On Sunday, we lost a friend and colleague. Amber Harkins, creative director for seven years with Metro Guide Publishing (which owns Halifax Magazine), passed away after a tenacious battle with cancer. Amber was just 40 years old; words barely seem adequate to describe the loss. I worked with Amber as a junior editor for five years. She left the company before …
A plurality of residents continue to support breaking HRM into two separate municipalities (one urban, one rural) according to the latest polling results from Corporate Research Associates. Says the report: “nearly one-half of residents support dividing the municipality, while less than four in ten oppose an urban/rural split. For much of the past eight years, residents have consistently supported a …
Guest blogger Leanne Salyzyn is an insolvency counselor, licensed restructuring professional and trustee in bankruptcy. Post a comment or contact her on Twitter with your personal-finance questions. I have a joke in my office that reads “There are two kinds of people who hate filing their income tax return. Men and women.” There’s a lot of truth in that joke. Preparing you income tax return …
February 24 The National Basketball League season continues, as the Rainmen take on Saint John. Halifax Metro Centre, 451-1221, rainmenbasketball.ca
Guest blogger Ben Boudreau is the local community manager for Yelp.com, a website featuring restaurant reviews by ordinary diners. Once a week, he shares Halifax’s highlights. Alright gang. It’s mid-winter on the east coast and while we haven’t been punched in the face by the season too many times just yet, we’ve got plenty dragging us down into the February funk. Our solution? …
Peter Kelly says he won’t seek another term as Halifax Mayor in the upcoming municipal elections. What does this mean for declared candidates? Does it change who you’ll support? Here’s the complete text of Kelly’s press release this afternoon: Mayor Peter Kelly announced today that he will not be seeking re-election this October. “I feel that, after 27 years of …
Music blogger Megan Couture experienced her first house concert on Friday; here’s her review. Sometimes, you get to be a part of something special. You meet people and after a few minutes of chatting, you feel like you already know them. There’s a warmth and a depth and a sense of belonging that gives you a serious sense of the …
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In the hopes of nurturing this blog and keeping things interesting, I’d like to reach out to you, dear readers. .. What would you like to see me cover in upcoming posts? Do you have a product for me to test out or perhaps an event or experience that I should partake in? Are you a new business owner or …
February 20 & 21 Dallas Green’s acclaimed alternative act plays two shows at the Cohn. Dalhousie Arts Centre, 494-3820, artscentre.dal.ca
From high-flying performer to entrepreneur, AnaÏs Guimond has built Atlantic Cirque into a thriving business
For Nova Scotian expatriates, the dearth of authentic donairs only adds to the hardship of being away.
When you live in a place for a while, it’s easy to overlook the things that make it special. But …
Halifax’s dining scene has dramatically transformed in the past few years—with a variety of new restaurants offering flavours from around …
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