GOLD WINNER “Best Friends” by Atay & JAX website SILVER WINNER “Almost Home” by Gizelle de Guzman website BRONZE WINNER “40/40” by Wave Lord website When The Coast calls Atay & JAX—born Adam Taylor and Jaxon Booth, they’ve been making music that’s equal parts pop and hip hop since just before the pandemic—to announce the […]
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HRM council denies asking province to intervene after Dal HoCo fiasco
Halifax councillor Waye Mason is pouring cold water on reports that he’s considering appealing to the Nova Scotia government to step in after students celebrating Dalhousie University’s annual Homecoming lit a bonfire in the middle of Larch Street and sparked a standoff with Halifax Regional Police. Police estimate as many as 4,000 people gathered in […]
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How the city blew its budget for modular housing
August 18, 2021, was a defining moment for Halifax. That was the day city hall decided to evict houseless people from public lands, sending municipal workers and police out at dawn to tear down shelters and tents. And it was that Wednesday afternoon hundreds of citizens amassed at the former Halifax Memorial Library, hoping to […]
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Jason Mraz adds second Halifax date to August tour
This article was independently produced by our editorial team with financial support from Ticket Halifax, your local box office for event tickets around Halifax. To find all upcoming events and get your tickets before their sold out, head over to Ticket Halifax. Well, Halifax done done Jason Mraz in, you bet he felt it: The […]
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TV review: Son of a Critch’s steady silliness
Correction: An earlier version of this story stated Ron James is from Newfoundland when the comedian is actually from Nova Scotia. The Coast regrets the error. UPDATE: As of February 28, 2022, CBC has announced Son of a Critch will be renewed for a second season. A half hour of scripted television is the sort of […]
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Former Nova Scotia MP Lenore Zann returns as Rogue in Marvel’s X-Men ‘97
When it comes to origin stories, Rogue from X-Men has a pretty good one. She started out as a villain in her 1981 comic debut, before switching teams to work with Professor X and his crew of noble mutants. From there, she went on to help save the world about a bajillion times—all while keeping […]
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Revealed: the city’s plan to manage councillor reactions during the shelter siege
Early this summer, Halifax had given and missed its own deadline for removing shelters from the old Halifax Memorial Library grounds. The next steps were unclear, but tensions on all sides were rising and it was clear the city was gearing up to do something. In early July, councillor Shawn Cleary told The Coast that […]
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COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Friday, Nov 12
NOTE: This day is now over. Click for the latest on COVID-19 from The Coast. Or for an informative look back at Nova Scotia’s evolving pandemic response, keep on reading. Jump to The Coast’s COVID charts Map of NS community health networks Table of community networks New and active cases Vaccination rate […]
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Best COVID Briefing Quote
GOLD WINNER “Stay the blazes home,” premier Stephen McNeil SILVER WINNER “It is not the time to go to Costco for sandals that you heard were in stock,” Doctor Strang BRONZE WINNER “And when this has passed may we say that love spread more quickly than any virus ever could,” Doctor Strang
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Best Halifamous Person
GOLD WINNER Doctor Strang SILVER WINNER Alicia Mccarvell website BRONZE WINNER Elliot Page website Doctor Robert Strang laughed when he heard he’d won gold for Best Halifamous Person. The chief medical officer of health has been the constant star at hundreds of COVID-19 briefings, alongside three different premiers over the 20 months he’s been guiding […]
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Best Instagram Account
GOLD WINNER @AliciaMccarvell website SILVER WINNER @HalifaxNoise website BRONZE WINNER @DalMemes website “I think the cool part about comedy online is that it’s allowed people to create within a safe space of their home,” says Best Instagram Account and Best Comedian gold winner Alicia Mccarvell, explaining her not-so-atypical-in-2021 introduction to professional laugh-getting. Mccarvell, who makes […]
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COVID cases and news for Nova Scotia on Tuesday, Nov 9
NOTE: This day is now over. Click for the latest on COVID-19 from The Coast. Or for an informative look back at Nova Scotia’s evolving pandemic response, keep on reading. Jump to The Coast’s COVID charts Map of NS community health networks Table of community networks New and active cases Vaccination rate […]