspective.” —Phil McNulty, executive fire officer It’s been a week now since city council finally got around to debating Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency’s operational review of services. Several hours of discussion were spent flaying chief Doug Trussler’s substantial plans to close three urban fire stations and four […]
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Bitch This Shit
[Image-1] Long winter, icy school yard, flu and coughs and stomach virus… As if times weren’t hard enough, some dick-0-rama has to stick dog shit in my kid’s snow fort. AGAIN! WTF! I’m certain this had a “tee hee hee” effect for you, douche. For my kids, it was sad. Go find another outlet for […]
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Bikes on the Road in Winter
[Image-1] We have all had enough snow and the ice makes it worse the roads are crowed more so than normal and on some streets there is barely enough room to squeeze one car through and the ice covering the roads now have potholes…. So I have to ask why some people decided to take […]
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Sub-Human Interaction Tales
[Image-1] I’m in the cleaning business….more specifically, I clean buildings that have public washrooms….and I gotta say….what a bunch of pigs humans are….piss and feces on the floor…and the wall…dirty diapers on the counter…..”sanitary” napkins on top of the garbage can…used tampons plugging toilets….boogers splattered on the mirror……..really, people?? —People I Seldom See
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Haligonian Blues: A Stale Culture
[Image-1] It’s sad when I run into people who are poor or homeless in this city who’ve never once ventured beyond Nova Scotia’s borders. Some have spent considerably long-lives here, walking the same circuit daily, revolving around the petty pleasantries that their poverty allows them to. It’s an isolationist-culture here that has its own distinguished […]
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Condescending
[Image-1] Enough. My parents didn’t name me “dear,” “sweety,” “darlin,” “Hun” or “honey.” I’m a grown woman, almost 30. If all you customers can come in and speak to my male counterparts with a degree of formality and maturity, then you can show me the same courtesy. Don’t use east-coast charm or good intentions as […]
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Advocacy and the future of cycling
[Image-1] One of the greatest misconceptions about the various types of dedicated bicycle infrastructure is that they only serve a minority of the population—that they’re pet projects for bicyclists. The reality is that whether you’re left or right leaning, urban or suburban, rich or poor, bikes are simply one of the most accessible and efficient […]
