[Image-1] With the advent of technology, you can now flirt, proposition or even make plans to meet someone from the comfort of your home, your car and if you are really short on time, while you are relieving yourself. Progress at its finest. There are plenty of dating sites out there, but if you want […]
Voice of the City
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Looking for work can be a full-time job
[Image-1] It starts, at least for me, the night after I send off my cover letter and CV. I rest my head on my pillow and—even though I know I shouldn’t, and I tell myself to stop—I can’t help but begin fantasizing about what my life would look like if I actually got the job. […]
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A response from the Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market
The Halifax Seaport Farmers’ Market is home to over 200 vendors of all different nationalities and backgrounds, selling a variety of unique products. Our vendors are farmers, artisans, bakers and chefs who grow, produce and create what they sell. We value all of our vendors and we have been working hard with them to create […]
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We love bus route number 1…as is
[Image-1] First, the context. In The Coast, a tiny article about a transformed transit network appeared. Some people read it more closely and started spreading the news: Halifax Transit had decided to make changes to its bus routes; among others, route 1. Not long after, people in my neighbourhood started knocking at doors and sending […]
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Voices of the city (council)
[Image-1] Early last month we sent a small survey out to Halifax’s 16 councillors and mayor to learn a little bit more about them. It’s an exercise The Coast has offered for a few previous city council report cards, and always proves of tremendous value. After ten months of personally attending council meetings, there are […]
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Embrace big ideas or Nova Scotia will never turn the corner of prosperity
[Image-1] The March 21 Globe & Mail article, “The Incredible Shrinking Region,” is honest and depressing. While it provided important context and outlined our current economic and demographic challenges, it didn’t reveal any real surprises. The insightful political history was the only “new” content for me but then again, I was raised in central Canada […]
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An unending cycle of violence inside the Burnside jail
[Image-1] One of the core responsibilities of government is to ensure the safety and security of all citizens. The citizens in our correctional facilities, staff and residents, are no exception. Over the past 18 months, a string of serious incidents and injuries at the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, known as “Burnside,” have led to […]
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The haircut: my story of living with depression
[Image-1] I just got a haircut. I know this sounds frivolous, but it’s not. It’s me caring about how I look. It’s me having the energy to style my hair in something other than a ponytail. It’s me being mentally healthy. Looking back, I see that I’ve lived with depression since high school. All those […]
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Mayor Mike Savage owes all of us an apology
[Image-1] Oh, Februshitty. Look what you’ve done to our fair city with your piles of snow and sheets of ice. Tensions run high as we mumble about beet juice and quibble over public versus private snow removal services. And so far, March isn’t cutting us much slack either. With crews working around the clock to […]
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Badminton—a darn Canadian sport
[Image-1] In a national gold medal match a few weeks ago, a badminton player earned a red card when he told the umpire—a petite gray-haired woman—to “keep track of the fucking score.” Yes, the sport can get more intense than a birdie going ping, leaving welts on faces and tearing skin from knees. But at […]
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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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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 […]
