With plenty of deep breaths and a few sideways smiles, Stephen Adams made it through his announcement with almost no tears in City Hall Friday morning. Adams, Halifax’s longest-serving councillor, told colleagues and media that this year would be his last in politics. Adams, says he chose to make this announcement now in order to give […]
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Where I work: The Raven Espresso Boutique
WHO SHE IS “Coffee vibes are good vibes,” Chantelle Buote says as she crafts an iced latte. Buote is the owner of The Raven Espresso Boutique, a coffee shop that operates out of a vintage 1969 trailer. She didn’t plan to open a coffee trailer, but she took what the universe placed in her lap. When […]
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Coast 25: 46 of the weirdest things we’ve ever published
The prophet in Clayton Park Bill Deagle says he knows things they don’t want you to know about 9/11, the Oklahoma City bombing and other government secrets. Now he lives in suburban Halifax, with an internet radio broadcast and orders from god to get the truth out there. Celine Dion’s cancelled Halifax show After the […]
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10 urban gardens you need to know
Urban gardens have been sprouting up all around the city in the last several years, as Haligonians become more concerned about where their food comes from and the ethics behind it. Each garden faces its own challenges: Some have long waitlists, some are lacking volunteers and some are struggling with theft. Despite setbacks they’re all […]
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Spryfield’s market value
“We had 2,000 people, I think,” says Marian Munro, the Spryfield & District Community Market’s volunteer market manager. “Although I might be missing four, more or less,” she adds, laughing. A sheet of scratched-up looseleaf paper sits on top of Munro’s stack of notes, line after line of tiny tally marks covering both sides, a […]
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Zion’s Gate Boutique—”part clothing store, part museum”
“I’ve always loved yard sales and finding a deal, and then I met my boyfriend and was like, ‘You really like stuff, too,’” says Emily Mosher, who owns Zion’s Gate Boutique with said stuff-lover Kye Dorey. “It’s half clothing store, half museum.” The source for second-hand clothing, furniture, accessories, games and antiques opened quietly at […]
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Dangerous crowd threatens medical clinic
[Image-1] One of the city’s busiest health clinics is at risk of gang retaliation after expanding its operations to new neighbourhoods. Direction 180’s mobile clinic has been helping some of the most vulnerable members of the HRM for the last two years. They’ve been able to increase their service to four different locations around the […]