Enjoyed this one. My latest for The Coast - Halifax/Kjipuktuk, on Classified's new album, Luke's View (premiering at midnight) -- as well as a dream-like career that's approaching 30 years and counting.

'I had to figure it out my whole way.'

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In my latest for @twitCoast I have a full roundup of yesterday's council meeting. You can find it below

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'I know I don't belong in the mainstream ... I have to maintain what it is that I do on the fringes. Because this is where my light still shines the brightest.'

For The Coast - Halifax/Kjipuktuk, I spoke w/ Hawksley Workman ahead of his show at the Light House Arts Centre.

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At the Grand Parade in Halifax, where eyewitnesses say HRM crews dismantled a tent this morning while its occupant was away.

Staff are currently erecting fencing around the park. One tent remains.

More to come on The Coast - Halifax/Kjipuktuk.

Just as February means three-foot snowbanks, Valentine’s Week in Halifax can only mean one thing: The Coast’s annual Sex + Dating Survey results are here.

As usual, the responses more than deliver.

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BREAKING: Congratulations to Wagmatcook First Nation's Morgan Toney for earning a Traditional Roots Album of the Year nomination at the 2024 The JUNO Awards.

More to come on all local nominees at The Coast - Halifax/Kjipuktuk.

BREAKING: Congratulations to Halifax's rich aucoin on his nomination for Electronic Album of the Year at the 2024 The JUNO Awards.

More to come on all the local nominees at The Coast - Halifax/Kjipuktuk.

Here's our feature with Rich from last August:
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BREAKING: Congrats to Halifax's Jah'Mila, who's nominated for Reggae Recording of the Year at the 2024 The JUNO Awards.

More to come on all the local nominees at The Coast - Halifax/Kjipuktuk.

Canada's longest-running all-Black comedy tour hits Halifax this weekend.

Martin Bauman (HELL OF A RIDE out now) reports:

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It's the most... wonderful tiiiiiiime of the yeaaarrrr. 🎵

The Coast's 2024 Halifax Sex + Dating Survey is back!

Take the survey today. It's completely anonymous. (Poll closes Feb. 7.)

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The full list of nominees is here for the 2024 @ECMAofficial Awards, and Halifax is well-represented.

Find out who made the cut:

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French-language students on the peninsula aren’t sure where they’ll finish junior high school in 2026.

Many CSAP families have lobbied for a high school to be built on the peninsula. But that hasn't happened.

New from lauren phillips:

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When a plywood poem disappeared from the fence surrounding a Halifax park, it wasn't the end of things—but rather, the beginning.

My story for The Coast - Halifax/Kjipuktuk:

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Get ready for Indian spices, Chilean street food and pan-Asian fusion in Halifax's food scene this year.

For The Coast - Halifax/Kjipuktuk, I looked into 7 restaurants teased to arrive in 2024.

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The former (never opened) Swanky Burger has a new look on the #Halifax waterfront: De la Dori looks to be the new moniker of what will take its place.

More to come on The Coast - Halifax/Kjipuktuk.

The city of Halifax wrapped up its budget pre-season and I wrote about what I think we can expect during this year's budget season. Bit of a sour note to end the pre-season on.

Daring to question city hall’s new-car habit

Read more at:

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A new episode of Grand Parade is out today. It's a recap of HRM's budget pre-season with one or two mostly relevant tangents to contextualize how we got here. Also, I love trains now.

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Enjoyed this one: Wanderers Notebook and Canadian Soccer Talk joined Matt Stickland, Chipotle of journalists and me to award Christmas gifts and New Year's resolutions to each of the Halifax Wanderers FC players.

New on The Coast - Halifax/Kjipuktuk, and wherever you stream your podcasts:

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After 2022 brought us a full-blown pizza war, a kitchen labour shortage and a buffet table of new waterfront restaurants in Halifax, you’d be forgiven for thinking that 2023 couldn’t possibly keep pace.

Could it?

Martin Bauman (HELL OF A RIDE out now) reports:

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In the shadow of #COP28 , as climate scientists point to a shrinking window for meaningful action, a question looms: Why can't Nova Scotia phase out of fossil fuels faster?

My latest for The Coast - Halifax/Kjipuktuk:

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