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07/31/2023

This Tuesday marks Nova Scotia’s third annual Emancipation Day—a day to reflect on the history and impacts of slavery in Canada.

It's also a day about Black resilience—and Black excellence. Here’s a look at what’s happening around to mark the occasion.

The annual day commemorates the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the British empire.

07/28/2023

From Canadian football to local film screenings to a brand new taproom, there’s plenty to see and do in Halifax this weekend.

Allow us to be your guide with these Coast picks:

From taproom openings to film screenings to the CFL’s return, here’s your guide to weekend fun.

07/26/2023

Enhance your knowledge of the music business by checking out the Fest HFX Conference. Speakers are coming in to chat about the creative process, growing your career and taking it to the next level through exporting. The conference is free to attend and all are welcome. Aug 4th - Halifax, NS.

07/26/2023

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07/25/2023

Written and produced by Halifax artist Zoë Comeau, F*cking Trans Women is a solo show packed with humour and heart. And yes, lots of s*x talk.

Read more at The Coast: https://www.thecoast.ca/arts-music/f-cking-trans-women-is-the-one-woman-halifax-show-you-need-to-see-this-pride-31216189

07/19/2023

Glitter Bean Café is something of an anomaly in Halifax: A queer-owned workers' co-op that offers its events space to marginalized groups for free and has a pay-it-forward system for its coffees.

It's also facing "major financial losses," according to its worker-owners. Can it survive?

The Spring Garden Road cafe says it’s facing “major financial losses” brought on by two years of COVID-19 restrictions and the rising cost of rent.

07/19/2023

One year ago, Doneil Henry helped Canada’s senior men’s national soccer team qualify for its second-ever FIFA World Cup appearance. Today, he is a Halifax Wanderer.

The signing is is instantly the biggest domestic splash in the soccer club’s five-year history—and as The Coast's Martin Bauman reports, it signals an opportunity not just for the Wanderers, but for Henry, too.

The centre-back’s signing brings an immediate spotlight to the Halifax soccer club—and represents a fresh start for the veteran defender.

07/17/2023

is a designated lottery program that supports arts, culture, and heritage in communities across Nova Scotia including events like The North American Indigenous Games. This important sporting and cultural event will welcome over 5000 people to Nova Scotia from July 15-23.

Find more info online at:
https://support4culture.ca/?utm_source=The%20Coast&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=NSGC23%2F24

07/11/2023

The feds rejected Hartlen Point residents’ request for a renewed environmental impact assessment of the future DND site. According to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, the project is too far underway for further review.

According to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada, the $129M Canadian naval project is too far underway for further review.

07/10/2023

On the day Brady Patterson was arrested—Aug. 18, 2021, one of 24 demonstrators protesting Halifax’s forced removal of temporary shelters—she spent more than five hours in Halifax Regional Police custody before she was granted the right to speak with a lawyer. That delay was among several concerns Patterson’s defense lawyer, Asaf Rashid, raised in provincial court on Friday.

The others: That she was subjected to excessive force by HRP officers, that those officers failed to tell Patterson the reasons for her arrest until an hour later and that she was kept in a holding cell for hours without access to her epilepsy medication.

Read more on Patterson’s ongoing situation at The Coast.

Halifax Regional Police’s handling of the citywide tent teardowns on Aug. 18, 2021 is under public scrutiny.

07/07/2023

The nominations for our 2023 close NEXT WEEK! So how does the nomination process work?

The top six most-nominated names in each category, along with the category's gold winner from 2022, move on to the final vote (happening Aug-Sept) - so get your noms in quick by checking out the link below:

Halifax's longest-running Readers' Choice Awards needs you—make your nominations now!

07/07/2023

Au Liban, the newest restaurant on Lower Water Street, is introducing haute Lebanese cuisine to downtown Halifax. Our reporter, Martin Bauman writes:

Two weeks into his restaurant’s opening, the 35-year-old Lebanese-born chef behind Au Liban (1460 Lower Water Street, in the former Hermitage building) can’t stop grinning. Reviews have been good.

“I’m just thrilled,” Georges Elias says, seated at a table in the restaurant’s high-ceilinged dining room. “We want to introduce real, authentic Lebanese food [to Halifax]. And that’s what we’re doing.”

The owner and chef duo behind La Piazza Ristorante is serving recipes straight from home in their new kitchen venture. And it’s damn good.

07/06/2023

Our Every Big Show Coming To Halifax list has been updated once again. See what made the list:

An ever-updated list of concerts, comedy shows, live performance, theatre and more.

07/06/2023

If Justin Murphy—front person of Halifax indie rock band Walrus —feels a bit reverent when he takes The Marquee stage this July 8, it’ll be hard to blame him.

It isn’t just the band’s first hometown gig in four years. It’s a fact that the plastered-about-town show posters hint at in calling the event “the unexpected return to live performance from Walrus”: Not mere marketing, this is a show that almost didn’t happen at all.

Find out why below:

If digging into toxic overwork was the theme of your pandemic, Walrus understands.

07/05/2023

For almost four decades, Halifax Pride has been a bright spot in the city's summer calendar: A multi-day, multi-venue celebration of 2SLGBTQ+ identity and culture offering everything from lunchtime lectures on current issues to after-dark, free-for-all parties hotter than the humidex.

This year, it's a little different: Apparent tumult within the organization itself means that official slate of festival events has yet to be announced.

While we're waiting, though, individuals across the city are keeping your day planner filled thanks to the 50-something events they've organized independently.

For almost four decades, Halifax Pride has been a bright spot in the city's summer calendar: A multi-day, multi-venue celebration of 2SLGBTQ+ identity and culture...

07/05/2023

What's up with all the rain in ? How much has it rained so far? Will it ever end?

In his latest, Martin speaks with a meteorologist to get the full picture:

The HRM saw more than double the usual rainfall in June—and the first days of July haven’t offered much in the way of relief. But it’s coming, meteorologists say.

07/04/2023

Ever wondered how much it costs to keep a superyacht seaworthy?

For each year that New York multibillionaire and real estate developer Larry Silverstein keeps his US $40-million megayacht Silver Shalis running, complete with its lap pool, elevator and gym, it’s estimated to cost the former World Trade Center owner somewhere between US $2-4 million. That’s about five to 10 times as much as Halifax spends on arts every year.

Where's a pod of orca whales when you need em?

Container ships, cruise ships, cargo carriers and more vessels bound for Halifax the week of July 3-9, 2023.