Ah, the holidays. Finally, the time of year when you can participate in that long-standing Halifax Christmas tradition of having your entire social circle head to Ontario while you’re here by yourself. Great! The yuletide season can be festive, delightful and frustrating all at once. From terrible Secret Santas (really, hand sanitizer?) to over-indulging in […]
Xmas
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25 for 25: episode 2000
We’re finally in the new Willennium. Our editorial colleague Allison Saunders joins us in studio to chat about Hershey’s laying off workers at the old Moirs plant (plus the difference between American and Canadian Pot of Golds). We also run down the greatest Atlantic Canadian albums of all time (as chosen by Coast readers in […]
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A case against holiday giving
It’s impossible to look around and not see that our society is broken—or to be invited to fix it, one can of soup at a time. Especially at this time of year, charity is presented as the best way to help those in need. Real solutions to our problems, however, do not look like Giving […]
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800 Sobeys employees laid off just in time for the holidays
As reported by everyone today, some 800 workers for the Sobeys grocery chain are losing their jobs thanks to corporate restructuring. According to the Chronicle Herald, 150 of those job losses are office workers in Nova Scotia. The company’s Stellarton headquarters will be hit particularly hard. The corporate head office will lose 100 employees. The […]