Sometimes, when you’re talking about addictions recovery, you hear of the need to do a 180 degree turn to change one’s life. In my case, it was a deeply-rooted 360 spin. I was born in Halifax and spent the majority of my childhood and teens there. I graduated from St. Patrick’s High School in 2001. […]
Vancouver
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The form and fun of Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Snotty Nose Rez Kids w/DJ Kookum, Lex Leosis Friday, May 24, 9pm Reflections Cabaret, 5187 Salter Street $15, showpass.com F rom the jump, Snotty Nose Rez Kids grab your ears and attention. Even the name of the British Columbia-based hip hop duo acts like a sharp finger-snap, making the listener confront their internalized racism the […]
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Dexter and MacKay join The Brothers Spoon
You know that game “If I could invite anyone to dinner, living or dead, it would be…” it’s safe to say this would not be my dream party (see the kitchen projection in the back, in case you didn’t get this was an east coast kitchen party). Peter MacKay, Darrell Dexter and Robert Ghiz give the crowds at Vancouver’s Atlantic House a little taste of east coast style and sound. Still working on the band name…Fleecemen and the Fiddle? The Brothers Spoon? Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!
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Olympics at ground level
I am The Coast’s eyes and ears on the street at the Vancouver Olympics. Over the course of the next few weeks I am aiming to blog about everything you can’t get on through the tube, the sports pages or twitter: the feeling on the ground, the people, the venues, the culture, the nightlife, the Nova Scotian presence. I welcome any suggestions or questions you may have relating to the Olympics. Crossing the Rockies on the way to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics My Olympic experience began as well as I could have hoped: sitting between a girl of Irish-Swedish heritage
