Voice of the City

The moratorium on fracking has put Nova Scotia’s business elite in a spot they’re not accustomed to: On the outside looking in. It’s a spot that social and environmental activists, heritage groups and even small local producers know all too well. Business elites have taken to our newspapers, radio call-ins and any other source that […]

I do believe Catie would never walk away from her family, and especially her three-and-a-half-year-old son, without letting us know that she is alright. I want to share with you some things about our daughter. She is a beautiful, intelligent, vivacious woman. Catie’s heart is full of generosity and good will. She is very kind […]

[Image-1] Just to be clear, when you ask me about my position on homosexuality, you’re asking my about my current biblical understanding of the subject, and everyone has the right to view this subject differently. As a Christian, I attempt to view my world through my understanding of scripture. I will also say that I […]

Welcome to Halifax! We’re so happy to finally have some fresh flesh here to replace our withered, rotting husks! There is truly nothing like a crop of cool 18-year-olds to remind you that time is a rushing river, carrying us all toward the insatiable black belly of Death. We are psyched for it to gobble […]

Despite the fact that police officers are more educated than they have ever been, with many members of the forces holding undergraduate degrees in social sciences, the core of their training is still and must always be about the fundamentals of enforcing public safety. The skilled and professional use of force in order to restore public […]

“An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.” After Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager was shot six times by Ferguson police, the town was turned into a war zone by law enforcement. The most striking images in Ferguson are not of the black protestors, but are of the State. The kevlar vests, SWAT teams, tear […]

[Image-1] As Halifax marks the end of another successful Pride festival, it’s important to remember the challenges LGBT people face globally. In February this year, Ugandan president Yoweri Musevni signed into law a bill legislating lifetime imprisonment for homosexuals. The legislation is a serious threat to the safety and freedoms for the estimated 500,000 LGBT […]

[Image-1] I am a mother. I would die for my children. I raise them to be loving, caring, compassionate human beings. I would not want to see my child go to war, even though I enlisted. I would not want my child to kill another human being, in any context. I won’t even let them […]

In June of 1994 I was 19 years old and playing in my first band, Thrush Hermit. We were shooting a video for our song “French Inhale” on the third floor of the Khyber building. I met and immediately fell for the video makeup artist, Rebecca Kraatz. We were married 12 years later. By 2000, […]

Like many people, I often ride my bike to work. As a person with a disability living in Halifax my transportation options are as follows: One, take a bus route which uses ALF (Accessible Lower Floor) buses. Two, use Access-A-Bus services, for which one must be declared eligible through a registration process and then must […]

Gentrification is not a natural, unchangeable aspect of city life [“Debate Club,” July 22], nor is it a matter of certain north end residents having a taste for fine food. Gentrification, or more accurately, displacement, results from the desire of landlords, developers and their financiers to turn the biggest profit possible, clashing with working people’s […]